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