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Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$7.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
91
Grants FY2024still arriving
17
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Education$15MCommunity Improvement$7.3MArts & Culture$2.9MHuman Services$2.5MPublic Benefit$2.4MSocial Science$2.4MReligion$2.4MPhilanthropy$1.1MOther$0
02FY2024 · 91 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k23 grants · $72k
  • $10k–50k39 grants · $661k
  • $50k–250k20 grants · $2.3M
  • $250k+9 grants · $4.0M
$20,000
Median grant
17
States reached
$48M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GRAND ACTION FOUNDATION 20$1,000,000
FISCAL SPONSORSHIP ALLIES$750,000
ADA TOWNSHIP$500,000
FISCAL SPONSORSHIP ALLIES$500,000
GLOBAL LEADERSHIP NETWORK$300,000
PALMETTO PROMISE INSTITUTE$250,000
THEODORE ROOSEVELT PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION$250,000
PUBLIC MUSEUM OF GRAND RAPIDS$250,000
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE$250,000
WEST MICHIGAN AVIATION ACADEMY FOUNDATION$247,385
HURON WATERLOO PATHWAYS INITIATIVE$200,000
GLOBAL LEADERSHIP NETWORK$200,000
POTTER'S HOUSE$200,000
MARS HILL BIBLE CHURCH$162,000
MACKINAC CENTER$125,000
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, $2.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 31% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FII - NATIONAL: $1.2M → 10%HOMELESS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC: $10k → 12%ALIVE HOSPICE: $500 → 14%HOMELESS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC: $10k → 12%HONOR FLIGHT INC: $20k → 7%HOMELESS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC: $10k → 12%CHARITY GLOBAL INC: $120k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN: $20k → 21%YMCA OF THE EAST VALLEY: $250 → 14%EVERGREEN COMMONS INC: $103k → 10%HOMELESS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC: $5k → 12%HOMELESS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC: $5k → 12%EVERGREEN COMMONS: $53k → 10%EVERGREEN COMMONS: $28k → 10%EVERGREEN COMMONS: $20k → 10%HOSPICE OF HOLLAND INC: $1k → 10%STREAMS OF HOPE: $10k → 11%STREAMS OF HOPE: $3k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 11%FASHION HAS HEART: $50k → 11%WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $255k → 11%WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $5k → 11%WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $5k → 11%WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $5k → 11%DEGAGE MINISTRIES: $105k → 11%DEGAGE MINISTRIES: $5k → 11%DEGAGE MINISTRIES: $5k → 11%DEGAGE MINISTRIES: $5k → 11%DEGAGE MINISTRIES: $5k → 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

ME
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
OH
PA
CT
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
AL
GA
TX
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$34M · 134 repeat orgs$8.9M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +27% since the first grant, against +22% for the ones you funded once.

134 repeat relationships — 59 still active in FY2024, 75 since wound down; 26 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

134
106

Total granted

$34M
$6.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+22%

Still filing today

88%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.9M 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
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyReligionOther

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

  • GA
    GRAND ACTION FOUNDATION 20
    4× · 2020–2024 · $2.1M · revenue ×35 · 40% of their budget
  • AF
    AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN GROWTH FUND INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $2.0M · revenue +190%
  • AE
    AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.9M · revenue +57%

Funded once

  • FII - NATIONAL
    one grant, 2020 · $1.2M · revenue -89%
  • DR HOWARD FULLER COLLEGIATE ACADEMY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $1.0M · revenue +66%
  • CH
    COREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $333k

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
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
2
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
3
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
4
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
5
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
6
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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7
Maryland Institute

Degree granting college-maryland institute college of art is a private college dedicated to the education of professional artists and the further advancement of art in the community.

Education
8
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

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
Museum of American Finance

Finance impacts everyone. as a socially relevant organization, the museum of american finance seeks to improve understanding of the influence of financial institutions and capital markets on the u.s. and global economies, and on…

—
11
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
12
Land Conservancy of West Michigan

Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Gilda's Club Grand Rapids and the most unlike its peers is Ancicent Paths Study Tours. 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 backsteadyYouth Sports ProgramsPolicy Research and AdvocacyPublic Library OperationsEnvironmental Conservation …Military Veterans SupportWomen & Girls Leadership De…Health Access Advocacy and …Pregnancy Support ServicesLocal Food System Organizat…Domestic Violence ServicesOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Animal Rescue and ShelterCommunity Arts CentersChristian Missionary Organi…Senior Support ServicesJewish Community Organizati…Elementary Literacy TutoringCancer Support ServicesYouth Development CentersYmca Youth DevelopmentSchool District FoundationsDance Arts OrganizationsFood Banks and PantriesCommunity FoundationsAddiction Recovery ServicesAffordable Housing Construc…Local History MuseumsUnited Way AffiliatesFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Independent K-12 SchoolsAffordable Housing Developm…Community FoundationsCommunity College Foundatio…
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 34 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%1%<5yr14%5%5–10yr19%21%10–20yr16%25%20–35yr13%27%35–55yr16%21%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%12%5–10yr19%11%10–20yr16%38%20–35yr13%20%35–55yr16%19%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.8% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.8%2/251
the rest of the field
13%
240,394/1,819,314

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

236 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. 236 of the 272 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
50
Early backer (in before they grew)
229/236
Grantees still filing
160/236
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

GLOBAL LEADERSHIP NETWORK — $2,560,000 · OtherGLOBAL LEADERSHIP NETWORKUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND — $2,095,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MARYLANDFISCAL SPONSORSHIP ALLIES — $1,250,000 · OtherFISCAL SPONSORSHIP ALLIESMARS HILL BIBLE CHURCH — $1,200,000 · OtherMARS HILL BIBLE CHURCHTHE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY — $910,000 · Other+104 more — $10,822,500 · Other+104 moreAMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN GROWTH FUND INC — $2,000,000 · EducationAMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN …WEST MICHIGAN AVIATION ACADEMY FOUNDATION — $1,822,435 · EducationWEST MICHIGAN AVIATION ACADEMY FO…UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC — $1,500,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PA…The Potters House — $1,301,000 · EducationThe Potters HouseDR HOWARD FULLER COLLEGIATE ACADEMY INC — $1,000,000 · EducationDR HOWARD FULLER COLLEGIATE ACADE…STUDENT FREEDOM INITIATIVE INC — $1,000,000 · EducationSTUDENT FREEDOM INITIATIVE INCDEFENSE OF FREEDOM INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES INC — $900,000 · EducationDEFENSE OF FREEDOM INSTITUTE FOR …Northwood University — $753,000 · EducationNorthwood UniversityTHEODORE ROOSEVELT PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $500,000 · Education+23 more — $1,872,500 · Education+23 moreGRAND ACTION FOUNDATION 20 — $2,150,000 · PhilanthropyHEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY — $425,000 · PhilanthropyTHE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE — $250,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE HOLLAND/ZEELAND AREA INC — $160,000 · PhilanthropyCAPITOL MINISTRIES — $115,000 · Philanthropy+6 more — $194,700 · PhilanthropyARTPRIZE GRAND RAPIDS — $450,000 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — $400,000 · Arts & CultureJOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS — $325,000 · Arts & CultureGRAND RAPIDS ART MUSEUM — $285,000 · Arts & CultureHolland Community Aquatic Center Foundation — $250,000 · Arts & CultureORLANDO SCIENCE CENTERINC — $210,000 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR LAW AND POLICY — $125,000 · Arts & CultureMICHIGAN MARITIME MUSEUM INC — $125,000 · Arts & CultureGRAND RAPIDS CIVIC THEATRE INC — $115,000 · Arts & CultureEcliptic At Rosa Parks Circle Conservancy — $100,000 · Arts & Culture+16 more — $457,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH — $1,950,000 · Social ScienceTHE INSTITUTE FOR CULTURAL EVOLUTION — $115,000 · Social ScienceTHE POLICY CIRCLE CO — $75,000 · Social ScienceFII - NATIONAL — $1,225,000 · Human ServicesWEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES — $270,000 · Human ServicesEVERGREEN COMMONS — $202,500 · Human ServicesDEGAGE MINISTRIES — $125,000 · Human ServicesCHARITY GLOBAL INC — $120,000 · Human Services+7 more — $167,500 · Human ServicesActon Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty — $587,500 · Civil RightsFOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION INC — $110,000 · Civil RightsIndependent Women's Forum — $100,000 · Civil RightsRIGHT TO LIFE OF MICHIGAN EDUC FUND — $85,000 · Civil RightsINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE — $50,000 · Civil RightsFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE — $50,000 · Civil Rights+1 more — $20,000 · Civil Rights
Other$18,837,500Education$12,648,935Philanthropy$3,294,700Arts & Culture$2,842,000Social Science$2,140,000Human Services$2,110,000Civil Rights$1,002,500

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetGRAND ACTION FOUNDATION 20 — $2,150,000 over 4y, 40% of budgetAMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN GROWTH FUND INC — $2,000,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH — $1,950,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetWEST MICHIGAN AVIATION ACADEMY FOUNDATION — $1,822,435 over 5y, 30% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC — $1,500,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetThe Potters House — $1,301,000 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetFII - NATIONAL — $1,225,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetDR HOWARD FULLER COLLEGIATE ACADEMY INC — $1,000,000 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetSTUDENT FREEDOM INITIATIVE INC — $1,000,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetTHE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY — $910,000 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetDEFENSE OF FREEDOM INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES INC — $900,000 over 2y, 39% of budgetNorthwood University — $753,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMACKINAC CENTER — $600,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetWEST MICHIGAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY INC DBA FREDERIK MEIJER GARDENS — $596,500 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetActon Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty — $587,500 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetTHEODORE ROOSEVELT PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $500,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetAlpha USA — $475,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetARTPRIZE GRAND RAPIDS — $450,000 over 2y, 40% of budgetORLANDO MAGIC YOUTH FOUNDATION INC — $430,000 over 3y, 22% of budgetHEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY — $425,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetHOLLAND CHRISTIAN EDUCATION SOCIETY — $409,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — $400,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL REVIEW INSTITUTE — $375,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetJOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS — $325,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetODC NETWORK — $325,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetJOHN BALL ZOO — $310,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetKids Hope USA — $285,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS ART MUSEUM — $285,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetWEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES — $270,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetPalmetto Promise Institute — $250,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $250,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetHolland Community Aquatic Center Foundation — $250,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetTHE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE — $250,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetENDEAVOR DETROIT — $230,000 over 5y, 8.0% of budgetORLANDO SCIENCE CENTERINC — $210,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetEVERGREEN COMMONS — $202,500 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetDWELLING PLACE OF GRAND RAPIDS NONPROFIT — $200,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetSTART GARDEN INC — $200,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetHURON WATERLOO PATHWAYS INITIATIVE — $200,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetGreater Grand Rapids Chamber Foundation — $182,500 over 3y, 7.9% of budgetCAPE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION INC — $175,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetSOLDIER STRONG INC — $165,000 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE HOLLAND/ZEELAND AREA INC — $160,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE BIBLE — $150,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR LAW AND POLICY — $125,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetMICHIGAN MARITIME MUSEUM INC — $125,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetICCF COMMUNITY HOMES — $125,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetVISION TO LEARN — $125,000 over 3y, 0.3% 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…Grand Rapids Communit…Cdv5 FoundationDaniel & Pamella Devo…Frey FoundationPeter C & Emajean Coo…The Meijer FoundationThe Community Foundat…The Wege FoundationHeart of West Michiga…The David and Carol V…The Mercantile Bank F…
Douglas & Maria Devos FoundationMI124× affinity60 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 · Cdv5 Foundation · Daniel & Pamella Devos Foundation · Frey Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · The Meijer Foundation · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · The Wege Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation · The Mercantile Bank Foundation

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 Dick and Betsy Devos Family 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 · 200%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Orlando Science Centerinc — 4% of income from government
  • United Way of Indian River County Inc — 1% of income from government
  • United Arts of Central Florida Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Rollins College — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
20get no government money at all
53report 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 Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Dick and Betsy Devos Family 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 272 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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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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