Michigan · Private foundation
Simon and Mary Vanderkooy 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.
- $215k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $13,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 16
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Simon and Mary Vanderkooy Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $185k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $190k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $169k | 19% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $156k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $135k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $114k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conductive Learning Center of North America | $110,000 | 6 | 4% |
| World Renew | $110,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Luke Society Inc | $110,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Matthew 2540 Heartside Inc | $77,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Salvation Army | $67,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Guiding Light Mission Inc | $62,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $45,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Feeding America West Michigan | $44,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Alpha Grand Rapids | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Daffodil Ministries | $20,000 | 2 | 10% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conductive Learning Center of North America | $110,000 | 6 | 4% |
| World Renew | $110,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Luke Society Inc | $110,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Matthew 2540 Heartside Inc | $77,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Salvation Army | $67,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Guiding Light Mission Inc | $62,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $45,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Feeding America West Michigan | $44,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Alpha Grand Rapids | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Daffodil Ministries | $20,000 | 2 | 10% |
| New City Neighbors | $20,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Safe Haven Ministries Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mel Trotter Ministries | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lifewater Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Treven Potter Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Emmanuel Hospice | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($219k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Simon and Mary Vanderkooy Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · The Meijer Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jct Foundation · Marion & Marlene Betten Foundation · Weller Family Foundation · The Sebastian Foundation · Buist Foundation · Cdv5 Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Simon and Mary Vanderkooy Foundation with peer funders
About Simon and Mary Vanderkooy Foundation
- How much does Simon and Mary Vanderkooy Foundation give?
- Simon and Mary Vanderkooy Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $214,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 16 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Simon and Mary Vanderkooy Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (24%), Human Services (20%), Religion (15%).
- Who are Simon and Mary Vanderkooy Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Conductive Learning Center of North America ($110k), World Renew ($110k), The Luke Society Inc ($110k).
- Does Simon and Mary Vanderkooy Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Simon and Mary Vanderkooy 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Simon and Mary Vanderkooy Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation, The Meijer Foundation.
- Where is Simon and Mary Vanderkooy Foundation based?
- Simon and Mary Vanderkooy Foundation is based in MI.
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