Michigan · Private foundation
Douglas L and Kathy J Kool Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $211k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $55,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations Douglas L and Kathy J Kool Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $57k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 17 | $211k | 12% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $212k | 31% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $67k | 31% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $106k | 73% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $80k | 36% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $43k | 71% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $33k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Intervention Services | $73,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Holland Home | $41,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Guiding Light Mission Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Grand Rapids Christian Schools | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cross Road Correctional Ministries | $23,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Friendship Ministries | $20,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Wedgwood Christian Services | $16,500 | 2 | 0% |
| All Belong | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Operation Mobilization | $9,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Camp Roger | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Intervention Services | $73,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Holland Home | $41,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Guiding Light Mission Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Grand Rapids Christian Schools | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cross Road Correctional Ministries | $23,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Friendship Ministries | $20,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Wedgwood Christian Services | $16,500 | 2 | 0% |
| All Belong | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Operation Mobilization | $9,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Camp Roger | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Branch Interfaith Hospitality Network | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City Impact | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc | $2,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Cord Group | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($462k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Douglas L and Kathy J Kool Charitable 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: Barnabas Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Marion & Marlene Betten Foundation · Steve & Amy Van Andel Foundation · Cdv5 Foundation · Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund
How this is measured
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About Douglas L and Kathy J Kool Charitable Foundation
- How much does Douglas L and Kathy J Kool Charitable Foundation give?
- Douglas L and Kathy J Kool Charitable Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $211,361 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Douglas L and Kathy J Kool Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (26%), Religion (10%), Health (10%).
- Who are Douglas L and Kathy J Kool Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Health Intervention Services ($73k), Holland Home ($41k), Guiding Light Mission Inc ($40k).
- Does Douglas L and Kathy J Kool Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Douglas L and Kathy J Kool Charitable 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 Douglas L and Kathy J Kool Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Barnabas Foundation, Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation, Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation.
- Where is Douglas L and Kathy J Kool Charitable Foundation based?
- Douglas L and Kathy J Kool Charitable Foundation is based in MI.
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