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Steve & Amy Van Andel 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.

$5.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
63
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Education$24MHealth$11MPublic Benefit$4.5MCommunity Improvement$3.9MArts & Culture$2.3MHuman Services$996kRecreation & Sports$666kReligion$575kOther$0
02FY2024 · 63 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k21 grants · $54k
  • $10k–50k23 grants · $503k
  • $50k–250k11 grants · $963k
  • $250k+8 grants · $4.0M
$20,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$102M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH-WEST$1,000,000
THE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION$1,000,000
TRILLIUM INSTITUTE$500,000
ADA TOWNSHIP$375,000
CHILDRENS HEALING CENTER$348,333
THE GERALD R FORD FOUNDATION$260,000
MARY FREE BED REHABILITATION$250,000
BELLA MENTE QUANTUM RACING$250,000
BRODYS BE CAF LLC$150,000
HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN INC$112,500
CORWELL HEALTH WEST MICHIGAN$110,000
EQUEST CENTER FOR THERAPEUTIC$110,000
CITY OF ROCKFORD$100,000
HARBOR SPRINGS FESTIVAL OF THE BOOK$100,000
HOLLAND HOME$80,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

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Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $5.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ARBOR HOSPICE INC: $13k → 14%ARBOR HOSPICE INC: $13k → 14%HARBOR SPRINGS CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $3k → 9%YMCA OF GREATER GRAND RAPIDS: $10k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER GRAND RAPIDS: $10k → 11%WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $100k → 11%WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $25k → 11%WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $20k → 11%WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $20k → 11%WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $15k → 11%WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $15k → 11%WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $10k → 11%METROPOLITAN FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%METROPOLITAN FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%METROPOLITAN FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%BEAUTIFUL YOU BY PROFILE: $10k → 11%BEAUTIFUL YOU BY PROFILE: $5k → 11%HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN INC: $125k → 11%TRILLIUM INSTITUTE: $500k → 11%HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN INC: $125k → 11%TRILLIUM INSTITUTE: $500k → 11%HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN INC: $113k → 11%TRILLIUM INSTITUTE: $500k → 11%HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN INC: $113k → 11%TRILLIUM INSTITUTE: $500k → 11%TRILLIUM INSTITUTE: $500k → 11%HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN INC: $12k → 11%TRILLIUM INSTITUTE: $500k → 11%TRILLIUM INSTITUTE: $500k → 11%HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN INC: $6k → 11%TRILLIUM INSTITUTE: $500k → 11%HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN INC: $5k → 11%HOLLAND HOME: $80k → 11%HOLLAND HOME: $30k → 11%STREAMS OF HOPE: $30k → 11%HOLLAND HOME: $25k → 11%HOLLAND HOME: $20k → 11%HOLLAND HOME: $20k → 11%HOLLAND HOME: $20k → 11%HOLLAND HOME: $20k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $30k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $30k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $30k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $30k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $30k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $20k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $20k → 11%ARTISTS CREATING TOGETHER INC: $15k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$25M · 96 repeat orgs$2.1M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +38% since the first grant, against +10% for the ones you funded once.

96 repeat relationships — 52 still active in FY2024, 44 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

96
45

Total granted

$25M
$1.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+10%

Still filing today

64%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $267k 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 ServicesEducationArts & CultureHealthRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TG
    THE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $3.0M · revenue +37%
  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HEALING CENTER
    6× · 2017–2024 · $937k · revenue +84%
  • HS
    HARBOR SPRINGS FESTIVAL OF THE BOOK
    8× · 2017–2024 · $780k · revenue +261% · 47% of their budget

Funded once

  • TG
    THE GEORGE W BUSH PRESIDENTIAL
    one grant, 2021 · $1.0M
  • MS
    MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE O
    one grant, 2017 · $250k
  • CH
    CORWELL HEALTH WES MICHIGAN
    one grant, 2023 · $110k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Detroit Historical Society

The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.

Arts & Culture
2
The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
3
Trinity Health Grand Haven Hospital

We, trinity health grand haven hospital and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.trinity health grand haven hospital is a member of trinity…

Health
4
Business Leaders for Michigan Foundation

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

Community Improvement
5
Business Leaders for Michigan

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

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6
Mymichigan Health Foundation

The corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes by conducting or supporting activites exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, or to carry out the…

Health
7
Michigan Chamber of Commerce

To promote conditions favorable to job creation and business success in michigan.

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8
Trinity Health - Michigan

We, trinity health-michigan and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. trinity health-michigan is a member of trinity health.

Health
9
Mymichigan Medical Group

Creating healthy communities - together

Health
10
Michigan Legacy Art Park

Inspire awareness, appreciation and passion for michigan's history and stories, culture and environment through the arts.

Arts & Culture
11
Michigan Peer Review Organization

Helping healthcare get better. MPRO has more than 40 years of experience improving healthcare across the continuum of care using evidence-based and data-driven logic. MPRO also has extensive expertise in completing thoughtful and impartial…

Health
12
Mymichigan Medical Center Midland

Creating healthy communities - together

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Bissell Pet Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 36 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%1%<5yr13%8%5–10yr20%23%10–20yr15%15%20–35yr14%32%35–55yr18%22%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr13%1%5–10yr20%18%10–20yr15%14%20–35yr14%5%35–55yr18%62%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%1/99
the rest of the field
12%
6,511/53,757

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

89 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 89 of the 151 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
86/89
Grantees still filing
57/89
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

HILLSDALE COLLEGE — $22,201,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGETHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION — $3,000,000 · EducationTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION+13 more — $1,352,750 · EducationIndividual grant recipient — $3,001,850 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH-WEST — $2,125,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALT…MARY FREE BED REHABILITATION — $1,340,000 · OtherMARY FREE BED REHABILITATIONTHE GEORGE W BUSH PRESIDENTIAL — $1,000,000 · OtherTHE GEORGE W BUSH PRESIDENTI…BELLA MENTE QUANTUM RACING — $550,000 · OtherFREDERIK MEIJER GARDENS & SCULPTURE — $470,000 · Other+91 more — $4,079,549 · Other+91 moreTrillium Institute — $4,000,000 · Human ServicesTrillium Ins…Hospice of Michigan Inc — $501,420 · Human ServicesHospice of M…Holland Home — $215,000 · Human ServicesWEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES — $205,000 · Human ServicesBAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER — $190,000 · Human Services+9 more — $188,400 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S HEALING CENTER — $936,666 · HealthCOREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION WEST MICHIGAN — $500,000 · HealthFaith Hospice — $261,000 · HealthEquest Center for Therapeutic Riding Inc — $154,500 · HealthMCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN — $130,000 · HealthVAN ANDEL RESEARCH INSTITUTE — $95,000 · Health+2 more — $86,000 · HealthHARBOR SPRINGS FESTIVAL OF THE BOOK — $780,000 · Arts & CultureTRUST FOR THE NATIONAL MALL — $500,000 · Arts & CultureGRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC MUSEUM — $400,000 · Arts & Culture+7 more — $89,800 · Arts & CultureCAMP ROGER — $502,000 · Recreation & SportsFRIENDS OF GRAND RAPIDS PARKS — $20,000 · Recreation & Sports+3 more — $31,000 · Recreation & SportsELITE GREYHOUND ADOPTIONS INC — $400,000 · AnimalsJOHN BALL ZOO — $109,500 · Animals
Education$26,553,750Other$12,566,399Human Services$5,299,820Health$2,163,166Arts & Culture$1,769,800Recreation & Sports$553,000Animals$509,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE — $22,201,000 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetTrillium Institute — $4,000,000 over 8y, 100% of budgetTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION — $3,000,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALING CENTER — $936,666 over 6y, 11% of budgetHARBOR SPRINGS FESTIVAL OF THE BOOK — $780,000 over 8y, 47% of budgetCAMP ROGER — $502,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetHospice of Michigan Inc — $501,420 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTRUST FOR THE NATIONAL MALL — $500,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC MUSEUM — $400,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetELITE GREYHOUND ADOPTIONS INC — $400,000 over 8y, 65% of budgetGERALD R FORD PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION — $337,500 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF GRAND RAPIDS — $300,000 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetFaith Hospice — $261,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION — $255,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Potters House — $235,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetBE CAFE — $225,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetHolland Home — $215,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES — $205,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetBAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER — $190,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetCornerstone University — $184,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC — $174,999 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetDA BLODGETT - ST JOHN'S — $163,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetEquest Center for Therapeutic Riding Inc — $154,500 over 6y, 14% of budgetBethel Community Education — $147,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetMCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN — $130,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJOHN BALL ZOO — $109,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetVAN ANDEL RESEARCH INSTITUTE — $95,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY — $80,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSAFE HAVEN MINISTRIES INC — $80,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetST THOMAS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — $80,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetLiteracy Center of West Michigan — $62,500 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetNORTHPOINTE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS — $50,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHUNT2HEAL — $50,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetTHE YOUNG AMERICANS INC — $44,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetKENT COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION — $40,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetDAVENPORT UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $36,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSAINT MARY'S FOUNDATION — $36,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetStreams of Hope — $34,400 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetWORLDMAKER RESILIENCE INSTITUTE INC — $30,500 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetCherry Street Services Foundation — $30,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetHAND2HAND — $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetArbor Hospice Inc — $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ECONOMIC CLUB OF GRAND RAPIDS — $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN — $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019) — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF GRAND RAPIDS PARKS — $20,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSENIOR NEIGHBORS INC — $18,450 over 8y, 0.2% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Trillium Institute ↗
  • Who funds THE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HEALING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HARBOR SPRINGS FESTIVAL OF THE BOOK ↗
  • Who funds CAMP ROGER ↗
  • Who funds Hospice of Michigan Inc ↗
  • Who funds COREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION WEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds TRUST FOR THE NATIONAL MALL ↗
  • Who funds GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds ELITE GREYHOUND ADOPTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds GERALD R FORD PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF GRAND RAPIDS ↗
  • Who funds Faith Hospice ↗
  • Who funds GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Potters House ↗
  • Who funds BE CAFE ↗
  • Who funds Holland Home ↗
  • Who funds WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Cornerstone University ↗
  • Who funds KIDS' FOOD BASKET INC ↗
  • Who funds DA BLODGETT - ST JOHN'S ↗
  • Who funds Equest Center for Therapeutic Riding Inc ↗
  • Who funds Bethel Community Education ↗
  • Who funds MCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Grand Rapids Communit…Frey FoundationDouglas & Maria Devos…Peter C & Emajean Coo…The Meijer FoundationThe David and Carol V…Daniel & Pamella Devo…Cdv5 FoundationDick and Betsy Devos …Ufp Industries Founda…Heart of West Michiga…The Mercantile Bank F…
Grand Rapids Community FoundationMI85.9× affinity43 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Frey Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · The Meijer Foundation · The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation · Daniel & Pamella Devos Foundation · Cdv5 Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation · Ufp Industries Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · The Mercantile Bank Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Steve & Amy Van Andel Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    22report 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

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 151 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

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