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Klopcic Family Foundation at a glance

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Klopcic 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.

$522k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$600kHealth$526kEnvironment$500kArts & Culture$500kCommunity Improvement$400kHuman Services$383kEducation$380kFood & Nutrition$252kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $2k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $500k
$50,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$6.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GRAND ACTION FOUNDATIONS 20$200,000
GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC MUSEUM FOUNDATION$125,000
MARY FREE BED FOUNDATION$125,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES WEST MICHIGAN$50,000
GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION$10,000
SENIOR NEIGHBORS$10,000
KIDS FOOD BASKET$1,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%STARFISH FAMILY SERVICES: $25k → 21%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.6M · 16 repeat orgs$279k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
4

Total granted

$3.6M
$154k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+76%

Still filing today

94%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $125k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Recreation & SportsHealthEducationArts & CultureInternationalHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • GR
    GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC MUSEUM FOUNDATION
    4× · 2022–2025 · $500k · revenue +272%
  • GA
    GRAND ACTION FOUNDATION 20
    2× · 2024–2025 · $400k · revenue +109%
  • DU
    DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2021 · $300k · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • FO
    FANS OF VALLEY FIELDgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue +76%
  • SF
    STARFISH FAMILY SERVICES INC
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -2%
  • LM
    LAKE MICHIGAN JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +146%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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
Michigan Legacy Art Park

Inspire awareness, appreciation and passion for michigan's history and stories, culture and environment through the arts.

Arts & Culture
3
West Bend Community Foundation Inc
Philanthropy
4
Michigan Farmers Market Association

Mifma supports the viability of all community-driven marketplaces so that they can connect all consumers to local farms and businesses.

Food & Nutrition
5
Great Lakes Community Action Partnership

The mission of great lakes community action partnership is to create partnerships and opportunites to help individuals, families and communities thrive.

Human Services
6
Mid Michigan Community Action Agency Inc

Mid michigan community action guides local residents on the path to self-sufficiency through empowerment, education and community enrichment.

—
7
Mymichigan Health Foundation

The corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes by conducting or supporting activites exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, or to carry out the…

Health
8
Michigan Farm Bureau

Michigan farm bureau (mfb) is a member directed agricultural organization whose purpose is to represent, protect, and enhance the business, economic, social, and educational interests of our members located throughout the state of michigan.

—
9
Business Leaders for Michigan Foundation

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

Community Improvement
10
Michigan Recreation & Park Association

A member driven organization committed to providing quality professional park and recreation programs and services with fiscal integrity and progressive leadership to michigans recreation and parks trade.

—
11
Michigan State Afl-Cio Workforce Development Institute

To apply the principles of workforce development to grow michigan's economy while improving the lives of michigan workers.

Employment
12
Michigan Sports Alliance

To encourage michigan residents of all ages and abilities to live active and healthy lifestyles

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Guidance Center; the most unlike its peers is Fans of Valley Field. 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

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 22 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
15/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION WEST MICHIGAN: $381,000 · HealthCOREWELL HEALTH…THE GUIDANCE CENTER: $110,000 · HealthTHE GUIDANCE CE…The Center for Alcohol Policy: $35,000 · HealthThe Center for …GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $500,000 · Arts & CultureGRAND RAPIDS P…WEST MICHIGAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY INC DBA FREDERIK MEIJER GARDENS: $500,000 · EnvironmentWEST MICHIGAN …SENIOR NEIGHBORS INC: $132,500 · OtherSENIOR NEIGHBORS INCMARY FREE BED FOUNDATION: $125,000 · OtherMARY FREE BED FOUNDATIONFANS OF VALLEY FIELD: $100,000 · OtherFANS OF VALLEY FIELDRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES WESTERN MICHIGAN: $100,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES WESTE…KIDS' FOOD BASKET INC: $251,500 · OtherKIDS' FOOD BASKET INCJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE MICHIGAN GREAT LAKES INC: $250,000 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE MICHIGAN GR…KENT COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION: $250,000 · OtherKENT COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATIONJOHN BALL ZOO: $50,000 · Other+2 more: $55,000 · OtherGRAND ACTION FOUNDATION 20: $400,000 · PhilanthropyGRAND ACTION …PETOSKEY-HARBOR SPRINGS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $82,500 · PhilanthropyPETOSKEY-HARB…DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $300,000 · EducationDAVENPORT …GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationGRAND RAPI…SPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC: $250,000 · Recreation & SportsLAKE MICHIGAN JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION: $15,000 · Recreation & SportsCamp Daggett: $13,881 · Recreation & Sports
Health$526,000Arts & Culture$500,000Environment$500,000Other$1,314,000Philanthropy$482,500Education$350,000Recreation & Sports$278,881

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetWEST MICHIGAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY INC DBA FREDERIK MEIJER GARDENS: $500,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetGRAND ACTION FOUNDATION 20: $400,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetDAVENPORT UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $300,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC: $251,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE MICHIGAN GREAT LAKES INC: $250,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC: $250,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetKENT COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 2y, 45% of budgetSENIOR NEIGHBORS INC: $132,500 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetTHE GUIDANCE CENTER: $110,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFANS OF VALLEY FIELD: $100,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES WESTERN MICHIGAN: $100,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetPETOSKEY-HARBOR SPRINGS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $82,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetJOHN BALL ZOO: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetThe Center for Alcohol Policy: $35,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetSTARFISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLAKE MICHIGAN JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION: $15,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetCamp Daggett: $13,881 over 1y, 1.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

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.

Frey FoundationGrand Rapids Communit…The David and Carol V…Daniel & Pamella Devo…Peter C & Emajean Coo…Dick and Betsy Devos …THE PETER and JOAN SE…Cdv5 FoundationThe Meijer FoundationDouglas & Maria Devos…DTE Energy FoundationConsumers Energy Foun…
Frey FoundationMI26.1× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Frey Foundation · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation · Daniel & Pamella Devos Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation · THE PETER and JOAN SECCHIA FAMILY INC · Cdv5 Foundation · The Meijer Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Klopcic Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Klopcic Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 22 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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