Michigan · Private foundation
Joie de Vivre Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $92k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 71%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $82k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 71% of the organizations Joie de Vivre Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 72% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $315k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $92k | 83% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $440k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $524k | 71% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $260k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $187k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $80k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $210k | 63% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $156k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Walking the Text | $105,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Lee Strobel Ministries | $100,000 | 1 | 48% |
| Christs Church of the Valley Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northern Michigan Christian School Association | $100,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Lakeshore Rescue Missions | $61,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $59,000 | 3 | 0% |
| West Valley Christian School Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| 70 X 7 Life Recovery | $47,800 | 2 | 2% |
| Authentic Leadership Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 15% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Walking the Text | $105,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Lee Strobel Ministries | $100,000 | 1 | 48% |
| Christs Church of the Valley Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northern Michigan Christian School Association | $100,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Lakeshore Rescue Missions | $61,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $59,000 | 3 | 0% |
| West Valley Christian School Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| 70 X 7 Life Recovery | $47,800 | 2 | 2% |
| Authentic Leadership Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 15% |
| Mission India | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mission Create | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Real Life Ministries | $15,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Society for Christian Instruction Zeeland | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grand Valley State University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Renew Therapeutic Riding Center | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Preserving Bible Times Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Authentic Leadership Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Homecor | $10,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Jubilee Ministries Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| I Like Giving | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Maranatha Bible and Missionary Conf | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ready for School | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Faith Hospice | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Team Be Better | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($612k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Joie de Vivre Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 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: John and Judy Spoelhof Foundation · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation · Stephen and Valerie Spoelhof Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Howard Miller Foundation · Onequest Foundation · Douglas & Sandra Dekock Family Foun · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Joie de Vivre Foundation
- How much does Joie de Vivre Foundation give?
- Joie de Vivre Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $92,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Joie de Vivre Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (33%), Housing & Shelter (27%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are Joie de Vivre Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity Inc ($500k), Walking the Text ($105k), Lee Strobel Ministries ($100k).
- Does Joie de Vivre Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Joie de Vivre 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 Joie de Vivre Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John and Judy Spoelhof Foundation, The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc, Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation.
- Where is Joie de Vivre Foundation based?
- Joie de Vivre Foundation is based in MI.
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