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Rottman Family Charitable 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.

$131k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0185% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$641kReligion$450kInternational$307kHealth$176kHuman Services$156kScience & Tech$89kYouth Development$66kHousing & Shelter$30kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $112k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$446k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
High Five Foundation$30,000
Individual grant recipient$22,500
Living Stones Academy$15,000
Calvin University$14,400
Treetops Collective$10,000
Van Andel Institute$10,000
All Belong Center for Inclusive Education$10,000
Individual grant recipient$7,500
The Carter Center$7,500
ASJ Association for Just Societies$4,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $155k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Treetops Collective: $20k → 11%TREETOPS COLLECTIVE: $15k → 11%Treetops Collective: $15k → 11%Treetops Collective: $10k → 11%TREETOPS COLLECTIVE: $10k → 11%Treetops Collective: $10k → 11%Treetops Collective: $10k → 11%Treetops Collective: $8k → 11%FLAT RIVER OUTREACH MINISTIRES: $8k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 11%Baxter Community Center: $10k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 11%Baxter Community Center: $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
NY
MA
OH
NJ
CA
CO
VA
NM
DC
GA
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.4M · 42 repeat orgs$142k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

42 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 32 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
28

Total granted

$2.4M
$142k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+22%

Still filing today

50%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationInternationalHuman ServicesHealthRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • LS
    Living Stones Academy
    9× · 2017–2025 · $251k · revenue +5%
  • WR
    World Renew
    4× · 2017–2020 · $120k · revenue +47%
  • CR
    CAMP ROGER
    5× · 2017–2021 · $110k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • AF
    Assoc for a Just Society (Hondourus)
    one grant, 2020 · $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
Regent University

Regent University serves as a center of Christian thought and action to provide excellent education through a Biblical perspective and global context equipping Christian leaders to change the world.

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2
Wiley College

Provide a liberal arts education with globally focused endeavors to provide an intellectually stimulating environment, promoting student competencies in communication, as well as critical and analytical thinking.

Education
3
Evangel University

Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.

Education
4
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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5
World Coffee Research

World coffee research unites the global coffee industry to drive science-based agricultural solutions to urgently secure a diverse and sustainable supply of quality coffee today and for generations to come. our mission is to grow, protect,…

International
6
Van Andel Institute Graduate School

To develop biomedical research leaders through a graduate program in molecular and cell biology.

Education
7
International Center for Research On Women

The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.

International
8
Center of Theological Inquiry

The Center of Theological Inquiry is an independent research institution with an international visiting scholar program which convenes researchers in an ideal setting for interdisciplinary inquiries where theology casts light on global…

Religion
9
Global Outreach Ministries

Global outreach ministries exists to bring transformation to the nations of latin america by training influential leaders, planting relevant churches, and mobilizing christ-followers to transform their communities.

Religion
10
World Vision Inc

World vision, inc. is a christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. (continued on schedule…

International
11
Mid-Atlantic Christian University

Mid-atlantic christian university is an undergraduate institution of christian higher learning whose mission is to impact the world by transforming ordinary people into extraordinary christian leaders. students are taught to think…

Education
12
Christel House International Inc

Chi prepares graduates of the christel house schools operated by its affiliated entities, which chi funds and oversees, to achieve upward economic mobility, demonstrate good citizenship, and become empowered to identify and realize their…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is World Central Kitchen Inc; the most unlike its peers is Innocent. 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

33 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. 33 of the 71 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/33
Grantees still filing
29/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $239,250 · OtherIndividual grant recipientEastern Ave Christian Reformed Church: $138,000 · OtherEastern Ave Christian Reformed ChurchEASTERN AVENUE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH: $132,000 · OtherEASTERN AVENUE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCHWorld Renew: $120,000 · OtherWorld RenewReturn to Dirt: $105,000 · OtherReturn to DirtIndividual grant recipient: $97,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHigh Five Foundation: $80,000 · OtherHigh Five FoundationIndividual grant recipient: $65,000 · OtherCWRU - Medical School: $65,000 · Other+40 more: $349,711 · Other+40 moreLiving Stones Academy: $251,000 · EducationLiving Stones AcademyALL BELONG: $99,100 · EducationALL BELONGCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $90,000 · EducationCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNI…VAN ANDEL EDUCATION INSTITUTE: $70,000 · EducationVAN ANDEL EDUCATION INST…CALVIN UNIVERSITY: $37,404 · EducationCALVIN UNIVERSITY+3 more: $11,667 · EducationOPERATION SMILE INC: $77,677 · InternationalOPERATION…THE CARTER CENTER INC: $72,500 · InternationalTHE CARTE…ASSOCIATION FOR A MORE JUST SOCIETY -US: $40,000 · InternationalASSOCIATI…FRIENDSHIP MINISTRIES: $15,000 · InternationalFRIENDSHI…+3 more: $12,000 · International+3 moreTreetops Collective: $97,500 · Human ServicesBAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $50,000 · Human ServicesFLAT RIVER OUTREACH MINISTRIES INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesCAMP ROGER: $110,000 · Recreation & SportsVAN ANDEL INSTITUTE: $98,500 · PhilanthropyTHE FOUR HEALTH FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $17,500 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $5,000 · Health
Other$1,390,961Education$559,171International$217,177Human Services$155,000Recreation & Sports$110,000Philanthropy$98,500Health$22,500

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 budgetLiving Stones Academy: $251,000 over 9y, 2.9% of budgetWorld Renew: $120,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCAMP ROGER: $110,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetReturn to Dirt: $105,000 over 5y, 31% of budgetALL BELONG: $99,100 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetVAN ANDEL INSTITUTE: $98,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTreetops Collective: $97,500 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $90,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $77,677 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $72,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetVAN ANDEL EDUCATION INSTITUTE: $70,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $50,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR A MORE JUST SOCIETY -US: $40,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetCALVIN UNIVERSITY: $37,404 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetICCF COMMUNITY HOMES: $19,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FOUR HEALTH FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $17,500 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetNEW CITY KIDS INC: $15,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDSHIP MINISTRIES: $15,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetWEST MICHIGAN ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION COUNCIL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetFLAT RIVER OUTREACH MINISTRIES INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF KENT COUNTY INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCALVIN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBAY CLIFF HEALTH CAMP: $5,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINNOCENT: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBread For The World Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $3,667 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLand Conservancy of West Michigan: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDING LIGHT MISSION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRehoboth Christian School Assoc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCARIBBEAN MEDICAL AND HUMANITARIAN RELIEF CORP: $2,000 over 1y, 2.0% 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.

  • Who funds Living Stones Academy ↗
  • Who funds World Renew ↗
  • Who funds CAMP ROGER ↗
  • Who funds Return to Dirt ↗
  • Who funds ALL BELONG ↗
  • Who funds VAN ANDEL INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds Treetops Collective ↗
  • Who funds CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION SMILE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CARTER CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds VAN ANDEL EDUCATION INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATION FOR A MORE JUST SOCIETY -US ↗
  • Who funds CALVIN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ICCF COMMUNITY HOMES ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUR HEALTH FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW CITY KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDSHIP MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds WEST MICHIGAN ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION COUNCIL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Grand Rapids Communit…Barnabas FoundationDouglas & Maria Devos…Grand Haven Area Comm…Dick and Betsy Devos …Cdv5 FoundationEdgar and Elsa Prince…Peter C & Emajean Coo…The Wege FoundationFrey FoundationGe Aerospace Foundati…The Richard and Helen…
Grand Rapids Community FoundationMI39.7× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Barnabas Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation · Cdv5 Foundation · Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · The Wege Foundation · Frey Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Richard and Helen Devos Foundation

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 Rottman Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rottman Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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

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How do I get to Rottman Family Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Rottman Family Charitable 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 71 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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