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Steven and Kathryn Bandstra Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.2MPhilanthropy$104kHuman Services$96kHealth$91kArts & Culture$64kFood & Nutrition$59kCivil Rights$31kRecreation & Sports$21kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
$3,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY$100,000
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$50,000
GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY$25,000
FEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN$15,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MUSKEGON COUNTY$10,000
MUSKEGON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$10,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT$5,000
THE PEOPLE CENTER$3,500
MOSAIC COUNSELING$3,000
LOVE INC OF THE TRI-CITIES$3,000
BRIDGE MICHIGAN$3,000
MOMENTUM CENTER - GRAND HAVEN$2,500
READ MUSKEGON$2,500
KIDS' FOOD BASKET$2,500
REACH FOR RECOVERY$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 (FY17–25, $80k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 8% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE FATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%THE FATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%THE FATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%THE FATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN: $1k → 14%THE FATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%THE FATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%THE FATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%LOVE INC OF THE TRI-CITIES: $3k → 8%LOVE INC OF THE TRI-CITIES: $3k → 8%LOVE INC OF THE TRI-CITIES: $3k → 8%LOVE INC OF THE TRI-CITIES: $2k → 8%PATHFINDERS: $5k → 15%LOVE INC OF THE TRI-CITIES: $2k → 8%THE PEOPLE CENTER: $4k → 8%THE PEOPLE CENTER: $3k → 8%THE PEOPLE CENTER: $3k → 8%THE PEOPLE CENTER: $3k → 8%THE PEOPLE CENTER: $3k → 8%THE PEOPLE CENTER: $3k → 8%THE PEOPLE CENTER: $3k → 8%THE PEOPLE CENTER: $3k → 8%THE PEOPLE CENTER: $3k → 8%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.
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 28 repeat orgs$91k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
11

Total granted

$1.8M
$87k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+12%

Still filing today

54%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyReligionOther
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

  • MC
    Muskegon Christian School
    5× · 2021–2025 · $38k · revenue +143%
  • FF
    FATHER FRED FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2023 · $35k · revenue +15%
  • GH
    Grand Haven Christian School
    6× · 2017–2023 · $28k · revenue +607%

Funded once

  • MF
    MARY FREE BED FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $45k
  • WM
    WESTERN MICHIGAN SOCIETY FOR INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • PO
    PATHFINDERS OF MUSKEGON
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
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
Michigan Assoc of Community Mental Health Boards

Assisting the community mental health boards of michigan in developing methods for mental health planning, care and treatment.

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2
Midmichigan Health Services

To provide high quality community-oriented, patient-centered health services for all.

Health
3
Muskegon-Oceana Community Action Partnership Inc

Through dedicated staff and community partnerships we provide services, resources, education and advocacy to improve the quality of life for all residents of muskegon and oceana counties.

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4
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
5
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
6
Mymichigan Medical Group

Creating healthy communities - together

Health
7
Mn Community Measurement

Mn community measurement empowers stakeholders with meaningful information to drive improvement.

Health
8
Michigan Farmers Market Association

Mifma supports the viability of all community-driven marketplaces so that they can connect all consumers to local farms and businesses.

Food & Nutrition
9
Michigan Science Center

The mission of the michigan science center is to inspire curious minds of all ages to discover, explore and appreciate science, technology, engineering and math in a creative, dynamic learning environment.

Education
10
Michigan Pharmacists Association

To encourage and support its members as professionals responsible for the delivery of patient-focused care.

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11
Mymichigan Medical Center Midland

Creating healthy communities - together

Health
12
Mercy Health Partners

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

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mona Lake Improvement Association. 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

24 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 24 of the 43 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
17/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY: $925,000 · OtherGRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITYMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $400,000 · OtherMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYFEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN: $65,000 · Other+22 more: $218,000 · Other+22 moreCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MUSKEGON COUNTY: $69,500 · PhilanthropyGRAND HAVEN AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $44,500 · PhilanthropyVAN ANDEL INSTITUTE: $5,500 · PhilanthropyFATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $35,000 · Human ServicesTHE PEOPLE CENTER INC: $26,500 · Human ServicesLOVE INC OF THE TRI-CITIES: $12,000 · Human ServicesPATHFINDERS OF MUSKEGON: $5,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesMuskegon Christian School: $37,500 · EducationGrand Haven Christian School: $28,000 · EducationREAD MUSKEGON: $13,500 · EducationINTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $38,500 · Arts & CultureWESTERN MICHIGAN SOCIETY FOR INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTRAVERSE HEALTH CLINIC AND COALITION: $14,000 · HealthREACH FOR RECOVERY INC: $13,500 · HealthCOREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION WEST MICHIGAN: $2,120 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,500 · HealthKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC: $2,500 · Food & Nutrition
Other$1,608,000Philanthropy$119,500Human Services$79,500Education$79,000Arts & Culture$63,500Health$31,120Food & Nutrition$2,500

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 budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MUSKEGON COUNTY: $69,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN: $65,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGRAND HAVEN AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $44,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetINTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $38,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMuskegon Christian School: $37,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetGrand Haven Christian School: $28,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTHE PEOPLE CENTER INC: $26,500 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetTRAVERSE AREA RECREATION & TRANSPORTATION TRAILS INC: $21,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetMOSAIC COUNSELING: $20,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetTRAVERSE HEALTH CLINIC AND COALITION: $14,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetREAD MUSKEGON: $13,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetREACH FOR RECOVERY INC: $13,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLOVE INC OF THE TRI-CITIES: $12,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetVAN ANDEL INSTITUTE: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPATHFINDERS OF MUSKEGON: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONA LAKE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION: $1,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetHospice of Michigan Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S DIVISION CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetINTERACTION INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MUSKEGON COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds GRAND HAVEN AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds Muskegon Christian School ↗
  • Who funds FATHER FRED FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Grand Haven Christian School ↗
  • Who funds THE PEOPLE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN MICHIGAN SOCIETY FOR INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE ↗
  • Who funds TRAVERSE AREA RECREATION & TRANSPORTATION TRAILS INC ↗
  • Who funds MOSAIC COUNSELING ↗
  • Who funds TRAVERSE HEALTH CLINIC AND COALITION ↗
  • Who funds READ MUSKEGON ↗
  • Who funds REACH FOR RECOVERY INC ↗
  • Who funds LOVE INC OF THE TRI-CITIES ↗
  • Who funds VAN ANDEL INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds PATHFINDERS OF MUSKEGON ↗
  • Who funds KIDS' FOOD BASKET INC ↗
  • Who funds COREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION WEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MONA LAKE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Hospice of Michigan Inc ↗

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.

Grand Haven Area Comm…Consumers Energy Foun…Grand Rapids Communit…Folkert Family Founda…Frey FoundationCommunity Foundation …Baird Foundation IncLj Midge Verplank Com…Greater Ottawa County…The Samuel L Westerma…The Community Foundat…Natl Christian Charit…
Grand Haven Area Community Foundation IncMI23.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Steven and Kathryn Bandstra Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Steven and Kathryn Bandstra Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.

    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 43 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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