Michigan · Private foundation
Bruce & Susan Neckers 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.
- $28k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 25
- Grants FY2025
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $8,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 30
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $247k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations Bruce & Susan Neckers Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 25 | $28k | 12% |
| FY2024 | 22 | $25k | 9% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $17k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $23k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $42k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $17k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $27k | 60% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $21k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Third Reformed Church of Holland Michigan | $26,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Hope College | $23,000 | 7 | 0% |
| North End Community Ministry | $10,400 | 8 | 1% |
| Kids' Food Basket Inc | $8,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Ele's Place Inc | $6,700 | 6 | 0% |
| Robert H Jackson Center Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Susan Mast Als Foundation | $5,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Mel Trotter Ministries | $5,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Holland Home | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Matthew 2540 Heartside Inc | $5,000 | 7 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Third Reformed Church of Holland Michigan | $26,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Hope College | $23,000 | 7 | 0% |
| North End Community Ministry | $10,400 | 8 | 1% |
| Kids' Food Basket Inc | $8,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Ele's Place Inc | $6,700 | 6 | 0% |
| Robert H Jackson Center Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Susan Mast Als Foundation | $5,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Mel Trotter Ministries | $5,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Holland Home | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Matthew 2540 Heartside Inc | $5,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Wedgwood Christian Services | $4,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Kids Hope USA | $4,000 | 6 | 0% |
| John Ball Zoo | $3,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Iccf Community Homes | $3,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Blandford Nature Center | $3,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $3,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Chautauqua Institution | $3,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Grand Rapids Public Museum | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Beacon Hill Foundation | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| General Synod Council of the Reformed Church in America | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Legal Assistance Center | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mental Health Foundation of West Michigan | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Silent Observer of West Michigan | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ohio State University Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mayflower Preschool Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Faith Hospice | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grand Rapids Christian Schools | $700 | 2 | 0% |
| Grand Valley State University | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Other Way Ministries | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Western Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in America | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| West Side Christian School | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($58k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bruce & Susan Neckers Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Steve & Amy Van Andel Foundation · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation · Cdv5 Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · The Mercantile Bank Foundation · Barnabas Foundation · Edp Foundation
How this is measured
About Bruce & Susan Neckers Foundation
- How much does Bruce & Susan Neckers Foundation give?
- Bruce & Susan Neckers Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $28,100 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 30 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Bruce & Susan Neckers Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (24%), Religion (22%), Human Services (10%).
- Who are Bruce & Susan Neckers Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Third Reformed Church of Holland Michigan ($27k), Hope College ($23k), North End Community Ministry ($10k).
- Does Bruce & Susan Neckers Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bruce & Susan Neckers 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 Bruce & Susan Neckers Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation, Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is Bruce & Susan Neckers Foundation based?
- Bruce & Susan Neckers Foundation is based in MI.
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