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Take His Hand 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.

$554k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
32
Grants FY2024
26
Organizations funded FY2023
19%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$101,000
Organizations funded a year
17 to 26
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$11M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 19% of the organizations Take His Hand Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterReligionRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving31$554k19%
FY202326$566k19%
FY202219$502k11%
FY202124$356k17%
FY202022$282k36%
FY201917$277k35%
FY201817$171k18%
FY201719$176kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$704kEducation$490kHealth$388kRecreation & Sports$375kHuman Services$254kYouth Development$183kPhilanthropy$155kFood & Nutrition$105kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CO
KS
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Crossroads Bible Church of Grand Rapids$513,5008n/a
West Michigan Community Tennis Inc$375,000468%
Our Hope Association$233,00083%
National Christian Foundation Inc$150,00041%
Culver Educational Foundation$130,00080%
New City Kids Inc$125,00080%
Feeding America West Michigan$105,00070%
Wedgwood Christian Services$98,00050%
Grand Rapids Christian Schools$74,00040%
Christ Life Missions$70,0007n/a
Show all 35 grantees
All grantees of Take His Hand Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Crossroads Bible Church of Grand Rapids$513,5008n/a
West Michigan Community Tennis Inc$375,000468%
Our Hope Association$233,00083%
National Christian Foundation Inc$150,00041%
Culver Educational Foundation$130,00080%
New City Kids Inc$125,00080%
Feeding America West Michigan$105,00070%
Wedgwood Christian Services$98,00050%
Grand Rapids Christian Schools$74,00040%
Christ Life Missions$70,0007n/a
Faith and Learning International NFP$58,00050%
Realtime Initiatives$55,000619%
David's House$50,00056%
Northpointe Christian Schools$50,00030%
Faith in Deeds Inc$45,00043%
Habitat for Humanity$30,00054%
The Grand Awakening$25,000510%
Home Repair Services of Kent County Inc$25,00050%
Global Hope Network Intl Inc$25,00011%
Life International$20,00020%
Michigan State University$20,0002n/a
Pregnancy Resource Center$20,00030%
Grand Valley State University$16,0004n/a
Unknown Nations$15,00010%
Young Life$12,50030%
Grand Rapids Nehemiah Project$10,00020%
Freedom in Faith Ministries Inc$10,00013%
Horizons International$6,00010%
Roanoke Ranch for Kids$5,85014%
Da Blodgett - St John's$5,00010%
Living with Power Ministries$5,00011%
Abwe Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Teachbeyond Inc$3,0001n/a
Adventures in Missions Inc$1,0001n/a
Miami University Foundation$1,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($491k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Take His Hand Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 27 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWest Michigan Community Tennis Inc: $375,000 over 4y, 68% of budgetOur Hope Association: $233,000 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetNational Christian Foundation Inc: $150,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCulver Educational Foundation: $130,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNew City Kids Inc: $125,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetFeeding America West Michigan: $105,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWedgwood Christian Services: $98,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGrand Rapids Christian Schools: $74,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFaith and Learning International NFP: $58,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetRealtime Initiatives: $55,000 over 6y, 19% of budgetDavid's House: $50,000 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetNorthpointe Christian Schools: $50,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFaith in Deeds Inc: $45,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetHabitat for Humanity: $30,000 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetThe Grand Awakening: $25,000 over 5y, 10% of budgetHome Repair Services of Kent County Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGlobal Hope Network Intl Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetLife International: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPregnancy Resource Center: $20,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetUnknown Nations: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetYoung Life: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGrand Rapids Nehemiah Project: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFreedom in Faith Ministries Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetHorizons International: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRoanoke Ranch for Kids: $5,850 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetDa Blodgett - St John's: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLiving with Power Ministries: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 27.

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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.

Douglas & Maria Devos FoundationMI26.1× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Barnabas Foundation · The Doornink Foundation · Mojo Foundation · Weller Family Foundation · The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Gordon Christian Trust · WK Kellogg Foundation · 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.

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How do I get to Take His Hand Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Take His Hand Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Take His Hand Foundation

How much does Take His Hand Foundation give?
Take His Hand Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $553,850 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 26 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Take His Hand Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (24%), Education (17%), Health (13%).
Who are Take His Hand Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Crossroads Bible Church of Grand Rapids ($514k), West Michigan Community Tennis Inc ($375k), Our Hope Association ($233k).
Does Take His Hand Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Take His Hand 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 Take His Hand Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation, Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Christian Community Foundation Inc.
Where is Take His Hand Foundation based?
Take His Hand Foundation is based in MI.

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 53 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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