Michigan · Community foundation
Barry Community Foundation
The BARRY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION improves lives by bridging resources and fostering collaboration.
- $3.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 38
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 34
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $3.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $17,074
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,650,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 34
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $64M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Barry Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $299k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 32 | $3.0M | 31% |
| FY2024 | 34 | $2.0M | 38% |
| FY2023 | 30 | $1.5M | 37% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $935k | 12% |
| FY2021 | 28 | $921k | 21% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $695k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $1.4M | 63% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $726k | 25% |
99% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Education$4.0MHousing & Shelter$1.9MPhilanthropy$1.2MRecreation & Sports$989kHealth$946kArts & Culture$877kHuman Services$768kCommunity Improvement$438kOther$0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barry County United Way | $2,064,363 | 9 | 26% |
| 420 E Mills LLC | $1,650,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hastings Public Library | $1,276,531 | 9 | n/a |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Barry County | $642,101 | 9 | 5% |
| Corewell Health Foundation West Michigan | $547,116 | 7 | 0% |
| Delton Kellogg Schools | $517,094 | 6 | n/a |
| Green Gables Haven | $389,387 | 6 | 50% |
| Thornapple Arts Council of Barry County | $319,372 | 9 | 26% |
| Maple Valley Memorial Scholarship Foundation | $275,558 | 4 | n/a |
| Lake Odessa Area Historical Society | $273,465 | 7 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barry County United Way | $2,064,363 | 9 | 26% |
| 420 E Mills LLC | $1,650,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hastings Public Library | $1,276,531 | 9 | n/a |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Barry County | $642,101 | 9 | 5% |
| Corewell Health Foundation West Michigan | $547,116 | 7 | 0% |
| Delton Kellogg Schools | $517,094 | 6 | n/a |
| Green Gables Haven | $389,387 | 6 | 50% |
| Thornapple Arts Council of Barry County | $319,372 | 9 | 26% |
| Maple Valley Memorial Scholarship Foundation | $275,558 | 4 | n/a |
| Lake Odessa Area Historical Society | $273,465 | 7 | n/a |
| Bcec Inc | $253,084 | 2 | 33% |
| Maple Valley Memorial Scholarship Foundation | $228,085 | 4 | n/a |
| Delton Area Rotary Club | $209,670 | 6 | n/a |
| Community Action Agency of South Central Michigan | $160,171 | 3 | 0% |
| Family Support Center of Barry County | $151,950 | 3 | 10% |
| Barry County Chamber of Commerce | $151,332 | 5 | 19% |
| Maple Valley Memorial Scholarship Foundation | $150,964 | 2 | 84% |
| Serenity Village of Barry County | $150,000 | 1 | 43% |
| Maple Valley Schools | $143,744 | 4 | n/a |
| Thornapple Manor | $141,318 | 3 | n/a |
| Barry County Junior Golf Association | $136,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Thornapple Kellogg Schools | $135,850 | 7 | n/a |
| Hastings Area School System | $108,321 | 6 | n/a |
| Hastings Education Enrichment Foundation | $107,935 | 5 | 65% |
| The Willard G Pierce and Jessie M Pierce Foundation | $105,773 | 7 | 1% |
| Lakeshore Rescue Missions | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oceana County Housing Commission Nonprofit Corporation | $100,000 | 1 | 28% |
| Friends of the Hastings Performing Arts Center | $100,000 | 1 | 25% |
| Jordan Lake Trail Board | $91,564 | 6 | 49% |
| Cherry Street Services Foundation | $83,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Friends of the Lake Odessa Community Library Inc | $78,126 | 6 | n/a |
| Spiritual Care Consultants of West Michigan Inc | $77,200 | 3 | 14% |
| Legacy Junior Golf Foundation | $58,127 | 2 | 9% |
| Genevieve and Donald S Gilmore Fdn | $53,589 | 3 | 1% |
| Habitat for Humanity Barry County | $53,512 | 7 | 3% |
| St Rose of Lima Church Hastings Mi | $40,079 | 5 | n/a |
| Maple Valley Public Schools | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Barry County Isd | $39,335 | 4 | n/a |
| Little Hands Montessori Inc | $38,788 | 2 | n/a |
| Mannas Market Inc | $34,031 | 3 | 7% |
| Barry-Eaton District Health Department | $33,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Greater Wall Lake Association | $33,388 | 2 | n/a |
| Migrant Legal Aid Inc | $31,500 | 2 | 5% |
| Pitsch Companies | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hastings Band Boosters Inc | $28,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services | $27,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Village of Middleville | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| South Michigan Food Bank | $24,199 | 2 | 0% |
| Thornapple Valley Church | $20,953 | 1 | n/a |
| Kellogg Community College End | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Barry County Humane Society | $20,000 | 2 | 18% |
| Barry County Cares Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 49% |
| Friends of the Hastings Public Library | $17,171 | 1 | n/a |
| First Presbyterian Church | $16,628 | 2 | n/a |
| Barry Township | $16,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Rotary International | $15,538 | 1 | n/a |
| The Groundtruth Project Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kennari Consulting | $13,150 | 1 | n/a |
| Kiwanis International Inc | $12,968 | 1 | n/a |
| Hastings Elementary School | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Journey Church | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trumble Insurance Agency | $10,550 | 1 | n/a |
| Diocese of Kalamazoo | $10,269 | 1 | n/a |
| Barry County Christian School | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Thornapple Players | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hastings Church of the Nazarene | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Green Street United Methodist Church | $9,896 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Middleville | $9,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Sprout Urban Farms Inc | $9,375 | 1 | 1% |
| Putnam District Library | $8,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Battle Creek Public Schools | $8,310 | 1 | n/a |
| Coldspring | $8,259 | 1 | n/a |
| Cornell University | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Disability Resource Association Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Carpenter Gravel | $7,290 | 1 | n/a |
| Blue Zones LLC | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kellogg Community College Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Thornapple Area Parks & Recreation | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Grand Valley State University | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lighthouse on the Lake Center Inc | $5,472 | 1 | 8% |
| Roosen Varchetti & Oliver Pllc | $5,397 | 1 | n/a |
| Middleville United Methodist Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($82k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Barry Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 10 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 36 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 36.
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.
WK Kellogg FoundationMI20.9× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: WK Kellogg Foundation · Richard B Messer FBO Pennock Hospital · Barry County United Way · The Baum Family Foundation · Douglas A & Margaret E DeCamp Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Battle Creek Community Foundation · Michigan College Access Network · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Feldpausch Foundation · Miller Foundation · United Way of South Central Michigan
How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
About Barry Community Foundation
- How much does Barry Community Foundation give?
- Barry Community Foundation reported 38 itemized grants totaling $3,017,537, out of $3,462,335 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 34 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Barry Community Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (33%), Housing & Shelter (15%), Philanthropy (10%).
- Who are Barry Community Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Barry County United Way ($2.1M), 420 E Mills LLC ($1.6M), Hastings Public Library ($1.3M).
- Does Barry Community Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Barry Community Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include WK Kellogg Foundation, Richard B Messer FBO Pennock Hospital, Barry County United Way.
- Where is Barry Community Foundation based?
- Barry Community Foundation is based in MI.
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More from the funding graph
The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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