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President's Letter - Annual Report 2025
Dear Friends of the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Foundation, A thoughtful gardener plans not just for what will bloom this season, but for what will take root, mature, and…
President's Letter - Annual Report 2024
Dear Friends, The Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Foundation (the Foundation) exists for one purpose – to support Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park (Meijer Gardens).…
President's Letter - Annual Report 2024
Dear Friends, The Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Foundation (the Foundation) exists for one purpose – to support Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park (Meijer Gardens).…
President's Letter - Annual Report 2023
What a difference a year makes! In the Foundation’s 2022 annual report, I had to lead with bad news—that after many years of robust investment gains, there were no safe havens for…
President's Letter - Annual Report 2023
What a difference a year makes! In the Foundation’s 2022 annual report, I had to lead with bad news—that after many years of robust investment gains, there were no safe havens for…
A Letter from Incoming Foundation President
As I begin my tenure for calendar years 2024 and 2025, I want to start by thanking Michael R. Julien for his outstanding leadership as Foundation President in 2022 and 2023. Mike…
President's Letter - Annual Report 2022
Dear Friends, When there is bad news I like to lead with that. 2022 was not a good year for endowment fund investments. Both stock markets and bond markets were…
President's Letter - Annual Report 2021
Dear Friends, As I reflect on the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Foundation during the last couple years in particular, “bridge” comes to mind as an appropriate metaphor,…
President's Letter - Annual Report 2020
Dear Friends, A simple Google search of the word “legacy” reveals a synonym, “heritage,” defined as “valued objects and qualities...that have been passed down from previous…
President's Letter - Annual Report 2019
Dear Friends, As visitors and supporters of Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, we’re all familiar with that feeling we experience when we enter its spaces. As each of us…