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Slikkers Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$347k
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$85k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$3.7MEducation$666kHuman Services$217kAnimals$107kArts & Culture$59kEnvironment$45kInternational$36kHealth$21kOther$0
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $42k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $102k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $203k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MICHIGAN CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS$85,000
CRITTER BARN$60,000
GREAT LAKES ADVENTIST ACADEMY$57,500
ODC NETWORK$35,000
HOLLAND SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST ACADEMY$19,650
GREAT LAKES BOAT BUILDING SCHOOL$17,500
IN DISCIPLESHIP$10,000
EVERGREEN COMMONS$10,000
MARANATHA VOLUNTEERS INTERNATIONAL$10,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER HOLLAND$6,200
DOCTORS IN RECITAL$5,000
VAN ANDEL INSTITUTE$5,000
HOSPICE OF HOLLAND$5,000
THE UNFORGETTABLES FOUNDATION$5,000
HOLLAND JUNIOR WELFARE LEAGUE$2,500
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $222k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 8% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE UNFORGETTABLES FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%SYLVIA'S PLACE: $5k → 10%THE UNFORGETTABLES FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%THE UNFORGETTABLES FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%THE UNFORGETTABLES FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%CRITTER BARN: $60k → 8%CRITTER BARN: $50k → 8%COMPASSIONATE HEART MINISTRIES: $1k → 8%EVERGREEN COMMONS: $21k → 10%EVERGREEN COMMONS: $20k → 10%EVERGREEN COMMONS: $10k → 10%EVERGREEN COMMONS: $10k → 10%EVERGREEN COMMONS: $10k → 10%HOSPICE OF HOLLAND: $5k → 10%HOSPICE OF HOLLAND: $5k → 10%HOSPICE OF HOLLAND: $3k → 10%HOSPICE OF HOLLAND: $3k → 10%HOSPICE OF HOLLAND: $2k → 10%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

ID
IL
WI
MI
IN
OH
CA
VA
AZ
AR
TN
NC
SC
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.8M · 28 repeat orgs$170k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
27

Total granted

$4.8M
$131k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+1%

Still filing today

50%
26%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationReligionInternationalPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • ON
    ODC NETWORK
    8× · 2017–2024 · $150k · revenue +428%
  • CB
    CRITTER BARN
    2× · 2022–2024 · $110k · revenue +29%
  • GL
    GREAT LAKES BOAT BUILDING SCHOOL
    3× · 2022–2024 · $95k · revenue +580%

Funded once

  • HA
    HOLLAND ADVENTIST ACADEMY
    one grant, 2023 · $54k
  • SS
    SANDPOINT SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $12k
  • CO
    CITY OF HOLLAND-HEART OF HOLLAND
    one grant, 2017 · $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
Calvary Schools of Holland

Calvary schools of holland are committed to building christian character and to developing servant leadership in their students within the context of a quality education.

Education
2
Gull Lake Ministries

Gull lake ministries provides bible based, christian retreats year-round for families, churches and organizations where we exalt jesus and share his truth.

Religion
3
Movement West Michigan

Uniting christian faith leaders to serve with humility and love for the flourishing of all in our community.

Religion
4
Youth for Christ Incorporated Sw Mi

To provide christian ministries to youth of the community and make a positive influence on the lives of teenagers.

Youth Development
5
Youth Haven Inc

To help disadvantaged youth transform their lives by providing learning experiences in a fun and safe christian environment, free of charge.

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6
Grand Rapids Youth for Christ Inc

West Michigan Youth for Christ seeks to reach young people everywhere, working with the local church and like-minded partners to raise up followers of Jesus who lead by godly lifestyle, devotion to the Bible and prayer, passion for sharing…

Youth Development
7
Explore God (Formerly Known As We Inc)

Explore god creates and leverages quality content and media that enables young adults, seekers, and christians to explore god, experience god, and engage in god's plan for their life. using cutting-edge technology, we facilitate spiritual…

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8
Salt Ministries

A ministry without walls, based in West Michigan, Salt Ministries offers friendship, pastoral care and counseling, preaching, teaching and music for people with special needs or problems. Salt also has relationships with persons or…

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9
Society for Christian Instruction Zeeland
Education
10
Haw River Christian Academy Inc

Our mission is to educate students with a christ-centered foundation and excellent classical academics while encouraging students to discover their unique godly design, purpose, and calling.

Education
11
Western Michigan Christian Encampment

Christian camps.

Recreation & Sports
12
Muskegon Christian School

Equipping minds and hearts to love, learn, and lead for Christ.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Reach for Recovery Inc; the most unlike its peers is World Youth Group. 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

25 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. 25 of the 62 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
17/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MICHIGAN CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY: $1,949,550 · OtherMICHIGAN CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAYMICHIGAN CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS: $1,290,200 · OtherMICHIGAN CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTSGREAT LAKES ADVENTIST ACADEMY: $395,350 · OtherGREAT LAKES ADVENTIST ACADEMYHOLLAND SDA CHURCH: $370,710 · OtherHOLLAND SDA CHURCH+40 more: $412,644 · Other+40 moreCRITTER BARN: $110,000 · Human ServicesEVERGREEN COMMONS: $71,000 · Human ServicesTHE UNFORGETTABLES FOUNDATION: $17,500 · Human ServicesHOSPICE OF HOLLAND INC: $17,365 · Human Services+2 more: $6,000 · Human ServicesODC NETWORK: $149,750 · AnimalsGREAT LAKES BOAT BUILDING SCHOOL: $95,000 · Education+2 more: $2,000 · EducationMaranatha Volunteers International Inc: $30,000 · InternationalPET MI - HOLLAND DBA MOBILITY WORLDWIDE WEST MICHIGAN: $5,000 · International+1 more: $1,000 · InternationalIN DISCIPLESHIP CORP: $10,000 · ReligionWORLD YOUTH GROUP: $10,000 · ReligionEXTENDED GRACE: $1,500 · ReligionVAN ANDEL INSTITUTE: $10,000 · PhilanthropyWORD INVESTMENTS INC: $2,500 · Philanthropy
Other$4,418,454Human Services$221,865Animals$149,750Education$97,000International$36,000Religion$21,500Philanthropy$12,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetODC NETWORK: $149,750 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetCRITTER BARN: $110,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetGREAT LAKES BOAT BUILDING SCHOOL: $95,000 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetEVERGREEN COMMONS: $71,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetDOCTORS IN RECITAL INC: $50,000 over 5y, 34% of budgetMaranatha Volunteers International Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE UNFORGETTABLES FOUNDATION: $17,500 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetHOSPICE OF HOLLAND INC: $17,365 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetIN DISCIPLESHIP CORP: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetWORLD YOUTH GROUP: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetVAN ANDEL INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER HOLLAND: $8,400 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHOLLAND AREA ARTS COUNCIL: $7,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetPET MI - HOLLAND DBA MOBILITY WORLDWIDE WEST MICHIGAN: $5,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetSYLVIA'S PLACE: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetVELO KIDS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWORD INVESTMENTS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBIG RED FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetEXTENDED GRACE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREACH FOR RECOVERY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVIDA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMPASSIONATE HEART MINISTRIES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBLACK RIVER PUBLIC SCHOOL: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetADVENTIST WORLD AVIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJUDAH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 ODC NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds CRITTER BARN ↗
  • Who funds GREAT LAKES BOAT BUILDING SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds EVERGREEN COMMONS ↗
  • Who funds DOCTORS IN RECITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Maranatha Volunteers International Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE UNFORGETTABLES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE OF HOLLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds IN DISCIPLESHIP CORP ↗
  • Who funds WORLD YOUTH GROUP ↗
  • Who funds VAN ANDEL INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER HOLLAND ↗
  • Who funds HOLLAND AREA ARTS COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds PET MI - HOLLAND DBA MOBILITY WORLDWIDE WEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds SYLVIA'S PLACE ↗
  • Who funds VELO KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds WORD INVESTMENTS INC ↗
  • Who funds BIG RED 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.

The Community Foundat…Edgar and Elsa Prince…John and Judy Spoelho…Grand Haven Area Comm…Baird Foundation IncDe Witt Families Cond…Howard Miller Foundat…Onequest FoundationJim and Ginger Jurrie…Douglas & Sandra Deko…Marvin G & Jerene L D…Gentex Foundation
The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area IncMI40.2× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation · John and Judy Spoelhof Foundation · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · De Witt Families Conduit Foundation · Howard Miller Foundation · Onequest Foundation · Jim and Ginger Jurries Foundation · Douglas & Sandra Dekock Family Foun · Marvin G & Jerene L Dewitt Family Foundation · Gentex 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 Slikkers Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Slikkers Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Slikkers Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Slikkers 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 62 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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