Wisconsin · Private foundation
Vander Ploeg Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $227k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2025
- 29
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 33
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $258k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Vander Ploeg Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $57k 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 | 24 | $227k | 21% |
| FY2024 | 29 | $247k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 32 | $321k | 16% |
| FY2022 | 33 | $126k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 28 | $95k | 21% |
| FY2020 | 29 | $114k | 24% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $75k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $74k | 20% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campus Life Inc of Sheboygan County | $91,500 | 5 | 4% |
| Amazima Ministries International Education and Empowerment for East | $80,000 | 6 | 0% |
| First Reformed Church | $53,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Houses With Hope Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Summit Community Church | $40,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Paws With A Cause | $31,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Shepherds Staff Mission Fac Inc | $25,400 | 9 | 0% |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc | $25,100 | 8 | n/a |
| Words of Hope Inc | $15,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Lake Lundgren Bible Camp | $13,000 | 9 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campus Life Inc of Sheboygan County | $91,500 | 5 | 4% |
| Amazima Ministries International Education and Empowerment for East | $80,000 | 6 | 0% |
| First Reformed Church | $53,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Houses With Hope Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Summit Community Church | $40,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Paws With A Cause | $31,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Shepherds Staff Mission Fac Inc | $25,400 | 9 | 0% |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc | $25,100 | 8 | n/a |
| Words of Hope Inc | $15,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Lake Lundgren Bible Camp | $13,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Rockpoint Church | $12,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Dementia Innovations Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Desert Springs Community Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| First Evangelical Free Church | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Northwestern College | $6,600 | 5 | 0% |
| Oostburg Athletic Association | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Western Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in America | $5,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Kalamazoo Valley Gleaners Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Hand Inc | $4,600 | 5 | 0% |
| Operation Mobilization | $3,600 | 3 | n/a |
| Serge Global Inc | $3,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Partners Worldwide | $3,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Hope Street Ministry Inc | $3,150 | 6 | 0% |
| Good News Jail & Prison Ministry | $2,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Pine Haven Christian Home Foundation Inc | $2,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Oostburg Community Educational Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Oostburg Area United Fund Inc | $2,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Junior Achievement of Wisconsin Inc | $1,950 | 5 | 0% |
| Faith Based Education Inc | $1,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Educational Media Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sheboygan County Food Bank Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| God's Treasures | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| General Synod Council of the Reformed Church in America | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| People Responding in Social Ministry | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Grace Place Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sheboygan County Historical Society | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Renew | $920 | 3 | 0% |
| Harvest Aviation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Sharon S Richardson Community Hospice Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Gideons International | $200 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($819k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Vander Ploeg Family Foundation Inc 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.
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How this is measured
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About Vander Ploeg Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Vander Ploeg Family Foundation Inc give?
- Vander Ploeg Family Foundation Inc reported 24 grants totaling $226,700 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 33 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Vander Ploeg Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (63%), Education (14%), International (4%).
- Who are Vander Ploeg Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Campus Life Inc of Sheboygan County ($92k), Amazima Ministries International Education and Empowerment for East ($80k), First Reformed Church ($54k).
- Does Vander Ploeg Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Vander Ploeg Family Foundation Inc 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 Vander Ploeg Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Barnabas Foundation, Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund.
- Where is Vander Ploeg Family Foundation Inc based?
- Vander Ploeg Family Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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