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Vandevoort 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.

$238k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$70k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Religion$816kHuman Services$115kArts & Culture$110kEducation$43kInternational$29kPublic Benefit$22kPhilanthropy$15kRecreation & Sports$11kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k14 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $81k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $134k
$2,500
Median grant
9
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$70,300
VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$63,830
VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$40,990
PELLA HISTORICAL SOCIETY$20,000
PARADISE VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$10,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$10,000
RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY$5,000
FRIENDS OF PELLA COMMUNITY CENTER$5,000
PELLA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$2,500
WESLEY LIFE FOUNDATION$2,500
PELLA ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB$1,500
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$1,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$1,000
CENTRAL CLUB$1,000
JUDICIAL WATCH$500
02The need
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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 (FY20–25, $65k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%KIDS WITH A PURPOSE INTERNATIONAL: $5k → 12%KIDS WITH A PURPOSE INTERNATIONAL: $3k → 12%KIDS WITH A PURPOSE INTERNATIONAL: $3k → 12%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $10k → 11%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $10k → 11%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $10k → 11%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $10k → 11%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $10k → 11%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $1k → 11%FAMILIES FIRST OF PELLA: $1k → 8%FAMILIES FIRST OF PELLA: $500 → 8%FAMILIES FIRST OF PELLA: $500 → 8%FAMILIES FIRST OF PELLA: $500 → 8%FAMILIES FIRST OF PELLA: $500 → 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

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AZ
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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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 21 repeat orgs$64k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
12

Total granted

$1.1M
$57k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+34%

Still filing today

62%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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
EducationHuman ServicesReligionHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • PH
    PELLA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $105k · revenue +122%
  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ARIZONA
    6× · 2020–2025 · $51k · revenue +45%
  • PV
    PARADISE VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
    2× · 2024–2025 · $15k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • CC
    CENTRAL COLLEGEgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +34%
  • NH
    NEW HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH
    one grant, 2020 · $15k
  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE
    one grant, 2021 · $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.

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Pella Regional Health Center

The mission of pella regional health center is to provide healthcare and healing services with christian compassion.

Health
2
Pella Hospital Foundation

To support pella regional health center in its mission to provide healthcare and healing services with christian compassion

Health
3
Pella Christian Grade School

Pcgs together with the parents, provides excellent academic training rooted in god's infallible word, challenging students to develop their individual god-given gifts for a life of service in god's kingdom

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4
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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5
Saint Peter's University

See schedule o.saint peter's university, inspired by its jesuit, catholic identity, commitment to individual attention, and grounding in the liberal arts, educates a diverse community of learners in undergraduate, graduate and professional…

Education
6
Spelman College

Spelman college, a historically black college and global leader in the education of women of african descent, is dedicated to the academic excellence of its students.

Education
7
Pembroke Hill School

A preschool through 12th grade, private, college preparatory school. the school's mission statement is "together, cultivating the best in each for the benefit of all."

Education
8
Pella Community Day Care Center

The pella community day care center, dba: pella early learning center's mission statement is to provide quality childcare and maintain high standards for the child, parent/guardian, staff and community in a developmentally appropriate…

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9
Point Loma Nazarene University

Point loma nazarene university exists to provide higher education in a vital christian community where minds are engaged and challenged, character is modeled and formed, and service becomes an expression of faith. we aspire to be a…

Education
10
Pacific School of Religion

Pacific school of religion prepares a diverse cadre of spiritually rooted leaders with the vision, resilience, and skill to create a world where all can thrive. grounded in the rigorous study and faithful practice of progressive christian…

Education
11
Royal Palm Academy Inc

The mission of royal palm academy is to partner with families to provide an education of rich academics with catholic formation. we teach the mind, educate the heart, and form the character of tomorrow's leaders.

Human Services
12
Peirce College

Organization's mission: peirce college empowers adult learners to improve their lives by achieving career goals through academic offerings aligned with evolving workforce needs.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Central and Northern Arizona; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

20 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. 20 of the 36 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
16/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $517,882 · OtherGRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHVALLEY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $276,873 · OtherVALLEY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHWOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER OF LAS VEGAS: $45,300 · Other+19 more: $79,310 · Other+19 morePELLA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $105,000 · Arts & CulturePELLA HIST…RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ARIZONA: $51,000 · Human ServicesKids With Purpose International: $10,500 · Human ServicesFAMILIES FIRST OF PELLA: $3,000 · Human ServicesCENTRAL COLLEGE: $20,000 · EducationPARADISE VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $15,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $6,000 · Education+1 more: $500 · EducationPELLA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15,000 · PhilanthropyWESLEYLIFE FOUNDATION: $2,500 · PhilanthropySPIRIT OF PELLA: $2,500 · PhilanthropySAMARITAN'S PURSE: $12,000 · ReligionMentorKids USA: $3,000 · ReligionJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $5,500 · Public Benefit
Other$919,365Arts & Culture$105,000Human Services$64,500Education$41,500Philanthropy$20,000Religion$15,000Public Benefit$5,500

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 budgetPELLA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $105,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ARIZONA: $51,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCENTRAL COLLEGE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPELLA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetPARADISE VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $12,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetKids With Purpose International: $10,500 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPELLA ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB: $6,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetURBANPROMISE INTERNATIONAL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CENTRAL CLUB: $4,500 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetFAMILIES FIRST OF PELLA: $3,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMentorKids USA: $3,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSPIRIT OF PELLA: $2,500 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF LAS VEGAS INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetREFUGE FOR WOMEN INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNAVAL WAR COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $500 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 PELLA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ARIZONA ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds PELLA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PARADISE VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds Kids With Purpose International ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PELLA ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB ↗
  • Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds URBANPROMISE INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTRAL CLUB ↗
  • Who funds FAMILIES FIRST OF PELLA ↗
  • Who funds THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds MentorKids USA ↗
  • Who funds WESLEYLIFE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SPIRIT OF PELLA ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF LAS VEGAS INC ↗
  • Who funds REFUGE FOR WOMEN INC ↗
  • Who funds NAVAL WAR COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗

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.

Pella Rolscreen FoundationIA17.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pella Rolscreen Foundation · Boat Foundation Inc · Vermeer Charitable Foundation · Mark & Kay Decook Charitable Founda · Peter H and E Lucille Gaass Kuyper Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Vandevoort Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Vandevoort Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.

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 36 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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