Skip to content
Stewart and Lenore Kniff Family Foundati at a glance

· Private foundation

Stewart and Lenore Kniff Family Foundati

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.

$1.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
52
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$130k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$990kReligion$948kHealth$681kEducation$289kAnimals$123kRecreation & Sports$100kFood & Nutrition$88kInternational$56kOther$0
02FY2025 · 52 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k39 grants · $715k
  • $50k–250k11 grants · $705k
$25,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$19M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOLLAND HOME$130,000
MISSION INDIA$100,000
SEVENTH REFORMED CHURCH$75,000
ALANO CLUB OF KENT COUNTY$50,000
DAVID'S HOUSE MINISTRIES$50,000
NEW HORIZON PRIVATE SCHOOL$50,000
FAITH HOSPICE$50,000
LAMONT CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$50,000
SET FREE MINISTRIES$50,000
HUNT 2 HEAL$50,000
DSC GREAT LAKES REGIONAL SPORTING CLUB$50,000
VAN ANDEL INSTITUTE$30,000
MACKENZIE'S ANIMAL SANCTUARY$25,000
BENJAMINS HOPE$25,000
MARANATHA BIBLE & MISSIONARY$25,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $969k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%THE PEOPLE CENTER: $15k → 12%COOPERSVILLE CARES: $15k → 8%HOLLAND HOME: $200k → 11%HOLLAND HOME: $200k → 11%HOLLAND HOME: $130k → 11%HOLLAND HOME: $130k → 11%BENJAMINS HOPE: $25k → 8%HOLLAND HOME: $60k → 11%HOLLAND HOME: $30k → 11%HOLLAND HOME: $25k → 11%NORTH KENT CONNECT: $15k → 11%NORTH KENT CONNECT: $10k → 11%MATTHEW'S HOUSE: $25k → 11%MATTHEW'S HOUSE: $18k → 11%WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $15k → 11%WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $15k → 11%WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $6k → 11%MATTHEW'S HOUSE: $11k → 11%JASON KINZLER FAMILY FIRST FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%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

WA
MI
IN
PA
CO
VA
TN
DC
FL
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.0M · 36 repeat orgs$494k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +15% since the first grant, against -4% for those funded once.

36 repeat relationships: 36 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
3

Total granted

$3.0M
$174k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
-4%

Still filing today

67%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $320k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthAnimalsReligionHousing & ShelterEducationOther
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

  • HH
    Holland Home
    7× · 2017–2025 · $775k · revenue +43%
  • DH
    DAVID'S HOUSE MINISTRIES
    5× · 2017–2025 · $255k · revenue +60%
  • AC
    ALANO CLUB OF KENT COUNTY
    2× · 2024–2025 · $125k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • M
    MARANATHA
    one grant, 2017 · $165k
  • CH
    CRAN HILL
    one grant, 2023 · $6k
  • WM
    WESTERN MICHIGAN TEEN CHALLENGE INC W MICHIGAN ADULT & TEEN CHALLENGE
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue -4%
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
David's House

To provide quality care, facilities, and supportive services for adults with a developmental disability, traumatic brain injury or mental illness. being enabled by god, we strive to provide an intentionally christian environment and…

—
2
Trinity Christian Fellowship Inc

Gospel mission

Religion
3
Michigan Christian Home

The michigan christian home dba beacon hill at eastgate, a not-for-profit corporation, provides housing and health services in a christian environment for older adults, thus enabling them to meet their ongoing physical, social and…

—
4
West Michigan Christian Foundation

None

Religion
5
Lighthouse Christian Home and Services Inc

For god's love to be expressed for and by individuals with developmental disabilities through faith based programs and services.

Human Services
6
But God Ministries

Sharing the love of jesus christ by building sustainable communities around the world and providing medical care to low-income households in the united states. the organization is currently building two sustainable communities in haiti and…

International
7
Christian Healthcare Ministries Inc

To glorify god, show christian love, and experience god's presence as christians share each other's medical bills.

Religion
8
Crossroads Christian Counseling

Crossroads combines innovative clinical counseling with a redemptive worldview to restore people to emotional health, relational unity, and a hopeful future.

Human Services
9
St Michael's Home Inc

To run a religious adult home

—
10
Life House Church

Christian teaching and the spreading of the gospel throughout the beaufort south carolina area.

Religion
11
Kingdom Global Ministries

Christian services including missions efforts, humanitarian aide, mentoring/discipleship, establishment and covering of churches, licensing/ordaining ministers, pastoral support, all domestically and internationally.

Religion
12
Kris Vallotton Ministries

Christian ministry

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is David's House Ministries; the most unlike its peers is Mackenzie's Animal Sanctuary Inc. 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

33 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. 33 of the 55 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
17/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SEVENTH REFORMED CHURCH: $215,000 · OtherSEVENTH REFORMED CHURCHMISSION INDIA: $200,000 · OtherMISSION INDIAMARANATHA: $165,000 · OtherMARANATHALAMONT CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $125,000 · OtherLAMONT CHRISTIAN SCHOOLDSC GREAT LAKES REGIONAL SPORTING CLUB: $100,000 · OtherDSC GREAT LAKES REGIONAL SPORTING CLUBNEW HORIZON PRIVATE SCHOOL: $90,000 · OtherNEW HORIZON PRIVATE SCHOOLMID-AMERICA REFORMED SEMINARY: $50,750 · Other+23 more: $558,000 · Other+23 moreHolland Home: $775,000 · Human ServicesHolland HomeMATTHEWS HOUSE CHRISTIAN THRIFT STORE: $53,250 · Human ServicesMATTHEWS HOUSE CHRISTIAN THRIFT…WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $35,750 · Human Services+5 more: $105,000 · Human Services+5 moreALANO CLUB OF KENT COUNTY: $125,000 · HealthALANO CLUB O…HUNT2HEAL: $100,000 · HealthHUNT2HEALFaith Hospice: $80,750 · HealthFaith Hospic…THE NEW DAY FOUNDATION FOR FAMILIES: $50,000 · HealthTHE NEW DAY …ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $20,000 · Health+1 more: $2,750 · HealthDAVID'S HOUSE MINISTRIES: $255,000 · Housing & ShelterDAVID'S H…HOMES GIVING HOPE INC: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterHOMES GIV…SET FREE MINISTRIES: $100,000 · ReligionMaranatha Bible and Missionary Conf: $55,000 · ReligionREACHING AMERICA MINISTRIES: $12,500 · ReligionMACKENZIE'S ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC: $53,250 · AnimalsCOMMUNITY SPAY NEUTER INITIATIVE PA: $15,000 · AnimalsHARBOR HUMANE SOCIETY: $12,500 · AnimalsSOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF SW MICHIGAN: $12,500 · AnimalsThe Potters House: $40,750 · EducationWEST SIDE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $33,250 · Education
Other$1,503,750Human Services$969,000Health$378,500Housing & Shelter$280,000Religion$167,500Animals$93,250Education$74,000

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 budgetHolland Home: $775,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetDAVID'S HOUSE MINISTRIES: $255,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetALANO CLUB OF KENT COUNTY: $125,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetSET FREE MINISTRIES: $100,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetHUNT2HEAL: $100,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetFaith Hospice: $80,750 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMaranatha Bible and Missionary Conf: $55,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMATTHEWS HOUSE CHRISTIAN THRIFT STORE: $53,250 over 3y, 13% of budgetMACKENZIE'S ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC: $53,250 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetMID-AMERICA REFORMED SEMINARY: $50,750 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE NEW DAY FOUNDATION FOR FAMILIES: $50,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetVAN ANDEL INSTITUTE: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCRAN-HILL MINISTRIES: $45,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetThe Potters House: $40,750 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $35,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWEST SIDE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $33,250 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $32,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCURE INTERNATIONAL INC: $30,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDING LIGHT MISSION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetROCKFORD COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER: $25,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetHOMES GIVING HOPE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetJASON KINZLER FAMILY FIRST FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetKIDS' LIFE BIBLE CLUBS: $20,750 over 3y, 7.6% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PEOPLE CENTER INC: $15,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHARBOR HUMANE SOCIETY: $12,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF SW MICHIGAN: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetREACHING AMERICA MINISTRIES: $12,500 over 3y, 13% of budgetWESTERN MICHIGAN TEEN CHALLENGE INC W MICHIGAN ADULT & TEEN CHALLENGE: $2,750 over 1y, 0.3% 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 Holland Home ↗
  • Who funds DAVID'S HOUSE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds ALANO CLUB OF KENT COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds SET FREE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds HUNT2HEAL ↗
  • Who funds Faith Hospice ↗
  • Who funds Maranatha Bible and Missionary Conf ↗
  • Who funds MATTHEWS HOUSE CHRISTIAN THRIFT STORE ↗
  • Who funds MACKENZIE'S ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC ↗
  • Who funds MID-AMERICA REFORMED SEMINARY ↗
  • Who funds THE NEW DAY FOUNDATION FOR FAMILIES ↗
  • Who funds VAN ANDEL INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds CRAN-HILL MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds The Potters House ↗
  • Who funds WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds WEST SIDE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds FOOD FOR THE POOR INC ↗
  • Who funds CURE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds GUIDING LIGHT MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds BENJAMIN'S HOPE ↗
  • Who funds ROCKFORD COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HOMES GIVING HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds JASON KINZLER FAMILY FIRST 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.

Grand Rapids Communit…Peter C & Emajean Coo…Barnabas FoundationGrand Haven Area Comm…Edgar and Elsa Prince…John Bouma Sr and Sha…Weller Family Foundat…Steve & Amy Van Andel…Douglas & Maria Devos…The Mercantile Bank F…The Community Foundat…Natl Christian Charit…
Grand Rapids Community FoundationMI27.2× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Barnabas Foundation · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation · John Bouma Sr and Sharon K Bouma Foundation · Weller Family Foundation · Steve & Amy Van Andel Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · The Mercantile Bank 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 Stewart and Lenore Kniff Family Foundati funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stewart and Lenore Kniff Family Foundati. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 55 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.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Stewart and Lenore Kniff Family Foundati’s filings →

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home