Michigan · Private foundation
Craig and Wendy Spoelhof 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.
- $180k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations Craig and Wendy Spoelhof Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 | 21 | $180k | 19% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $160k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $169k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $165k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $149k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $148k | 22% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $135k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $120k | 50% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holland Christian Education Society | $526,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Kids' Food Basket Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Geneva Camp & Retreat Center | $58,800 | 6 | 0% |
| Mission Partners India Inc | $57,500 | 9 | 2% |
| The Potters House | $50,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Hope College | $35,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Calvin University | $28,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Young Life | $22,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Cultureworks | $12,500 | 6 | 5% |
| Lake Michigan Junior Golf Association | $11,500 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 26 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holland Christian Education Society | $526,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Kids' Food Basket Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Geneva Camp & Retreat Center | $58,800 | 6 | 0% |
| Mission Partners India Inc | $57,500 | 9 | 2% |
| The Potters House | $50,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Hope College | $35,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Calvin University | $28,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Young Life | $22,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Cultureworks | $12,500 | 6 | 5% |
| Lake Michigan Junior Golf Association | $11,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Compassionate Heart Ministries | $8,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Community Action House | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Engedi Church | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Odc Network | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Encompasskids | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Jubilee Ministries Inc | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Vox United | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Heights of Hope Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lakeshore Pregnancy Center Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Homecor | $3,000 | 2 | 2% |
| City Hill Church | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Special Olympics Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Positive Options Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pca Reformed University Ministries | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Foundation for Transplants Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Van Andel Institute | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($384k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Craig and Wendy Spoelhof 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: The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · John and Judy Spoelhof Foundation · Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation · Stephen and Valerie Spoelhof Foundation · Jim and Ginger Jurries Foundation · Douglas & Sandra Dekock Family Foun · De Witt Families Conduit Foundation · Scott and Janet Spoelhof Foundation · Larry and Karen Mulder Foundation · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Howard Miller Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Craig and Wendy Spoelhof Foundation with peer funders
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About Craig and Wendy Spoelhof Foundation
- How much does Craig and Wendy Spoelhof Foundation give?
- Craig and Wendy Spoelhof Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $179,800 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Craig and Wendy Spoelhof Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (49%), Youth Development (12%), Religion (12%).
- Who are Craig and Wendy Spoelhof Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Holland Christian Education Society ($527k), Kids' Food Basket Inc ($75k), Geneva Camp & Retreat Center ($59k).
- Does Craig and Wendy Spoelhof Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Craig and Wendy Spoelhof 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 Craig and Wendy Spoelhof Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc, John and Judy Spoelhof Foundation, Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation.
- Where is Craig and Wendy Spoelhof Foundation based?
- Craig and Wendy Spoelhof Foundation is based in MI.
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