· Private foundation
Weller 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.
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 $10k21 grants · $85k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $49k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
- $250k+1 grant · $1.0M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GRANDVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS | $1,000,000 |
| YOUNG LIFE | $50,000 |
| SPRING HILL CAMPS | $15,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $12,000 |
| SAFE HAVEN MINISTRIES | $12,000 |
| BEYOND 26 | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $8,500 |
| FAITH HOSPICE | $7,500 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY KENT COUNTY | $7,500 |
| KID'S FOOD BASKET | $5,000 |
| GUIDING LIGHT MISSION | $5,000 |
| SPECIAL OLYMPICS OF MICHIGAN | $5,000 |
| ANCHOR POINT CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| GRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | $5,000 |
| SOUTH CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL | $5,000 |
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, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 2% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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.
51 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 33 since wound down; 9 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, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- YLYOUNG LIFE9× · 2017–2025 · $388k · revenue +59%
- CMCRAN-HILL MINISTRIES7× · 2017–2023 · $57k · revenue +156%
- FHFaith Hospice8× · 2017–2025 · $40k · revenue +25%
Funded once
- CHCOREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION WEST MICHIGANone grant, 2018 · $1.5M
- GLGrandville Library Campaignone grant, 2019 · $50k
- ICIVANREST CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCHone grant, 2017 · $43k
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.
None
The school provides classical christian education to students in grades junior kindergarten through twelve.
Christian day school with pre-k thru 12
To provide christian education to students in grades pre-k to 12.
To glorify god, show christian love, and experience god's presence as christians share each other's medical bills.
Equip young people for life and service for jesus christ through biblical foundations, christ-like character development, and academic preparation in partnership with the home and local church.
The king's christian school is a k-12 prepatory school that equips and strengthens students through education and example, that they might stand firmly upon the word of god and to become effective servant-leaders who impact the world…
Nces partners with christian families and churches to provide a god-centered, discipleship-based school with academic excellence and a biblical worldview, equipping students to serve and influence the world for christ.
At heritage christian school, we exist to serve christ by partnering with parents to provide biblically faithful, academically excellent education.
Landmark christian school partners with christian families by equipping college-bound students to embrace a christ-centered worldview, grow as servant leaders, and steward god's unique purpose for their lives.
King's way partners with families to provide a christ-centered education for the whole child leading to life change in each student.
To provide an exceptional christian education in accordance with god's word; we prayerfully partner with families to help their students grow in love for the lord, to inspire lifelong learning, & to serve others.
How this is measured
52 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. 52 of the 112 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 COREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION WEST MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
- Who funds SpringHill Camps ↗
- Who funds SAFE HAVEN MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds CRAN-HILL MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds Faith Hospice ↗
- Who funds SOUTH CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF KENT COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds KIDS' FOOD BASKET INC ↗
- Who funds BEYOND 26 INC ↗
- Who funds GUIDING LIGHT MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds CALVIN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Equine Assisted Development ↗
- Who funds VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE ↗
- Who funds GRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds NEW CITY KIDS INC ↗
- Who funds THE GRANDVILLE EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds The Potters House ↗
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: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · Barnabas Foundation · Cdv5 Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation · Marion & Marlene Betten Foundation · Buist Foundation · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Consumers Energy Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Weller Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Weller Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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