Michigan · Private foundation
Folkert Family Foundation
Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $99k
- Granted FY2020
- 24
- Grants FY2020
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
85% of Folkert Family Foundation’s FY2022 grant dollars went to Community Foundation For Muskegon County, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2022 names 7 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Folkert Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 16 organizations, $99k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $47,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 30
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 9% of the organizations Folkert Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 23 | $84k | 9% |
| FY2019 | 30 | $182k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 29 | $133k | 21% |
| FY2017 | 28 | $122k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| No More Sidelines | $106,375 | 4 | 10% |
| Calvin University | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Kids' Food Basket Inc | $34,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity | $31,500 | 4 | 3% |
| Baxter Community Center | $24,206 | 5 | 1% |
| Grand Haven Christian School | $21,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Grand Rapids Christian Schools | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Read Muskegon | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Feeding America | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vox United | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 33 grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($286k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Folkert Family 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: Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · The Samuel L Westerman Foundation · Barnabas Foundation · Community Foundation for Muskegon County · Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · 41 Washington St Foundation · Steven and Kathryn Bandstra Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation
How this is measured
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About Folkert Family Foundation
- How much does Folkert Family Foundation give?
- Folkert Family Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $99,375 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 30 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Folkert Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Philanthropy (39%), Religion (19%), Recreation & Sports (10%).
- Who are Folkert Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: No More Sidelines ($106k), Calvin University ($40k), Kids' Food Basket Inc ($34k).
- Does Folkert Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Folkert Family 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 Folkert Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc, The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc, Grand Rapids Community Foundation.
- Where is Folkert Family Foundation based?
- Folkert Family Foundation is based in MI.
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