Funding search · EIN 383224966 · Kalamazoo, MI

The Ronda E Stryker and William D

Name: The Ronda E Stryker and William D grants, 2022–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

455
grants reported: $160.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $150,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

wellness kalamazoo objectives discretion building capacity feedback partner

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

General operating support for Kalamazoo County grassroots nonprofits
Early childhood education, preschool, and school readiness in Kalamazoo
Youth development, out-of-school time, and integrated student supports
Housing, homelessness continuum of care, and neighborhood associations
Racial equity, anti-racism organizational work, and community justice
Maternal and infant health, recovery housing, and behavioral health

Typical grant

The median grant is $150,000 and half of all grants fall between roughly $50,000 and $200,000. The $150,000 figure is close to a standard unit here: dozens of organizations received exactly that amount labeled "WELLNESS SUPPORT" in the same year. The largest checks, from $500,000 up to $5 million, go to systems-level initiatives and anchor institutions such as the Kalamazoo Community Foundation, Family Health Center, Communities In Schools, and capital campaigns. With 455 grants to only 106 recipients over three years, most grantees receive money repeatedly and often multiple grants in a single year.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT”
“WELLNESS SUPPORT”
“MAY BE USED TO SUPPORT THE OBJECTIVES OF ... AT THE DISCRETION OF”
“OPERATIONS SUPPORT AND CAPACITY BUILDING”
“ANTI-RACIST ORGANIZATION”

Positioning adjacent work

Anchor the work in Kalamazoo County residents specifically; nearly every dollar stays in one county.
Ask for general operating or capacity building rather than a narrow project budget; that is their default framing.
Size a first ask near $150,000 and treat $500,000-plus as reserved for systems initiatives.
Connect to a funded theme: early learning, out-of-school time, housing stability, recovery, or racial equity.

Worth knowing: This is a hyper-local funder: 452 of 455 grants went to Kalamazoo and Portage, with three exceptions total outside Michigan. Giving looks strongly relationship-driven, with a closed circle of about 106 organizations receiving repeat and stacked grants, so an unconnected outside researcher faces long odds without a Kalamazoo-based partner.

14 grants matching “feedback” · $14,000

$1,000
Building Blocks of Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Partner feedback stipend grant
$1,000
Care Collective of Southwest Michigan · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Partner feedback stipend grant
$1,000
Douglass Community Association · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Partner feedback stipend grant
$1,000
Fire Historical & Cultural Arts Collaborative · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Partner feedback stipend grant
$1,000
Kalamazoo Black Male Alliance · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Partner feedback stipend grant
$1,000
Kalamazoo Literacy Council · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Partner feedback stipend grant
$1,000
New Connections of Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Partner feedback stipend grant
$1,000
Open Doors Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Partner feedback stipend grant
$1,000
Open Roads Bike Program · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Partner feedback stipend grant
$1,000
Premier Athletics for Youth Development · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Partner feedback stipend grant
$1,000
Reach Sober Living · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Partner feedback stipend grant
$1,000
Read & Write Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Partner feedback stipend grant
$1,000
Southwest Child Care Resources and Referral · Portage, MI · 2024
Partner feedback stipend grant
$1,000
Speak It Forward · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Partner feedback stipend grant

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

City of Kalamazoo2 grants · $27.8M
Young Women'S Christian Association of Kalamazoo7 grants · $13.3M
Kalamazoo Community Foundation5 grants · $8.1M
Communities in Schools of Kalamazoo6 grants · $6.4M
Helping Hands Wellness Center7 grants · $6.0M
New Connections of Kalamazoo7 grants · $4.5M
Hispanic American Council4 grants · $4.3M
Douglass Community Association6 grants · $4.3M
Family Health Center1 grant · $3.8M
Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative1 grant · $3.7M

Giving over time

$70.9M

2022

$39.7M

2023

$49.8M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 455 grants.

$17.8M
City of Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Objectives of imagine kalamazoo 2025
$9.9M
City of Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Objectives of imagine kalamazoo 2025
$5.0M
Kalamazoo Community Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Rx kids program
$4.0M
Hispanic American Council · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
El concilio capital campaign
$3.8M
Douglass Community Association · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
General operating support & capital campaign
$3.8M
Family Health Center · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
May be used to accomplish the objectives of the kalamazoo early learning network preschools at family health center's discretion
$3.7M
Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Launch and support elnc - kalamazoo early childhood education services
$3.0M
Lift Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Lodge house affordable housing development
$2.9M
Young Women'S Christian Association of Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Capacity building
$2.9M
Young Women'S Christian Association of Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Capacity building
$2.9M
Young Women'S Christian Association of Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Capacity building
$2.7M
Prevention Works · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Hub one
$2.1M
Communities in Schools of Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Elementary integrated student supports
$2.1M
Communities in Schools of Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Elementary integrated student supports
$2.0M
Ecumenical Senior Center · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Capital campaign
$1.9M
Communities in Schools of Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Elementary integrated student support
$1.8M
New Connections of Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Operational support for skilled and vocational trade and life skills training for school-age youth.
$1.8M
New Connections of Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Operational support for skilled and vocational trade and life skills training for school-age youth.
$1.8M
Helping Hands Wellness Center · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
General operating support
$1.6M
Helping Hands Wellness Center · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
General operating support
$1.6M
Helping Hands Wellness Center · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
General operating support
$1.5M
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (Lisc)- Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Homeward promise
$1.5M
Kalamazoo Community Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
General operating support for truth, racial healing & transformation kalamazoo
$1.4M
Young Women'S Christian Association of Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Cradle kalamazoo operational capacity
$1.4M
Young Women'S Christian Association of Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Cradle kalamazoo operational capacity
$1.4M
Young Women'S Christian Association of Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Cradle kalamazoo operational capacity
$1.2M
Institute for Public Scholarship · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
The purpose of funding is to secure general operating support for the institute of public scholarship and their associated programs.
$1.2M
United Way of South Central Michigan · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Kalamazoo county continuum of care
$1.2M
United Way of South Central Michigan · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Kalamazoo county continuum of care
$1.0M
Kalamazoo County Ready 4s · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
General operating support
$1.0M
Reach Sober Living · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
General operating
$1.0M
Kalamazoo County Ready 4s · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
General operating support
$1.0M
Urban Alliance · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
General operating support
$1.0M
Kalamazoo County Ready 4s · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
General operating support
$952,023
Reach Sober Living · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Villas at engleman
$895,000
Community Healing Centers · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
General operating support
$895,000
Community Healing Centers · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
General operating support
$895,000
Community Healing Centers · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
General operating support
$750,000
Urban Alliance · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
General operating support
$715,067
Goodwill Industries of Southwestern Michigan · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Goodwill life guides
$700,000
Kalamazoo County Defender · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Fully operationalize client service project: the village
$700,000
Kalamazoo County Defender · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Fully operationalize client service project: the village
$700,000
Kalamazoo County Defender · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Fully operationalize client service project: the village
$650,000
Helping Hands Wellness Center · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Initial start up costs to develop the helping hands wellness center, a free medical clinic providing medical, nutritional and mental healthcare for individuals experiencing homelessness and transitional housing resident… read allInitial start up costs to develop the helping hands wellness center, a free medical clinic providing medical, nutritional and mental healthcare for individuals experiencing homelessness and transitional housing residents in kalamazoo county, mi less
$594,000
Ministry With Community · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
General operating support
$593,201
Prevention Works · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Hub one
$550,000
Kalamazoo Youth Development Network · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
May be used to support the objectives of the fatherhood network at the discretion of kalamazoo youth development network
$550,000
Kalamazoo Youth Development Network · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Building a liberatory out-of-school time (ost) sector (operational funding)
$545,000
Kalamazoo Justice Hub (Stara) · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
General operating support
$545,000
Kalamazoo Community Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
General operations for the justice hub
$539,820
Disability Network Southwest Michigan · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Advocacy & community education - kalamazoo county
$528,665
Disability Network Southwest Michigan · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Advocacy & community education - kalamazoo county
$527,865
Disability Network Southwest Michigan · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Advocacy & community education - kalamazoo county
$525,000
Kalamazoo Community Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
General operations for the justice hub
$500,000
Residential Opportunities · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Roi seeks to become an anti-racist organization, through its culture, processes and services offered
$500,000
Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency · Portage, MI · 2023
Strengthening student support system of care - triangulating student, family, and community supports pivoting potential opportunities to positive outcomes
$500,000
Residential Opportunities · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Roi seeks to become an anti-racist organization, through its culture, processes and services offered
$500,000
Kalamazoo Community Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
General operating support for truth, racial healing and transformation kalamazoo
$500,000
Kalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Services · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
General operating support
$500,000
Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency · Portage, MI · 2022
Strengthening student support system of care - triangulating student, family, community supports pivoting potential opportunities to positive outcomes
$500,000
New Connections of Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
New connections of kalamazoo
$500,000
Residential Opportunities · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Roi seeks to become an anti-racist organization, through its culture, processes and services offered
$491,000
Ministry With Community · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
General operating support
$486,000
Rootead Enrichment Center · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
May be used to support the objectives of bent not broken at the discretion of rootead enrichment center
$475,980
Kalamazoo Valley Community College Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Kalamazoo valley accelerated associate program (kvaap) pilot program
$475,000
Read & Write Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
General operating support
$475,000
Read & Write Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
General operating support
$425,000
Community Homeworks · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Operations support and capacity building
$425,000
The Urban Folk Art Exploratory · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
General operating support
$400,000
Kalamazoo Youth Development Network · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Building a liberatory out-of-school time (ost) sector (operational funding)
$390,009
Ministry With Community · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
General operating support
$365,000
Interfaith Strategy for Advocacy and Action in the Community (Isaac) · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
General operating support
$365,000
Interfaith Strategy for Advocacy and Action in the Community (Isaac) · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
General operating support
$365,000
Interfaith Strategy for Advocacy and Action in the Community (Isaac) · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
General operating support
$350,000
Kalamazoo Black Male Alliance · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
General operating support
$350,000
Kalamazoo Literacy Council · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
General operating support
$350,000
Helping Other People Exceed Through Navigationjabs · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Hope helps growth & development youth center of hope
$350,000
Kalamazoo Literacy Council · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
General operating support
$350,000
Kalamazoo Literacy Council · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
General operating support
$333,333
Reach Sober Living · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Reach sober living operations and expansion
$333,333
Reach Sober Living · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Reach sober living operations and expansion
$333,333
Reach Sober Living · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Reach sober living operations and expansion
$325,000
The Urban Folk Art Exploratory · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
General operating support
$325,000
The Urban Folk Art Exploratory · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
General operating support
$305,890
Healthy House · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
General operating support of healthy house, including remodeling of our new residential facility and the continuation of our work in the community including providing sober housing as well as food, bedding, toiletries, … read allGeneral operating support of healthy house, including remodeling of our new residential facility and the continuation of our work in the community including providing sober housing as well as food, bedding, toiletries, drug testing, and programming. less
$300,000
Rootead Enrichment Center · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
General operating support
$300,000
The Synergy Center · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Urbanzone mihap & alternative academic program
$300,000
Kalamazoo County Defender · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
May be used to support the objectives of campaign for criminal justice transparency at the discretion of kalamazoo county defender inc
$300,000
Rootead Enrichment Center · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
General operating support
$300,000
The Synergy Center · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Urbanzone mihap & alternative academic program
$300,000
Fair Housing Center of Southwest Michigan · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
General operating support
$300,000
Rootead Enrichment Center · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
General operating support
$279,569
Kalamazoo Valley Community College Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Kalamazoo valley accelerated associate program (kvaap) pilot program
$275,000
Care Collective of Southwest Michigan · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
General operating support
$275,000
United Way of South Central Michigan · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
May be used to support the objectives of care collective of southwest michigan at the discretion of the united way of south central michigan.
$275,000
Community Homeworks · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
General operating support
$270,620
Vine Neighborhood Association · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
May be used to support the objectives of hope thru navigation at the discretion of the vine neighborhood
$262,400
Premier Athletics for Youth Development · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
The learning lab program
$254,080
Public Media Works · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Narrative change: media of, by, and for black kalamazoo
$250,000
Kalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Services · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
General operating support

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