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Daniel & Pamella Devos Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$11M
Granted FY2024still arriving
81
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$4.0M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Education$19MArts & Culture$12MHealth$2.5MHuman Services$2.4MRecreation & Sports$1.4MYouth Development$1.1MPhilanthropy$1.0MCommunity Improvement$902kOther$0
02FY2024 · 81 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k19 grants · $59k
  • $10k–50k27 grants · $575k
  • $50k–250k22 grants · $2.0M
  • $250k+13 grants · $8.8M
$32,500
Median grant
8
States reached
$8.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTHWOOD UNIVERSITY$4,000,000
THE NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$1,000,000
GREAT LAKES CENTER FOR THE ARTS$1,000,000
ADA TOWNSHIP$500,000
THE JOFFREY BALLET$310,000
GRAND RAPIDS SYMPHONY SOCIETY$250,000
GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY$250,000
GRAND RAPIDS SYMPHONY SOCIETY$250,000
PINE REST CHRISTIAN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES$250,000
DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY$250,000
JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS$250,000
PUBLIC MUSEUM OF GRAND RAPIDS$250,000
GERALD R FORD PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION$250,000
GRAND RAPIDS CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS$200,000
GRAND RAPIDS SYMPHONY SOCIETY$200,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

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Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $1.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FII - NATIONAL: $1.2M → 10%COVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN: $2k → 21%FATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $40k → 10%STREAMS OF HOPE: $5k → 11%STREAMS OF HOPE: $5k → 11%CASCADE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 11%WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $10k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER GRAND RAPIDS: $150k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER GRAND RAPIDS: $150k → 11%DEGAGE MINISTRIES: $50k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
MI
NY
MA
PA
CA
CO
VA
MD
DC
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$38M · 76 repeat orgs$5.5M to everyone else

76 repeat relationships — 50 still active in FY2024, 26 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

76
54

Total granted

$38M
$2.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+19%

Still filing today

80%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.7M 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
Arts & CultureHealthEducationRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • NU
    Northwood University
    5× · 2020–2024 · $13M · revenue +28%
  • GL
    Great Lakes Center for the Arts
    5× · 2020–2024 · $4.0M · revenue +53% · 31% of their budget
  • DU
    DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2021–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • FII - NATIONAL
    one grant, 2020 · $1.2M · revenue -89%
  • TJ
    THE JOFFREY BALLET
    one grant, 2020 · $300k
  • WC
    Whole Child International
    one grant, 2020 · $200k · revenue -10%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Business Leaders for Michigan Foundation

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

Community Improvement
2
Business Leaders for Michigan

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

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3
Michigan Legacy Art Park

Inspire awareness, appreciation and passion for michigan's history and stories, culture and environment through the arts.

Arts & Culture
4
Grand Rapids Area Community Foundation

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

Community Improvement
5
Michigan Chamber of Commerce

To promote conditions favorable to job creation and business success in michigan.

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6
Detroit Historical Society

The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.

Arts & Culture
7
West Bend Community Foundation Inc
Philanthropy
8
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
9
Mymichigan Medical Center Midland

Creating healthy communities - together

Health
10
The Center for Michigan

For all state residents, diverse civic stakeholders and philanthropy, the center for michigan (the center) and its nonprofit newsrooms - bridge michigan and bridgedetroit - make michigan better through high-quality, nonpartisan journalism…

Public Benefit
11
Mymichigan Health Foundation

The corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes by conducting or supporting activites exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, or to carry out the…

Health
12
Michigan Science Center

The mission of the michigan science center is to inspire curious minds of all ages to discover, explore and appreciate science, technology, engineering and math in a creative, dynamic learning environment.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Gilda's Club Grand Rapids and the most unlike its peers is Moriah Ministries. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity FoundationsIndependent K-12 SchoolsAddiction Recovery ServicesCommunity FoundationsDance Arts OrganizationsLocal Food System Organizat…Youth Development CentersDomestic Violence ServicesChristian Youth CampsCancer Support ServicesAnimal Rescue and ShelterOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Local History MuseumsEnvironmental Conservation …Faith-Based Social ServicesDevelopmental Disabilities …Community Arts CentersUnited Way AffiliatesFood Banks and PantriesChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Community College Foundatio…Affordable Housing Developm…Health Access Advocacy and …Youth Sports Programs
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 36 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%2%<5yr13%4%5–10yr20%17%10–20yr15%24%20–35yr14%28%35–55yr18%25%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr13%2%5–10yr20%15%10–20yr15%10%20–35yr14%9%35–55yr18%63%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/126
the rest of the field
12%
6,511/53,730

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 115 of the 152 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
21
Early backer (in before they grew)
114/115
Grantees still filing
70/115
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Northwood University — $13,423,000 · EducationNorthwood UniversityDAVENPORT UNIVERSITY — $1,310,000 · EducationDAVENPORT UNIVERSITYTHE NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $1,000,000 · EducationTHE NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION+9 more — $1,355,000 · Education+9 moreGreat Lakes Center for the Arts — $3,982,000 · Arts & CultureGreat Lakes Center for the Ar…GRAND RAPIDS SYMPHONY SOCIETY — $1,650,000 · Arts & CultureGRAND RAPIDS SYMPHONY SOCIETYTHE JOFFREY BALLET — $1,277,000 · Arts & CultureTHE JOFFREY BALLETJOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS — $1,180,000 · Arts & CultureJOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE…GRAND RAPIDS ART MUSEUM — $1,155,000 · Arts & CultureGRAND RAPIDS ART MUSEUMWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART — $925,000 · Arts & CultureWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN AR…+19 more — $1,336,500 · Arts & Culture+19 moreGRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY — $2,330,000 · OtherGRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVER…HOPE NETWORK — $683,000 · OtherHOPE NETWORKORLANDO MAGIC YOUTH FOUNDATION INC — $545,000 · OtherORLANDO MAGIC YOUTH FOUND…ADA TOWNSHIP — $500,000 · OtherKEYSTONE COMMUNITY CHURCH — $375,000 · OtherWEST MICHIGAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY INC DBA FREDERIK MEIJER GARDENS — $596,600 · OtherWEST MICHIGAN HORTICULTUR…CAPE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION INC — $350,000 · Other+66 more — $4,601,010 · Other+66 moreFII - NATIONAL — $1,225,000 · Human ServicesThe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019) — $300,000 · Human Services+7 more — $139,500 · Human ServicesSAINT MARY'S FOUNDATION — $350,000 · HealthPINE REST CHRISTIAN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES — $250,000 · HealthMENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION OF WEST MICHIGAN — $160,000 · HealthMCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION — $150,000 · HealthI Understand Love Heals — $90,000 · HealthCOREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION WEST MICHIGAN — $87,500 · HealthMCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN — $80,000 · Health70 X 7 LIFE RECOVERY — $60,000 · Health+8 more — $156,000 · HealthWEST MICHIGAN SPORTS COMMISSION — $1,057,500 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC — $100,000 · Recreation & Sports+7 more — $107,500 · Recreation & SportsHEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY — $660,000 · PhilanthropyPETOSKEY-HARBOR SPRINGS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $150,000 · PhilanthropyGRAND ACTION FOUNDATION 20 — $100,000 · PhilanthropyHEART OF FLORIDA UNITED WAY INC — $50,000 · Philanthropy+4 more — $44,900 · Philanthropy
Education$17,088,000Arts & Culture$11,505,500Other$9,980,610Human Services$1,664,500Health$1,383,500Recreation & Sports$1,265,000Philanthropy$1,004,900

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetNorthwood University — $13,423,000 over 5y, 4.9% of budgetGreat Lakes Center for the Arts — $3,982,000 over 5y, 31% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS SYMPHONY SOCIETY — $1,650,000 over 5y, 7.1% of budgetDAVENPORT UNIVERSITY — $1,310,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE JOFFREY BALLET — $1,277,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetFII - NATIONAL — $1,225,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetJOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS — $1,180,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS ART MUSEUM — $1,155,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetWEST MICHIGAN SPORTS COMMISSION — $1,057,500 over 5y, 13% of budgetTHE NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $1,000,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART — $925,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetHEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY — $660,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetWEST MICHIGAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY INC DBA FREDERIK MEIJER GARDENS — $596,600 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetORLANDO MAGIC YOUTH FOUNDATION INC — $545,000 over 5y, 24% of budgetWEST MICHIGAN AVIATION ACADEMY FOUNDATION — $440,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS — $430,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFISHTOWN PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC — $350,000 over 3y, 8.9% of budgetCAPE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION INC — $350,000 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetSAINT MARY'S FOUNDATION — $350,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetMACKINAC CENTER — $325,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019) — $300,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCHILD & FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN INC — $270,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetEcliptic At Rosa Parks Circle Conservancy — $250,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetPINE REST CHRISTIAN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES — $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGERALD R FORD PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION — $250,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetMichigan Crossroads Council Inc Boy Scouts of America — $230,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetWhole Child International — $200,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetDISCOVERY CENTER GREAT LAKES — $200,000 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetGreater Grand Rapids Chamber Foundation — $180,000 over 2y, 7.9% of budgetFAMILY OUTREACH CENTER — $180,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION OF WEST MICHIGAN — $160,000 over 3y, 7.2% of budgetMCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION — $150,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetPETOSKEY-HARBOR SPRINGS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $150,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF GRAND RAPIDS — $120,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetDWELLING PLACE OF GRAND RAPIDS NONPROFIT — $100,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC — $100,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetARTPRIZE GRAND RAPIDS — $100,000 over 3y, 8.1% of budgetStand Together Foundation — $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBE CAFE — $100,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetGRAND ACTION FOUNDATION 20 — $100,000 over 3y, 40% of budgetRIVERBANK YOUTH THEATRE — $100,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetI Understand Love Heals — $90,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS CIVIC THEATRE INC — $85,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetHOPE COLLEGE — $85,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN — $80,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGILDA'S CLUB GRAND RAPIDS — $80,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS INITIATIVE FOR LEADERS — $75,000 over 5y, 7.7% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Douglas & Maria Devos…Dick and Betsy Devos …Grand Rapids Communit…Frey FoundationCdv5 FoundationThe Meijer FoundationThe Wege FoundationPeter C & Emajean Coo…The David and Carol V…Heart of West Michiga…The Mercantile Bank F…The Community Foundat…
Douglas & Maria Devos FoundationMI103.4× affinity48 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Frey Foundation · Cdv5 Foundation · The Meijer Foundation · The Wege Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · The Mercantile Bank Foundation · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Daniel & Pamella Devos Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Heart of Florida United Way Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
32report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Daniel & Pamella Devos Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Daniel & Pamella Devos 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 152 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

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

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