Michigan · Private foundation
Herm and Shirley Geers 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.
- $506k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $16,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 28
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 12
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations Herm and Shirley Geers Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k 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 | 24 | $506k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $548k | 21% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $273k | 12% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $200k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $276k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $684k | 18% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $266k | 42% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $328k | 20% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chosen Vision Inc | $424,800 | 9 | 20% |
| Mission India | $382,100 | 9 | n/a |
| Gideons International | $253,000 | 9 | n/a |
| World Renew | $210,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Friends of Agape | $151,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Abundant Life Foundation | $148,500 | 6 | 7% |
| Growing Hope Globally | $145,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Greater Lansing Food Bank | $135,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Dwellingsnow Inc | $86,625 | 3 | 5% |
| The Timothy Initiative Inc | $75,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 36 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chosen Vision Inc | $424,800 | 9 | 20% |
| Mission India | $382,100 | 9 | n/a |
| Gideons International | $253,000 | 9 | n/a |
| World Renew | $210,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Friends of Agape | $151,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Abundant Life Foundation | $148,500 | 6 | 7% |
| Growing Hope Globally | $145,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Greater Lansing Food Bank | $135,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Dwellingsnow Inc | $86,625 | 3 | 5% |
| The Timothy Initiative Inc | $75,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Forgotten Man Ministries | $65,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn | $48,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Holy Cross Services Inc | $45,000 | 7 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Calvin Theological Seminary | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Eastside Christian School | $35,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Congo Peace | $25,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Heartland Baptist Mission | $24,600 | 2 | 1% |
| The Navigators | $22,000 | 3 | n/a |
| New Hope Community Church | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Christian Reformed World Missions of the United States of America | $18,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Smile Train Inc | $16,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Jubilee REACH | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mission Pre-Born Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Calvin University | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $13,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Global Impact Ministries Inc DBA LOVE LIFE | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Inland Harvest | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Adventures in Missions Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| CRISTA Ministries | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Reframe Ministries | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Connect for Water | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Parkinson Research Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Herm and Shirley Geers 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 · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Stewardship Foundation · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Servant Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
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About Herm and Shirley Geers Foundation
- How much does Herm and Shirley Geers Foundation give?
- Herm and Shirley Geers Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $505,975 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Herm and Shirley Geers Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (53%), Housing & Shelter (10%), Food & Nutrition (9%).
- Who are Herm and Shirley Geers Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Chosen Vision Inc ($425k), Mission India ($382k), Gideons International ($253k).
- Does Herm and Shirley Geers Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Herm and Shirley Geers 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 Herm and Shirley Geers Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Barnabas Foundation, The US Charitable Gift Trust, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is Herm and Shirley Geers Foundation based?
- Herm and Shirley Geers Foundation is based in MI.
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