Michigan · Private foundation
Geenen Family 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.
- $210k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations Geenen Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $210k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $85k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $20k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $45k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $75k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $65k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $30k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Society for Christian Instruction Zeeland | $145,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Engedi Church | $80,000 | 3 | n/a |
| His Harvest Stand | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Community Action House | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Odc Network | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Jubilee Ministries Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Beacon of Hope | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Calvin University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Critter Barn | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($290k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Geenen 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: The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · John and Judy Spoelhof Foundation · Douglas & Sandra Dekock Family Foun · Stephen and Valerie Spoelhof Foundation · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Craig and Wendy Spoelhof Foundation · Onequest Foundation · Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Geenen Family Foundation
- How much does Geenen Family Foundation give?
- Geenen Family Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $210,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Geenen Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (64%), Human Services (20%), Food & Nutrition (8%).
- Who are Geenen Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Society for Christian Instruction Zeeland ($145k), Engedi Church ($80k), His Harvest Stand ($50k).
- Does Geenen Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Geenen 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 Geenen Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc, John and Judy Spoelhof Foundation, Douglas & Sandra Dekock Family Foun.
- Where is Geenen Family Foundation based?
- Geenen Family Foundation is based in MI.
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