Michigan · Private foundation
Jack and Aletha Goodale 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.
- $325k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2025
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 28
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations Jack and Aletha Goodale Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% 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 | 23 | $325k | 9% |
| FY2024 | 26 | $330k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $335k | 12% |
| FY2022 | 28 | $375k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 28 | $331k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $305k | 35% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $275k | 21% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $233k | 53% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mental Health Foundation of West Michigan | $210,000 | 9 | 3% |
| United Methodist Community House | $205,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Kids' Food Basket Inc | $170,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Mel Trotter Ministries | $170,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Renew Mobility | $155,000 | 8 | 9% |
| Hunt2heal | $126,000 | 5 | 87% |
| Gilda's Club Grand Rapids | $125,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Meals on Wheels Western Michigan | $70,000 | 6 | 0% |
| New City Kids Inc | $70,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Branch Interfaith Hospitality Network | $50,000 | 5 | 10% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Jack and Aletha Goodale Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 31 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Frey Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Steve & Amy Van Andel Foundation · Ufp Industries Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · The Wege Foundation · The Mercantile Bank Foundation · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Feeding America West Michigan
How this is measured
Compare Jack and Aletha Goodale Family Foundation with peer funders
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About Jack and Aletha Goodale Family Foundation
- How much does Jack and Aletha Goodale Family Foundation give?
- Jack and Aletha Goodale Family Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $324,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Jack and Aletha Goodale Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (33%), Health (25%), Food & Nutrition (9%).
- Who are Jack and Aletha Goodale Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Mental Health Foundation of West Michigan ($210k), United Methodist Community House ($205k), Kids' Food Basket Inc ($170k).
- Does Jack and Aletha Goodale Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Jack and Aletha Goodale 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 Jack and Aletha Goodale Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Frey Foundation, Heart of West Michigan United Way.
- Where is Jack and Aletha Goodale Family Foundation based?
- Jack and Aletha Goodale Family Foundation is based in MI.
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