· Private foundation
Sam & Lisa Van Maanen Charitable Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k15 grants · $13k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $26k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THIRD REFORMED CHURCH | $25,803 |
| DOOR OF FAITH ORPHANAGE | $2,500 |
| JUMP FOR KIDS | $2,000 |
| MANY HANDS FOR HAITI | $2,000 |
| THE WELL | $1,000 |
| CEDAR VALLEY ANGELS | $1,000 |
| PELLA OPERA HOUSE | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $500 |
| PELLA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $500 |
| CROSSROADS OF PELLA | $500 |
| PELLA HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $500 |
| SEAN FEUCHT MINISTRIES | $500 |
| SAMARITAN'S PURSE | $500 |
| YOKE MINISTRIES | $500 |
| ORCHARD HILL CHURCH | $200 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
7 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. 7 of the 16 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
Open a dossier: Mark & Kay Decook Charitable Founda · R & L Vermeer Foundation Inc · Vermeer Charitable Foundation · Pella Rolscreen Foundation · Bruce & Sandy Heerema Charitable Fo · Vanden Bosch Foundation · Boat Foundation Inc · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Sam & Lisa Van Maanen Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sam & Lisa Van Maanen Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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