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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.
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k21 grants · $27k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $72k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GRAND HAVEN FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $47,000 |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION MUSKEGON COUNTY | $15,000 |
| MUSKEGON MUSEUM OF ART | $10,000 |
| NO MORE SIDELINES | $6,375 |
| VOX | $5,000 |
| GRAND HAVEN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | $2,500 |
| HOPE COLLEGE | $1,000 |
| HOLLAND RESCUE MISSION | $1,000 |
| TCM COUNSELING | $1,000 |
| LOVE N GRACE HEALING CENTERS | $1,000 |
| WEST MICHIGAN SYMPHONY | $1,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS | $1,000 |
| THE PEOPLE CENTER | $1,000 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $1,000 |
| WORLD RENEW | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $34k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
31 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2020, 10 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call). Read against FY2020, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $34k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CUCALVIN UNIVERSITY2× · 2017–2019 · $40k · revenue +6%
- KFKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC4× · 2018–2022 · $34k · revenue +29%
- HFHABITAT FOR HUMANITY4× · 2017–2020 · $32k · revenue +69%
Funded once
- MBMuskegon Boys and girls clubone grant, 2017 · $5k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $5k
- BGBOYS & GIRLS CLUBone grant, 2019 · $3k
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.
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.
The michigan christian home dba beacon hill at eastgate, a not-for-profit corporation, provides housing and health services in a christian environment for older adults, thus enabling them to meet their ongoing physical, social and…
Uniting christian faith leaders to serve with humility and love for the flourishing of all in our community.
Mid michigan community action guides local residents on the path to self-sufficiency through empowerment, education and community enrichment.
Habitat for humanity of central iowa, inc. works in partnership with god and people everywhere, from all walks of life, to develop communities with god's people in need by building houses, so that there are decent houses in decent…
To provide high quality community-oriented, patient-centered health services for all.
Bethany is a faith-based, non-profit senior living community proving a nurturing christian environment and continuum of care that responds to individual needs and choices at all life stages.
Hope is a not-for-profit interdenominational christian medical, dental, and social service organization. hope's goal is to provide compassionate and practical help, ministering to the whole person with dignity and respect. this includes…
To assist people with low or moderate income to obtain safe and affordable housing
To provide healthcare and other related services for aging persons regardless of the ability of residents to pay for these services.
Sharing the love of jesus christ by building sustainable communities around the world and providing medical care to low-income households in the united states. the organization is currently building two sustainable communities in haiti and…
Gmcc is an interfaith, multicultural nonprofit organization with a mission "uniting people of faith, serving people in need." we have a 117 year old history collaborating with communites to addressinequities and disparities throughout…
Hope house of northwest michigan is a non-profit christian maternity home that provides a safe loving residential environment for single expectant young women. through up to two years of residence the organization offers housing baby…
How this is measured
30 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. 30 of the 49 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MUSKEGON COUNTY ↗
- Who funds NO MORE SIDELINES ↗
- Who funds CALVIN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds KIDS' FOOD BASKET INC ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
- Who funds BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
- Who funds Grand Haven Christian School ↗
- Who funds GRAND RAPIDS CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS ↗
- Who funds READ MUSKEGON ↗
- Who funds Feeding America ↗
- Who funds VOX UNITED ↗
- Who funds THE LUKE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS INC ↗
- Who funds TRI-CITIES AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
- Who funds AGEWELL SERVICES OF WEST MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds HOPE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds World Renew ↗
- Who funds PARADISE BOUND MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds THE PEOPLE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds MOSAIC COUNSELING ↗
- Who funds THE LITTLE RED HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds RESILIENCE ADVOCATES FOR ENDING VIOLENCE ↗
- Who funds CAMP ROGER ↗
- Who funds WEST MICHIGAN SYMPHONY ↗
- Who funds CHRISTIAN HAVEN HOME ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Folkert Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Folkert Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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