Michigan · Private foundation
Jack and Lija Romence 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.
- $257k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 32
- Grants FY2025
- 32
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 28%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 28 to 36
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 28% of the organizations Jack and Lija Romence Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 31 | $255k | 23% |
| FY2024 | 32 | $115k | 28% |
| FY2023 | 30 | $80k | 23% |
| FY2022 | 34 | $74k | 24% |
| FY2021 | 36 | $69k | 39% |
| FY2020 | 30 | $32k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $19k | 11% |
| FY2018 | 33 | $38k | 36% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Potters House | $90,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Calvin University | $80,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Da Blodgett - St John's | $67,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Van Andel Institute | $38,300 | 8 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $31,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Cascade Christian Church | $26,450 | 9 | n/a |
| Latvian Club of Saginaw | $22,600 | 6 | n/a |
| Hospice of Michigan Inc | $14,100 | 8 | 0% |
| Grand Valley State University | $13,500 | 4 | n/a |
| MAP International Inc | $13,100 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 60 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($239k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jack and Lija Romence 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: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · Cdv5 Foundation · The Meijer Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Jct Foundation · The Mercantile Bank Foundation · The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation · Steve & Amy Van Andel Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Jack and Lija Romence Family Foundation with peer funders
About Jack and Lija Romence Family Foundation
- How much does Jack and Lija Romence Family Foundation give?
- Jack and Lija Romence Family Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $256,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 36 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Jack and Lija Romence Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (28%), Health (21%), International (19%).
- Who are Jack and Lija Romence Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Potters House ($90k), Calvin University ($80k), Da Blodgett - St John's ($68k).
- Does Jack and Lija Romence Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Jack and Lija Romence 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 Lija Romence Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation, Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation.
- Where is Jack and Lija Romence Family Foundation based?
- Jack and Lija Romence Family Foundation is based in MI.
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