Michigan · Private foundation
Paradise 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.
- $2k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 13
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $556k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 31% of the organizations Paradise Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 | 1 | $2k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $39k | 31% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $42k | 58% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $25k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $25k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $32k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Umrc-Porter Hills Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Arc of Midland | $18,100 | 4 | 2% |
| Van Andel Institute | $14,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Midland Center for the Arts Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Children's Healing Center | $8,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Blandford Nature Center | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Artists Creating Together | $7,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Eightcap Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Truenorth Community Services | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Bay Area Soccer Association | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Umrc-Porter Hills Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Arc of Midland | $18,100 | 4 | 2% |
| Van Andel Institute | $14,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Midland Center for the Arts Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Children's Healing Center | $8,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Blandford Nature Center | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Artists Creating Together | $7,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Eightcap Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Truenorth Community Services | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Bay Area Soccer Association | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Middle Way Sanctuary | $5,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Kingdom Life Academy | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Guiding Light Mission Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of Grand Rapids Parks | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Davenport University | $1,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Compass Bible Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Aquinas College | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grand Rapids Art Museum | $260 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($42k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Paradise 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: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · The Meijer Foundation · Frey Foundation · Ufp Industries Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Wolverine World Wide Foundation · THE PETER and JOAN SECCHIA FAMILY INC · Steve & Amy Van Andel Foundation · The Wege Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · Gillett Family Foundation
How this is measured
About Paradise Foundation
- How much does Paradise Foundation give?
- Paradise Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $2,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 13 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Paradise Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (28%), Education (13%), Religion (12%).
- Who are Paradise Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Umrc-Porter Hills Foundation ($20k), The Arc of Midland ($18k), Van Andel Institute ($15k).
- Does Paradise Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Paradise 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 Paradise Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Rapids Community Foundation, The Meijer Foundation, Frey Foundation.
- Where is Paradise Foundation based?
- Paradise Foundation is based in MI.
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