Michigan · Private foundation
Paul B Henry Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $12k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $212k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations Paul B Henry Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $600 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 | 10 | $12k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $8k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $9k | 45% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $9k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $7k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $9k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $9k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $8k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calvin University | $16,500 | 8 | 0% |
| St Cecilia Music Center | $8,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Migrant Legal Aid Inc | $2,600 | 5 | 0% |
| Safe Haven Ministries Inc | $2,495 | 5 | 0% |
| Degage Ministries | $2,345 | 3 | 0% |
| Guiding Light Mission Inc | $1,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Feeding America West Michigan | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Grand Valley State University | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Immigration Law & Justice Michigan | $1,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Hospice of Michigan Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calvin University | $16,500 | 8 | 0% |
| St Cecilia Music Center | $8,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Migrant Legal Aid Inc | $2,600 | 5 | 0% |
| Safe Haven Ministries Inc | $2,495 | 5 | 0% |
| Degage Ministries | $2,345 | 3 | 0% |
| Guiding Light Mission Inc | $1,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Feeding America West Michigan | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Grand Valley State University | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Immigration Law & Justice Michigan | $1,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Hospice of Michigan Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Community Food Clubs | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grand Rapids Public Museum | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Gerald R Ford Presidential Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Salvation Army | $600 | 2 | n/a |
| Dwelling Place of Grand Rapids Nonprofit | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Matthew 2540 Heartside Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Grand Rapids Civic Theatre Inc | $450 | 2 | 0% |
| Grand Rapids Public Schools Foundation | $275 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($27k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Paul B Henry 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 · Daniel & Pamella Devos Foundation · The Meijer Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation · Frey Foundation · Cdv5 Foundation · Steelcase Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · The Mercantile Bank Foundation · The Wege Foundation
How this is measured
About Paul B Henry Foundation
- How much does Paul B Henry Foundation give?
- Paul B Henry Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $11,690 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Paul B Henry Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (27%), Employment (26%), Arts & Culture (18%).
- Who are Paul B Henry Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Calvin University ($17k), St Cecilia Music Center ($9k), Migrant Legal Aid Inc ($3k).
- Does Paul B Henry Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Paul B Henry Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Paul B Henry Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Daniel & Pamella Devos Foundation, The Meijer Foundation.
- Where is Paul B Henry Foundation based?
- Paul B Henry Foundation is based in MI.
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