How much does The Meijer Foundation give?

The Meijer Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $1,644,598 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 69 and 94 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.

What does The Meijer Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (41%), Health (18%), Education (9%).

Who are The Meijer Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: West Michigan Horticultural Society Inc Dba Frederik Meijer Gardens ($46M), Michigan State University ($9.1M), Corewell Health Foundation West Michigan ($3.3M).

Does The Meijer Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does The Meijer 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 Meijer 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 Meijer Foundation based?

The Meijer Foundation is based in MI.

Foundation Dossiers

Michigan · Private foundation

The Meijer Foundation

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.

$1.6M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 28
Grants FY2024: 89
Organizations funded FY2023: 29%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $50,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $250,000
Organizations funded a year: 69 to 94; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 3
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 29% of the organizations The Meijer Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 48% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5.6M went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	26	$1.3M	8%
FY2023	89	$12M	29%
FY2022	94	$20M	31%
FY2021	84	$38M	31%
FY2020	86	$27M	64%
FY2017	69	$17M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

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

Environment$49MHealth$21MEducation$10MArts & Culture$10MHuman Services$7.0MRecreation & Sports$3.7MHousing & Shelter$3.7MPhilanthropy$2.8MOther$0

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
West Michigan Horticultural Society Inc Dba Frederik Meijer Gardens	$46,420,848	5	93%
Michigan State University	$9,100,000	2	n/a
Corewell Health Foundation West Michigan	$3,320,666	4	n/a
The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019)	$3,000,000	1	7%
Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation	$2,000,001	5	17%
Regents of the University of Michigan	$1,726,000	2	n/a
Michigan Physical Fitness Health and Sports Foundation	$1,500,000	3	3%
Grand Rapids Art Museum	$1,360,000	5	13%
Aquinas College	$1,200,000	1	2%
National Constitution Center	$1,109,000	5	2%

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All grantees of The Meijer Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
West Michigan Horticultural Society Inc Dba Frederik Meijer Gardens	$46,420,848	5	93%
Michigan State University	$9,100,000	2	n/a
Corewell Health Foundation West Michigan	$3,320,666	4	n/a
The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019)	$3,000,000	1	7%
Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation	$2,000,001	5	17%
Regents of the University of Michigan	$1,726,000	2	n/a
Michigan Physical Fitness Health and Sports Foundation	$1,500,000	3	3%
Grand Rapids Art Museum	$1,360,000	5	13%
Aquinas College	$1,200,000	1	2%
National Constitution Center	$1,109,000	5	2%
The American Writers Museum	$1,055,000	5	12%
Grand Rapids Community College Foundation	$1,025,000	2	12%
Historical Society of Michigan	$900,000	4	26%
West Michigan Trails & Greenways Coalition	$886,000	4	38%
Calvin University	$844,500	5	0%
Ferris State University	$840,000	6	n/a
Special Olympics Michigan Inc	$825,000	4	3%
Grand Rapids Civic Theatre Inc	$800,000	2	26%
Habitat for Humanity of Kent County Inc	$800,000	4	6%
Heart of West Michigan United Way	$800,000	5	1%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Michigan	$800,000	4	2%
Van Andel Research Institute	$797,500	5	0%
Gerald R Ford International Airport Authority	$750,000	1	n/a
Ohio State University Foundation	$728,728	3	0%
Iccf Community Homes	$715,000	6	2%
Rockford Community Service Center	$700,000	2	16%
Ottawa County Parks Foundation Inc	$700,000	5	18%
Critter Barn	$699,999	3	16%
Blandford Nature Center	$658,333	4	7%
Mel Trotter Ministries	$650,000	2	3%
West Michigan Center for Arts & Technology	$650,000	4	10%
Ferris Foundation	$630,000	5	2%
Grand Valley State University	$626,000	5	n/a
Degage Ministries	$625,000	3	8%
Detroit Horse Power	$600,000	2	11%
John Ball Zoo	$600,000	3	1%
Blessings in a Backpack Inc	$575,000	3	4%
Grand Rapids Public Schools Foundation	$510,000	2	n/a
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation	$500,000	1	0%
Greater Lansing Food Bank	$500,000	1	2%
Kids' Food Basket Inc	$500,000	2	3%
Family Promise of Grand Rapids	$433,334	3	3%
East Grand Rapids Schools Foundation	$425,000	2	26%
Cherry Street Services Inc	$400,000	1	1%
Grand Rapids Nehemiah Project	$350,000	1	12%
Friends of the Fred Meijer River Valley Rail-Trails	$320,000	1	n/a
The Empowerment Plan	$310,000	2	4%
Montcalm Community College Foundation	$300,000	2	6%
North Central Michigan College Foundation	$300,000	3	5%
Paws With A Cause	$300,000	2	2%
Muskegon Museum of Art Foundation	$260,000	5	1%
Corner Health Center	$250,907	4	7%
Kent County Youth Agricultural Association	$250,000	2	15%
Streams of Hope	$250,000	2	7%
Center for US Global Leadership	$250,000	3	1%
Our Hope Association	$250,000	2	3%
Family Outreach Center	$250,000	2	3%
Equest Center for Therapeutic Riding Inc	$250,000	1	16%
Academy for Global Citizenship Charter School	$250,000	2	2%
Ohio Northern University	$250,000	1	0%
E4e Relief LLC	$250,000	1	0%
Great Lakes Center for the Arts	$220,000	4	3%
Conductive Learning Center of North America	$220,000	3	16%
Traverse Area Recreation & Transportation Trails Inc	$210,000	3	6%
Hospice of Michigan Inc	$210,000	4	0%
Women's Resource Center	$200,000	1	6%
Disability Advocates of Kent County	$200,000	2	3%
St Cecilia Music Center	$200,000	4	6%
Odc Network	$200,000	4	1%
City of Grand Rapids	$200,000	2	n/a
Michigan Humanities Council	$200,000	2	7%
Children's Healing Center	$175,000	3	2%
World Affairs Council of Western Mi	$155,000	4	22%
Calvin Theological Seminary	$150,000	3	0%
Central Michigan University	$145,000	6	n/a
The Diatribe Inc	$140,000	3	4%
Literacy Center of West Michigan	$133,333	2	4%
STEM Greenhouse Inc	$125,000	2	10%
Safe Haven Ministries Inc	$120,000	3	3%
City of Greenville	$116,350	1	n/a
Grandville Avenue Arts and Humanities Inc	$110,000	4	4%
Home Repair Services of Kent County Inc	$100,000	2	1%
Feeding America West Michigan	$100,000	2	0%
United Methodist Community House	$100,000	1	1%
Da Blodgett - St John's	$100,000	1	1%
Artists Creating Together	$100,000	2	12%
Baxter Community Center	$100,000	2	3%
Amplify Gr	$100,000	1	2%
Ele's Place Inc	$100,000	5	1%
Great Lakes Recovery Centers Inc	$100,000	1	1%
Center for Strategic and International Studies	$100,000	1	0%
Down Syndrome Association of West Michigan Foundation	$100,000	2	16%
Grand Rapids Public Museum	$95,000	1	1%
Davenport University	$85,000	3	0%
Senior Neighbors Inc	$77,500	4	1%
Kent School Services Network	$75,000	3	1%
Umrc-Porter Hills Foundation	$69,264	2	0%
National Kidney Foundation of Michigan Inc	$66,667	1	0%
Opera Grand Rapids	$60,000	2	3%
Alano Club of Kent County	$55,000	3	6%
Covenant Academies Foundation	$50,000	1	4%
K-Connect	$50,000	1	9%
With Honor Action Inc	$50,000	1	n/a
Ecliptic At Rosa Parks Circle Conservancy	$50,000	2	3%
Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired	$50,000	2	3%
Western Michigan University Foundation	$50,000	1	n/a
Michilimackinac Historical Society	$50,000	1	20%
City of Grandville	$50,000	1	n/a
Hawk Migration Association	$50,000	5	9%
Unbridled Charitable Foundation Inc	$50,000	1	n/a
Grand Rapids Urban League	$50,000	1	3%
Grand Rapids Ballet	$50,000	1	2%
The Village Learning Center	$50,000	1	13%
Base Camp Urban Outreach	$50,000	1	23%
Faith Hospice	$50,000	1	0%
Holland Museum	$50,000	3	3%
Boys and Girls Club of the Muskegon Lakeshore	$50,000	1	1%
Black River Public School	$50,000	1	1%
West Michigan Construction Institute	$50,000	1	2%
Shelby Township	$50,000	1	n/a
Affinity Mentoring	$50,000	1	17%
Whites Bridge Historical Society	$50,000	1	n/a
Land Conservancy of West Michigan	$50,000	1	1%
Mid Michigan Honor Flight Inc	$50,000	2	8%
Vision to Learn	$50,000	2	0%
West Michigan Aviation Academy Foundation	$45,000	3	1%
Faith Community Christian Association	$40,000	2	3%
Instruments of Hope	$40,000	3	18%
The Netherland-America Foundation Inc	$40,000	4	1%
Ada Christian School Education Foundation	$40,000	2	2%
Aya Youth Collective	$37,500	1	2%
Be Cafe	$35,000	1	7%
Specialized Language Development Center Inc	$30,000	1	4%
Library of Michigan Foundation	$30,000	3	5%
Gerald R Ford Presidential Foundation	$28,344	3	1%
Writers Series of Traverse City	$26,000	1	8%
The Refugee Education Center	$25,000	1	2%
Episcopal Diocese of Western Michigan	$25,000	1	n/a
Samaritan's Purse	$25,000	1	0%
Frank Lloyd Wright Trust	$25,000	1	0%
Marquette Charter Township	$25,000	1	n/a
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Inc	$25,000	1	0%
Guiding Light Mission Inc	$25,000	1	0%
Sparta Area Recreation Association	$25,000	1	17%
Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation Inc	$25,000	1	0%
Alpha Grand Rapids	$20,000	2	1%
Catholic Charities West Michigan	$20,000	1	0%
Wedgwood Christian Services	$20,000	1	0%
The Willard G Pierce and Jessie M Pierce Foundation	$20,000	2	1%
West Michigan Aviation Academy	$15,000	1	n/a
Kentucky Harvest Inc	$15,000	1	7%
Grand Valley University Foundation	$15,000	1	1%
Friends of Berrien County Trails	$10,000	1	2%
Michigan Trails & Greenways Alliance	$10,000	1	9%
Friends of Grand Rapids Parks	$10,000	1	2%
Mason County Historical Society	$10,000	1	10%
Grand Rapids Opportunities for Women	$10,000	1	1%
Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty	$7,000	2	0%
Greenville Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation	$5,000	1	13%
The Salvation Army	$2,000	1	n/a
Kent County Parks Foundation	$1,500	1	1%
Friends of Theodore Roethke Foundation	$1,000	1	n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 45 recipients with no EIN on record ($9.1M), not named here.

The Meijer Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 140 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 140.

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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.

Grand Rapids Community FoundationMI148.7× affinity82 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Frey Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · The Wege Foundation · Cdv5 Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation · The Meijer Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · Steelcase Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · The Sebastian 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.

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About The Meijer Foundation

How much does The Meijer Foundation give?: The Meijer Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $1,644,598 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 69 and 94 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Meijer Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (41%), Health (18%), Education (9%).
Who are The Meijer Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: West Michigan Horticultural Society Inc Dba Frederik Meijer Gardens ($46M), Michigan State University ($9.1M), Corewell Health Foundation West Michigan ($3.3M).
Does The Meijer Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Meijer 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 Meijer 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 Meijer Foundation based?: The Meijer Foundation is based in MI.