Michigan · Private foundation
Jim and Deb Hovinga Charitable Fund
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $135k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.7M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Jim and Deb Hovinga Charitable Fund 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 | 12 | $135k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $146k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $166k | 7% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $187k | 7% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $101k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $117k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $164k | 26% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $46k | 25% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muskegon Rescue Mission | $350,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Mel Trotter Ministries | $115,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $115,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Lakeshore Rescue Missions | $85,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Degage Ministries | $57,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Kids Hope USA | $56,000 | 8 | 1% |
| The Other Way Ministries | $49,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Geneva Camp & Retreat Center | $37,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Covenant Life Church | $21,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Resilience Advocates for Ending Violence | $18,000 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muskegon Rescue Mission | $350,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Mel Trotter Ministries | $115,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $115,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Lakeshore Rescue Missions | $85,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Degage Ministries | $57,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Kids Hope USA | $56,000 | 8 | 1% |
| The Other Way Ministries | $49,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Geneva Camp & Retreat Center | $37,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Covenant Life Church | $21,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Resilience Advocates for Ending Violence | $18,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Reach for Recovery Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wedgwood Christian Services | $12,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Guiding Light Mission Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Barnabas Ministries | $9,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Health Intervention Services | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The People Center Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Daybreak Community Church | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bread of Life Lutheran Church | $1,050 | 1 | n/a |
| Homecor | $1,000 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($187k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jim and Deb Hovinga Charitable Fund 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 Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Barnabas Foundation · Marvin G & Jerene L Dewitt Family Foundation · De Witt Families Conduit Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Folkert Family Foundation · Cdv5 Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Jim and Deb Hovinga Charitable Fund with peer funders
About Jim and Deb Hovinga Charitable Fund
- How much does Jim and Deb Hovinga Charitable Fund give?
- Jim and Deb Hovinga Charitable Fund reported 12 grants totaling $134,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Jim and Deb Hovinga Charitable Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (46%), Human Services (22%), Housing & Shelter (10%).
- Who are Jim and Deb Hovinga Charitable Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Muskegon Rescue Mission ($350k), Mel Trotter Ministries ($115k), Salvation Army ($115k).
- Does Jim and Deb Hovinga Charitable Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Jim and Deb Hovinga Charitable Fund accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Jim and Deb Hovinga Charitable Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc, The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc, Barnabas Foundation.
- Where is Jim and Deb Hovinga Charitable Fund based?
- Jim and Deb Hovinga Charitable Fund is based in MI.
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