· Private foundation
Silverwing Foundation Founded by Jay and Betty Van Andel
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k3 grants · $12k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $157k
- $50k–250k6 grants · $630k
- $250k+3 grants · $1.6M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Hope4Mena Inc | $880,000 |
| Orphans Tree, Inc | $378,550 |
| Development Associates Int'l | $344,974 |
| The Christian and Missionary Alliance | $185,311 |
| Iran Alive Ministries, Inc. | $140,000 |
| Samaritas | $100,000 |
| Campus Crusade for Christ | $80,000 |
| D.O.O.R. International | $75,000 |
| Mackinac Center for Public Policy | $50,000 |
| Cary Christian Center, Inc. | $32,000 |
| Thomas More Law Center | $30,000 |
| Western Michigan Teen Challenge | $30,000 |
| Action Institute | $25,000 |
| Frontline Missions International | $20,000 |
| Baptist Int'l Evangelistic Ministries | $10,000 |
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 5% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.3M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HIHOPE4MENA INC2× · 2020–2023 · $1.1M · revenue +177% · 95% of their budget
- DADevelopment Assoc International2× · 2020–2023 · $495k · revenue +8%
- MCMACKINAC CENTER2× · 2020–2023 · $135k · revenue +64%
Funded once
- OMONE MISSION SOCIETY USA INCone grant, 2020 · $279k
- DD.O.O.R.one grant, 2020 · $150k
- IMIMPACT MIDDLE EAST INCone grant, 2020 · $137k · revenue -2%
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.
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.
Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.
Reaching and teaching pastors in the majority world.
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…
To provide resources, training, and continuing support to leaders in the us and around the world in order that they may help others find freedom in christ.
The organization is dedicated to reaching people for christ through an international network of christians who journey with the poor and marginalized, bringing practical and spiritual support with hope of a better future,(continued on…
Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…
As part of the body of Christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become a part of the local church.
To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…
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.
Bible Translation and acts of Christian Services
Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.
Global City Mission Initiative is dedicated to cross-cultural evanglism, disciplemaking, church planting among diverse diaspora populations in strategic cities reaching out evangelistically to start multiply churches, training believers to…
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 39 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.
- Who funds HOPE4MENA INC ↗
- Who funds ORPHAN'S TREE INC ↗
- Who funds Development Assoc International ↗
- Who funds IMPACT MIDDLE EAST INC ↗
- Who funds MACKINAC CENTER ↗
- Who funds THE LUKE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAS ↗
- Who funds CARY CHRISTIAN CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds WESTERN MICHIGAN TEEN CHALLENGE INC W MICHIGAN ADULT & TEEN CHALLENGE ↗
- Who funds FRONTLINE MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES ↗
- Who funds THOMAS MORE LAW CENTER ↗
- Who funds The Independence Fund Inc ↗
- Who funds GRAND RAPIDS OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN ↗
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: Gordon Christian Trust · International Generosity Foundation Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Business & Education as Mission · Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation · Tyndale House Ministries · Servant Foundation · Barnabas Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Thrivent Financial for Lutherans · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing
How this is measured
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