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Edward H & Diana H Marsilje Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Edward H & Diana H Marsilje Charitable 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.

$134k
Granted FY2025still arriving
32
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$32k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0184% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$365kArts & Culture$125kHuman Services$82kPhilanthropy$81kReligion$80kEnvironment$45kHealth$44kFood & Nutrition$35kOther$0
02FY2025 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k29 grants · $68k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $66k
$2,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$3.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOPE COLLEGE - BUSINESS SCHOOL$32,000
HOPE COLLEGE$24,000
G R SYMPHONY$10,000
HOLLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$5,000
MEIJER FREDERICK GARDEN$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
THIRD REFORMED CHURCH$4,000
FORTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$4,000
EVERGREEN COMMONS$4,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HOLLAND$3,000
SALVATION ARMY$3,000
HOSPICE$2,000
COMMUNITY ACTION HOUSE$2,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $42k) 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. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%EVERGREEN COMMONS: $4k → 10%EVERGREEN COMMONS: $4k → 10%EVERGREEN COMMONS: $3k → 10%EVERGREEN COMMONS: $2k → 10%EVERGREEN COMMONS: $2k → 10%HOSPICE: $2k → 10%EVERGREEN COMMONS: $2k → 10%HOSPICE: $2k → 10%HOSPICE: $2k → 10%EVERGREEN COMMONS: $2k → 10%GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $2k → 10%GOOD SUMARITAN MINISTRIES: $2k → 10%GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $2k → 10%HOSPICE: $1k → 10%HOSPICE: $1k → 10%EVERGREEN COMMONS: $1k → 10%HOSPICE: $1k → 10%HOSPICE: $1k → 10%GOOD SUMARITAN MINISTRIES: $1k → 10%HOSPICE: $1k → 10%GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $1k → 10%EVERGREEN COMMONS: $1k → 10%HOSPICE: $1k → 10%GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $500 → 10%GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $500 → 10%GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $500 → 10%GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $500 → 10%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.
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 61 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

61 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2025, 30 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

61
4

Total granted

$1.0M
$21k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+31%

Still filing today

28%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsReligionHealthOther
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

  • HC
    HOPE COLLEGE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $251k · revenue +37%
  • Northwestern University
    5× · 2017–2021 · $21k · revenue +41%
  • UO
    University of Michigan
    5× · 2017–2021 · $21k · revenue +202%

Funded once

  • CF
    COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • LI
    LAJOLLA INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
  • CM
    CRAN-HILL MINISTRIESgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $500 · revenue +31%
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
Houghton University

Houghton university provides an academically challenging, christ-centered education in the liberal arts and sciences to students from diverse traditions and economic backgrounds and equips them to lead and labor as scholar-servants in a…

Education
3
Grand View University

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

Education
4
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
5
Heckscher Museum

Museum has a mission to create opportunties for everyone to experience art that broadens understanding of the past, fosters community connections to the present, and creates diverse possbilities for the future.

Arts & Culture
6
The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc

The community foundation of the holland/zeeland area seeks to ensure that our community thrives today, tomorrow, and forever by building our community's endowment to support high impact charitable projects, helping donors achieve their…

Philanthropy
7
Davenport University

Davenport university prepares individuals and organizations to excel in the knowledge-driven environment of the 21st century.

Education
8
Kalamazoo College

The mission of kalamazoo college is to prepare its graduates to better understand, live sucessfully within, and provide enlightened leadership to a richly diverse and increasingly complex world. as a highly selective, nationally renowened…

Education
9
Hillwood Estate Museum & Gardens

Hillwood estate, museum & garden's (hillwood) mission is to share the renowned art collections, exceptional gardens and related public and educational programs with a wide and diverse audience. since its opening, hillwood has served…

Arts & Culture
10
Lakeland Hospitals at Niles and St Joseph Inc

Lakeland hospital is a 317 bed acute care hospital and provides a full continuum of healthcare services to it's tri-county area. lakeland regional health system is the parent company for lakeland hospitals, nursing homes, and other…

Health
11
Holland Home

In fulfilling God's calling to serve others, the organization will service aged persons (1) with love and compassion, (2) with a commitment to excellence, and (3) follow Christ's teachings and example in all that the organization does.

Human Services
12
Christian Care Retirement Apartments Inc

Through christian love and excellence, we are dedicated to providing a fulfilling lifestyle and promoting independence to those we serve

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Resthaven; the most unlike its peers is University of Michigan. 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

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 66 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
14/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HOPE COLLEGE - BUSINESS SCHOOL: $92,000 · OtherHOPE COLLEGE - BUSINESS SCHOOLTHIRD REFORMED CHURCH OF HOLLAND MICHIGAN: $51,000 · OtherTHIRD REFORMED CHURCH OF HOLLAND MICHIGANFREDERICK MEIJER GARDENS: $45,000 · OtherFREDERICK MEIJER GARDENSSALVATION ARMY: $45,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMYGRAND RAPIDS SYMPHONY: $45,000 · OtherGRAND RAPIDS SYMPHONYIndividual grant recipient: $40,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMEIJER FREDERICK GARDEN: $35,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HOLLANDZEELAND: $30,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF H: $26,000 · Other+44 more: $247,300 · Other+44 moreHOPE COLLEGE: $250,500 · EducationHOPE COLLEGE+1 more: $3,500 · EducationHOLLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $21,000 · Arts & CultureHOLLAND AREA ARTS COUNCIL: $9,000 · Arts & CultureHOLLAND MUSEUM: $8,500 · Arts & CultureBLUE LAKE FINE ARTS CAMP: $6,500 · Arts & CultureGRAND RAPIDS ART MUSEUM: $3,000 · Arts & CultureEVERGREEN COMMONS: $21,000 · Human ServicesHOSPICE OF HOLLAND INC: $12,000 · Human ServicesGOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $8,500 · Human ServicesNorthwestern University: $21,000 · Recreation & SportsGENEVA CAMP & RETREAT CENTER: $8,000 · ReligionREACH FOR RECOVERY INC: $4,000 · Health
Other$656,300Education$254,000Arts & Culture$48,000Human Services$41,500Recreation & Sports$21,000Religion$8,000Health$4,000

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 budgetHOPE COLLEGE: $250,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $21,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $21,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetEVERGREEN COMMONS: $21,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetHOLLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $21,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetHOSPICE OF HOLLAND INC: $12,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION HOUSE: $11,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetHOLLAND AREA ARTS COUNCIL: $9,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $8,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetHOLLAND MUSEUM: $8,500 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetGENEVA CAMP & RETREAT CENTER: $8,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBLUE LAKE FINE ARTS CAMP: $6,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetResthaven: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREACH FOR RECOVERY INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOLLAND CHRISTIAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGRAND VALLEY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS ART MUSEUM: $3,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCRAN-HILL MINISTRIES: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds HOPE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Northwestern University ↗
  • Who funds University of Michigan ↗
  • Who funds EVERGREEN COMMONS ↗
  • Who funds HOLLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE OF HOLLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds HOLLAND AREA ARTS COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds HOLLAND MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds GENEVA CAMP & RETREAT CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BLUE LAKE FINE ARTS CAMP ↗
  • Who funds Resthaven ↗

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.

The Community Foundat…Edgar and Elsa Prince…Grand Haven Area Comm…Howard Miller Foundat…Barnabas FoundationPat & Herb Eldean Fam…Jim and Ginger Jurrie…Douglas & Sandra Deko…Baird Foundation IncThe Warren Westrate F…Thomas M and Marilyn …Merle & Sheri Dewitt …
The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area IncMI40.7× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Howard Miller Foundation · Barnabas Foundation · Pat & Herb Eldean Family Foundation · Jim and Ginger Jurries Foundation · Douglas & Sandra Dekock Family Foun · Baird Foundation Inc · The Warren Westrate Foundation · Thomas M and Marilyn J Dewitt Norman Family Foundation · Merle & Sheri Dewitt 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 Edward H & Diana H Marsilje Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Edward H & Diana H Marsilje Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report 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.

    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 66 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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