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Keeler Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$29k
Granted FY2022
4
Grants FY2022
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2022.

Arts & Culture$21kPhilanthropy$20kHealth$11kHousing & Shelter$10kEnvironment$10kHuman Services$4kReligion$4kEducation$2kOther$0
02FY2022 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k2 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$10,000
EXODUS PLACE$10,000
ST JUDES CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$7,500
MARY FREE BED FOUNDATION$1,452
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

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Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 15% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $822 → 17%LAKESHORE ASSISTED LIVING: $100 → 8%PORTER HILLS FOUNDATION: $2k → 11%ST MARY'S FOUNDATION: $500 → 18%SPECIAL OLYMPICS OF MICHIGAN: $500 → 19%ETERNAL WORLD TELEVISION NETWORK: $3k → 16%ST JUDES CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $8k → 17%FRANCISCAN LIFE PROCESS CENTER: $500 → 11%EAST GRAND RAPIDS SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $300 → 11%AQUINAS COLLEGE: $100 → 11%FREDERIK MEIJER GARDENS & SCULPTURE PARK: $10k → 11%FRIENDS OF EAST GRAND RAPIDS LIBRARY: $100 → 11%GRAND RAPIDS HOME FOR VETERANS: $500 → 11%SAN JUAN DIEGO ACADEMY: $1k → 11%KENT EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $500 → 11%EMMANUAL HOSPICE: $2k → 11%EXODUS PLACE: $10k → 11%GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%HEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY: $10k → 11%GRAND RAPIDS SYMPHONY: $10k → 11%GRAND RAPIDS ART MUSEUM: $10k → 11%MARY FREE BED FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%VAN ANDEL INSTITUTE: $1k → 11%CATHOLIC INFORMATION CENTER: $1k → 11%OUR HOPE: $500 → 11%DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF WEST MICHIGAN: $330 → 11%ST CECILIA MUSIC SOCIETY: $200 → 11%MEL TROTTER MINISTRIES: $100 → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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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
2
Ecumen

We empower individuals and families to confidently navigate aging so that it is a purposeful journey filled with dignity and support.

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3
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
4
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
5
Grand View University

Engages, equips and empowers learners to explore their vocations, fulfill their potential and serve the world.

Education
6
Detroit Historical Society

The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.

Arts & Culture
7
Westminster College

The mission of westminster college is to help students develop competencies, commitments, and characteristics which have distinguished human beings at their best. see continuation on schedule o.the liberal arts tradition is the foundation…

Education
8
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
9
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
10
Hospice of Michigan Inc

Hospice of Michigan, Inc. meets our patients and families where they are with urgency, purpose and compassionate accountability surrounding them with decades of dedicated hospice expertise.

Human Services
11
United Way for Southeastern Michigan

To mobilize the caring power of detroit and southeastern michigan to improve communities and individual lives in measurable and lasting ways.

Public Safety & Disaster
12
The James a Eddy Memorial Geriatric Center Inc

We, st. peter's health partners and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. the james a. eddy memorial geriatric center (eddy memorial…

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Heart of West Michigan United Way and the most unlike its peers is Whitney Museum of American Art. 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

19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 29 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
13/19
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

GRAND RAPIDS SYMPHONY — $10,000 · OtherGRAND RAPIDS SYMPHONYEXODUS PLACE — $10,000 · OtherEXODUS PLACEPORTER HILLS FOUNDATION — $2,000 · OtherPORTER HILLS FOUNDATIONMARY FREE BED FOUNDATION — $1,452 · OtherCATHOLIC INFORMATION CENTER — $1,000 · OtherSAN JUAN DIEGO ACADEMY — $1,000 · Other+12 more — $3,630 · Other+12 moreHEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY — $10,000 · PhilanthropyHEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITE…GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $10,000 · PhilanthropyGRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUND…VAN ANDEL INSTITUTE — $1,000 · PhilanthropyGRAND RAPIDS ART MUSEUM — $10,000 · Arts & CultureGRAND RAPIDS A…WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART — $822 · Arts & CultureWHITNEY MUSEUM…+1 more — $200 · Arts & CultureWEST MICHIGAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY INC DBA FREDERIK MEIJER GARDENS — $10,000 · EnvironmentWEST MICHIGAN…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $7,500 · HealthST JUDE CHIL…EMMANUEL HOSPICE — $2,000 · HealthEMMANUEL HOS…ETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC — $3,000 · ReligionSPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC — $500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$29,082Philanthropy$21,000Arts & Culture$11,022Environment$10,000Health$9,500Religion$3,000Recreation & Sports$500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetGRAND RAPIDS ART MUSEUM — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEXODUS PLACE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWEST MICHIGAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY INC DBA FREDERIK MEIJER GARDENS — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPORTER HILLS FOUNDATION — $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEMMANUEL HOSPICE — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART — $822 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF WEST MICHIGAN — $330 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEL TROTTER MINISTRIES — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAquinas College — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Grand Rapids Communit…The Korff FoundationPeter C & Emajean Coo…Frey FoundationThe Community Foundat…Wolverine World Wide …The Meijer FoundationThe Wege FoundationGrand Haven Area Comm…Ge Aerospace Foundati…THE PETER and JOAN SE…Raymond James Charita…
Grand Rapids Community FoundationMI27.9× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · The Korff Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Frey Foundation · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Wolverine World Wide Foundation · The Meijer Foundation · The Wege Foundation · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · THE PETER and JOAN SECCHIA FAMILY INC · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Keeler Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Franciscan Life Center Network Incorporated — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

04Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Keeler Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Keeler 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 29 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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