Michigan · Private foundation
The Korff 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.
- $487k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 80
- Grants FY2024
- 74
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 5%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 74 to 97
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 14
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 5% of the organizations The Korff Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k 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 | 76 | $467k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 74 | $347k | 5% |
| FY2022 | 83 | $499k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 82 | $399k | 12% |
| FY2020 | 97 | $436k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 90 | $311k | 28% |
| FY2018 | 78 | $225k | 9% |
| FY2017 | 92 | $203k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington University | $175,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Aquinas College | $115,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Alliance Defending Freedom | $105,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Liberty Youth Academy Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation | $75,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Da Blodgett - St John's | $61,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $53,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Mount St Michael Academy | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities West Michigan | $47,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Cathedral of Saint Andrew | $40,000 | 8 | n/a |
Show all 100 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 78 recipients with no EIN on record ($924k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Korff Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 87 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · The Meijer Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · Frey Foundation · Cdv5 Foundation · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Ufp Industries Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation · The Wege Foundation · The Sebastian Foundation · The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation
How this is measured
About The Korff Foundation
- How much does The Korff Foundation give?
- The Korff Foundation reported 80 grants totaling $486,650 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 74 and 97 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Korff Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (30%), Health (12%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are The Korff Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Washington University ($175k), Aquinas College ($116k), Alliance Defending Freedom ($105k).
- Does The Korff Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Korff 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 The Korff Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation, The Meijer Foundation.
- Where is The Korff Foundation based?
- The Korff Foundation is based in MI.
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