Michigan · Private foundation
The Richard and Helen Devos 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.
- $12M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $6,000,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $6,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 46
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $95k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations The Richard and Helen Devos Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 65% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.3M 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 | 2 | $12M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $3.5M | 25% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $5.3M | 18% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $11M | 14% |
| FY2020 | 46 | $19M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The King's College | $11,500,000 | 3 | 20% |
| Grand Rapids Symphony Society | $10,500,000 | 5 | 61% |
| Corewell Health Foundation West Michigan | $7,350,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The George W Bush Foundation | $2,000,000 | 1 | 3% |
| West Michigan Horticultural Society Inc Dba Frederik Meijer Gardens | $1,020,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Grand Rapids Community College Foundation | $1,000,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Grand Valley State University | $1,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rehoboth Christian School Assoc | $900,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Madison Square Christian Reformed Church | $800,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America | $635,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 44 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($11M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Richard and Helen Devos Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 36 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 · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · Barnabas Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation · Cdv5 Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · WK Kellogg Foundation · Marion & Marlene Betten Foundation · Jerry & Marcia Tubergen Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Richard and Helen Devos Foundation with peer funders
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About The Richard and Helen Devos Foundation
- How much does The Richard and Helen Devos Foundation give?
- The Richard and Helen Devos Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $12,000,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 46 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Richard and Helen Devos Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (29%), Health (22%), Arts & Culture (21%).
- Who are The Richard and Helen Devos Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The King's College ($12M), Grand Rapids Symphony Society ($11M), Corewell Health Foundation West Michigan ($7.3M).
- Does The Richard and Helen Devos Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Richard and Helen Devos 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 Richard and Helen Devos Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation, Barnabas Foundation.
- Where is The Richard and Helen Devos Foundation based?
- The Richard and Helen Devos Foundation is based in MI.
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