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Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation at a glance

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Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$10M
Granted FY2024still arriving
93
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$1.3M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$19MCommunity Improvement$11MArts & Culture$9.9MScience & Tech$7.2MReligion$5.2MHuman Services$4.4MHealth$3.1MPublic Benefit$2.7MOther$0
02FY2024 · 93 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k40 grants · $834k
  • $50k–250k32 grants · $3.4M
  • $250k+11 grants · $6.2M
$30,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$63M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER$1,325,000
PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC$1,000,000
THE SEMINAR NETWORK INC$1,000,000
ADA TOWNSHIP$500,000
GERALD R FORD PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION$500,000
YMCA OF GREATER GRAND RAPIDS$500,000
GRAND ACTION FOUNDATION 20$325,000
HEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY$325,000
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY$250,000
PUBLIC MUSEUM OF GRAND RAPIDS$250,000
PINE REST CHRISTIAN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES$250,000
ARTS MARKETPLACE AT STUDIO PARK$244,080
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION WEST MICHIGAN$213,800
LUIS PALAU ASSOCIATION$150,000
STRATEGIC WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS$150,000
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, $4.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 70% 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: $25k → 21%PROJECT GREEN: $130k → 11%COVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN: $25k → 21%PROJECT GREEN: $125k → 11%OAKDALE NEIGHBORS: $37k → 11%OAKDALE NEIGHBORS: $22k → 11%OAKDALE NEIGHBORS: $22k → 11%OAKDALE NEIGHBORS: $22k → 11%OAKDALE NEIGHBORS: $22k → 11%TREETOPS COLLECTIVE: $10k → 11%STREAMS OF HOPE: $50k → 11%STREAMS OF HOPE: $25k → 11%STREAMS OF HOPE: $20k → 11%STREAMS OF HOPE: $15k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $50k → 11%CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER OF KENT COUNTY: $40k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $40k → 11%CHILDREN'S ASSESSMENT CENTER: $40k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $40k → 11%CHILDREN'S ASSESSMENT CENTER: $40k → 11%CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER OF KENT COUNTY: $40k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $40k → 11%CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER OF KENT COUNTY: $40k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $40k → 11%THE VILLAGE LEARNING CENTER: $20k → 11%ROCKFORD COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER: $25k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER GRAND RAPIDS: $500k → 11%THE OTHER WAY MINISTRIES: $60k → 11%THE OTHER WAY MINISTRIES: $45k → 11%THE OTHER WAY MINISTRIES: $30k → 11%WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $250k → 11%GRACE'S TABLE: $15k → 11%WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $200k → 11%THE OTHER WAY MINISTRIES: $15k → 11%WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $35k → 11%GRACE'S TABLE: $15k → 11%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER GRAND RAPIDS: $10k → 11%THE OTHER WAY MINISTRIES: $10k → 11%DEGAGE MINISTRIES: $165k → 11%URBAN LEAGUE OF WEST MICHIGAN: $142k → 11%URBAN LEAGUE OF WEST MICHIGAN: $133k → 11%VIBRANT FUTURES: $100k → 11%DEGAGE MINISTRIES: $25k → 11%DEGAGE MINISTRIES: $25k → 11%DEGAGE MINISTRIES: $25k → 11%DEGAGE MINISTRIES: $25k → 11%URBAN FAMILY MINISTRIES: $10k → 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

NH
WA
IL
WI
MI
NY
OR
IN
OH
PA
CT
RI
CA
KY
VA
MD
NM
KS
TN
NC
DC
LA
GA
TX
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$69M · 142 repeat orgs$6.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

142 repeat relationships: 68 still active in FY2024, 74 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

142
82

Total granted

$69M
$4.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+12%

Still filing today

83%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.5M 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 ServicesHealthArts & CultureRecreation & SportsReligionOther
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

  • NC
    NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER
    5× · 2020–2024 · $8.6M · revenue +119%
  • Purdue Research Foundation
    5× · 2020–2024 · $7.2M · revenue +28%
  • LE
    LEADING EDUCATORS INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $3.8M · revenue +124%

Funded once

  • CF
    CENTER FOR SOUND LITERACY FOUNDATIO
    one grant, 2023 · $1.5M · revenue -47% · 29% of their budget
  • FII - NATIONAL
    one grant, 2020 · $1.2M · revenue -92%
  • DP
    DWELLING PLACE OF GRAND RAPIDS NONPROFIT
    one grant, 2020 · $200k · revenue -11%
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
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
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
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.…

—
4
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
5
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.

—
6
Michigan Chamber of Commerce

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

—
7
Grand View University

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

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.

—
10
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.

—
11
The Right Place Inc

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

—
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Gilda's Club Grand Rapids; the most unlike its peers is Bissell Pet Foundation. 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

179 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. 179 of the 239 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.

10
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
51
Early backer (in before they grew)
176/179
Grantees still filing
121/179
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Purdue Research Foundation: $7,225,000 · EducationPurdue Research FoundationLEADING EDUCATORS INC: $3,766,270 · EducationLEADING EDUCATORS INCTHE SEMINAR NETWORK INC: $2,500,000 · EducationTHE SEMINAR NETWORK INCCENTER FOR SOUND LITERACY FOUNDATIO: $1,500,000 · EducationCENTER FOR SOUND LITERACY FOUNDATIOGRAND RAPIDS CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $1,421,000 · EducationGRAND RAPIDS CHRISTIAN SCHOOLSWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $1,376,000 · EducationWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITYGRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $914,500 · Education+23 more: $6,950,750 · Education+23 moreGreater Grand Rapids Chamber Foundation: $8,812,600 · OtherGreater Grand Rapids Chamber FoundationBETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES INC: $1,075,000 · OtherCOREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $1,017,250 · OtherStand Together Foundation: $1,500,000 · OtherStand Together FoundationAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $1,350,000 · Other+105 more: $13,460,088 · Other+105 moreNATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER: $8,647,500 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL CONSTI…NATIONAL SAILING HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM INC: $500,000 · Arts & Culture+11 more: $969,080 · Arts & Culture+11 moreFII - NATIONAL: $1,225,000 · Human ServicesThe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019): $510,000 · Human ServicesWEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $485,000 · Human ServicesGRAND RAPIDS URBAN LEAGUE: $282,860 · Human ServicesDEGAGE MINISTRIES: $265,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT GREEN: $255,000 · Human ServicesBAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $210,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S ASSESSMENT CENTER: $200,000 · Human ServicesTHE OTHER WAY MINISTRIES: $160,000 · Human Services+11 more: $496,820 · Human ServicesWEST MICHIGAN CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION: $1,637,800 · ReligionLuis Palau Association: $750,000 · ReligionGRAND RAPIDS INITIATIVE FOR LEADERS: $150,500 · ReligionACCESS OF WEST MICHIGAN: $110,000 · ReligionBridge Street House of Prayer: $105,000 · ReligionCHRISTIAN LEADERS MINISTRIES INC: $100,000 · Religion+2 more: $70,000 · ReligionHEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY: $1,385,500 · PhilanthropyGRAND ACTION FOUNDATION 20: $775,000 · PhilanthropyGRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $131,000 · PhilanthropyTHE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE: $125,000 · PhilanthropyBREES DREAM FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Philanthropy+3 more: $106,200 · PhilanthropyUNITED STATES SAILING FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · Recreation & SportsWest Michigan Community Tennis Inc: $550,000 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC: $260,000 · Recreation & SportsTALL TURF MINISTRIES: $205,000 · Recreation & SportsWEST MICHIGAN SPORTS COMMISSION: $150,000 · Recreation & Sports+6 more: $106,500 · Recreation & Sports
Education$25,653,520Other$27,214,938Arts & Culture$10,116,580Human Services$4,089,680Religion$2,923,300Philanthropy$2,622,700Recreation & Sports$2,271,500

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetGreater Grand Rapids Chamber Foundation: $8,812,600 over 4y, 86% of budgetNATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER: $8,647,500 over 5y, 17% of budgetPurdue Research Foundation: $7,225,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetLEADING EDUCATORS INC: $3,766,270 over 3y, 19% of budgetTHE SEMINAR NETWORK INC: $2,500,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetWEST MICHIGAN CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION: $1,637,800 over 5y, 48% of budgetCENTER FOR SOUND LITERACY FOUNDATIO: $1,500,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetStand Together Foundation: $1,500,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $1,421,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetHEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY: $1,385,500 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $1,376,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $1,350,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetFII - NATIONAL: $1,225,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED STATES SAILING FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $914,500 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetGRAND ACTION FOUNDATION 20: $775,000 over 5y, 40% of budgetLiving Stones Academy: $767,250 over 4y, 11% of budgetLuis Palau Association: $750,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetTHE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC: $738,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $730,000 over 5y, 18% of budgetCALVIN UNIVERSITY: $645,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetK-CONNECT: $600,000 over 5y, 23% of budgetWest Michigan Community Tennis Inc: $550,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetWEST MICHIGAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY INC DBA FREDERIK MEIJER GARDENS: $526,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019): $510,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetGERALD R FORD PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION: $507,000 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetNATIONAL SAILING HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM INC: $500,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetWEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $485,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetMACKINAC CENTER: $475,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetRehoboth Christian School Assoc: $475,000 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetThe Potters House: $450,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetINNOVATION NETWORK FOR COMMUNITIES INC: $410,750 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetEarly Learning Neighborhood Collaborative: $405,500 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetORLANDO MAGIC YOUTH FOUNDATION INC: $405,500 over 3y, 22% of budgetSAFE HAVEN MINISTRIES INC: $400,500 over 5y, 9.5% of budgetSTRATEGIC WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS: $400,000 over 2y, 59% of budgetWEST MICHIGAN AVIATION ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $385,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetActon Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty: $305,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetDA BLODGETT - ST JOHN'S: $300,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS URBAN LEAGUE: $282,860 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE MICHIGAN GREAT LAKES INC: $280,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS YOUTH COMMONWEALTH INC: $280,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALING CENTER: $265,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetDEGAGE MINISTRIES: $265,000 over 5y, 4.6% of budgetAlliance for Children Everywhere: $260,000 over 3y, 9.3% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC: $260,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetCornerstone University: $260,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPROJECT GREEN: $255,000 over 2y, 39% 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.

Grand Rapids Communit…Cdv5 FoundationFrey FoundationDick and Betsy Devos …Heart of West Michiga…Peter C & Emajean Coo…Daniel & Pamella Devo…The Meijer FoundationThe Wege FoundationSteelcase FoundationThe Mercantile Bank F…The David and Carol V…
Grand Rapids Community FoundationMI179.8× affinity103 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Cdv5 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 Meijer Foundation · The Wege Foundation · Steelcase Foundation · The Mercantile Bank Foundation · The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation

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 Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Mystic Seaport Museum Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get 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
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 Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Douglas & Maria 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 239 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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The unnamed billions
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home