Iowa · Private foundation
Harry Vermeer 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.
- $314k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2025
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $56,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 23
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $9.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Harry Vermeer Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 23 | $314k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 22 | $279k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $274k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $279k | 4% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $268k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $244k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Luke Society Inc | $300,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Calvin Theological Seminary | $196,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Calvin University | $170,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Trinity Christian College Association | $160,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Society of Pella Christian Schools | $89,000 | 5 | 1% |
| World Renew | $72,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Dordt University | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Hope Ministries | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Raise Up Global Ministries | $50,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Pella Christian Grade School | $47,500 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Luke Society Inc | $300,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Calvin Theological Seminary | $196,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Calvin University | $170,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Trinity Christian College Association | $160,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Society of Pella Christian Schools | $89,000 | 5 | 1% |
| World Renew | $72,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Dordt University | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Hope Ministries | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Raise Up Global Ministries | $50,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Pella Christian Grade School | $47,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Young Life | $34,050 | 6 | 0% |
| Gilbert Christian Schools Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Bellevue Christian School | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Cary Christian Center Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Central College | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Pella Historical Society | $30,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Rehoboth Christian School Assoc | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Degage Ministries | $29,050 | 5 | 0% |
| The Well | $25,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Families First of Pella | $24,000 | 6 | 12% |
| Pella Regional Health Center | $22,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Food Bank of Iowa | $18,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Schok and Awe Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($115k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Harry Vermeer 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: Barnabas Foundation · Vermeer Charitable Foundation · Pella Rolscreen Foundation · Halcyon Foundation Attn Thomas Larson · R & L Vermeer Foundation Inc · Stewardship Foundation · Gannett Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jason and Carolyn Andringa Foundation · Marion & Marlene Betten Foundation · Cornucopia Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Harry Vermeer Family Foundation
- How much does Harry Vermeer Family Foundation give?
- Harry Vermeer Family Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $314,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 23 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Harry Vermeer Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (45%), Religion (38%), Human Services (7%).
- Who are Harry Vermeer Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: The Luke Society Inc ($300k), Calvin Theological Seminary ($196k), Calvin University ($170k).
- Does Harry Vermeer Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Harry Vermeer 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 Harry Vermeer Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Barnabas Foundation, Vermeer Charitable Foundation, Pella Rolscreen Foundation.
- Where is Harry Vermeer Family Foundation based?
- Harry Vermeer Family Foundation is based in IA.
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