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Tim and Nancy Vande Bunte Family Foundation at a glance

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Tim and Nancy Vande Bunte Family 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.

$3k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$356kInternational$167kEducation$134kHealth$9kAnimals$8kHuman Services$6kArts & Culture$4kCivil Rights$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,212
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EVERY CHILD MINISTRIES$3,212
COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL$178
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 24% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%WELL OF GRACE MINISTRIES: $765 → 15%LOVE IN ACTION OF THE TRI-CITIES: $200 → 8%HOLLAND HOME: $100 → 11%WELL OF GRACE MINISTRIES: $200 → 15%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $50 → 14%BENJAMIN'S HOPE: $3k → 8%WELL OF GRACE MINISTRIES: $200 → 15%WELL OF GRACE MINISTRIES: $200 → 15%BENJAMINS HOPE: $300 → 8%WELL OF GRACE MINISTRIES: $100 → 15%EVERY WOMAN'S PLACE: $100 → 15%CRITTER BARN: $1k → 8%CRITTER BARN: $300 → 8%BENJAMIN'S HOPE: $200 → 8%CRITTER BARN: $200 → 8%CRITTER BARN: $100 → 8%BENJAMIN'S HOPE: $100 → 8%BENJAMIN'S HOPE: $100 → 8%CRITTER BARN: $65 → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
MI
NY
IN
OH
CO
NC
AL
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$632k · 34 repeat orgs$49k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +64% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.

34 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 32 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
35

Total granted

$632k
$49k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+64%
+36%

Still filing today

41%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationAnimalsHealthReligionInternationalOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • EC
    EVERY CHILD MINISTRIES
    9× · 2017–2025 · $154k · revenue +105%
  • HC
    HOPE COLLEGE
    5× · 2017–2021 · $125k · revenue +37%
  • AO
    ALIVE ON THE LAKESHORE
    4× · 2018–2021 · $16k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • FF
    FEARLESS FAMILY OF CHURCHES (RIDGE POINT)
    one grant, 2022 · $30k
  • RC
    RADIANT CHURCH OF JACKSON
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
  • AO
    ALIVE ON THE SHORE
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
2
Life Network

Life Network provides support and mentoring to women and men facing unexpected pregnancies; offers parenting support, material resources, and referrals; and promotes sexual risk avoidance through education to foster a culture that values…

Health
3
Miracle Hill Ministries Inc

Miracle hill ministries is committed to life transformation for children and adults experiencing homelessness. more information and program outcomes may be found at www.miraclehill.org.

Human Services
4
Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries
Health
5
Time of Grace Ministry

Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…

Religion
6
Christian Healthcare Ministries Inc

To glorify god, show christian love, and experience god's presence as christians share each other's medical bills.

Religion
7
Biglife International Inc

Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.

Recreation & Sports
8
But God Ministries

Sharing the love of jesus christ by building sustainable communities around the world and providing medical care to low-income households in the united states. the organization is currently building two sustainable communities in haiti and…

International
9
Taylor University Broadcasting Inc

The Mission of WBCL is to communicate God's redemptive love, grace, and truth through captivating media.

Education
10
Child Hope International

We minister to orphans and widows in their distress by transitioning children from orphanages into loving families. We do this through Christ- centered care, training and social work.

Arts & Culture
11
Hope Ministries of Baton Rouge

Prevent homelessness. promote self-sufficiency and dignity.

Housing & Shelter
12
Lifewater Inc

Lifewater international is a non-profit christian water development organization dedicated to effectively serving vulnerable children and families by partnering with underserved communities to overcome water poverty.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is 70 X 7 Life Recovery; the most unlike its peers is Mona Lake Improvement Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

33 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 33 of the 71 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/33
Grantees still filing
30/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RIDGEPOINT CHURCH: $137,750 · OtherRIDGEPOINT CHURCHFEARLESS FAMILY OF CHURCHES: $100,000 · OtherFEARLESS FAMILY OF CHURCHESLIVING STONES: $32,350 · OtherLIVING STONESFEARLESS FAMILY OF CHURCHES (RIDGE POINT): $30,000 · OtherFEARLESS FAMILY OF CHURCHES (RIDGE POINT)MARANATHA: $13,400 · Other+42 more: $47,860 · Other+42 moreEVERY CHILD MINISTRIES: $154,206 · InternationalEVERY CHILD MINISTRIES+2 more: $7,373 · InternationalHOPE COLLEGE: $124,600 · EducationHOPE COLLEGE+4 more: $6,040 · EducationALIVE ON THE LAKESHORE: $16,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $100 · Arts & CultureBENJAMIN'S HOPE: $3,200 · Human ServicesCRITTER BARN: $1,665 · Human ServicesWell of Grace Ministries Inc: $1,465 · Human Services+4 more: $450 · Human Services70 X 7 LIFE RECOVERY: $5,200 · Health+2 more: $200 · HealthHARBOR HUMANE SOCIETY: $4,160 · AnimalsNOAH PROJECT: $550 · AnimalsTYSONS PLACE ANIMAL RESCUE: $200 · Animals+1 more: $50 · Animals
Other$361,360International$161,579Education$130,640Arts & Culture$16,100Human Services$6,780Health$5,400Animals$4,960

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEVERY CHILD MINISTRIES: $154,206 over 9y, 3.6% of budgetHOPE COLLEGE: $124,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetALIVE ON THE LAKESHORE: $16,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budget70 X 7 LIFE RECOVERY: $5,200 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHARBOR HUMANE SOCIETY: $4,160 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $3,902 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $3,471 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBENJAMIN'S HOPE: $3,200 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwood University: $2,540 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Moody Bible Institute of Chicago: $1,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCRITTER BARN: $1,665 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetKids Hope USA: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWell of Grace Ministries Inc: $1,465 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetActon Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty: $1,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $850 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNOAH PROJECT: $550 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWomen's Resource Center: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOVE INC OF THE TRI-CITIES: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHRIVE TODAY: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMONA LAKE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION: $200 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTYSONS PLACE ANIMAL RESCUE: $200 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHRIVE: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHARBOR HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBARBARA ANN KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBack 2 Back Ministries Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHolland Home: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION HOUSE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEACON OF HOPE: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEVERY WOMAN'S PLACE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOHN BALL ZOO: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds EVERY CHILD MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds HOPE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds ALIVE ON THE LAKESHORE ↗
  • Who funds 70 X 7 LIFE RECOVERY ↗
  • Who funds HARBOR HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Compassion International Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds WORLD VISION INC ↗
  • Who funds BENJAMIN'S HOPE ↗
  • Who funds Northwood University ↗
  • Who funds The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds CRITTER BARN ↗
  • Who funds Kids Hope USA ↗
  • Who funds Well of Grace Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds NOAH PROJECT ↗

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 Haven Area Comm…The Community Foundat…Edgar and Elsa Prince…Peter C & Emajean Coo…The Samuel L Westerma…Consumers Energy Foun…Douglas & Sandra Deko…Merle & Sheri Dewitt …Marvin G & Jerene L D…John and Judy Spoelho…Dick and Betsy Devos …Barnabas Foundation
Grand Haven Area Community Foundation IncMI36.2× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · The Samuel L Westerman Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Douglas & Sandra Dekock Family Foun · Merle & Sheri Dewitt Foundation · Marvin G & Jerene L Dewitt Family Foundation · John and Judy Spoelhof Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation · Barnabas 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Tim and Nancy Vande Bunte Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tim and Nancy Vande Bunte Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Tim and Nancy Vande Bunte Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Tim and Nancy Vande Bunte Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 71 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home