Umrc-Porter Hills Foundation

About Umrc-Porter Hills Foundation

Umrc-porter Hills Foundation’s largest recent awards support benevolent care for older adults who have outlived their financial resources. The biggest grant in the file is $1,907,987 in 2025 to United Methodist Retirement Communities in Chelsea, followed by $1,602,883 in 2024 and $1,472,653 in 2023 to the same recipient. That pattern points to a foundation focused on continuity of housing and care rather than one-time project funding. Recent grants also support Porter Hills Presbyterian Village in Grand Rapids, including $818,926 in 2023 and $377,512 in 2025, showing a parallel commitment to another senior-living provider in Michigan. The foundation describes itself as a steward supporting Brio Living Services and older adults so they may age with dignity, purpose, and connection. Its giving reaches senior communities, PACE programs, assisted living, and related care settings across Michigan. The recent grant record shows repeated support for the same institutions over multiple years, with amounts ranging from large operating-style awards to smaller grants for specific community and care needs. Across the file, the dominant theme is financial support tied to elder care, housing continuity, and the well-being of residents and team members serving older adults.

What Umrc-Porter Hills Foundation Funds

Benevolent care is the clearest theme in the grant record. In 2023, Umrc-porter Hills Foundation gave $148,092 to Huron Valley Pace in Ypsilanti and $99,794 to Meadowlark Retirement Home in Grand Rapids, both coded for benevolent care and other support. The foundation also backs older-adult care settings in multiple Michigan communities. It gave $46,520 in 2025 to Life Circles in Muskegon, and smaller grants went to The Cascade Pace Inc in Jackson and Detroit Affordable Assisted Living Ldha Lp in Detroit, both tied to the same support category. Community-facing senior housing appears as another thread. Grants to Oak Ridge in Grand Rapids, River Grove in Belmont, Station Creek in Caledonia, Harvest Way in Sparta, and Walker Meadow in Walker show support distributed across local communities served by Brio Living Services. The record also includes Umrcph Inc in Grand Rapids, reinforcing the foundation’s role in sustaining affiliated aging-services operations.

How Umrc-Porter Hills Foundation Gives