· Private foundation
Lavere & Gladys Chase Scholarship Fd
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| JACKSON COLLEGE | $4,400 |
| WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY | $4,000 |
| GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY | $3,000 |
| CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY | $1,400 |
| BAKER COLLEGE | $1,400 |
| SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY | $1,400 |
| MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY | $1,400 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | $1,000 |
| ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY | $1,000 |
| KALAMAZOO COLLEGE | $1,000 |
| OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY | $1,000 |
| ALFRED UNIVERSITY | $1,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA BOARD OF TRUSTEES | $1,000 |
| EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY | $1,000 |
| DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 92% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +6% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.
24 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UOUniversity of Michigan7× · 2017–2025 · $27k · revenue +202%
- TUTrine University3× · 2021–2023 · $10k · revenue +91%
- DUDAVENPORT UNIVERSITY3× · 2023–2025 · $5k · revenue +6%
Funded once
- MCMONTCALM COMMUNITY COLLEGEone grant, 2024 · $3k
- MCMACOMB COMMUNITY COLLEGEone grant, 2020 · $2k
- PMPAULL MITCHELL THE SCHOOL TOLEDOone grant, 2021 · $2k
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.
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.
Inspired by lutheran scholarly tradition and the liberal arts, augustana provides an education of enduring worth that challenges the intellect, fosters integrity and integrates faith with learning and service in a diverse world.
The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…
Excelsior University provides educational opportunity to adult learners with an emphasis on those historically underrepresented in higher education. The University meets students where they are - academically and geographically, offering…
Ashland university, guided by our christian heritage, is a comprehensive, private university that provides a transformative learning experience, shaping graduates who work, serve and lead with integrity in their local, national, and global…
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
Xavier is a jesuit catholic university rooted in the liberal arts tradition. our mission is to educate each student intellectually, morally, and spiritually. we create learning opportunities through rigorous academic and professional…
Through innovative learning opportunities, individual student attention, and an unwavering commitment to inclusive educational access, simpson college cultivates a diverse community of learners to lead lives of meaning and purpose.
Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…
Bradley university empowers students for immediate and sustained success in their personal and professional endeavors by combining professional preparation, liberal arts and sciences, and co-curricular experiences. alongside our dedication…
Union university provides christ-centered education that promotes excellence and character development in service to church and society.
Hilbert college is an independent institution of higher learning that embraces its catholic franciscan heritage and values. students from diverse backgrounds are educated in liberal arts and professional programs to become informed…
Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.
How this is measured
13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 38 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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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.
Open a dossier: Myer & Lois Franklin Charitable Tr · Jp Crain Family Scholarship Pfdn Paulding County Area Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lavere & Gladys Chase Scholarship Fd funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lavere & Gladys Chase Scholarship Fd. Bigger dots raise more.
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