Michigan · Private foundation
John and Judy Spoelhof 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.
- $2.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 60
- Grants FY2025
- 60
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 3%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $550,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 60 to 69
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $40M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 3% of the organizations John and Judy Spoelhof Foundation 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; $9k 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 | 57 | $2.4M | 2% |
| FY2024 | 60 | $2.0M | 3% |
| FY2023 | 63 | $2.3M | 5% |
| FY2022 | 63 | $2.3M | 11% |
| FY2021 | 61 | $2.8M | 18% |
| FY2020 | 69 | $1.5M | 16% |
| FY2019 | 64 | $2.4M | 16% |
| FY2018 | 64 | $1.7M | 19% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holland Christian Education Society | $3,316,794 | 9 | 6% |
| Calvin University | $1,350,771 | 5 | 0% |
| Geneva Camp & Retreat Center | $1,210,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Odc Network | $737,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Renew Therapeutic Riding Center | $719,500 | 8 | 23% |
| Benjamin's Hope | $584,500 | 8 | 2% |
| Corewell Health Foundation West Michigan | $575,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Luke Society Inc | $533,500 | 9 | 3% |
| Holland Deacons Conference | $470,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Engedi Church | $417,000 | 9 | n/a |
Show all 82 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 40 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
John and Judy Spoelhof Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 66 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: The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Stephen and Valerie Spoelhof Foundation · Douglas & Sandra Dekock Family Foun · Jim and Ginger Jurries Foundation · Craig and Wendy Spoelhof Foundation · Howard Miller Foundation · De Witt Families Conduit Foundation · Larry and Karen Mulder Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation · Barnabas Foundation
How this is measured
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About John and Judy Spoelhof Foundation
- How much does John and Judy Spoelhof Foundation give?
- John and Judy Spoelhof Foundation reported 60 grants totaling $2,515,300 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 60 and 69 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does John and Judy Spoelhof Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (27%), Human Services (20%), Religion (20%).
- Who are John and Judy Spoelhof Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Holland Christian Education Society ($3.3M), Calvin University ($1.4M), Geneva Camp & Retreat Center ($1.2M).
- Does John and Judy Spoelhof Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 3% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John and Judy Spoelhof 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 John and Judy Spoelhof Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc, Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation, Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is John and Judy Spoelhof Foundation based?
- John and Judy Spoelhof Foundation is based in MI.
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