· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k17 grants · $57k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $120k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| OOSTBURG CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | $50,000 |
| SALT CHURCH | $27,500 |
| HOUSES WITH HOPE | $25,000 |
| CAMPUS LIFE INC OF SHEBOYGAN COUNTY | $23,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $17,000 |
| FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OOSTBURG | $17,000 |
| AMAZIMA MINISTRIES | $10,000 |
| FIRST REFORMED CHURCH | $8,000 |
| ROCKPOINT CHURCH | $7,500 |
| WORDS OF HOPE | $6,000 |
| KALAMAZOO VALLEY GLEANERS | $5,000 |
| PAWS WITH A CAUSE | $5,000 |
| DEMENTIA INNOVATIONS INC | $5,000 |
| CRU | $5,000 |
| SHEPHERD'S STAFF MISSION FACILITATORS INC | $4,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $33k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
45 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 26 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CLCAMPUS LIFE INC OF SHEBOYGAN COUNTY5× · 2021–2025 · $92k · revenue +12%
- AMAmazima Ministries International Education and Empowerment for East6× · 2020–2025 · $80k · revenue +10%
- SSShepherds Staff Mission Fac Inc9× · 2017–2025 · $25k · revenue +43%
Funded once
- SCSHEBOYGAN CHRISTIAN SCHOOLone grant, 2024 · $25k
- DSDESERT SPRINGS COMMUNITY CHURCHone grant, 2021 · $10k
- OAOOSTBURG ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIONone grant, 2018 · $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.
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.
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…
To advance the gospel in closed and hard-to-reach nations and to impact those nations for christ.
To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…
To share christ's love as we serve the spiritual, physical, intellectual and emotional needs of people entrusted to our care and others whose lives we touch.
To serve Christ by providing expertise, resources, and leadership to help the church make Christian Disciples in foreign lands, and to render assistance to the poor, sick, and needy in our places of service.
Promoting and spreading the good news of jesus christ by expanding, equipping and encouraging the world's indigenous workforce.
Walk thru the bible (wtb) ignites passion for god's word. by developing a global network of influential pastors and leaders and then resourcing them with tools and training, wtb fulfills its role in the great commission.
Partnering with Indigenous Leaders to Spread the Gospel, Serve Others, and Build Community
Through christian love and excellence, we are dedicated to providing a fulfilling lifestyle and promoting independence to those we serve.
Gull lake ministries provides bible based, christian retreats year-round for families, churches and organizations where we exalt jesus and share his truth.
Pilgrim Africa's mission is to challenge despair, love boldly, and help African people create a future of sustainable prosperity and health. We give ourselves in service to others regardless of economic, religious, or social standing,…
World christian broadcasting exists so that people in places best served by broadcast media become aware of the good news of jesus christ and want to know more. geographic areas that cannot be easily served by missionaries are a priority.
How this is measured
27 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. 27 of the 74 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 CAMPUS LIFE INC OF SHEBOYGAN COUNTY ↗
- Who funds Amazima Ministries International Education and Empowerment for East ↗
- Who funds HOUSES WITH HOPE INC ↗
- Who funds Paws With A Cause ↗
- Who funds Shepherds Staff Mission Fac Inc ↗
- Who funds LAKE LUNDGREN BIBLE CAMP ↗
- Who funds DEMENTIA INNOVATIONS INC ↗
- Who funds NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds KALAMAZOO VALLEY GLEANERS INC ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S HAND INC ↗
- Who funds SERGE GLOBAL INC ↗
- Who funds PARTNERS WORLDWIDE ↗
- Who funds HOPE STREET MINISTRY INC ↗
- Who funds WAUKESHA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
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: Barnabas Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Merle & Sheri Dewitt Foundation · The Richard and Helen Devos Foundation · Randall J & Judith F Hake Family Foundation Inc · Marvin G & Jerene L Dewitt Family Foundation · Frank G & Frieda K Brotz Family Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Vander Ploeg Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Vander Ploeg Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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