Funding search · EIN 383072060 · Grand Rapids, MI

Douglas L and Kathy J Kool Charitable Foundation

Name: Douglas L and Kathy J Kool Charitable Foundation 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.

46
grants reported: $490,911
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $5,000
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.

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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.

Top recipients

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

Plymouth Heights2 grants · $100,000
Safe Haven3 grants · $60,000
Exalta Health2 grants · $55,000
Grand Rapids Christian School2 grants · $40,000
Iccf2 grants · $30,000
Guiding Light2 grants · $30,000
Holland Home2 grants · $30,000
Crossroads Prison Ministries2 grants · $23,500
Second Christian Reformed2 grants · $21,111
Wedgewood Christian Services2 grants · $16,500

Giving over time

$67,200

2022

$212,350

2023

$211,361

2024

Grant history

All 46 reported grants, largest first.

$55,000
Plymouth Heights · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
General support
$45,000
Plymouth Heights · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General support
$30,000
Exalta Health · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
General support
$30,000
Grand Rapids Christian School · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General support
$30,000
Safe Haven · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General support
$25,000
Exalta Health · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General support
$20,000
Holland Home · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
General support
$20,000
Safe Haven · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
General support
$20,000
Guiding Light · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General support
$15,000
Iccf · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
General support
$15,000
Iccf · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General support
$12,000
Crossroads Prison Ministries · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
General support
$11,500
Wedgewood Christian Services · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
General support
$11,500
Crossroads Prison Ministries · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General support
$11,111
Second Christian Reformed · Grand Haven, MI · 2024
General support
$10,000
Grand Rapids Christian School · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
General support
$10,000
Holland Home · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General support
$10,000
Second Christian Reformed · Grand Haven, MI · 2023
General support
$10,000
Calvin Seminary · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
General support
$10,000
Guiding Light · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
General support
$10,000
Safe Haven · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
General support
$7,000
Prison Fellowship · Merrifield, VA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Family Promise · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
General support
$5,000
Operation Mobilization · Tyrone, GA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Road for Recovery · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
General support
$5,000
Road for Recovery · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General support
$5,000
Wedgewood Christian Services · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General support
$5,000
2nd Crc · Grand Haven, MI · 2022
General support
$5,000
All Belong · Wyoming, MI · 2022
General support
$5,000
Crossroads · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
General support
$5,000
Grand Rapids Chiristian · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
General support
$5,000
Quality Affordable · Holland Michigan, MI · 2022
General support
$5,000
Road for Recovery · Gdrand Rapids, MI · 2022
General support
$4,000
Wedgewood · Dgrand Rapids, MI · 2022
General support
$2,500
All Belong · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
General support
$2,500
All Belong · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General support
$2,000
Prison Fellowship · Merrifield, VA · 2023
General support
$2,000
City Impact · Cedar Springs, MI · 2022
General support
$1,500
Cord Group · Ada, MI · 2024
General support
$1,000
Project Hope · Millwood, VA · 2023
General support
$1,000
Corinth Reformed Church · Byron Center, MI · 2022
General support
$500
Project Hope · Millwood, VA · 2024
General support
$250
The Banner · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
General support
$250
The Banner · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General support
$200
The Banner · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
General support
$100
St Johns Lutheran Church · Jennison, MI · 2023
General support

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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.