Michigan · Private foundation
The Samuel L Westerman Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $534k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 144
- Grants FY2025
- 129
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 129 to 143
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 15
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.4M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations The Samuel L Westerman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k 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 | 140 | $516k | 11% |
| FY2024 | 129 | $465k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 138 | $537k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 131 | $485k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 140 | $490k | 12% |
| FY2020 | 143 | $501k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Valley State University | $90,250 | 6 | n/a |
| Henry Ford Health System | $81,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Van Andel Institute | $75,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Ohio Wesleyan University | $75,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Grand Rapids Christian Schools | $62,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Indiana University Foundation | $61,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Heritage Foundation | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| New Era Christian School | $56,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Society for Christian Instruct Allendale Christian School | $56,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Down Syndrome Association of West Michigan | $49,500 | 6 | 3% |
Show all 111 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 99 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Samuel L Westerman 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 Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation · Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Frey Foundation · Community Foundation for Muskegon County · Michigan Health Endowment Fund · Jim and Ginger Jurries Foundation · Barnabas Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Samuel L Westerman Foundation
- How much does The Samuel L Westerman Foundation give?
- The Samuel L Westerman Foundation reported 144 grants totaling $533,650 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 129 and 143 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Samuel L Westerman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (35%), Health (15%), Religion (8%).
- Who are The Samuel L Westerman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Grand Valley State University ($90k), Henry Ford Health System ($81k), Van Andel Institute ($75k).
- Does The Samuel L Westerman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Samuel L Westerman Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Samuel L Westerman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc, The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc, Grand Rapids Community Foundation.
- Where is The Samuel L Westerman Foundation based?
- The Samuel L Westerman Foundation is based in MI.
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