Michigan · Private foundation
Bea Aldrink Idema 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.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 30
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $26M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations Bea Aldrink Idema Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 80% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 20% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $810k 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 | 29 | $1.0M | 66% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $1.0M | 75% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $155k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $70k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $135k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $120k | 80% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $50k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $58k | 60% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westminster Presbyterian Church | $270,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Kids Hope USA | $175,000 | 3 | 6% |
| New City Kids Inc | $156,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Van Andel Institute | $130,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hope College | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Potters House | $95,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Van Andel Research Institute | $80,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Upcycle Bikes | $65,000 | 3 | 13% |
| Van Andel Education Institute | $55,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Storehouse of Community Resources | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 46 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($655k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bea Aldrink Idema Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
Open a dossier: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · The Wege Foundation · Cdv5 Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Jerry & Marcia Tubergen Foundation · The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation · Corewell Health Group Return · The Meijer Foundation · WK Kellogg Foundation
How this is measured
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About Bea Aldrink Idema Foundation
- How much does Bea Aldrink Idema Foundation give?
- Bea Aldrink Idema Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $1,136,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Bea Aldrink Idema Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (33%), Education (18%), Health (9%).
- Who are Bea Aldrink Idema Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Westminster Presbyterian Church ($270k), Kids Hope USA ($175k), New City Kids Inc ($157k).
- Does Bea Aldrink Idema Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bea Aldrink Idema 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 Bea Aldrink Idema Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation, Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation.
- Where is Bea Aldrink Idema Foundation based?
- Bea Aldrink Idema Foundation is based in MI.
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