Michigan · Private foundation
Merle & Sheri Dewitt Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $210k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 30
- Grants FY2024
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 28 to 41
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 7% of the organizations Merle & Sheri Dewitt Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $750 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 30 | $210k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $150k | 7% |
| FY2022 | 32 | $162k | 19% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $164k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $208k | 10% |
| FY2019 | 31 | $155k | 3% |
| FY2018 | 39 | $157k | 15% |
| FY2017 | 41 | $146k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission India | $173,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Borculo Christian School | $157,191 | 8 | 5% |
| Ottawa Reformed Church | $156,675 | 8 | n/a |
| Northwestern College | $92,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Society for Christian Instruction Zeeland | $74,677 | 8 | 0% |
| The Western Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in America | $70,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Focus on the Family | $56,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Friends of American Mission Hospital Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Museum of the Bible | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Multiplication Network Ministries | $26,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 43 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission India | $173,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Borculo Christian School | $157,191 | 8 | 5% |
| Ottawa Reformed Church | $156,675 | 8 | n/a |
| Northwestern College | $92,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Society for Christian Instruction Zeeland | $74,677 | 8 | 0% |
| The Western Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in America | $70,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Focus on the Family | $56,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Friends of American Mission Hospital Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Museum of the Bible | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Multiplication Network Ministries | $26,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Hospice of Holland Inc | $20,750 | 8 | 0% |
| Cran-Hill Ministries | $17,700 | 7 | 0% |
| General Synod Council of the Reformed Church in America | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Midtown Counseling Services | $13,300 | 5 | 0% |
| Lakeshore Pregnancy Center Inc | $12,750 | 8 | 0% |
| Operation Mobilization | $10,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Kids Hope USA | $9,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Out Side in Inc | $8,550 | 5 | 1% |
| Shields of Hope | $8,250 | 6 | 4% |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc | $8,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Benjamin's Hope | $8,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Words of Hope Inc | $8,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Hope College | $7,300 | 8 | 0% |
| Resilience Advocates for Ending Violence | $5,895 | 3 | 0% |
| Send International Inc | $4,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Odc Network | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Kids' Food Basket Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mercy Health Partners | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Sportspersons Ministries Intl | $2,500 | 2 | 2% |
| McBain Rural Agricultural School Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Stephen's Children Foundation Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Nestlings | $1,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Lakeshore Rescue Missions | $1,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Grand Valley State University | $1,400 | 5 | n/a |
| Critter Barn | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Barnabas Ministries | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Family Hope Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| 3sixty | $600 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Life | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Holland Area Arts Council | $490 | 1 | 0% |
| Mikas Lunch Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Belay Youth Ministry | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Pure Hope Foundation | $150 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($263k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Merle & Sheri Dewitt Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 · Marvin G & Jerene L Dewitt Family Foundation · De Witt Families Conduit Foundation · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation · Douglas & Sandra Dekock Family Foun · Barnabas Foundation · Howard Miller Foundation · Onequest Foundation · Jim and Ginger Jurries Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · John and Judy Spoelhof Foundation
How this is measured
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About Merle & Sheri Dewitt Foundation
- How much does Merle & Sheri Dewitt Foundation give?
- Merle & Sheri Dewitt Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $210,080 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 41 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Merle & Sheri Dewitt Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (44%), Education (20%), Health (10%).
- Who are Merle & Sheri Dewitt Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Mission India ($174k), Borculo Christian School ($157k), Ottawa Reformed Church ($157k).
- Does Merle & Sheri Dewitt Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Merle & Sheri Dewitt 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 Merle & Sheri Dewitt Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc, Marvin G & Jerene L Dewitt Family Foundation, De Witt Families Conduit Foundation.
- Where is Merle & Sheri Dewitt Foundation based?
- Merle & Sheri Dewitt Foundation is based in MI.
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