How much does Krw Foundation give?

Krw Foundation reported 34 grants totaling $2,755,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 36 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.

What does Krw Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (29%), Education (25%), Civil Rights (10%).

Who are Krw Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Grand Rapids Art Museum ($2.7M), Aquinas College ($2.5M), Grand Valley State University ($1.8M).

Does Krw Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does Krw Foundation accept unsolicited applications?

Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.

Which funders back the same organizations as Krw Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Frey Foundation, The Wege Foundation.

Foundation Dossiers

Michigan · Private foundation

Krw Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.8M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 34
Grants FY2024: 31
Organizations funded FY2023: 13%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $50,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $500,000
Organizations funded a year: 30 to 36; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 3
Total assets, FY2024: $14M
Applications: Takes unsolicited applications; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 13% of the organizations Krw Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $425k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHealthHousing & ShelterSocial ScienceOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	34	$2.8M	15%
FY2023	31	$2.0M	13%
FY2022	36	$2.0M	17%
FY2021	33	$2.9M	18%
FY2020	35	$3.8M	26%
FY2019	32	$3.6M	25%
FY2018	32	$3.9M	31%
FY2017	30	$3.8M	n/a

98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$7.2MEducation$6.3MCivil Rights$2.5MHealth$2.5MHuman Services$1.7MPhilanthropy$1.3MHousing & Shelter$615kReligion$515kOther$0

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
Grand Rapids Art Museum	$2,673,560	8	13%
Aquinas College	$2,465,000	8	1%
Grand Valley State University	$1,836,064	7	n/a
Heart of West Michigan United Way	$1,085,000	8	2%
Disability Advocates of Kent County	$1,015,000	8	8%
Grand Rapids Public Schools Foundation	$750,000	3	7%
The Diatribe Inc	$450,000	2	22%
Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago	$400,000	3	2%
Grand Rapids Community College	$350,000	2	n/a
Disart	$337,500	7	35%

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All grantees of Krw Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Grand Rapids Art Museum	$2,673,560	8	13%
Aquinas College	$2,465,000	8	1%
Grand Valley State University	$1,836,064	7	n/a
Heart of West Michigan United Way	$1,085,000	8	2%
Disability Advocates of Kent County	$1,015,000	8	8%
Grand Rapids Public Schools Foundation	$750,000	3	7%
The Diatribe Inc	$450,000	2	22%
Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago	$400,000	3	2%
Grand Rapids Community College	$350,000	2	n/a
Disart	$337,500	7	35%
Family Promise of Grand Rapids	$325,000	3	3%
Grand Rapids Civic Theatre Inc	$300,000	5	4%
West Michigan Center for Arts & Technology	$290,000	8	3%
The Mosaic Film Experience	$250,000	1	n/a
YWCA West Central Michigan	$230,000	7	1%
Ferris State University	$230,000	5	n/a
Blandford Nature Center	$225,000	2	4%
Habitat for Humanity of Kent County Inc	$200,000	2	1%
Health Net of West Michigan	$190,000	5	2%
Indian Trails Camp	$170,000	6	3%
The Aspen Institute Inc	$150,000	2	0%
Women's Resource Center	$150,000	2	8%
Garfield Park Neighborhood Associa	$150,000	3	32%
St Cecilia Music Center	$140,000	7	4%
Children's Assessment Center	$107,665	6	2%
Humane Society of West Michigan	$105,000	6	2%
Beyond 26 Inc	$105,000	4	11%
The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019)	$100,000	1	0%
Kids' Food Basket Inc	$100,000	1	2%
United Methodist Community House	$100,000	1	2%
Ferris Foundation	$100,000	2	0%
The Refugee Education Center	$100,000	2	7%
Grand Rapids Nehemiah Project	$100,000	1	3%
K-Connect	$95,000	3	8%
The Arc Kent County Inc	$95,000	4	11%
Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast Inc	$80,000	4	0%
Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative	$80,000	2	1%
Michigan League of Conservation Voters Inc	$75,000	2	1%
Aya Youth Collective	$75,000	1	2%
Grand Rapids Urban League	$70,000	4	2%
Iccf Community Homes	$70,000	3	0%
Grand Rapids Children's Museum	$70,000	2	2%
Council of Michigan Foundations	$64,400	7	0%
Montford Hall	$50,000	1	3%
Community Spay Neuter Initiative Pa	$50,000	1	1%
Ecliptic At Rosa Parks Circle Conservancy	$50,000	1	5%
Disability Rights Michigan	$50,000	1	1%
Together West Michigan Education Fund	$47,500	2	14%
Gilda's Club Grand Rapids	$28,000	4	1%
Baxter Community Center	$25,000	1	1%
Opera Grand Rapids	$25,000	3	1%
City of Rockford	$25,000	1	n/a
Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp	$25,000	1	1%
Conductive Learning Center of North America	$25,000	1	4%
Feeding America West Michigan	$25,000	1	0%
Affinity Mentoring	$20,000	1	3%
Healthy Homes Coalition of West Michigan Inc	$20,000	1	n/a
Imagination Dollhouses for Children	$10,000	1	n/a
Literacy Center of West Michigan	$10,000	1	1%
Camp Sunshine	$10,000	1	2%
The Carter Center Inc	$5,000	1	0%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($8.1M), not named here.

Krw Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 54 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 54.

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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.

Grand Rapids Community FoundationMI91.6× affinity44 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Frey Foundation · The Wege Foundation · The Meijer Foundation · Steelcase Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · WK Kellogg Foundation · The Mercantile Bank Foundation · The Sebastian Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Cdv5 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.

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About Krw Foundation

How much does Krw Foundation give?: Krw Foundation reported 34 grants totaling $2,755,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 36 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Krw Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (29%), Education (25%), Civil Rights (10%).
Who are Krw Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Grand Rapids Art Museum ($2.7M), Aquinas College ($2.5M), Grand Valley State University ($1.8M).
Does Krw Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Krw Foundation accept unsolicited applications?: Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Krw Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Frey Foundation, The Wege Foundation.
Where is Krw Foundation based?: Krw Foundation is based in MI.