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Rev 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.

$225k
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$80k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$440kPublic Benefit$252kReligion$139kHuman Services$109kRecreation & Sports$107kArts & Culture$83kCivil Rights$68kHealth$39kOther$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $120k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $80k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$17k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JOURNEY ACADEMY GRAND RAPIDS$80,000
ADA TOWNSHIP$25,000
THE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE$25,000
AMERICAN MOMENT INC$20,000
KEYSTONE COMMUNITY CHURCH$20,000
MACATAWA BAY JUNIOR ASSOCIATION$10,000
STUDENT FREE PRESS ASSOCIATION$10,000
INTERCOLLEGIATE STUDIES INSTITUTE INC$10,000
WEST MICHIGAN AVIATION ACADEMY FOUNDATION$7,500
SCHOOL OF MISSIONARY AVIATION TECHNOLOGY$5,000
ACTON INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF RELIGION AND LIBERTY$5,000
HELEN DEVOS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$5,000
HELEN DEVOS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$1,000
CENTRAL PARK CHAPEL$1,000
KENT COUNTY CONSERVATION LEAGUE ORANGE CRUSHERS$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $109k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%JOURNEY GRAND RAPIDS: $50k → 11%JOURNEY GRAND RAPIDS: $29k → 11%UPCYCLE BIKES: $250 → 11%WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $20k → 11%WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $10k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
IN
CA
UT
CO
VA
DE
DC
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 20 repeat orgs$192k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
15

Total granted

$1.1M
$177k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+71%

Still filing today

70%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationPublic BenefitHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureReligionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TC
    THE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $165k · revenue +112%
  • MB
    MACATAWA BAY JUNIOR ASSOCIATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $100k · revenue +96%
  • AM
    American Moment Inc
    3× · 2022–2024 · $80k · revenue +83%

Funded once

  • MS
    Montessori Society of Greater Grand Rapidsgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +96%
  • AR
    AMERICAN REFORMERgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue +89%
  • CH
    COREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
2
Michigan Science Center

The mission of the michigan science center is to inspire curious minds of all ages to discover, explore and appreciate science, technology, engineering and math in a creative, dynamic learning environment.

Education
3
Michigan Biotechnology Institute

Bridging the gap between early-stage innovation and commercial application. partnering to de-risk, develop and scale-up discoveries into commercially-viable technology packages.

Education
4
University Corporate Research Park I Inc

To hold title and perform related functions in connection with a research park and innovation center in support of michigan state university research foundation.

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5
Maryland Institute

Degree granting college-maryland institute college of art is a private college dedicated to the education of professional artists and the further advancement of art in the community.

Education
6
Michigan Independent Colleges and Universities

To plan, conduct, coordinate, supervise, and finance activities that promote the well-being of the private, independent, nonprofit institutions of higher education in Michigan.

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7
Michigan Farmers Market Association

Mifma supports the viability of all community-driven marketplaces so that they can connect all consumers to local farms and businesses.

Food & Nutrition
8
Business Leaders for Michigan

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

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9
Alumni Association of the University of Michigan

The Association is an independent worldwide organization that nurtures lifelong relationships with and among current and future Michigan alumni. As a committed partner of the University the Association offers programs of relevance and…

Education
10
Business Leaders for Michigan Foundation

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

Community Improvement
11
America's Newspapers

Providing research, education and practical information all aimed at optimizing newspapers' business operations, deepening their community engagement and enhancing the quality of their journalism.

Employment
12
Michigan Freedom Fund

To educate the public on issues concerning fiscal responsibility, economic freedom, and the elimination of coercive and compulsory policies; promote these issues; and support legislative changes to embrace these issues.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Intercollegiate Studies Institute Inc; the most unlike its peers is Festival of the Arts in Grand Rapid. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

27 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. 27 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
19/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JOURNEY ACADEMY GRAND RAPIDS: $190,000 · OtherJOURNEY ACADEMY GRAND RAPIDSTHE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: $165,000 · OtherTHE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL P…Montessori Society of Greater Grand Rapids: $100,000 · OtherMontessori Society of Greater Grand RapidsKEYSTONE COMMUNITY CHURCH: $100,000 · OtherKEYSTONE COMMUNITY CHURCHMACATAWA BAY JUNIOR ASSOCIATION: $100,000 · OtherMACATAWA BAY JUNIOR ASSOCIATIONADA TOWNSHIP: $35,000 · OtherAMERICAN REFORMER: $30,000 · Other+16 more: $87,050 · Other+16 moreWEST MICHIGAN AVIATION ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $127,500 · EducationWEST MICHIGAN…INTERCOLLEGIATE STUDIES INSTITUTE INC: $12,500 · EducationINTERCOLLEGIA…STUDENT FREE PRESS ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · EducationSTUDENT FREE …+1 more: $5,000 · EducationJOURNEY GRAND RAPIDS: $78,500 · Human ServicesJOURNEY G…WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $30,000 · Human ServicesWEDGWOOD …+1 more: $250 · Human ServicesAmerican Moment Inc: $80,000 · Public BenefitLibertas Network: $10,000 · Public BenefitKENT COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Public BenefitARTPRIZE GRAND RAPIDS: $45,000 · Arts & CultureFESTIVAL OF THE ARTS IN GRAND RAPID: $20,000 · Arts & CultureGRAND RAPIDS BALLET: $3,250 · Arts & CultureActon Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty: $57,500 · Civil RightsGRAND RAPIDS DOWNTOWN MARKET EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $37,500 · Food & Nutrition
Other$807,050Education$155,000Human Services$108,750Public Benefit$95,000Arts & Culture$68,250Civil Rights$57,500Food & Nutrition$37,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: $165,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetWEST MICHIGAN AVIATION ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $127,500 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetMontessori Society of Greater Grand Rapids: $100,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetMACATAWA BAY JUNIOR ASSOCIATION: $100,000 over 5y, 23% of budgetAmerican Moment Inc: $80,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetJOURNEY GRAND RAPIDS: $78,500 over 2y, 10% of budgetActon Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty: $57,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetARTPRIZE GRAND RAPIDS: $45,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS DOWNTOWN MARKET EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $37,500 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetWEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN REFORMER: $30,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetFESTIVAL OF THE ARTS IN GRAND RAPID: $20,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetDonors Trust Inc: $16,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINTERCOLLEGIATE STUDIES INSTITUTE INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLibertas Network: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTUDENT FREE PRESS ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSCHOOL OF MISSIONARY AVIATION TECHNOLOGY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKENT COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS BALLET: $3,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVAN ANDEL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVELO KIDS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWEST MICHIGAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY INC DBA FREDERIK MEIJER GARDENS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT MARY'S FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUPCYCLE BIKES: $250 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
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.

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.

Dick and Betsy Devos …Grand Rapids Communit…Daniel & Pamella Devo…Douglas & Maria Devos…Frey FoundationJerry & Marcia Tuberg…The David and Carol V…Cdv5 FoundationThe Meijer FoundationTHE PETER and JOAN SE…Steve & Amy Van Andel…Heart of West Michiga…
Dick and Betsy Devos Family FoundationMI36.6× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Daniel & Pamella Devos Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · Frey Foundation · Jerry & Marcia Tubergen Foundation · The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation · Cdv5 Foundation · The Meijer Foundation · THE PETER and JOAN SECCHIA FAMILY INC · Steve & Amy Van Andel Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Rev Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rev Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Rev Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Rev Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 38 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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