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Ufp Industries 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.

$1.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
117
Grants FY2025still arriving
26
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Employment$1.4MHousing & Shelter$564kHuman Services$420kHealth$279kCivil Rights$195kEducation$173kPhilanthropy$161kRecreation & Sports$159kOther$0
02FY2025 · 117 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k93 grants · $325k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $360k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $580k
$3,000
Median grant
26
States reached
$19M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE HOME DEPOT FOUNDATION$200,000
LOWE'S FOUNDATION$175,000
TRUST FOR THE NATIONAL MALL$55,000
JOB CREATORS NETWORK$50,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$50,000
TEAM RUBICON$50,000
LIBRE INSTITUTE$35,000
SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE$30,000
THE HUNT PRESERVATION SOCIETY$30,000
MIKE ROWE WORKS FOUNDATIONSKILLS USA$30,000
CAMP LA JUNTA FUND$25,000
NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK LEGAL DEFENSE FOUNDATION$25,000
ABLE TO SERVE$25,000
HOME REPAIR SERVICES$23,000
COREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION OF WEST MICHIGAN$19,020
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $302k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 83% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Pine Street Inn: $3k → 16%Sharing and Caring Hands: $3k → 11%Family Promise of Lehigh Valley: $3k → 11%HOPE'S PATH: $5k → 9%Shawnee Rescue Mission: $2k → 19%Wounded Warrior Project: $5k → 14%Chapman Partnership: $2k → 15%Hope Haven of Cass County: $3k → 8%Mr Bobs Under the Bridge: $3k → 6%GIFTS Mens Shelter: $3k → 10%HAMILTON COUNTY COALITION: $3k → 12%Safe Space Inc: $2k → 11%I-58 Mission Inc: $5k → 8%CALLED TO CARE INC: $3k → 15%FOSTERING HOPE: $3k → 9%COMMUNITY LINK: $3k → 8%Community Hope: $2k → 4%Pine Street Inn: $2k → 16%Women's Rural Advocacy Program: $2k → 11%The Link: $3k → 11%FAMILY PROMISE OF LEHIGH VALLEY: $3k → 11%Hopes Path: $5k → 9%New Braunfels Angels: $5k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 14%Metropolitan Ministries: $2k → 13%Hope Haven of Cass County: $2k → 8%Mr Bobs Under The Bridge: $2k → 6%Hamilton County Coalition: $3k → 12%ARMS OF GRACE - PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER: $3k → 13%Putnam Christian Outreach Inc: $3k → 13%Fostering Hope: $3k → 9%Respite Care Inc: $5k → 11%Samaritas: $3k → 11%Renew Mobility: $3k → 11%Renew Mobility: $3k → 11%Wedgewood Christian Services: $28k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER GRAND RAPIDS: $2k → 11%Wedgwood Christian Services: $28k → 11%Wedgwood Christian Services: $16k → 11%WEDGEWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $11k → 11%Wedgwood Christian Services: $7k → 11%Wedgwood Christian Services: $3k → 11%The Store House: $6k → 11%The Store House: $6k → 11%Storehouse of Community Resources: $3k → 11%STOREHOUSE OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $3k → 11%The StoreHouse: $3k → 11%DEGAGE MINISTRIES: $3k → 11%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

VT
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ID
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IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MO
VA
TN
NC
OK
AL
GA
TX
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.

49%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.6M · 109 repeat orgs$2.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

109 repeat relationships: 51 still active in FY2025, 58 since wound down; 65 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

109
138

Total granted

$2.6M
$2.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+12%

Still filing today

71%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $708k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterEducationFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • JC
    JOB CREATORS NETWORK INC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $185k · revenue +52%
  • HR
    HOME REPAIR SERVICES OF KENT COUNTY INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $99k · revenue +90%
  • WC
    WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES
    6× · 2020–2025 · $91k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • UB
    UFP BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM
    one grant, 2023 · $1.0M · revenue -49% · 91% of their budget
  • UI
    UFP INDUSTRIES EDUCATION FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $200k · revenue +230%
  • JC
    JOB CREATORS NETWORK FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $75k · revenue +42%
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
City Rescue Mission Inc

Our mission is to lead our community by serving people experiencing or at risk of homelessness with help, hope, and healing, in the spirit of excellence, under the call of christ.

Human Services
2
Cathedral Center Inc

Cathedral center's mission is to provide a safe environment for women and families, while working to end homelessness one life at a time. the cathedral center serves unaccompanied women and families with children who are homeless or…

Religion
3
Shelter House Community Shelter and Transition Services

Through shelter and housing, advocacy and supportive services, our mission is to prevent and end homelessness in our community.

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4
Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Michigan Inc

Goodwill provides exceptional opportunities for people facing employment barriers.

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5
Hope Ministries

Hope ministries is one of the largest private providers of free meals, safe shelter, and comprehensive life-recovery support for homeless, near-homeless, and hungry men, women, and children in iowa. the mission of hope ministries is to…

Human Services
6
City Gospel Mission and Affiliates

Breaking the cycle of poverty and despair, one life at a time. this is accomplished by working with local churches to provide for the physical and spiritual needs of men, women and children who have lost hope and are least able to meet…

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7
Family Housing Network of Fort Collins Inc

Faith Family Hospitality's mission is to support families experiencing homelessness to achieve sustainable self-sufficiency in a timely and dignified manner. This interfaith volunteer effort coordinates the work of 30 diverse Fort Collins…

Human Services
8
House of Hope Green Bay Inc

House of hope green bay provides a safe and supportive place where youth and young families with children experiencing homelessness will be come confident, independent, and successful members of our community. house of hope envisions a…

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9
Covenant House Michigan

Covenant house michigan is a sanctuary for homeless and at-risk young people, ages 18-24 who have nowhere to go. it is our mission to serve these children with respect and love.covenant house michigan builds bridges to hope for young…

Human Services
10
Foundation for the Homeless Inc

Empowering families and individuals experiencing homelessness to build a future filled with dignity, opportunity, and lasting solutions.

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11
Community & Home Supports Inc

We help people and communities address poverty and homelessness. we develop, lead, and participate in collaborative and innovative efforts to support homeless people and advocate for fair, affordable and equitable housing.

Human Services
12
Humility Homes and Services Inc

Humility homes and services, inc. is committed to ending homelessness by offering housing opportunities and supportive services in the greater quad cities area.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atlanta Union Mission Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Ufp Industries Education Foundation. 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

186 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 186 of the 314 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
32
Early backer (in before they grew)
182/186
Grantees still filing
101/186
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Home Depot Foundation: $425,000 · OtherHome Depot FoundationUFP INDUSTRIES EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $200,000 · OtherUFP INDUSTRIES EDUCATION FOUNDATIONLOWE'S FOUNDATION: $175,000 · OtherLOWE'S FOUNDATION+131 more: $2,042,898 · Other+131 moreUFP BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM: $1,027,500 · EducationUFP BUSINESS ADMINISTRAT…+9 more: $110,050 · Education+9 moreJOB CREATORS NETWORK INC: $185,000 · Civil RightsGILDA'S CLUB GRAND RAPIDS: $83,000 · Civil RightsFOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION INC: $42,500 · Civil RightsActon Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty: $42,000 · Civil Rights+1 more: $10,000 · Civil RightsHOME REPAIR SERVICES OF KENT COUNTY INC: $99,000 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $58,100 · Housing & ShelterBranch Interfaith Hospitality Network: $35,500 · Housing & ShelterSLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC: $30,000 · Housing & ShelterFAMILY PROMISE OF GRAND RAPIDS: $23,500 · Housing & ShelterVIETNAM VETERANS WORKSHOP INC DBA NEW ENGLAND CENTER AND HOME FOR VETERANS: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterICCF COMMUNITY HOMES: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterSamaritan House Inc: $10,000 · Housing & Shelter+5 more: $23,000 · Housing & ShelterWEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $91,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $50,000 · Human ServicesSTOREHOUSE OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $22,189 · Human ServicesHOPES PATH: $10,000 · Human Services+18 more: $99,000 · Human ServicesABLE TO SERVE: $75,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $46,750 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $15,000 · HealthO'HANA HERITAGE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthANXIETY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $10,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $7,500 · Health+5 more: $21,000 · HealthMorgan's Wonderland: $50,000 · Recreation & SportsHUNT PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC: $30,000 · Recreation & SportsFRIENDS OF GRAND RAPIDS PARKS: $15,000 · Recreation & SportsSW MICHIGAN MIRACLE LEAGUE: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsHOMETOWN HERO OUTDOORS: $5,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$2,842,898Education$1,137,550Civil Rights$362,500Housing & Shelter$299,100Human Services$272,189Health$185,250Recreation & Sports$110,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUFP BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM: $1,027,500 over 1y, 91% of budgetJOB CREATORS NETWORK INC: $185,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetLOWE'S FOUNDATION: $175,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetHOME REPAIR SERVICES OF KENT COUNTY INC: $99,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetWEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $91,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGILDA'S CLUB GRAND RAPIDS: $83,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetDA BLODGETT - ST JOHN'S: $76,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetJOB CREATORS NETWORK FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetABLE TO SERVE: $75,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetMACKINAC CENTER: $72,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $58,100 over 4y, 8.8% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMorgan's Wonderland: $50,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF KENT COUNTY INC: $47,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $46,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC: $46,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLand Conservancy of West Michigan: $42,500 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION INC: $42,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetActon Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty: $42,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBranch Interfaith Hospitality Network: $35,500 over 4y, 11% of budgetLiteracy Center of West Michigan: $35,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetGENEVA CAMP & RETREAT CENTER: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE MICHIGAN GREAT LAKES INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $27,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDING LIGHT MISSION INC: $26,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBill of Rights Institute: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmericans for Prosperity Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF GRAND RAPIDS: $23,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $22,550 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSTOREHOUSE OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $22,189 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS YOUTH COMMONWEALTH INC: $21,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetEXODUS PLACE: $20,750 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetTHE MISSAD FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOLE FAMILY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 100% of budgetHEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF GRAND RAPIDS PARKS: $15,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCOLEMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 99% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WEBSTER FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetBLANDFORD NATURE CENTER: $14,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC MUSEUM: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC: $12,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLove Your Neighbor of West Michigan: $12,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHAND2HAND: $11,750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Potters House: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMEL TROTTER MINISTRIES: $11,000 over 2y, 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.

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 Communit…Peter C & Emajean Coo…The Meijer FoundationSteve & Amy Van Andel…Frey FoundationDouglas & Maria Devos…The Wege FoundationHeart of West Michiga…The David and Carol V…The Sebastian Foundat…Cdv5 FoundationDick and Betsy Devos …
Grand Rapids Community FoundationMI71× affinity37 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · The Meijer Foundation · Steve & Amy Van Andel Foundation · Frey Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · The Wege Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation · The Sebastian Foundation · Cdv5 Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family 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 Ufp Industries Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ufp Industries Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Vietnam Veterans Workshop Inc Dba New England Center and Home for Veterans: 66% of income from government
  • Community Hope Inc: 41% of income from government
  • Clinical & Support Options Inc: 32% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Metropolitan Ministries Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Chapman Partnership Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
38report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Ufp Industries Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Ufp Industries 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 314 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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