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The John and Phyllis Groot Foundation at a glance

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The John and Phyllis Groot 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.

$341k
Granted FY2024still arriving
43
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$603kInternational$367kReligion$171kHuman Services$128kYouth Development$25kHealth$23kFood & Nutrition$22kHousing & Shelter$19kOther$0
02FY2024 · 43 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k35 grants · $83k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $108k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $150k
$1,700
Median grant
9
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DAYSTAR EDUCATION ASSOCIATION$150,000
DAYSTAR EDUCATION ASSOCIATION$28,500
CHICAGO WEST SIDE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION$20,000
SELF HELP ALTERNATIVE LIVING OPPORTUNITIES OF MICH$15,000
LAWNDALE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH$14,500
MUSKEGON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$10,000
WESTERN MICHIGAN CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL$10,000
KALAMAZOO CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION$10,000
KALAMAZOO GOSPEL MISSION$8,500
WORLD RENEW$7,628
SAMARITANS PURSE$7,628
SAMARITANS PURSE$5,000
MULTIPLICATION NETWORK MINISTRIES$5,000
CHILDRENS HUNGER FUND$5,000
LIVING WITH HOPE$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $234k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LIVING WITH HOPE: $25k → 15%LIVING WITH HOPE: $25k → 15%LIVING WITH HOPE: $24k → 15%LIVING WITH HOPE: $20k → 15%LIVING WITH HOPE: $5k → 15%SELF HELP ALTERNATIVE LIVING OPPORTUNITIES OF MICH: $27k → 12%SELF HELP ALTERNATIVE LIVING OPPORTUNITIES OF MICH: $22k → 12%LOVE INC OF MUSKEGON COUNTY: $2k → 15%SELF HELP ALTERNATIVE LIVING OPPORTUNITIES OF MICH: $15k → 12%SELF HELP ALTERNATIVE LIVING OPPORTUNITIES OF MICH: $15k → 12%SELF HELP ALTERNATIVE LIVING OPPORTUNITIES OF MICH: $10k → 12%LOVE INC OF MUSKEGON COUNTY: $2k → 15%SELF HELP ALTERNATIVE LIVING OPPORTUNITIES OF MICH: $10k → 12%SELF HELP ALTERNATIVE LIVING OPPORTUNITIES OF MICH: $8k → 12%SELF HELP ALTERNATIVE LIVING OPPORTUNITIES OF MICH: $5k → 12%SELF HELP ALTERNATIVE LIVING OPPORTUNITIES OF MICH: $4k → 12%SELF HELP ALTERNATIVE LIVING OPPORTUNITIES OF MICH: $1k → 12%SELF HELP ALTERNATIVE LIVING OPPORTUNITIES OF MICH: $500 → 12%FAMILY PROMISE OF THE LAKESHORE: $2k → 15%FAMILY PROMISE OF THE LAKESHORE: $2k → 15%FAMILY PROMISE OF THE LAKESHORE: $2k → 15%FAMILY PROMISE OF THE LAKESHORE: $2k → 15%FAMILY PROMISE OF THE LAKESHORE: $1k → 15%LOVE INC OF MUSKEGON COUNTY: $2k → 15%LOVE INC OF MUSKEGON COUNTY: $2k → 15%LOVE INC OF MUSKEGON COUNTY: $1k → 15%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
IL
MI
NY
MA
IA
IN
CA
MO
AZ
AR
TN
NC
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 38 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

38 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
5

Total granted

$1.3M
$19k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+14%

Still filing today

68%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesReligionInternationalYouth DevelopmentHealthOther
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

  • SH
    SELF HELP ALTERNATIVE LIVING OPPORTUNITIES OF MI
    5× · 2020–2024 · $119k · revenue +489%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $111k · revenue +106%
  • LW
    LIVING WITH HOPE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $99k · revenue +433%

Funded once

  • IC
    ICCF COMMUNITY HOMES
    one grant, 2020 · $11k · revenue -20%
  • CR
    CAMP ROGER
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +14%
  • TC
    TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue -1%
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
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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2
Rockford Christian Education Association

To challenge young people to know christ as lord, apply god's truth in all areas of life, love others sacrifically, and achieve the highest level of knowledge and skill in order to serve god and others

Education
3
Fresno Christian Schools

Equip young people for life and service for jesus christ through biblical foundations, christ-like character development, and academic preparation in partnership with the home and local church.

Education
4
Westminster Academy

The school provides classical christian education to students in grades junior kindergarten through twelve.

Education
5
Landmark Christian School

Landmark christian school partners with christian families by equipping college-bound students to embrace a christ-centered worldview, grow as servant leaders, and steward god's unique purpose for their lives.

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6
Eastside Christian School

Eastside christian school's mission is educating children in the christ inspired, joyful pursuit of excellence. our purpose is to operate a high quality christian private school in order to help students grow and mature in christian faith,…

Education
7
Global Scholars

Global scholars exists so that christian academics are adequately equipped to have a redemptive influence among their students, colleagues, universities and disciplines, at a reasonable cost.

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8
The King's Christian School

The king's christian school is a k-12 prepatory school that equips and strengthens students through education and example, that they might stand firmly upon the word of god and to become effective servant-leaders who impact the world…

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9
Wisconsin Independent Christian School Inc

Valley christian school pursues educational excellence through christ centered programs to produce servant leaders.

Education
10
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
11
Colleyville Covenant Christian

The mission is to provide a biblically based classical college preparatory education that inspires a passion for excellence a heart of grace and the character of Christ.

Education
12
International Commission Inc

Equipping and enabling believers worldwide to conduct church-based evangelism projects to reach unbelievers and make disciples.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Life; the most unlike its peers is Muskegon Christian School. 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

37 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. 37 of the 50 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/37
Grantees still filing
25/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DAYSTAR EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: $301,500 · EducationDAYSTAR EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONELIM CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $45,500 · EducationELIM CHRISTIAN SERVICESCALVIN UNIVERSITY: $44,700 · EducationCALVIN UNIVERSITYWestern Michigan Christian High School: $38,000 · EducationWestern Michigan Christian High SchoolMuskegon Christian School: $35,500 · EducationMuskegon Christian SchoolKALAMAZOO CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION: $32,500 · EducationKALAMAZOO CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION+4 more: $21,600 · EducationCHICAGO WEST SIDE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION: $82,000 · OtherCHICAGO WEST SIDE CHRISTIA…LAWNDALE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH: $53,000 · OtherLAWNDALE CHRISTIAN REFORME…World Renew: $49,628 · OtherWorld RenewKALAMAZOO GOSPEL MISSION: $28,500 · OtherKALAMAZOO GOSPEL MISSIONCALVIN CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH: $16,200 · OtherHOPE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH: $14,000 · OtherPACIFIC GARDEN MISSION: $13,500 · OtherICCF COMMUNITY HOMES: $11,000 · Other+14 more: $50,800 · Other+14 moreSELF HELP ALTERNATIVE LIVING OPPORTUNITIES OF MI: $118,500 · Human ServicesSELF HELP ALTERNATI…LIVING WITH HOPE: $99,000 · Human ServicesLIVING WITH HOPELOVE INC OF MUSKEGON COUNTY: $8,200 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMISE OF THE LAKESHORE: $8,200 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $110,628 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S…MULTIPLICATION NETWORK MINISTRIES: $17,500 · ReligionMULTIPLICAT…GENEVA CAMP & RETREAT CENTER: $6,000 · Religion+1 more: $1,500 · ReligionCHILDREN'S HUNGER FUND: $89,500 · InternationalWORLD VISION INC: $8,000 · International+2 more: $3,500 · InternationalREST HAVEN ILLIANA CHRISTIAN CONVALESCENT HOME: $23,000 · HealthLOVE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES FOUNDATION: $3,800 · HealthINNER CITY YOUTH FOR CHANGE: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIFE: $9,500 · Youth Development+1 more: $500 · Youth Development
Education$519,300Other$318,628Human Services$234,900Religion$135,628International$101,000Health$26,800Youth Development$25,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDAYSTAR EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: $301,500 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetSELF HELP ALTERNATIVE LIVING OPPORTUNITIES OF MI: $118,500 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $110,628 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLIVING WITH HOPE: $99,000 over 5y, 6.7% of budgetCHILDREN'S HUNGER FUND: $89,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO WEST SIDE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION: $82,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetWorld Renew: $49,628 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetELIM CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $45,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCALVIN UNIVERSITY: $44,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWestern Michigan Christian High School: $38,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMuskegon Christian School: $35,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetKALAMAZOO CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION: $32,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetREST HAVEN ILLIANA CHRISTIAN CONVALESCENT HOME: $23,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMULTIPLICATION NETWORK MINISTRIES: $17,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSouthwest Chicago Christian School Association: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetINNER CITY YOUTH FOR CHANGE: $15,000 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetICCF COMMUNITY HOMES: $11,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $9,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLOVE INC OF MUSKEGON COUNTY: $8,200 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF THE LAKESHORE: $8,200 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetROSELAND CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES CENTER: $8,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGENEVA CAMP & RETREAT CENTER: $6,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCAMP ROGER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLOVE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES FOUNDATION: $3,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMISSIO INTERNATIONAL: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH URBAN MINISTRIES INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS WORLDWIDE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAGC LTD: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPROGRACE INTERNATIONAL: $1,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTIMOTHY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHT PROMISE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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 DAYSTAR EDUCATION ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds SELF HELP ALTERNATIVE LIVING OPPORTUNITIES OF MI ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds LIVING WITH HOPE ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HUNGER FUND ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO WEST SIDE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds World Renew ↗
  • Who funds ELIM CHRISTIAN SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds CALVIN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Western Michigan Christian High School ↗
  • Who funds Muskegon Christian School ↗
  • Who funds KALAMAZOO CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds REST HAVEN ILLIANA CHRISTIAN CONVALESCENT HOME ↗
  • Who funds MULTIPLICATION NETWORK MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds Southwest Chicago Christian School Association ↗
  • Who funds INNER CITY YOUTH FOR CHANGE ↗
  • Who funds ICCF COMMUNITY HOMES ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds LOVE INC OF MUSKEGON COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF THE LAKESHORE ↗
  • Who funds ROSELAND CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES CENTER ↗
  • Who funds WORLD VISION INC ↗
  • Who funds GENEVA CAMP & RETREAT CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CAMP ROGER ↗
  • Who funds UNITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds LOVE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MISSIO INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH URBAN MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS WORLDWIDE ↗

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.

Barnabas FoundationThe Brandsma Family F…Community Foundation …Raymond James Charita…Van Dyke Family Chari…WK Kellogg FoundationEdgar and Elsa Prince…Grand Haven Area Comm…Grand Rapids Communit…Natl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…Tony Betten Family Fo…
Barnabas FoundationIL53.5× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Barnabas Foundation · The Brandsma Family Foundation · Community Foundation for Muskegon County · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Van Dyke Family Charitable Foundation · WK Kellogg Foundation · Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Tony Betten Family Foundation

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 The John and Phyllis Groot Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The John and Phyllis Groot Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    12report 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.
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    Find your warmest path to The John and Phyllis Groot 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.

    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 50 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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