· 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.
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.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k2 grants · $10k
- $10k–50k13 grants · $205k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Grand Rapids Community Fnd | $30,000 |
| Luke Society | $20,000 |
| Conductive Learning Center | $20,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| World Renew | $20,000 |
| Salvation Army | $13,000 |
| Guiding Light Mission | $13,000 |
| Tunnel to Tower Foundation | $13,000 |
| In the Image | $13,000 |
| Mel Trotter Mission | $13,000 |
| Feeding America | $10,000 |
| Institute of Contextual Health | $10,000 |
| Daffodil Ministries | $10,000 |
| Life Water International | $7,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
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 (FY21–22, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WRWorld Renew6× · 2020–2025 · $110k · revenue +46%
- TLTHE LUKE SOCIETY INC6× · 2020–2025 · $110k · revenue +14%
STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION4× · 2022–2025 · $45k · revenue +83%
Funded once
- AMAlpha Ministriesone grant, 2020 · $15k
- GRGrand Rapids Community College FNDone grant, 2021 · $10k
- GCGR Community College Fndone 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.
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.
With a desire to see the Gospel proclaimed in all nations, we exist to make and multiply disciples of the next generation through the vehicles of church-planting missions and missional leadership training.
Sharing Christ's Passion for the world by serving the most vulnerable through national churches and leaders.
Life house works to reconnect homeless and street youth to their dreams with a vision that no youth will be left homeless, alone, uncared for, or fending for themselves on the streets. our comprehensive service model aims to engage and…
Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County D/B/A Catholic Charities Washtenaw County provides diverse, holistic social services including adoption and pregnancy counseling, food and basic needs assistance, domestic and child abuse…
Christian living communities enriches the quality and dignity of life for older adults through services and care that reflect christian love, respect, and compassion toward each individual.
Habitat for humanity of northwest metro atlanta, inc. is an affiliate of the americus-based habitat for humanity international. habitat for humanity of northwest metro atlanta, inc. is an ecumenical, christian housing ministry dedicated to…
Life Network provides support and mentoring to women and men facing unexpected pregnancies; offers parenting support, material resources, and referrals; and promotes sexual risk avoidance through education to foster a culture that values…
Water for good's mission is to transform lives through sustainable access to safe water as well as improved sanitation and hygiene in the places that need it most.
Miracle hill ministries is committed to life transformation for children and adults experiencing homelessness. more information and program outcomes may be found at www.miraclehill.org.
Restore hope, purpose, passion and relationships among Christian leaders who are making an impact around the world.
Samaritan Ministry of Greater Washington provides the "Next Step" program as well as other employment and social services. The Next Step Program is a self-sufficiency program which allows participants to set life improvement goals for…
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 28 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 GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Conductive Learning Center of North America ↗
- Who funds World Renew ↗
- Who funds THE LUKE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds MATTHEW 2540 HEARTSIDE INC ↗
- Who funds GUIDING LIGHT MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds Alpha Grand Rapids ↗
- Who funds Daffodil Ministries ↗
- Who funds NEW CITY NEIGHBORS ↗
- Who funds SAFE HAVEN MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds MEL TROTTER MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds LIFEWATER INC ↗
- Who funds EMMANUEL HOSPICE ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Simon and Mary Vanderkooy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Simon and Mary Vanderkooy Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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