Iowa · Private foundation
Arlan J Van Wyk Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 28
- Grants FY2025
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 33
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations Arlan J Van Wyk Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 28 | $1.2M | 14% |
| FY2024 | 33 | $940k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $634k | 12% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $2.5M | 22% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $1.0M | 21% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $693k | 32% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $519k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $438k | 45% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Family Leader Foundation Inc | $3,637,427 | 9 | 29% |
| Inspiration Hills Inc | $919,000 | 9 | 19% |
| Rise Ministries Inc | $805,000 | 9 | 37% |
| Compelled | $445,000 | 8 | 7% |
| Northwestern College | $400,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $281,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Iowa Motor Carriers Foundation | $150,000 | 2 | 38% |
| Mission India | $150,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Family Crisis Centers Inc | $100,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Daughters of Azaadi | $100,000 | 1 | 45% |
Show all 30 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Family Leader Foundation Inc | $3,637,427 | 9 | 29% |
| Inspiration Hills Inc | $919,000 | 9 | 19% |
| Rise Ministries Inc | $805,000 | 9 | 37% |
| Compelled | $445,000 | 8 | 7% |
| Northwestern College | $400,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $281,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Iowa Motor Carriers Foundation | $150,000 | 2 | 38% |
| Mission India | $150,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Family Crisis Centers Inc | $100,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Daughters of Azaadi | $100,000 | 1 | 45% |
| Hope Haven Inc | $90,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Village Northwest Unlimited | $65,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Bethel Christian Reformed Church | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Atlas of Orange City | $48,000 | 5 | 9% |
| Words of Hope Inc | $45,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Redemption Church | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Homes for Our Troops Inc | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Ethnos360 Inc | $36,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Bethesda Christian Counseling Midwest Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Transport for Christ International Inc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Antioch Community Church | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Partners for Patriots Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Proclaim Aviation Ministries Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sioux Center Community Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Sheldon Christian School Association | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mission To Haiti Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Banquet | $8,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Conquering Cancer 4 O Brien County Inc | $3,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Cherish Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($784k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Arlan J Van Wyk Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 21 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
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About Arlan J Van Wyk Family Foundation
- How much does Arlan J Van Wyk Family Foundation give?
- Arlan J Van Wyk Family Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $1,226,900 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 33 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Arlan J Van Wyk Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (51%), Religion (31%), International (6%).
- Who are Arlan J Van Wyk Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Family Leader Foundation Inc ($3.6M), Inspiration Hills Inc ($919k), Rise Ministries Inc ($805k).
- Does Arlan J Van Wyk Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Arlan J Van Wyk Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Arlan J Van Wyk Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vogel Foundation, Demco Charitable Foundation, Interstates Foundation.
- Where is Arlan J Van Wyk Family Foundation based?
- Arlan J Van Wyk Family Foundation is based in IA.
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