Michigan · Community foundation
Whitecaps Community Foundation
The organization plans to engage in a number of charitable activities. Its various activities will include teaching children the basic fundamentals of the game of baseball, sponsorship of a reading club in conjuction with local elementary schools in the greater west michigan area and making grants to other nonprofit, irc sec 501(c)(3)…
- $76k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $65k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $45,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $105k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Whitecaps Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $65k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $45k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $40k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $7k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $25k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $18k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019) | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grand Rapids Community Baseball Ctr | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| First Steps Kent | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Michael Sadler Foundation | $5,263 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($149k), not named here.
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About Whitecaps Community Foundation
- How much does Whitecaps Community Foundation give?
- Whitecaps Community Foundation reported 3 itemized grants totaling $65,000, out of $75,637 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Whitecaps Community Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (87%), Education (13%).
- Who are Whitecaps Community Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019) ($45k), Grand Rapids Community Baseball Ctr ($10k), First Steps Kent ($10k).
- Does Whitecaps Community Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Whitecaps Community Foundation based?
- Whitecaps Community Foundation is based in MI.
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