Michigan · Nonprofit
VAN ANDEL EDUCATION INSTITUTE
VAN ANDEL EDUCATION INSTITUTE (Michigan) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $195,047 to it, the largest being ROTTMAN FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($70,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.7M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $195k
- Net assets
- $10M
What Van Andel Education Institute does
Mission
Operation of van andel institute graduate school (vaigs) and Van Andel Education Institute (vaei).
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Van Andel Education Institute ("vaei") offers education programs for k-12 students and teachers. Vaei is dedicated to creating classrooms where curiosity and creativity thrive. Vaei programs include after-school programs and summer camps. Vaei served more than 6,000 students and 3,000 teachers in 2024.
$842,467 spent$42,282 earned by the program15% of program spendingVaei supports the van andel institute graduate school("vaigs") in fulfilling its mission to develop biomedical research leaders through a graduate program in molecular and cell biology with an emphasis on the application of basic science to improve human health and well-being. Graduates of the program, with phd or ms degrees, will be prepared to lead research in academic or industry settings, apply basic research to important medical issues, provide professional services supporting research and its application, and share their knowledge and experience with scientists, physicians, and the public. Van andel research institute ("vari") investigators teach students in classroom and laboratory.(see sch o)van andel institute graduate school was granted reaffirmation of accreditation by the higher learning commission of the north central association of colleges and schools in may 2024.
$4,905,985 spentof which $4,905,985 as grants85% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,748,452.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $6.3M to $12M (+84%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 1% · 2021 0% · 2022 1% · 2023 1% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of VAN ANDEL EDUCATION INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
David Van Andel
Chairman / CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $25k → $8k.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $23M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Van Andel Institute). These are real filings, and they are not money VAN ANDEL EDUCATION INSTITUTE raised.
From the IRS filings of VAN ANDEL EDUCATION INSTITUTE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
VAN ANDEL EDUCATION INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
27% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund VAN ANDEL EDUCATION INSTITUTE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 76% · 2021 62% · 2022 39% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of VAN ANDEL EDUCATION INSTITUTE's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $53k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
VAN ANDEL EDUCATION INSTITUTE has grown faster than half of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like VAN ANDEL EDUCATION INSTITUTE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Van Andel Institute · exempt
- Van Andel Research Institute · exempt
- Van Andel Institute Graduate School · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for VAN ANDEL EDUCATION INSTITUTE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds VAN ANDEL EDUCATION INSTITUTE?
- VAN ANDEL EDUCATION INSTITUTE (Michigan) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $195,047 to it, the largest being ROTTMAN FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($70,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VAN ANDEL EDUCATION INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $195,047 in grants to VAN ANDEL EDUCATION INSTITUTE, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VAN ANDEL EDUCATION INSTITUTE?
- ROTTMAN FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $70,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VAN ANDEL EDUCATION INSTITUTE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 7 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing