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Cdv5 Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$4.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
59
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$925k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$5.4MHuman Services$3.8MHealth$3.2MHousing & Shelter$1.9MEmployment$1.7MReligion$1.7MYouth Development$1.5MCommunity Improvement$1.2MOther$0
02FY2024 · 59 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k40 grants · $855k
  • $50k–250k15 grants · $1.4M
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.9M
$25,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$72M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PINE REST CHRISTIAN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES$925,000
GRAND ACTION FOUNDATION 20$500,000
GERALD R FORD PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION$500,000
CHANCE SPORTS$210,000
HOUSING KENT$200,000
ADA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL SOCIETY$125,000
GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION$125,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GRAND RAPIDS$100,000
GRAND RAPIDS OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN$100,000
BREAKTHROUGH T1D$75,000
REHOBOTH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION$75,000
POTTER'S HOUSE$75,000
HEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY$50,000
EXALTA HEALTH$50,000
KIDS' FOOD BASKET$50,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $4.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FII - NATIONAL: $1.2M → 10%COVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN: $15k → 21%ENVISION FOUNDATION INC: $325k → 16%OPPORTUNITY RESOURCE FUND: $25k → 16%ENVISION FOUNDATION INC: $280k → 16%ENVISION FOUNDATION INC: $250k → 16%ENVISION FOUNDATION INC: $250k → 16%PROJECT GREEN: $25k → 11%OAKDALE NEIGHBORS: $16k → 11%OAKDALE NEIGHBORS: $10k → 11%OAKDALE NEIGHBORS: $10k → 11%OAKDALE NEIGHBORS: $10k → 11%OAKDALE NEIGHBORS: $10k → 11%STREAMS OF HOPE: $150k → 11%STREAMS OF HOPE: $10k → 11%AFRICAN RESOURCE CENTER OF WEST MICHIGAN: $10k → 11%STREAMS OF HOPE: $8k → 11%CHILDREN'S ASSESSMENT CENTER: $40k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $40k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $30k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $30k → 11%CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER OF KENT COUNTY: $30k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $30k → 11%CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER OF KENT COUNTY: $30k → 11%CHILDREN'S ASSESSMENT CENTER: $30k → 11%CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER OF KENT COUNTY: $30k → 11%THE VILLAGE LEARNING CENTER: $183k → 11%ROCKFORD COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER: $25k → 11%THE VILLAGE LEARNING CENTER: $40k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER GRAND RAPIDS: $250k → 11%THE OTHER WAY MINISTRIES: $25k → 11%THE OTHER WAY MINISTRIES: $20k → 11%THE OTHER WAY MINISTRIES: $20k → 11%THE OTHER WAY MINISTRIES: $20k → 11%WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $215k → 11%WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $150k → 11%THE OTHER WAY MINISTRIES: $20k → 11%WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $50k → 11%WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $50k → 11%WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $50k → 11%DEGAGE MINISTRIES: $60k → 11%DEGAGE MINISTRIES: $30k → 11%DEGAGE MINISTRIES: $30k → 11%DEGAGE MINISTRIES: $30k → 11%DEGAGE MINISTRIES: $30k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
CA
CO
MD
NM
KS
NC
DC
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$19M · 78 repeat orgs$5.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.

78 repeat relationships: 50 still active in FY2024, 28 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

78
39

Total granted

$19M
$3.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
-1%

Still filing today

90%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.8M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterArts & CultureRecreation & SportsOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • GR
    GRAND RAPIDS CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
    4× · 2020–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +43%
  • EF
    ENVISION FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $1.1M · revenue +42%
  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HEALING CENTER
    4× · 2020–2024 · $600k · revenue +122%

Funded once

  • FII - NATIONAL
    one grant, 2020 · $1.2M · revenue -92%
  • TY
    The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019)graduated
    one grant, 2023 · $250k · revenue +34%
  • TV
    THE VILLAGE LEARNING CENTER
    one grant, 2023 · $223k · revenue -100% · 56% of their budget
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Grand Rapids Area Community Foundation

Inspire individuals and organizations to invest in their community to improve the quality of life.

Community Improvement
2
Great Lakes Community Action Partnership

The mission of great lakes community action partnership is to create partnerships and opportunites to help individuals, families and communities thrive.

Human Services
3
Family Outreach Center

Leading the way in promoting healthy family living by reaching out to underserved populations and those who are in our community.

—
4
Mid Michigan Community Action Agency Inc

Mid michigan community action guides local residents on the path to self-sufficiency through empowerment, education and community enrichment.

—
5
The Right Place Inc

The right place is the economic development organization that drives current and long-term economic prosperity in west michigan.

—
6
Goodwill Industries of Central Michigan's Heartland Inc

Changing lives through the power of work.

Employment
7
The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
8
Great Mn Schools

We believe that great schools are the cornerstone of a just and thriving community. ensuring that every child is able to attend a school that works is our moral and social imperative - our children deserve no less.

Education
9
Common Good Iowa

Common good iowa engages iowans to create and advocate for research-based public policy that makes life better and more equitable for all who make iowa home.

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10
Grand View University

Engages, equips and empowers learners to explore their vocations, fulfill their potential and serve the world.

Education
11
Grand Rapids Youth for Christ Inc

West Michigan Youth for Christ seeks to reach young people everywhere, working with the local church and like-minded partners to raise up followers of Jesus who lead by godly lifestyle, devotion to the Bible and prayer, passion for sharing…

Youth Development
12
Greater Lansing Youth for Christ

To communicate the relevance of the life-changing message of jesus christ to youth by example and word and challenging them to trust christ and to live for him.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Grand Rapids Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Wake Forest University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

107 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 107 of the 126 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
23
Early backer (in before they grew)
106/107
Grantees still filing
63/107
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GRAND RAPIDS CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $1,430,000 · EducationGRAND RAPIDS CHRISTIAN SC…GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $720,000 · EducationGRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOO…Rehoboth Christian School Assoc: $595,000 · EducationRehoboth Christian School…GERALD R FORD PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION: $500,000 · EducationGERALD R FORD PRESIDENTIA…GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $500,000 · EducationGRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY CO…WEST MICHIGAN AVIATION ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $470,000 · EducationWEST MICHIGAN AVIATION AC…The Potters House: $390,000 · EducationThe Potters HouseADA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL SOCIETY: $250,000 · Education+13 more: $725,000 · Education+13 moreKEYSTONE COMMUNITY CHURCH: $550,000 · OtherKEYSTONE COMMUNITY CHURCHGRAND RAPIDS YOUTH COMMONWEALTH INC: $525,000 · OtherGRAND RAPIDS YOUTH COMMONWEALTH INCHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF KENT COUNTY INC: $400,000 · OtherBETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES INC: $395,000 · OtherWomen's Resource Center: $360,000 · OtherMADISON SQUARE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH: $350,000 · OtherGRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY: $300,000 · OtherTALL TURF MINISTRIES: $325,000 · OtherWEST MICHIGAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY INC DBA FREDERIK MEIJER GARDENS: $522,500 · OtherWEST MICHIGAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY INC…+55 more: $4,801,960 · Other+55 moreFII - NATIONAL: $1,225,000 · Human ServicesFII - NATIONALENVISION FOUNDATION INC: $1,105,000 · Human ServicesENVISION FOUNDATION…WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $515,000 · Human ServicesWEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN …The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019): $250,000 · Human ServicesThe Young Men's Chr…THE VILLAGE LEARNING CENTER: $222,500 · Human ServicesDEGAGE MINISTRIES: $180,000 · Human ServicesStreams of Hope: $167,500 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S ASSESSMENT CENTER: $160,000 · Human Services+8 more: $391,060 · Human Services+8 morePINE REST CHRISTIAN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES: $925,000 · HealthPINE REST CH…CHILDREN'S HEALING CENTER: $600,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S H…COREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION WEST MICHIGAN: $335,000 · HealthCOREWELL HEA…MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION OF WEST MICHIGAN: $300,000 · HealthMENTAL HEALT…HEALTH INTERVENTION SERVICES: $235,000 · HealthHEALTH INTER…BREAKTHROUGH T1D: $135,000 · Health+4 more: $115,000 · HealthHOME REPAIR SERVICES OF KENT COUNTY INC: $355,000 · Housing & ShelterHOUSING KENT FKA HOUSING STABILITY ALLIANCE: $300,000 · Housing & ShelterSAFE HAVEN MINISTRIES INC: $290,000 · Housing & ShelterFAMILY PROMISE OF GRAND RAPIDS: $235,000 · Housing & ShelterDWELLING PLACE OF GRAND RAPIDS NONPROFIT: $200,000 · Housing & ShelterAYA YOUTH COLLECTIVE: $145,000 · Housing & ShelterICCF COMMUNITY HOMES: $100,000 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterGRAND ACTION FOUNDATION 20: $600,000 · PhilanthropyHEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY: $545,000 · PhilanthropyGRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $60,000 · PhilanthropyDISABILITY ADVOCATES OF KENT COUNTY: $50,000 · PhilanthropyKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC: $500,000 · Food & NutritionCOMMUNITY FOOD CLUBS: $165,000 · Food & NutritionGRAND RAPIDS DOWNTOWN MARKET EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $40,000 · Food & Nutrition
Education$5,580,000Other$8,529,460Human Services$4,216,060Health$2,645,000Housing & Shelter$1,645,000Philanthropy$1,255,000Food & Nutrition$705,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGRAND RAPIDS CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $1,430,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetFII - NATIONAL: $1,225,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetENVISION FOUNDATION INC: $1,105,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetPINE REST CHRISTIAN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES: $925,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $720,000 over 5y, 18% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALING CENTER: $600,000 over 4y, 6.7% of budgetGRAND ACTION FOUNDATION 20: $600,000 over 4y, 40% of budgetRehoboth Christian School Assoc: $595,000 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetHEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY: $545,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS YOUTH COMMONWEALTH INC: $525,000 over 5y, 6.4% of budgetWEST MICHIGAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY INC DBA FREDERIK MEIJER GARDENS: $522,500 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetWEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $515,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetGERALD R FORD PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC: $500,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetWEST MICHIGAN AVIATION ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $470,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF KENT COUNTY INC: $400,000 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetThe Potters House: $390,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetWomen's Resource Center: $360,000 over 4y, 9.3% of budgetHOME REPAIR SERVICES OF KENT COUNTY INC: $355,000 over 5y, 7.4% of budgetTALL TURF MINISTRIES: $325,000 over 5y, 19% of budgetHOUSING KENT FKA HOUSING STABILITY ALLIANCE: $300,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION OF WEST MICHIGAN: $300,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetSAFE HAVEN MINISTRIES INC: $290,000 over 5y, 7.2% of budgetMEL TROTTER MINISTRIES: $275,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetADA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL SOCIETY: $250,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019): $250,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHEALTH INTERVENTION SERVICES: $235,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF GRAND RAPIDS: $235,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetTHE VILLAGE LEARNING CENTER: $222,500 over 1y, 56% of budgetDA BLODGETT - ST JOHN'S: $220,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCHANCE SPORTS: $210,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetDWELLING PLACE OF GRAND RAPIDS NONPROFIT: $200,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $200,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetORLANDO MAGIC YOUTH FOUNDATION INC: $180,000 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetDEGAGE MINISTRIES: $180,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetGreater Grand Rapids Chamber Foundation: $180,000 over 2y, 7.9% of budgetStreams of Hope: $167,500 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOOD CLUBS: $165,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S ASSESSMENT CENTER: $160,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetOur Hope Association: $150,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetROOSEVELT PARK MINISTRIES INC: $150,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetWEST MICHIGAN SPORTS COMMISSION: $150,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $150,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJOHN BALL ZOO: $150,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAYA YOUTH COLLECTIVE: $145,000 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetPARTNERS WORLDWIDE: $140,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $135,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Douglas & Maria Devos…Grand Rapids Communit…Frey FoundationDick and Betsy Devos …Heart of West Michiga…Peter C & Emajean Coo…Daniel & Pamella Devo…The Wege FoundationThe Meijer FoundationThe Mercantile Bank F…The David and Carol V…The Community Foundat…
Douglas & Maria Devos FoundationMI154.6× affinity73 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Frey Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Daniel & Pamella Devos Foundation · The Wege Foundation · The Meijer Foundation · The Mercantile Bank Foundation · The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Cdv5 Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cdv5 Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    38report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Cdv5 Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Cdv5 Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 126 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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