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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — It's the end of an era; the Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation is sunsetting after 54 years. During its more than half-a-century of existence, the organization gifted a...
May 1, 2024 · Dick DeVos recalls how support for the Grand Rapids Symphony came from his mother’s love of classical music. As a child, he remembers listening at night in his bedroom as she played the piano. Helen DeVos had a lifelong passion for the symphony. Credit: Courtesy of RDV Corp.
GRAND RAPIDS, MI — After 54 years, the Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation, whose late founders left an indelible mark on West Michigan and beyond with landmark gifts to hospitals, universities,...
May 6, 2024 · What is astounding was all of the superlatives the channel 8 people used when talking about Richard and Helen DeVos, but also how they did not question the narrative coming from Dick DeVos. Watch that WOODTV8 piece and you’ll see how subservient they are to the most powerful family in West Michigan.
Despite criticisms over the years about the level of influence the DeVos family has had within West Michigan and via their outsized philanthropic giving, Dick DeVos is adamant that through it all, his parents were coming at the situation “from a good place.”
May 1, 2024 · GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation announced Wednesday that it will sunset its work. The foundation has supported 1,044 nonprofit organizations in its 54 years of activity.
“They wanted people in their home community to have all they might need right here,” said son Dick DeVos. “That was a key driver of their health care giving, the desire for those who needed ...
