Michigan · Private foundation
Steven and Kathryn Bandstra 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.
- $245k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 22
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations Steven and Kathryn Bandstra Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 | 19 | $235k | 11% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $202k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $215k | 23% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $228k | 10% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $207k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $195k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $187k | 6% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $203k | 18% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Valley State University | $925,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Michigan State University | $400,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Feeding America West Michigan | $65,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Interlochen Center for the Arts | $38,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Muskegon Christian School | $37,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Father Fred Foundation | $35,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Grand Haven Christian School | $28,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The People Center Inc | $26,500 | 9 | 2% |
| Western Michigan Society for Industrial Heritage | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Traverse Area Recreation & Transportation Trails Inc | $21,000 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($172k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Steven and Kathryn Bandstra 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 Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Consumers Energy Foundation · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Folkert Family Foundation · Frey Foundation · Community Foundation for Muskegon County · Baird Foundation Inc · Lj Midge Verplank Community Impact Fund · Greater Ottawa County United Way · The Samuel L Westerman Foundation · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
How this is measured
Compare Steven and Kathryn Bandstra Foundation with peer funders
About Steven and Kathryn Bandstra Foundation
- How much does Steven and Kathryn Bandstra Foundation give?
- Steven and Kathryn Bandstra Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $244,800 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Steven and Kathryn Bandstra Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (70%), Philanthropy (6%), Human Services (6%).
- Who are Steven and Kathryn Bandstra Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Grand Valley State University ($925k), Michigan State University ($400k), Feeding America West Michigan ($65k).
- Does Steven and Kathryn Bandstra Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Steven and Kathryn Bandstra 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 Steven and Kathryn Bandstra Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc, Consumers Energy Foundation, Grand Rapids Community Foundation.
- Where is Steven and Kathryn Bandstra Foundation based?
- Steven and Kathryn Bandstra Foundation is based in MI.
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