Phone: 616-331-7585
Fax: 616-331-7592
Webmaster: Fran Cain
jcp@gvsu.edu

288C Richard M. DeVos Center
401 W. Fulton
Grand Rapids, MI 49504-6431

Welcome to the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership

Established in 1992, the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership is an academic center that enhances the impact of foundations and nonprofit organizations, improves the quality of community decision-making, and develops the habit of civic engagement among students and faculty at Grand Valley State University.  The Johnson Center strives to provide current information, accurate data, and services relevant to the changing needs of the philanthropic sector.

The Johnson Center's current work includes...

The Johnson Center also supports University efforts that promote the study of philanthropy and nonprofit leadership such as...

 
                      

In The Community:

 The Johnson Center has compiled a Community Events Calendar listing training programs from area organizations in an effort to allow nonprofit professionals in the Grand Rapids region to continue their training in all posible areas of the field. 

 Educational Bridges is a permanent, interactive forum between educators, students, practitioners, scholars and volunteers, aiming at enhancing everyone's understanding of the nonprofit sector.  View Educational Bridges here.

  Reginald Oates, one of the Johnson Center's Graduate Assistants and a GVSU Master's of Public Administration student, was accepted to participate in the 2007-08 Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals (CBYX).  Read more about his success here.

  Faculty and students at Grand Valley State University will conduct applied research in philanthropy with the establishment of the Russell G. Mawby Fellowships at the Johnson Center.  Read the GVSU Forum article here.

Nonprofit 2020: Issues and Answers from the Next Generation

Dorothy A. Johnson Center
for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership
288C Richard M. DeVos Center
401 W. Fulton
Grand Rapids, MI 49504-6431
tel: 616.331.7585
fax: 616.331.7592
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