Michigan · Private foundation
The Mercantile Bank 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.
- $311k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 139
- Grants FY2025
- 50
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 64%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 158
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 64% of the organizations The Mercantile Bank Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $59k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 137 | $300k | 58% |
| FY2024 | 50 | $141k | 64% |
| FY2023 | 158 | $514k | 97% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $109k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
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, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Trotter Ministries | $125,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Heart of West Michigan United Way | $54,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity of Kent County Inc | $49,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Grand Rapids Urban League | $40,000 | 1 | 2% |
| West Michigan Sports Commission | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $27,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hispanic Center of Western Michigan Inc | $25,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Opportunity Resource Fund | $17,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Grand Valley State University | $17,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Blandford Nature Center | $15,500 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 244 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($107k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Mercantile Bank Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 · Consumers Energy Foundation · Frey Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · The Wege Foundation · Cdv5 Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · The Meijer Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Steelcase Foundation · Feeding America West Michigan · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Mercantile Bank Foundation
- How much does The Mercantile Bank Foundation give?
- The Mercantile Bank Foundation reported 139 grants totaling $310,550 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 158 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does The Mercantile Bank Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (25%), Health (13%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are The Mercantile Bank Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Mel Trotter Ministries ($125k), Heart of West Michigan United Way ($55k), Habitat for Humanity of Kent County Inc ($50k).
- Does The Mercantile Bank Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 64% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Mercantile Bank 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 Mercantile Bank Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Consumers Energy Foundation, Frey Foundation.
- Where is The Mercantile Bank Foundation based?
- The Mercantile Bank Foundation is based in MI.
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