Below are just some of the innovative special projects the Grand Rapids Public Library Foundation has funded in the past. 

• One Book, One City for Kids
• Circulating Hotspots
• Music in the Stacks
• Grand Rapids Poet Laureate
• Rare Book Preservation
• Hold Lockers at Ottawa Hills Branch
• Cultural Programming
• Summer Reading Program
• Dyer Ives Poetry Competition
• Purchase of eBooks and Downloads