Michigan · Private foundation
The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $8.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 49
- Grants FY2024
- 63
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 54 to 63
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $112M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 24% of the organizations The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 49 | $8.4M | 10% |
| FY2023 | 63 | $5.9M | 24% |
| FY2022 | 54 | $4.0M | 24% |
| FY2021 | 54 | $4.9M | 26% |
| FY2020 | 56 | $6.7M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Trotter Ministries | $3,125,000 | 5 | 5% |
| John Ball Zoo | $3,010,000 | 5 | 5% |
| The Western Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in America | $2,256,839 | 5 | n/a |
| Grand Action Foundation 20 | $2,000,000 | 2 | 33% |
| Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Opera Grand Rapids | $1,378,000 | 5 | 39% |
| Wedgwood Christian Services | $1,185,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Hope College | $1,075,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Ada Christian School Education Foundation | $1,045,000 | 4 | 86% |
| Special Olympics Michigan Inc | $1,000,000 | 3 | 4% |
Show all 92 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 81 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 Rapids Community Foundation · Frey Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Cdv5 Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation · The Meijer Foundation · Steve & Amy Van Andel Foundation · Daniel & Pamella Devos Foundation · The Wege Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc
How this is measured
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About The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation
- How much does The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation give?
- The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation reported 49 grants totaling $8,404,702 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 54 and 63 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (15%), Education (13%), Housing & Shelter (13%).
- Who are The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Mel Trotter Ministries ($3.1M), John Ball Zoo ($3.0M), The Western Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in America ($2.3M).
- Does The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Frey Foundation, Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation.
- Where is The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation based?
- The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation is based in MI.
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