Iowa · Private foundation
R & L Vermeer Foundation Inc
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.
- $393k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 39
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $482k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations R & L Vermeer Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 7 | $388k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $201k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 36 | $707k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $301k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $459k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 35 | $377k | 43% |
| FY2017 | 39 | $501k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faith Christian Reformed Church 705 Main | $885,100 | 7 | n/a |
| Wesleylife | $302,895 | 6 | 2% |
| InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA | $154,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Navigators | $109,615 | 7 | n/a |
| Northwestern College | $76,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Blessman International Inc | $65,200 | 6 | 1% |
| Pella Historical Society | $63,150 | 5 | 7% |
| New Life Prison Church | $50,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Partners Worldwide | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Ceo Forum Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 47 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faith Christian Reformed Church 705 Main | $885,100 | 7 | n/a |
| Wesleylife | $302,895 | 6 | 2% |
| InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA | $154,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Navigators | $109,615 | 7 | n/a |
| Northwestern College | $76,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Blessman International Inc | $65,200 | 6 | 1% |
| Pella Historical Society | $63,150 | 5 | 7% |
| New Life Prison Church | $50,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Partners Worldwide | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Ceo Forum Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Calvin Theological Seminary | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Calvin University | $36,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Dordt University | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pella Christian Grade School | $35,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Society of Pella Christian Schools | $34,900 | 5 | 0% |
| Mobility Worldwide | $32,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Des Moines Christian Schools | $31,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mdrc | $29,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Wildwood Hills Inc | $21,000 | 2 | 1% |
| West Church | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Des Moines Performing Arts | $17,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Well Covenant-Des Moines Ia | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| One Body One Hope | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pella Opera House Commission | $13,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Cary Christian Center Inc | $11,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Crossroads of Pella | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Joshua Christian Academy Inc | $8,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Ascending Leaders | $6,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The Way Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Christian Opportunity Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Central College | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Aws Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Third Reformed Church of Pella Iowa | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Well Resource Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Compassion International Incorporated | $2,367 | 2 | n/a |
| Many Hands for Haiti | $2,150 | 3 | 0% |
| Christian Reformed World Missions of the United States of America | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Blueprint for Life Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pella Garden Club Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 44% |
| Gigis Playhouse Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Calvary Christian Reformed Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Police Association Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Josephs Indian School | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| American Heart Association Inc | $55 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($670k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
R & L Vermeer Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 33 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: Vermeer Charitable Foundation · Pella Rolscreen Foundation · Barnabas Foundation · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Mark & Kay Decook Charitable Founda · Boat Foundation Inc · Peter H and E Lucille Gaass Kuyper Foundation · Vanden Bosch Foundation · Pella Community Foundation · Meredith Corporation Foundation · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Sam & Lisa Van Maanen Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
About R & L Vermeer Foundation Inc
- How much does R & L Vermeer Foundation Inc give?
- R & L Vermeer Foundation Inc reported 8 grants totaling $392,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 39 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does R & L Vermeer Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (47%), Education (20%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are R & L Vermeer Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Faith Christian Reformed Church 705 Main ($885k), Wesleylife ($303k), InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA ($154k).
- Does R & L Vermeer Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does R & L Vermeer Foundation Inc 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 R & L Vermeer Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vermeer Charitable Foundation, Pella Rolscreen Foundation, Barnabas Foundation.
- Where is R & L Vermeer Foundation Inc based?
- R & L Vermeer Foundation Inc is based in IA.
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