Michigan · Private foundation
Stephen Klotz Family 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.
- $432k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 33
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $386k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 25 to 25
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $12M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Stephen Klotz Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 32 | $385k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $318k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $301k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Michigan University Foundation | $375,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Special Olympics Michigan Inc | $106,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Metropolitan Foundation | $101,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Ada Christian School Education Foundation | $75,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Van Andel Institute | $25,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Feeding America West Michigan | $10,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Clark Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 60% |
| Guiding Light Mission Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mel Trotter Ministries | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Michigan University Foundation | $375,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Special Olympics Michigan Inc | $106,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Metropolitan Foundation | $101,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Ada Christian School Education Foundation | $75,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Van Andel Institute | $25,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Feeding America West Michigan | $10,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Clark Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 60% |
| Guiding Light Mission Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mel Trotter Ministries | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Kids' Food Basket Inc | $8,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc | $8,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Nha Foundation | $5,500 | 2 | 4% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Luke Society Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Operation Smile Inc | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $2,500 | 2 | n/a |
| American Diabetes Association | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gilda's Club Grand Rapids | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Corewell Health Foundation West Michigan | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Breakthrough T1d | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($230k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Stephen Klotz Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · WK Kellogg Foundation · Jack and Lija Romence Family Foundation · Jct Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Edward Jones Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Stephen Klotz Family Foundation
- How much does Stephen Klotz Family Foundation give?
- Stephen Klotz Family Foundation reported 33 itemized grants totaling $385,500, out of $431,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 25 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Stephen Klotz Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (28%), Health (19%), Recreation & Sports (6%).
- Who are Stephen Klotz Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Eastern Michigan University Foundation ($375k), Special Olympics Michigan Inc ($106k), Metropolitan Foundation ($102k).
- Does Stephen Klotz Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Stephen Klotz Family 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 Stephen Klotz Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Rapids Community Foundation, WK Kellogg Foundation, Jack and Lija Romence Family Foundation.
- Where is Stephen Klotz Family Foundation based?
- Stephen Klotz Family Foundation is based in MI.
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