Funding search · EIN 204012877 · Grand Rapids, MI

Brown Tassell Foundation

Name: Brown Tassell 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.

119
grants reported: $905,500
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $3,500
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.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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

Corewell Health Foundation3 grants · $150,000
Saint Mary'S Foundation4 grants · $110,000
Helen Devos Children'S Hospital4 grants · $90,000
Spectrum Health Foundation1 grant · $50,000
Fans of Valley Field1 grant · $50,000
Tunnel To Tower Foundation3 grants · $45,000
Catholic Charities4 grants · $40,000
World Mission4 grants · $33,000
Mel Trotter Ministries4 grants · $25,000
Ronald McDonald House of West Mi4 grants · $23,000

Giving over time

$203,000

2022

$220,000

2023

$231,500

2024

$251,000

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 119 grants.

$50,000
Corewell Health Foundation · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
Operating
$50,000
Corewell Health Foundation · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
Operating
$50,000
Fans of Valley Field · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
Operating
$50,000
Corewell Health Foundation · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Operating
$50,000
Spectrum Health Foundation · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Operating
$35,000
Saint Mary'S Foundation · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Operating
$35,000
Saint Mary'S Foundation · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Operating
$25,000
Helen Devos Children'S Hospital · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Operating
$25,000
Tunnel To Tower Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2023
Operating
$25,000
Helen Devos Children'S Hospital · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Operating
$20,000
Helen Devos Children'S Hospital · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
Operating
$20,000
Saint Mary'S Foundation · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
Operating
$20,000
Helen Devos Children'S Hospital · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
Operating
$20,000
Saint Mary'S Foundation · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
Operating
$15,000
Pine Rest · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
Operating
$11,000
World Mission · Comstock Park, MI · 2024
Operating
$10,000
Catholic Charities · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
Operating
$10,000
Mel Trotter Ministries · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
Operating
$10,000
Michigan Veterans Home · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
Operating
$10,000
St Jude Childrens'S Research Hospit · Memphis, TN · 2025
Operating
$10,000
Tunnel To Tower Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2025
Operating
$10,000
Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Operating
$10,000
World Mission · Comstock Park, MI · 2025
Operating
$10,000
Catholic Charities · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
Operating
$10,000
Tunnel To Tower Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2024
Operating
$10,000
Catholic Charities · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Operating
$10,000
Catholic Charities · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Operating
$8,000
Ronald McDonald House of West Mi · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
Operating
$6,000
World Mission · Comstock Park, MI · 2023
Operating
$6,000
Ironman Foundation · Tampa, FL · 2022
Operating
$6,000
World Mission · Comstock Park, MI · 2022
Operating
$5,000
Habitat for Humanity of Kent County · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
Operating
$5,000
Ironman Foundation · Tampa, FL · 2025
Operating
$5,000
Habitat for Humanity of Kent County · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
Operating
$5,000
Mel Trotter Ministries · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
Operating
$5,000
Ronald McDonald House of West Mi · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
Operating
$5,000
West Michigan Hispanic Foundation · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
Operating
$5,000
Habitat for Humanity of Kent County · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Operating
$5,000
Mel Trotter Ministries · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Operating
$5,000
Pinerest Pediatric Health Care · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Operating
$5,000
Ronald McDonald House of West Mi · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Operating
$5,000
Covenant House Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Operating
$5,000
Grand Valley Univ Foundation · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Operating
$5,000
Habitat for Humanity of Kent County · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Operating
$5,000
Literacy Center of West Mi · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Operating
$5,000
Mel Trotter Ministries · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Operating
$5,000
Ronald McDonald House of West Mi · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Operating
$4,000
Covenant House Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
Operating
$4,000
Feeding America · Comstock Park, MI · 2025
Operating
$4,000
Hope Network · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
Operating
$4,000
Humane Soceity · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
Operating
$4,000
The Salvation Army · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
Operating
$4,000
Covenant House Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
Operating
$4,000
Humane Soceity · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
Operating
$4,000
Covenant House Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Operating
$4,000
Humane Soceity · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Operating
$4,000
Humane Soceity · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Operating
$4,000
Kid'S Food Basket · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Operating
$4,000
Wildlife Rehab Center · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Operating
$3,500
Michigan Veterans Home · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
Operating
$3,500
Michigan Veterans Home · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Operating
$3,500
Safe Haven · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Operating
$3,000
Ele'S Place - West Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
Operating
$3,000
Faith Hospice · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
Operating
$3,000
Kid'S Food Basket · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
Operating
$3,000
Literacy Center of West Mi · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
Operating
$3,000
Paws With a Cause · Wayland, MI · 2025
Operating
$3,000
Pleasant Hearts Pet Food Pantry · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
Operating
$3,000
Special Olympics of Michigan · Mt Pleasant, MI · 2025
Operating
$3,000
Ele'S Place - West Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
Operating
$3,000
Feeding America · Comstock Park, MI · 2024
Operating
$3,000
Kid'S Food Basket · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
Operating
$3,000
Paws With a Cause · Wayland, MI · 2024
Operating
$3,000
Special Olympics of Michigan · Mt Pleasant, MI · 2024
Operating
$3,000
The Salvation Army · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
Operating
$3,000
Ele'S Place - West Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Operating
$3,000
Feeding America · Comstock Park, MI · 2023
Operating
$3,000
Kid'S Food Basket · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Operating
$3,000
Paws With a Cause · Wayland, MI · 2023
Operating
$3,000
Special Olympics of Michigan · Mt Pleasant, MI · 2023
Operating
$3,000
The Salvation Army · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Operating
$3,000
Da Blodget for Children · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Operating
$3,000
Ele'S Place - West Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Operating
$3,000
Paws With a Cause · Wayland, MI · 2022
Operating
$3,000
Special Olympics of Michigan · Mt Pleasant, MI · 2022
Operating
$3,000
The Salvation Army · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Operating
$2,000
Alpha Women'S Center · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
Operating
$2,000
Clark Foundation · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
Operating
$2,000
Da Blodget for Children · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
Operating
$2,000
Down Syndrome Association of Wm · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
Operating
$2,000
Emmanuel Hospice · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
Operating
$2,000
Exodus Place · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
Operating
$2,000
Hospice of West Michigan · Lowell, MI · 2025
Operating
$2,000
Parkinson'S Association of West Mic · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
Operating
$2,000
Da Blodget for Children · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
Operating
$2,000
Exodus Place · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
Operating
$2,000
Hope Network · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
Operating
$2,000
Literacy Center of West Mi · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
Operating
$2,000
Da Blodget for Children · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Operating
$2,000
Exodus Place · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Operating

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.