Michigan · Private foundation
Larry and Karen Mulder 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.
- $301k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 12%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 39
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 12% of the organizations Larry and Karen Mulder Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $85k 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 | 18 | $286k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $239k | 12% |
| FY2023 | 29 | $414k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $470k | 68% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $1.0M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $29k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 30 | $1.3M | 13% |
| FY2018 | 39 | $456k | 26% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys & Girls Club of Indian River County Inc | $1,060,000 | 5 | 28% |
| Odc Network | $1,050,000 | 6 | 11% |
| Family Promise of Grand Rapids | $120,000 | 7 | 1% |
| World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals | $115,000 | 4 | 0% |
| ECHO Inc | $115,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Appalachian Trail Conservancy | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Water Missions International | $93,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Resilience Advocates for Ending Violence | $85,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Good Samaritan Ministries | $80,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Solar Sister Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 3% |
Show all 66 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($709k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Larry and Karen Mulder Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 57 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 · The Shine Foundation · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · John and Judy Spoelhof Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · Frey Foundation · Howard Miller Foundation · Douglas & Sandra Dekock Family Foun · De Witt Families Conduit Foundation · Cdv5 Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Larry and Karen Mulder Foundation
- How much does Larry and Karen Mulder Foundation give?
- Larry and Karen Mulder Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $300,600 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 39 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Larry and Karen Mulder Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (29%), Environment (23%), International (11%).
- Who are Larry and Karen Mulder Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Boys & Girls Club of Indian River County Inc ($1.1M), Odc Network ($1.1M), Family Promise of Grand Rapids ($120k).
- Does Larry and Karen Mulder Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Larry and Karen Mulder 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 Larry and Karen Mulder Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc, The Shine Foundation, Grand Rapids Community Foundation.
- Where is Larry and Karen Mulder Foundation based?
- Larry and Karen Mulder Foundation is based in MI.
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