How much does Robert and Caren Vondell Foundation give?

Robert and Caren Vondell Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $3,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does Robert and Caren Vondell Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (41%), Food & Nutrition (21%), Education (10%).

Who are Robert and Caren Vondell Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Heat and Warmth Fund ($33k), Forgotten Harvest Inc ($17k), University of Michigan ($6k).

Does Robert and Caren Vondell Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does Robert and Caren Vondell 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.

Where is Robert and Caren Vondell Foundation based?

Robert and Caren Vondell Foundation is based in MI.

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Robert and Caren Vondell 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.

$4k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 2
Grants FY2025: 1
Organizations funded FY2024: 100%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $2,500
Largest grant, FY2025: $2,500
Organizations funded a year: 1 to 4; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 2
Total assets, FY2025: $11k
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Robert and Caren Vondell Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Food & NutritionArts & CultureHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	2	$4k	0%
FY2024	1	$3k	100%
FY2023	3	$18k	67%
FY2022	3	$6k	33%
FY2021	1	$5k	0%
FY2020	4	$9k	75%
FY2019	1	$7k	0%
FY2018	2	$16k	50%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Housing & Shelter$33kFood & Nutrition$17kEducation$8kHealth$6kArts & Culture$5kYouth Development$4kHuman Services$4kEnvironment$2kOther$0

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
The Heat and Warmth Fund	$32,500	6	0%
Forgotten Harvest Inc	$16,500	2	0%
University of Michigan	$6,000	1	2%
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc	$5,000	2	0%
YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit	$3,619	1	0%
Alternatives for Girls	$3,000	2	0%
World Wildlife Fund Inc	$2,000	2	0%
Temple Shir Shalom	$1,800	1	n/a
Brilliant Detroit	$1,000	1	0%

Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($8k), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Robert and Caren Vondell Foundation supplied at peak.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 8.

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About Robert and Caren Vondell Foundation

How much does Robert and Caren Vondell Foundation give?: Robert and Caren Vondell Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $3,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Robert and Caren Vondell Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (41%), Food & Nutrition (21%), Education (10%).
Who are Robert and Caren Vondell Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Heat and Warmth Fund ($33k), Forgotten Harvest Inc ($17k), University of Michigan ($6k).
Does Robert and Caren Vondell Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Robert and Caren Vondell 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.
Where is Robert and Caren Vondell Foundation based?: Robert and Caren Vondell Foundation is based in MI.