Funding search · EIN 383245131 · Grand Rapids, MI

Simon and Mary Vanderkooy Foundation

Name: Simon and Mary Vanderkooy Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

64
grants reported: $878,500
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $12,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

expense building designated acquisition advised coat contrubution drive

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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.

2 grants matching “daffodil” · $20,000

$10,000
Daffodil Ministries · Wyoming, MI · 2025
operating funds
$10,000
Daffodil Ministries · Wyoming, MI · 2024
operating funds

Top recipients

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

Grand Rapids Community Fnd4 grants · $180,000
World Renew4 grants · $80,000
Luke Society4 grants · $80,000
Conductive Learning Center4 grants · $70,000
Alpha Gr3 grants · $57,000
In the Image4 grants · $52,000
Salvation Army4 grants · $47,000
Mel Trotter Mission4 grants · $47,000
Guiding Light Mission4 grants · $47,000
Tunnel To Tower Foundation4 grants · $45,000

Giving over time

$225,500

2022

$218,500

2023

$220,000

2024

$214,500

2025

Grant history

All 64 reported grants, largest first.

$70,000
Grand Rapids Community Fnd · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Contribution
$50,000
Grand Rapids Community Fnd · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
donor advised fund
$30,000
Grand Rapids Community Fnd · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
designated fund
$30,000
Grand Rapids Community Fnd · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
designated fund
$22,000
Alpha Gr · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
operating funds and building fund
$20,000
Alpha Gr · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
operating funds and building fund
$20,000
Conductive Learning Center · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
operating funds
$20,000
Luke Society · Sioux Falls, SD · 2025
operating funds
$20,000
World Renew · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
operating funds
$20,000
Conductive Learning Center · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
operating funds
$20,000
Luke Society · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
operating funds
$20,000
World Renew · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
operating funds
$20,000
Luke Society · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
Operating funds
$20,000
World Renew · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Operating Funds
$20,000
Luke Society · Sioux Falls, SD · 2022
Contribution
$20,000
World Renew · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Contribution
$15,000
Alpha Gr · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
operating funds
$15,000
Conductive Learning Center · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
operating funds
$15,000
Alpha Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Contribution
$15,000
Conductive Learning Center · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Contribution
$15,000
In the Image · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Contribution
$13,000
Guiding Light Mission · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
operating funds
$13,000
In the Image · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
operating funds
$13,000
Mel Trotter Mission · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
operating funds
$13,000
Salvation Army · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
operating funds
$13,000
Tunnel To Tower Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
operating funds
$12,000
Guiding Light Mission · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
operating funds
$12,000
In the Image · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
operating funds
$12,000
Mel Trotter Mission · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
operating funds
$12,000
Salvation Army · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
operating funds
$12,000
Tunnel To Tower Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
operating funds
$12,000
Guiding Light Mission · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
operating expense
$12,000
In the Image · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Operating funds
$12,000
Mel Trotter Mission · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
operating funds
$12,000
Salvation Army · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Operating Funds
$10,000
Daffodil Ministries · Wyoming, MI · 2025
operating funds
$10,000
Feeding America · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
operating funds
$10,000
Institute of Contextual Health · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
operating funds
$10,000
Daffodil Ministries · Wyoming, MI · 2024
operating funds
$10,000
Feeding America · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
operating funds
$10,000
Institute of Contextual Health · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
operating funds
$10,000
New City Neighbors · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
land acquisition
$10,000
Contextual Health Agency · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
operating funds
$10,000
Feeding America · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
operating funds
$10,000
Tunnel To Tower Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
operating funds
$10,000
Feeding America · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Contribution
$10,000
Guiding Light Mission · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Contribution
$10,000
Mel Trotter Mission · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Contribution
$10,000
Salvation Army · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Contribution
$10,000
Tunnel To Tower Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Contribution
$7,500
Life Water International · Bentonville, AR · 2025
operating funds
$7,500
Life Water International · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2024
operating funds
$5,000
Gotcha Foundation · Lowell, MI · 2023
operating expense
$5,000
Life Water International · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2023
Operating Expense
$5,000
New City Neighbors · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
operating funds
$5,000
Safehaven Ministries · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
operating funds
$5,000
Life Water International · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2022
Contrubution
$5,000
New City Neighbors · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Contribution
$5,000
Safehaven Ministries · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Contribution
$5,000
Treven Potter Foundation · Rockford, MI · 2022
Contribution
$2,000
Comstock Park Rotary · Comstock Park, MI · 2025
Neighborhood coat drive
$500
Emmanuel Hospice · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
operating funds
$500
Emmanuel Hospice · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
operating funds
$500
Emmanuel Hospice · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Contribution

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