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Jack and Aletha Goodale Family Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$888kHealth$663kFood & Nutrition$250kHousing & Shelter$220kEducation$90kYouth Development$70kPhilanthropy$55kRecreation & Sports$30kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $307k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$6.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION OF WEST MICHIGAN$25,000
RENEW MOBILITY$25,000
KIDS FOOD BASKET$25,000
GILDA'S CLUB GRAND RAPIDS$20,000
SECOM$20,000
UNITED METHODIST COMMUNITY HOUSE$20,000
MEL TROTTER MINISTRIES$20,000
AYA$20,000
VISSER FAMILY YMCA IMPACT PROGRAM$15,000
GRANDVILLE SENIOR CENTER$15,000
MEALS ON WHEELS WESTERN MICHIGAN$15,000
NEW CITY KIDS$15,000
NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS$12,000
HARMEL ACADEMY$10,000
VFW CHARITIES FOR MICHIGAN$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $188k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 3% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%PARENT PROJECT MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY: $5k → 14%RENEW MOBILITY: $25k → 11%RENEW MOBILITY: $25k → 11%RENEW MOBILITY: $25k → 11%ALTERNATIVES IN MOTION: $25k → 11%ALTERNATIVES IN MOTION: $15k → 11%ALTERNATIVES IN MOTION: $15k → 11%ALTERNATIVES IN MOTION: $15k → 11%ALTERNATIVES IN MOTION: $10k → 11%HQGR: $10k → 11%HQGR: $8k → 11%DEGAGE MINISTRIES: $5k → 11%DEGAGE MINISTRIES: $5k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 37 repeat orgs$116k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

37 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
22

Total granted

$2.5M
$103k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+11%

Still filing today

46%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsCivil RightsOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • MH
    MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION OF WEST MICHIGAN
    9× · 2017–2025 · $210k · revenue +80%
  • UM
    UNITED METHODIST COMMUNITY HOUSE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $205k · revenue +238%
  • KF
    KIDS' FOOD BASKET INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $170k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • H
    HAND2HANDgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +38%
  • SN
    SENIOR NEIGHBORS INC
    one grant, 2017 · $8k · revenue +22%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Mymichigan Medical Center Midland

Creating healthy communities - together

Health
2
The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
3
Michigan Christian Home

The michigan christian home dba beacon hill at eastgate, a not-for-profit corporation, provides housing and health services in a christian environment for older adults, thus enabling them to meet their ongoing physical, social and…

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4
Mymichigan Medical Group

Creating healthy communities - together

Health
5
Trinity Health Grand Haven Hospital

We, trinity health grand haven hospital and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.trinity health grand haven hospital is a member of trinity…

Health
6
Trinity Health - Michigan

We, trinity health-michigan and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. trinity health-michigan is a member of trinity health.

Health
7
Mymichigan Medical Center Gladwin

Creating healthy communities - together

Health
8
Michigan Chamber of Commerce

To promote conditions favorable to job creation and business success in michigan.

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9
Mercy Health Partners

We, mercy health and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.mercy health partners is a member of mercy health and trinity health.

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10
Up Health Education Corporation

The msu chm upper peninsula education corporation is a collaborative medical education corporation funded by the michigan state university college of human medicine and up health system marquette, dedicated to the medical education of…

Education
11
Mclaren Greater Lansing

Mclaren health care corporation, along with its subsidiaries, will be michigan's best value in healthcare as defined by quality outcomes and cost.

Health
12
Northwest Michigan Health Services Inc

To provide quality medical and dental primary care services to persons of all ages in northwest michigan regardless of ability to pay.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Gilda's Club Grand Rapids; the most unlike its peers is Grand Rapids Community College. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

34 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 34 of the 61 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/34
Grantees still filing
23/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SECOM: $205,000 · OtherSECOMUNITED METHODIST COMMUNITY HOUSE: $205,000 · OtherUNITED METHODIST COMMUNITY HOUSEMEL TROTTER MINISTRIES: $170,000 · OtherMEL TROTTER MINISTRIESVISSER FAMILY YMCA IMPACT PROGRAM: $160,000 · OtherVISSER FAMILY YMCA IMPACT PROGRAMFINISH THE MISSION VETERAN RELIEF FUND: $115,000 · OtherFINISH THE MISSION VETERAN RELIEF FUNDGRANDVILLE SENIOR CENTER: $115,000 · OtherGRANDVILLE SENIOR CENTERAYA: $90,000 · OtherAYANATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: $82,000 · Other+30 more: $432,500 · Other+30 moreMENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION OF WEST MICHIGAN: $210,000 · HealthMENTAL HEALTH F…HUNT2HEAL: $126,000 · HealthHUNT2HEAL+3 more: $17,000 · HealthKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC: $170,000 · Food & NutritionKIDS' FOOD…MEALS ON WHEELS WESTERN MICHIGAN: $70,000 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON W…HAND2HAND: $10,000 · Food & NutritionRENEW MOBILITY: $155,000 · Human ServicesRENEW MOB…HOAP INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesHOAP INCTHE PLAYGROUNDGR: $17,500 · Human ServicesTHE PLAYG…GRACE'S TABLE: $10,000 · Human ServicesDEGAGE MINISTRIES: $10,000 · Human Services+2 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesGILDA'S CLUB GRAND RAPIDS: $125,000 · Civil RightsNEW CITY KIDS INC: $70,000 · Youth DevelopmentLORI'S VOICE: $40,000 · EducationDAVENPORT UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationHARMEL ACADEMY OF THE TRADES: $10,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY: $2,500 · EducationCornerstone University: $2,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN OHIO: $2,500 · Education
Other$1,574,500Health$353,000Food & Nutrition$250,000Human Services$222,500Civil Rights$125,000Youth Development$70,000Education$67,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION OF WEST MICHIGAN: $210,000 over 9y, 3.0% of budgetUNITED METHODIST COMMUNITY HOUSE: $205,000 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC: $170,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetMEL TROTTER MINISTRIES: $170,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetRENEW MOBILITY: $155,000 over 8y, 8.8% of budgetHUNT2HEAL: $126,000 over 5y, 87% of budgetGILDA'S CLUB GRAND RAPIDS: $125,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS WESTERN MICHIGAN: $70,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetNEW CITY KIDS INC: $70,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetBranch Interfaith Hospitality Network: $50,000 over 5y, 10% of budgetLORI'S VOICE: $40,000 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $20,000 over 6y, 24% of budgetHOAP INC: $20,000 over 4y, 5.2% of budgetDAVENPORT UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHARMEL ACADEMY OF THE TRADES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGRACE'S TABLE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetHAND2HAND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDEGAGE MINISTRIES: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $7,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetSENIOR NEIGHBORS INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFORGOTTEN MAN MINISTRIES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE PARENT PROJECT FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY RESEARCH INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINDIAN TRAILS CAMP: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSUSAN MAST ALS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCornerstone University: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWest Michigan Veterans Coalition: $2,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN OHIO: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION OF WEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds UNITED METHODIST COMMUNITY HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds KIDS' FOOD BASKET INC ↗
  • Who funds MEL TROTTER MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds RENEW MOBILITY ↗
  • Who funds HUNT2HEAL ↗
  • Who funds GILDA'S CLUB GRAND RAPIDS ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS WESTERN MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds NEW CITY KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds Branch Interfaith Hospitality Network ↗
  • Who funds LORI'S VOICE ↗
  • Who funds GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds HOAP INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PLAYGROUNDGR ↗
  • Who funds DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds HARMEL ACADEMY OF THE TRADES ↗
  • Who funds GRACE'S TABLE ↗
  • Who funds HAND2HAND ↗
  • Who funds DEGAGE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds University of Michigan ↗

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.

Grand Rapids Communit…Frey FoundationHeart of West Michiga…Peter C & Emajean Coo…Grand Haven Area Comm…Steve & Amy Van Andel…Ufp Industries Founda…Douglas & Maria Devos…The Wege FoundationThe Mercantile Bank F…The Community Foundat…Feeding America West …
Grand Rapids Community FoundationMI33.6× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Jack and Aletha Goodale Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jack and Aletha Goodale Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Jack and Aletha Goodale Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Jack and Aletha Goodale Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 61 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-PF 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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