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Grand Rapids Community Foundation

Our mission is to build and manage our community's permanent endowment and lead the community to strengthen the lives of its people.

$24M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
377
Itemized grants FY2025
269
Organizations funded FY2024
16%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$22M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$23,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$2,362,673
Organizations funded a year
238 to 283
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
21
Total assets, FY2025
$484M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 16% of the organizations Grand Rapids Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $894k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthRecreation & SportsReligionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving344$18M26%
FY2024269$13M16%
FY2023257$14M21%
FY2022283$14M21%
FY2021265$17M22%
FY2020238$12M19%
FY2019254$12M26%
FY2018244$10M43%
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What it funded, over time

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

Education$25MHuman Services$15MHealth$14MArts & Culture$12MCommunity Improvement$11MPhilanthropy$8.5MReligion$7.6MHousing & Shelter$5.9MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Urban Core Collective$3,467,650687%
Grand Valley State University$2,831,1119n/a
Kent School Services Network$2,103,520918%
Heart of West Michigan United Way$2,061,39094%
K-Connect$2,032,077696%
City of Lowell$1,996,5019n/a
Grand Rapids Public Schools$1,857,3339n/a
Hispanic Center of Western Michigan Inc$1,769,847733%
United States Catholic Conference$1,673,5409n/a
Grand Rapids Urban League$1,660,071714%
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All grantees of Grand Rapids Community Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Urban Core Collective$3,467,650687%
Grand Valley State University$2,831,1119n/a
Kent School Services Network$2,103,520918%
Heart of West Michigan United Way$2,061,39094%
K-Connect$2,032,077696%
City of Lowell$1,996,5019n/a
Grand Rapids Public Schools$1,857,3339n/a
Hispanic Center of Western Michigan Inc$1,769,847733%
United States Catholic Conference$1,673,5409n/a
Grand Rapids Urban League$1,660,071714%
City of Grand Rapids$1,594,0256n/a
African-American Health Institute$1,584,250966%
Regents of the University of Michigan$1,502,5259n/a
Feeding America West Michigan$1,478,38491%
Ionia County Hd$1,447,9049n/a
Habitat for Humanity of Kent County Inc$1,428,32398%
Baxter Community Center$1,373,125821%
Da Blodgett - St John's$1,299,66893%
Grand Rapids Youth Commonwealth Inc$1,272,050916%
Grand Rapids African American Museum and Archives$1,185,000657%
Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation$1,077,28785%
Saranac Community Schools$1,050,4298n/a
Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital$1,041,13041%
Land Conservancy of West Michigan$968,975917%
Grand Rapids Symphony Society$967,94255%
Westminster Presbyterian Church$952,9579n/a
Start Garden Inc$900,250315%
Kent County Youth Agricultural Association$889,125623%
The Diatribe Inc$886,329741%
Grand Rapids Community College Foundation$885,96594%
70 X 7 Life Recovery$879,914912%
Congregation Emanuel$845,7066n/a
United Methodist Community House$839,61766%
Project Green$809,000551%
The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019)$807,43491%
Corewell Health Foundation West Michigan$793,88280%
Aqume Foundation$776,625433%
Mel Trotter Ministries$742,46291%
EARTH University Foundation Inc$727,54442%
Aquinas College$708,23080%
Lowell Area Recreation Authority$700,0003n/a
West Michigan Horticultural Society Inc Dba Frederik Meijer Gardens$694,43691%
Rende Progress Capital$681,250345%
Grand Rapids Pride Center$674,350868%
Grand Rapids Art Museum$666,96393%
The Potters House$657,09391%
Grandville Avenue Arts and Humanities Inc$635,960854%
Senior Neighbors Inc$630,633910%
Greater Lowell Chamber Foundation$629,678953%
Linc Up Nonprofit Housing Corporation$628,17575%
Grand Action Foundation 20$610,000318%
West Michigan Center for Arts & Technology$605,58898%
Camp Blodgett$600,646914%
Dwelling Place of Grand Rapids Nonprofit$592,20678%
Grand Rapids Whitewater Inc$583,99249%
Lead Exchange Network$582,6503n/a
Interlochen Center for the Arts$581,50071%
Blandford Nature Center$564,10998%
Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention$556,0008n/a
Women's Resource Center$548,975828%
City Life Church$536,0004n/a
Family Promise of Grand Rapids$529,05093%
Kids' Food Basket Inc$521,78592%
Grand Rapids Nehemiah Project$521,500610%
Ferris Foundation$511,00033%
Ecliptic At Rosa Parks Circle Conservancy$505,000248%
Disart$499,525592%
Degage Ministries$490,45194%
Health Intervention Services$486,59896%
Mental Health Foundation of West Michigan$483,782723%
Our Mental Health Collective$481,000434%
Latina Network of West Michigan$476,750311%
Family Outreach Center$455,50036%
Realism Is Loyalty$435,815469%
Flat River Outreach Ministries Inc$435,48886%
Aya Youth Collective$429,425515%
Michigan Advocacy Program$429,2501n/a
Ionia Public Schools$427,7308n/a
Immigration Law & Justice Michigan$427,000322%
Home Repair Services of Kent County Inc$423,02574%
Lowell Area Schools$419,9177n/a
Black Impact Collaborative$418,300247%
Calvin Theological Seminary$409,00061%
Housing Kent Fka Housing Stability Alliance$400,000230%
Rockford Community Service Center$399,69594%
Grand Rapids Symphony Endowment Fund$397,20435%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$384,53890%
Chicago Community Foundation$382,5171n/a
Lowell Charter Township$375,0004n/a
Ohio State University Foundation$372,50060%
Community Rebuilders$369,00044%
Boy Scouts of America$366,08050%
Grand Rapids Symphony Foundation$351,565467%
Indian Trails Camp$346,42686%
Immigrant Assistance Center of West Michigan$346,000453%
Lowell Arts$326,900917%
Davenport University$325,00010%
The Education Trust Inc$325,00031%
First United Methodist Church$324,4507n/a
Corewell Health$322,7881n/a
Living Stones Academy$322,40164%
Grand Rapids Public Museum Foundation$320,50063%
Grand Rapids Lions Club Charities$320,321780%
Paws With A Cause$316,15372%
Junior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes Inc$310,55992%
Artists Creating Together$308,180816%
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan$302,45082%
A Glimpse of Africa$301,000423%
Lowell Area Fire & Emergency Services Authority$295,5506n/a
West Michigan Partnership for Children$295,04022%
Grand Valley University Foundation$292,90051%
Black Book Exchange Box$291,2452n/a
Hope College$291,05070%
Local First Educational Foundation$288,200469%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Michigan$284,62381%
St Cecilia Music Center$282,92194%
Santa Fe Birth Center$280,448534%
Gerald R Ford Presidential Foundation$273,25055%
Grened-Usa Inc$271,300487%
Calvin University$270,30090%
Better Wiser Stronger Inc$270,050536%
First Steps Kent$270,000116%
Grandville Calvin Christian Schools Foundation$269,392814%
St Marks Episcopal Church$269,1875n/a
Health Net of West Michigan$269,00035%
African Resource Center of West Michigan$268,360473%
Humane Society of West Michigan$266,89892%
Michigan State University$265,3757n/a
Unity Christian High School Association$264,22190%
Friends of Grand Rapids Parks$264,073448%
John Ball Zoo$263,91191%
Community Food Clubs$262,84874%
Planned Parenthood of Michigan$260,95090%
The Arbor Circle Corporation$260,50080%
Seeds of Promise$255,500370%
Tall Turf Ministries$254,700825%
Institute of Ubuntu$252,600228%
Cornerstone University$250,00010%
Safe Haven Ministries Inc$248,93495%
Belding Area Schools$248,6547n/a
STEM Greenhouse Inc$248,150516%
Cherry Street Services Inc$241,75990%
Foundation for Lake Chapala Charities Inc$241,000718%
United Church Outreach Ministry$236,42369%
Van Andel Research Institute$235,25080%
Children's Assessment Center$230,32673%
General Council on Finance & Admins of the United$228,8006n/a
Comprehensive Therapy Center$227,41284%
Iccf Community Homes$225,70191%
Puertas Abiertas Inc$223,465428%
Lowell Area Schools Education Foundation$223,000979%
The Salvation Army$222,5545n/a
New City Neighbors$221,870625%
Grand Rapids Opportunities for Women$218,82891%
Salvation Army & Its Components$217,1248n/a
Vibrant Futures$214,26561%
West Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Foundation$211,500233%
Steepletown Neighborhood Services Inc$197,02592%
Fshd Society$196,84873%
Disability Advocates of Kent County$194,50034%
Grand Rapids Public Schools Foundation$190,70084%
West Michigan Dental Foundation$187,099932%
Muskegon Big Red Athletic Foundation Inc$186,707484%
Treetops Collective$184,493713%
Village of Sparta$181,9009n/a
YWCA West Central Michigan$180,86971%
Lowell Area Historical Museum$176,312818%
City of Whitehall - Howmet Playhouse$175,0001n/a
Ox-Bow$174,02035%
Children's Healing Center$169,25075%
Equest Center for Therapeutic Riding Inc$169,18297%
Pine Rest Foundation$167,00014%
Ronald McDonald House Charities Western Michigan$163,47985%
Down Syndrome Association of West Michigan$162,000239%
The Art Institute of Chicago$161,00030%
Lakeside Community Christian Reformed Church$158,8507n/a
The Arts Marketplace at Studio Park$158,500218%
Mayflower Congregational Church$158,5009n/a
Converge$157,1783n/a
Samaritas$156,50040%
Celebration Education Fund$155,301625%
All Saints Academy$152,4202n/a
Opportunity Resource Fund$150,00018%
Michigan Nonprofit Association$150,00012%
Fashion Has Heart$150,0001n/a
Central Reformed Church Grand Rapids Michigan$149,5006n/a
Teddy Knape Foundation$147,9006n/a
Kent District Library$145,9934n/a
Noorthoek Academy$144,770832%
Hope Network$142,00081%
Ferris State University$139,0582n/a
Council of Michigan Foundations$138,50061%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$137,59150%
Conductive Learning Center of North America$135,23575%
Grand Rapids Cable Access Ctr Inc D/B/A Community Media Center$133,62493%
Migrant Legal Aid Inc$133,000522%
Grand Rapids Children's Museum$131,57491%
Gilda's Club Grand Rapids$131,42581%
Lakewood Educational Foundation$126,130729%
Corewell Health$125,0002n/a
Catherines Health Center$121,09081%
Grand Rapids Ballet$121,08491%
Young Money Finances$120,250425%
Culver Educational Foundation$120,00030%
Nia Centre$119,60039%
Matthew 2540 Heartside Inc$119,50075%
South Christian High School$118,24031%
National Kidney Foundation Inc$117,50010%
Christian Rest Home Foundation$117,38593%
African Collaborative Network$116,967296%
Hudsonville Christian School$116,72290%
Conservation Voters New Mexico Education Fund$115,00084%
East Grand Rapids Schools Foundation$115,00062%
Evangelical Covenant Church$112,0005n/a
Grand Rapids Media Initiative and Film Incubator$111,000255%
Literacy Center of West Michigan$110,77572%
Bam Talent$110,0001n/a
Episcopal Diocese of Western Michigan$110,0004n/a
Franciscan Life Center Network Incorporated$106,00021%
Saint Mary's Foundation$105,50061%
West Michigan Aviation Academy$102,5001n/a
Truenorth Community Services$101,85060%
Westside Collaborative$100,0001n/a
Roman Catholic Bishop of Fall River Catholic Education Center$100,0001n/a
Hope Network$100,0001n/a
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Foundation$99,87530%
Ionia ISD$99,7329n/a
Lakewood Public Schools$98,6818n/a
Cherry Street Services Foundation$98,50044%
Opera Grand Rapids$97,29473%
Opportunities Unlimited for the Blind Inc$97,070530%
West Michigan Environmental Action Council Educational Foundation$96,27866%
Campus Crusade for Christ Inc$95,0004n/a
Girls Choral Academy$94,500511%
Greater Grand Rapids Chamber Foundation$94,250416%
Kids Alive International Inc$94,00040%
Meals on Wheels Western Michigan$93,52461%
Festival of the Arts in Grand Rapid$93,304313%
Beyond the City$93,250224%
New City Kids Inc$91,02451%
Lowell Community Wellness$89,600374%
Girls Growing II Women$87,920329%
Lake Michigan Junior Golf Association$86,69563%
The Western Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in America$86,5005n/a
Covenant House Michigan$86,00011%
Guiding Light Mission Inc$84,27370%
Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp$84,21660%
Illinois Mennonite Conference$83,0005n/a
Camp Roger$82,02572%
Dairy Discovery$82,00056%
West Side Christian School$80,91851%
Michigan Tech Fund$79,85810%
Grand Rapids Trans Foundation$79,300329%
Hospice of Michigan Inc$79,25070%
Camp Shout Out Inc$78,500349%
Council on Foundations Inc$77,30040%
The Association for Waldorf Education in Davis$76,00031%
Our Hope Association$75,25061%
Remembrance Ranch$75,000520%
RaiseFashion Inc$75,00023%
Trout Unlimited Inc$75,00010%
Stephen's Children Foundation Inc$75,00032%
Blanchard Valley Health Foundation$75,0001n/a
Well House$73,61045%
Michigan Architectural Foundation$73,50079%
Girl Scouts of Michigan Shore to Shore$71,68790%
West Side Christian School Ed Fdtn$71,410229%
Alano Club of Kent County$71,381314%
La Ola Ministries The Wave$71,00054%
Michigan Christian Home$70,00040%
Our Kitchen Table$70,000237%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$68,50030%
Montessori School of Ojai$68,00032%
Grand Rapids Christian School Foundation$68,00015%
Sisters of the Order of St Dominic of Grand Rapids$67,7505n/a
Spring Lake Junior Sailing$67,5003n/a
Cedar Springs Education Foundation$67,494472%
Jenison Christian School Education Foundation Inc$66,951912%
Grand Rapids Christian Schools$66,00040%
Catholic Charities West Michigan$65,62580%
Affinity Mentoring$65,57556%
Western Yolo Recreation Association$65,0003n/a
Anishinaabe Circle$63,740269%
Mars Hill Bible Church$63,0007n/a
Kathleen Barsotti Nonprofit for Sustainable Agriculture$62,0003n/a
The Other Way Ministries$60,19351%
Abundance Capital$60,0001n/a
Little Traverse Conservancy Inc$60,00011%
Meharry Medical College$60,00030%
Michigan Humanities Council$60,00031%
Ready for School$60,00062%
Ionia Free Fair Association$59,10133%
First United Methodist Church$59,0004n/a
Macatawa Bay Junior Association$58,50056%
Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired$57,89062%
Right Place Foundation$57,40023%
Talentfirst Inc Fka Talent First Inc$56,00042%
Kenowa Hills Education Foundation$55,5169n/a
Porter Hills Presbyterian Village Inc$55,00010%
Bright Green Science Fund$54,3563n/a
The Refugee Education Center$54,10041%
Belmont Foundation Grenada USA Inc$53,000179%
Friends of Chikumbuso Inc$52,50043%
FitKids360$52,500119%
Fountain Street Church$52,5003n/a
Camp Blodgett's Babies' Welfare Guild$52,500156%
The Pantry$52,250110%
Bridge Street House of Prayer$52,00033%
Right to Life of Michigan Educ Fund$50,50050%
Hand2hand$50,17550%
Bridgeway Community Church$50,0003n/a
Rural Innovations in Social Economics Inc$50,00021%
The Purple Rose Theatre Company$50,00013%
Grenadians United in Virginia$50,0001n/a
Harbor Springs Area Historical Society$50,00021%
Milton Academy$50,00020%
BISSELL Pet Foundation$49,06840%
Geneva Camp & Retreat Center$48,75090%
Healthy Homes Coalition of West Michigan Inc$48,47545%
Taylor Made Re-Entry$47,5002n/a
Van Andel Institute$47,36830%
Fair Housing Center of W Michigan$45,75053%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$45,25040%
Insideout Literary Arts Project$45,00023%
Calvary Undenominational Church$45,0003n/a
15 Pearls and a Promise$44,500153%
I Understand Love Heals$44,500320%
Grand Rapids Civic Theatre Inc$44,48460%
Revive & Thrive Project$44,43752%
Ebony Road Players$44,250413%
Desert Scholarship Foundation$44,10041%
Christian Veterinary Mission$44,00030%
Living Works$43,00059%
Ball State University Foundation Inc$42,69610%
Access of West Michigan$42,50041%
Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative$42,02520%
Public Thread X$42,00027%
Grace's Table$41,70034%
Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program$40,50020%
Renew Mobility$40,10048%
Gasparilla Isl Conser & Improve Assn$40,00041%
Contigo Immigrant Justice$40,00032%
North Naples United Methodist Church$40,0002n/a
Grand Rapids Jaycees Foundation$40,000232%
Community Church of Douglas$40,0001n/a
Nonprofit Innovations Inc$38,8404n/a
Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty$38,00030%
Micah 6 Community$37,96615%
Grand Rapids Downtown Market Education Foundation$37,50023%
Michawana Youth Camp$37,00051%
American Guild of Organists$36,8004n/a
Special Olympics Michigan Inc$36,25030%
Michigan College Access Network$36,00030%
Positive Impact for Life$36,000311%
Southwest Organizations Unifying Resources for Our Community and Employee$35,80023%
Actor's Theatre Company$35,5752n/a
Nonprofit Enterprise at Work Inc$35,00011%
Northview Education Foundation$35,000252%
Island Green Building Association Inc$35,00023%
Kingdom Life Ministries Community Development Corporation$35,000245%
Central Michigan University$35,0001n/a
Saugatuck Center for the Arts Inc$35,00021%
No Surrender Running Club Inc$34,775314%
Grand Rapids Hq$34,39532%
HELP Pregnancy Crisis Aid Inc$33,58312%
New Destiny Pathways Inc$33,500226%
Specialized Language Development Center Inc$33,22532%
West Michigan Trails & Greenways Coalition$33,02123%
Montessori Society of Greater Grand Rapids$32,93030%
Code on Wheels$32,500220%
Rockford Education Foundation$32,25033%
Salvation Army$32,1211n/a
Kent County$32,0523n/a
Tessa Horan Foundation Inc$32,0002n/a
Hope Gardens$31,91238%
CASA of Kent County Inc$31,45031%
National Constitution Center$31,00010%
Beer City Dog Biscuits$31,00027%
Camp Fire$30,5811n/a
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church$30,5003n/a
Grand Rapids Economic Club Charitab Foundation Bldg$30,2005n/a
Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc$30,00030%
Ada Historical Society$30,000217%
Suncoast Humane Societyinc$30,00020%
Dynamic Dyad$30,0001n/a
Mercy Corps$30,00030%
Greenville Community Church$30,0002n/a
The Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Michigan Inc$30,0001n/a
Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us$30,00030%
City of Grandville$30,0001n/a
American Friends Service Committee$30,0003n/a
Impact Church - Lowell$30,0001n/a
San Francisco Parks Alliance$30,00020%
Umrc-Porter Hills Foundation$30,00010%
Area Agency on Aging of Western Michigan Inc$30,00010%
Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities Inc$29,2703n/a
Adelante NYC Inc$28,10027%
The Great Lakes Region of the Wesleyan Church$28,0001n/a
Grand Rapids Amateur Astronomical Association Inc$27,5002n/a
Arthritis Foundation Inc$27,36810%
Meaning in Colors$27,30038%
Wayne State University$27,0001n/a
National Young Farmers Coalition Inc$26,7161n/a
Senior Sing Along$26,70028%
Hoap Inc$26,500216%
Emmanuel Hospice$26,5001n/a
Heartside Ministry Inc$26,2503n/a
Cranbrook Educational Community$26,00030%
Lincoln Lake Baptist Youth Camp Inc$26,00032%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$26,00020%
Goodwill Industries of Greater Grand Rapids Inc$26,00030%
Crystal Community Ski Club$26,00027%
Community Spay Neuter Initiative Pa$25,96941%
Deaf Inc$25,82531%
Ele's Place Inc$25,60220%
The Village99$25,30022%
Kent Intermediate School District$25,3002n/a
New Mexico Immigrant Law Center$25,00010%
The Food Depot$25,00020%
The Hunt Chapter Inc$25,0001n/a
Connect Cafe$25,0001n/a
Ada Township$25,0002n/a
Peoples Initiative Foundation$25,000184%
Oakland University$25,0001n/a
Garcia Street Club Inc$25,00013%
Wildlife Learning Foundation$25,00027%
Northern Economic Initiatives Corporation$25,00011%
West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum$25,000113%
Michigan Casa Inc$25,000115%
Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy$25,00010%
Kuyper College$25,00010%
Internality$25,00016%
Mission India$25,0001n/a
Madison Square Christian Reformed Church$25,0002n/a
Orange County Museum of Art$25,0001n/a
Arts in the Armed Forces Inc$25,0001n/a
Osofomaame$25,0002n/a
Pisgah Legal Services$25,0001n/a
Site Lab Inc$25,0001n/a
Lowell Area Select Soccer Organizat$25,0001n/a
Kent County Parks Foundation$25,00012%
Partners Worldwide$25,00020%
Grand City Sports Inc$24,9332n/a
Muskegon Young Mens Christian Association$24,18531%
Adoption Associates Inc$24,00021%
Circesteem Inc$24,00031%
1000 Families of Color$24,0001n/a
Read Muskegon$23,50033%
Oakdale Neighbors$23,46029%
Faith Hospice$22,70020%
Ingenium Coach$22,50026%
Community of Hearts$22,5001n/a
General Conference of Seventh Day Adventist$22,5002n/a
Eastern Avenue Christian Reformed Church$22,0002n/a
Project Advantage$22,00021%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$22,00030%
Camp Sunshine$21,75032%
Tri County Area Schools$21,5001n/a
The United Church of Christ$21,5003n/a
SpringHill Camps$21,00020%
Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival Inc$21,00021%
Soar Dba Ready for Life$21,00023%
Exodus Place$21,00021%
University Club of Grand Rapids Scholarship Foundation$20,7503n/a
Wyoming Public Schools$20,5603n/a
Movimiento Cosecha Support Network$20,50022%
Clark Retirement Community Inc$20,50010%
Ottawa County Parks Foundation Inc$20,50020%
Grand Rapids Creative Youth Center$20,100244%
The Arc Kent County Inc$20,08233%
Living With Communities$20,00021%
Respite for Wives Inc$20,0002n/a
Together West Michigan Education Fund$20,00019%
Hues of Hospitality$20,0001n/a
The Fertility Preservation Center$20,00026%
Noors Heaven of West Michigan Services$20,0002n/a
Santa Fe Children's Museum Inc$20,00021%
Peninsula Community Library$20,0002n/a
Henry Ford College Foundation$20,00011%
Barry County Christian School$20,00012%
Freedom Keepers United$20,0001n/a
Grand Haven Schools Foundation$20,000113%
The Armand Hammer United World College of the Amer$20,00010%
Trustees of Purdue University$20,0001n/a
Bethlehem Bible Co$20,00011%
Solace Sexual Assault Services$20,00021%
Indiana Ballet Theatre Nw Inc$20,00023%
Grand River Watershed Art and Music$20,0002n/a
Top of Michigan Trails Council$20,00015%
Oettmeier Foundation Inc$20,0001n/a
The Heritage Foundation$20,00020%
Two Worlds One Planet Inc$20,0001n/a
Historic Vogue Theatre of Manistee$20,00013%
Belle Grove Inc$20,00012%
Swag Succeeding While Achieving Greatness$20,0001n/a
Move United$20,00020%
Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund$20,00021%
Sparta Area Recreation Association$20,000116%
Roanoke Ranch for Kids$20,000217%
Fallasburg Historical Society$19,8652n/a
Jandys Home$19,61934%
Focus on Ferals$19,6193n/a
Asher Legacy Group$19,500113%
Our Shepherds Our Future$19,1001n/a
City of Belding$19,0512n/a
Family Network$18,90024%
Urban Roots Gr$18,80025%
Kalamazoo College$18,70010%
Out on the Lakeshore$18,500218%
Mvillage$18,50024%
Homes Giving Hope Inc$18,00023%
Fulton Schools$18,0002n/a
The City of Rest-Resources & Empower for Sustained$18,000117%
Dream Garden$17,5002n/a
Sparta Township Historical Commission$17,5003n/a
Wedgwood Christian Services$17,50020%
Purdue University Global Inc$17,2501n/a
Eastern Michigan University Foundation$17,00010%
Higher Ground at Lake Louise$17,00022%
Christian Reformed Church in North America$17,0001n/a
Roosevelt Park Ministries Inc$16,57424%
East Grand Rapids Community Foundation$16,500211%
Therapeutic Horse Connection$16,5001n/a
American Heart Association Inc$16,37320%
Creston Neighborhood Association$16,260213%
Streams of Hope$16,20023%
Upcycle Bikes$16,00022%
Our Lady of Consolation Parish Rockford$16,0002n/a
Pregnancy Resource Center$16,00030%
Next Step of West Michigan$16,00021%
Disabled Sports USA$16,0001n/a
Bethany Christian Services$15,75020%
World Hope Inc$15,25012%
Verve Church$15,0001n/a
Women on the Muv Inc$15,0001n/a
Grand Rapids Community Work$15,0001n/a
East Grand Rapids Team Boosters$15,00012%
Grandville Parent Support Organizations$15,0001n/a
North Carolina Employee Ownership Center$15,00015%
Van Andel Education Institute$15,00010%
Cape Eleuthera Foundation Inc$15,00011%
Indiana University School of Medicine$15,0001n/a
Washburn University Foundation$15,00010%
Saginaw Valley State University$15,0001n/a
Michigan Organization on Adolescent Sexual Health$15,00010%
Christian Mission Aid Inc$15,00012%
All Good Sports$15,0001n/a
The Doug Coombs Foundation$15,00014%
Mind Meets Music Inc$15,00021%
No More Sidelines$15,00014%
Lowell Little League$15,000121%
The Ohio State University$15,0001n/a
Grand Haven Christian School$14,56611%
Northern Michigan University$14,5251n/a
CRISTA Ministries$14,40010%
Jmz Management LLC$14,3941n/a
The Junior League of Grand Rapids Michigan Inc$14,05025%
SWEET ADELINES INTERNATIONAL Grand Rapids Chapter$14,00026%
Reeths-Puffer Education Inc$14,000218%
Grand Rapids Adventist Academy$13,7162n/a
Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation$13,50010%
Community Action House$13,50020%
Woodfield Community Center$13,333112%
Topanga Enrichment Programs Inc$13,30023%
Parkinson's Association of West Michigan$13,19217%
Children First on the Lakeshore$13,00026%
Arts in Motion Studio West Michigan$13,00015%
Soaring Above Ionia$13,000113%
Foundation for Vision Research$13,00021%
Heifer Project International$13,00020%
Forest Hills Public Schools Foundation$13,00021%
Grand Rapids Police Foundation$12,9931n/a
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Christian Education Departm$12,5001n/a
Brooklyn Elias Promise$12,4002n/a
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People$12,1502n/a
St Josephs Indian School$12,0001n/a
Godwin Heights Public Schools$12,0001n/a
Love Inc of the Tri-Cities$12,00010%
American Diabetes Association$12,00010%
Resilience Advocates for Ending Violence$11,50010%
Porter Hills Foundation$11,50012%
Family Bridges$11,3041n/a
United Church Homes Inc$11,06520%
Omena Village Preservation Assoc$11,00015%
Post University$11,0001n/a
Minority Education Freedom Foundation$11,0001n/a
Michigan Black Expo Inc$10,60013%
Alpha Grand Rapids$10,50020%
University of New Mexico Foundation Inc$10,42410%
Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc$10,25010%
Boyne Heritage Center$10,0001n/a
Carehouse of Oakland County Inc$10,00010%
University of Toledo$10,0001n/a
Kaleidoscope Community Organization$10,00017%
Friends of the Forest Hills Park Association$10,00013%
Eden Prairie Local News$10,00014%
Methodist Children's Home Society$10,00010%
The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles$10,00010%
The Mosaic Film Experience$10,0001n/a
Emmaus Ministries$10,0001n/a
Oakdale Park Christian Reformed Church$10,0001n/a
Grand Rapids Black Business League$10,0001n/a
Student Veterans of America$10,00010%
Boys and Girls Club of the Muskegon Lakeshore$10,00010%
4 Paws Lakeshore$10,000116%
Children's Leukemia Foundation of Michigan$10,00011%
Santa Fe Habitat for Humanity$10,00010%
Together We Rise$10,0001n/a
Masa Center$10,0001n/a
First Congregational Ucc of Lowell$10,0001n/a
Trinity Health Grand Haven Hospital$10,00010%
Reconciliation of Life$10,0001n/a
The Colleagues Inc$10,00011%
Illinois State University Foundation$10,00010%
Mused$10,0001n/a
Community Revitalization and Economic Development Center$10,0001n/a
St Johns Area Community Fund$10,0001n/a
Fulton Street Farmers Market Inc$10,00013%
Miami University$10,0001n/a
Association of Fundraising Professionals West Mi Chapter$10,000116%
Regents of the University of California$10,0001n/a
Schrems West Michigan Trout Unlimited Inc$10,0001n/a
Garden Foundation$10,00012%
Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc$10,0001n/a
Base Camp Urban Outreach$10,0001n/a
Illinois Mennonite Camp Assn Inc$10,0001n/a
Changing Thirsty Lives$10,0001n/a
Copper Canyon Press$10,00011%
University of Southern Indiana$10,0001n/a
Michigan Women Veterans Empowerment$10,0001n/a
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwe$10,00011%
The Delta Project$10,0001n/a
Lake Superior State University Foundation$10,00010%
The Premier Foundation$10,00010%
Fusion Academy Scholarship Foundation$10,0001n/a
City of Grand Rapids Downtown Development Authority$10,0001n/a
Trout Unlimited$10,0001n/a
Bella Mente Quantum Racing Association$10,00010%
Presbytery of Lake Michigan$10,0001n/a
Bowling Green State University Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Capital Public Radio Fdba Kxpr/Kxjz Inc$10,00010%
Plymouth Healing Communities$10,0001n/a
University of Louisville$10,0001n/a
Neighbors of Belknap Lookout Inc$10,000111%
Godfrey Lee Public Schools$10,0001n/a
Diocese of Kalamazoo$10,0001n/a
Cass Community Social Services Inc$10,00010%
Refugeeone$10,00010%
Tennessee State University$10,0001n/a
Momsbloom Inc$10,00013%
New Development Corporation$10,00015%
Fountain Hills Rotary Club Foundation$10,0001n/a
Lagrave Ave Christian Reformed Church$10,0001n/a
City of Hudsonville$10,0001n/a
Blessings in a Backpack Inc$10,00010%
Transplant Life Foundation$10,00011%
Storehouse of Community Resources$10,00010%
Artprize Grand Rapids$10,00012%
Columbus State Community College Development Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Help of Ojai Inc$10,00010%
Roosevelt Park Neighborhood Association$9,75014%
West Michigan Community Tennis Inc$9,50011%
Girls on the Run International Inc$9,30010%
American Cancer Society Inc$9,12310%
Michigan Conservative Coalition Foundation$9,0001n/a
Commission Ministers Network$9,0001n/a
Metropolitan Foundation$9,0001n/a
Bhutanese Community of Michigan$9,0001n/a
Community Circle Theatre$8,80011%
Silent Observer of West Michigan$8,77516%
Garfield Park Neighborhood Associa$8,70015%
Grand Rapids Lgbtq Healthcare Consortium$8,50018%
Cascade Charter Township$8,5001n/a
Community Kids$8,33314%
The Dock Ministries$8,0001n/a
Grand Rapids Catholic Secondary Schools$8,0001n/a
Humane Society at Lakewood Ranch Inc$8,00012%
Catholic Foundation of West Michigan$8,0001n/a
Alma College$8,00010%
Sparta Area Schools$8,0001n/a
Families Through Adoption Inc$8,0001n/a
20 Liters$8,00013%
Safe Inc$8,0001n/a
Heros Corner Grand Rapids$7,5001n/a
Miami Adventist Union Academy$7,5001n/a
Ross Education Holdings Inc$7,50010%
Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America$7,5001n/a
Viewpoint Educational Foundation$7,50010%
The Rumsey Improvement Association$7,5001n/a
Michigan Student Power Alliance$7,5001n/a
Montcalm Community College Foundation$7,50011%
Hoof & Paw Horse Haven$7,5001n/a
Rehoboth Christian School Assoc$7,46510%
Genesis Non-Profit Housing Corporation$7,44011%
Luis Palau Association$7,37510%
Brazil Foundation$7,30010%
The Playgroundgr$7,20013%
Gospelink Inc$7,10010%
Deos Contemporary Ballet$7,0001n/a
Museum of Broadcast Communications$7,00012%
Samaritan's Purse$7,00010%
Michigan Center for 21st Century Teaching and Learning$7,0001n/a
Access Adventure$7,0001n/a
Lansing Comm College$6,8691n/a
Mirroe Mi Inc$6,520162%
Women for Women International$6,0001n/a
Bethlehem Lutheran Church of Grand Rapids$6,0001n/a
Habitat for Humanity of Ionia County$6,00014%
Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida Inc$6,00010%
One Wyoming Inc$6,00017%
Hope Link of West Michigan$6,000129%
Comprenew$6,00010%
Fellowship Christian Reformed Church$6,0001n/a
Have Mercy$6,00010%
Evans Scholars Foundation$6,00010%
Jason Kinzler Family First Foundation$6,00013%
Larlen Communications Inc$6,00013%
Synod of Michigan Presbyterian Church in USA$6,0001n/a
Kingdom Minded Ministries$6,0001n/a
Direct Relief$6,00010%
Diocese of Venice in Florida$6,0001n/a
Woodlawn Christian Reformed Church$6,0001n/a
Byron Center Christian School$6,00010%
Donorschooseorg$5,96310%
It's Gotta Be the Shoes$5,900188%
Fsg Inc$5,77010%
Love Your Neighbor of West Michigan$5,75011%
Michael Sadler Foundation$5,75013%
Habitat for Humanity International Inc$5,63810%
Reentry Reimagined$5,6001n/a
World Renew$5,50010%
Friends of Boca Grande Community Center Inc$5,50010%
Armory Youth Project$5,50011%
Solutions to End Exploitation$5,50014%
The Salvation Army$5,5001n/a
Hsb Inc$5,50011%
Los Angeles the Dream Center$5,4501n/a
Cedar Green Apartments$5,4301n/a
The Windward Islands Research and Education Foundation Inc$5,40010%
West Michigan Asian American Association Inc$5,40012%
Be Cafe$5,40011%
Visiting Nurses Foundation$5,3001n/a
Lowell Showboat VI$5,25018%
Host Productions Community Theatre$5,2501n/a
Danny & Rons Rescue$5,25010%
Moravian Academy$1,65010%

Where it is load-bearing

Grand Rapids Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 62 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUrban Core Collective: $3,467,650 over 6y, 87% of budgetKent School Services Network: $2,103,520 over 9y, 18% of budgetHeart of West Michigan United Way: $2,061,390 over 9y, 4.5% of budgetK-Connect: $2,032,077 over 6y, 96% of budgetHispanic Center of Western Michigan Inc: $1,769,847 over 7y, 33% of budgetGrand Rapids Urban League: $1,660,071 over 7y, 14% of budgetAfrican-American Health Institute: $1,584,250 over 9y, 66% of budgetFeeding America West Michigan: $1,478,384 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Kent County Inc: $1,428,323 over 9y, 8.0% of budgetBaxter Community Center: $1,373,125 over 8y, 21% of budgetDa Blodgett - St John's: $1,299,668 over 9y, 3.1% of budgetGrand Rapids Youth Commonwealth Inc: $1,272,050 over 9y, 16% of budgetGrand Rapids African American Museum and Archives: $1,185,000 over 6y, 57% of budgetMary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation: $1,077,287 over 8y, 4.8% of budgetMary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital: $1,041,130 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetLand Conservancy of West Michigan: $968,975 over 9y, 17% of budgetGrand Rapids Symphony Society: $967,942 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetStart Garden Inc: $900,250 over 3y, 15% of budgetKent County Youth Agricultural Association: $889,125 over 6y, 23% of budgetThe Diatribe Inc: $886,329 over 7y, 41% of budgetGrand Rapids Community College Foundation: $885,965 over 9y, 3.9% of budget70 X 7 Life Recovery: $879,914 over 9y, 12% of budgetUnited Methodist Community House: $839,617 over 6y, 6.0% of budgetProject Green: $809,000 over 5y, 51% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019): $807,434 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetCorewell Health Foundation West Michigan: $793,882 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAqume Foundation: $776,625 over 4y, 33% of budgetMel Trotter Ministries: $742,462 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetEARTH University Foundation Inc: $727,544 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetAquinas College: $708,230 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetWest Michigan Horticultural Society Inc Dba Frederik Meijer Gardens: $694,436 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetRende Progress Capital: $681,250 over 3y, 45% of budgetGrand Rapids Pride Center: $674,350 over 8y, 68% of budgetGrand Rapids Art Museum: $666,963 over 9y, 3.3% of budgetThe Potters House: $657,093 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetGrandville Avenue Arts and Humanities Inc: $635,960 over 8y, 54% of budgetSenior Neighbors Inc: $630,633 over 9y, 10% of budgetGreater Lowell Chamber Foundation: $629,678 over 9y, 53% of budgetLinc Up Nonprofit Housing Corporation: $628,175 over 7y, 5.5% of budgetGrand Action Foundation 20: $610,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetWest Michigan Center for Arts & Technology: $605,588 over 9y, 7.7% of budgetCamp Blodgett: $600,646 over 9y, 14% of budgetDwelling Place of Grand Rapids Nonprofit: $592,206 over 7y, 7.7% of budgetGrand Rapids Whitewater Inc: $583,992 over 4y, 8.9% of budgetInterlochen Center for the Arts: $581,500 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetBlandford Nature Center: $564,109 over 9y, 7.8% of budgetWomen's Resource Center: $548,975 over 8y, 28% of budgetFamily Promise of Grand Rapids: $529,050 over 9y, 2.7% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Frey FoundationMI235.4× affinity164 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Frey Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · The Wege Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · The Meijer Foundation · Cdv5 Foundation · Steelcase Foundation · Corewell Health Group Return · The Mercantile Bank Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc

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.

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About Grand Rapids Community Foundation

How much does Grand Rapids Community Foundation give?
Grand Rapids Community Foundation reported 377 itemized grants totaling $21,985,289, out of $24,180,887 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 238 and 283 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Grand Rapids Community Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (19%), Human Services (11%), Health (11%).
Who are Grand Rapids Community Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Urban Core Collective ($3.5M), Grand Valley State University ($2.8M), Kent School Services Network ($2.1M).
Does Grand Rapids Community Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Grand Rapids Community Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Frey Foundation, Heart of West Michigan United Way, The Wege Foundation.
Where is Grand Rapids Community Foundation based?
Grand Rapids Community Foundation is based in MI.

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 772 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 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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