Funding search · EIN 455343138 · Kalamazoo, MI

Dr Joe Foundation

Name: Dr Joe 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.

69
grants reported: $805,600
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
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

families students education housing indigent rescue youth adults

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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.

The Walk Tall Foundation for Kids4 grants · $120,000
First Day Shoe Fund4 grants · $60,000
Community Healing Centers4 grants · $60,000
Aacorn Farm4 grants · $46,000
Minstry With Community4 grants · $45,000
Hospital Hospitatlity House4 grants · $44,500
Wexford Plantation Charitable Foundation3 grants · $42,500
Kalamazoo County Ready 4s4 grants · $40,250
Cheff Therapeutic Riding Center4 grants · $40,000
Wildpaks4 grants · $40,000

Giving over time

$208,800

2022

$199,000

2023

$204,500

2024

$193,300

2025

Grant history

All 69 reported grants, largest first.

$30,000
The Walk Tall Foundation for Kids · Mattawan, MI · 2025
Educational programs & scholarships
$30,000
The Walk Tall Foundation for Kids · Mattawan, MI · 2024
Educational programs & scholarships
$30,000
The Walk Tall Foundation for Kids · Mattawan, MI · 2023
Educational programs & scholarships
$30,000
The Walk Tall Foundation for Kids · Mattawan, MI · 2022
Educational programs & scholarships
$20,000
Catholic Charities Diocese of Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Provide critical social services across nine counties
$20,000
Community Healing Centers · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Support for traumas of child abuse, addiction, and mental health disorders.
$20,000
Community Healing Centers · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Assistance to indigent families
$17,500
The Wexford Foundation · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2025
Assistance to indigent families
$15,000
First Day Shoe Fund · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Shoe fund for students in the kalamazoo county public elementary school system
$15,000
Kalamazoo County Ready 4s · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Assistance for early childhood education
$15,000
First Day Shoe Fund · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Shoe fund for students in the kalamazoo county public elementary school system
$15,000
Wexford Plantation Charitable Foundation · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2024
Assistance to indigent families
$15,000
First Day Shoe Fund · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Shoe fund for students in the kalamazoo county public elementary school system
$15,000
Minstry With Community · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Daytime shelter and resource center
$15,000
Wexford Plantation Charitable Foundation · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
Assistance to indigent families
$15,000
First Day Shoe Fund · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Assistance to indigent families
$15,000
Minstry With Community · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Daytime shelter and resource center
$12,500
Hospital Hospitatlity House · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Housing families of critically ill
$12,500
Wexford Plantation Charitable Foundation · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2022
Assistance to indigent families
$12,000
Aacorn Farm · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Life enrichment for adults with developmental disabilities
$12,000
Aacorn Farm · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Life enrichment for adults with developmental disabilities
$12,000
Aacorn Farm · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Life enrichment for adults with developmental disabilities
$12,000
Hospital Hospitatlity House · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Housing families of critically ill
$10,000
Cheff Therapeutic Riding Center · Augusta, MI · 2025
Activities and therapies to special needs individuals
$10,000
Community Healing Centers · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Support for traumas of child abuse, addiction, and mental health disorders.
$10,000
Family and Children Services · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Assistance to families with immediate crisis needs
$10,000
Hospital Hospitatlity House · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Housing families of critically ill
$10,000
Kalamazoo Gospel Ministries · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Community support for the homeless and those in need
$10,000
Pretty Lake · Mattawan, MI · 2025
Sponsor camp for youth and their families
$10,000
Wildpaks · Mattawan, MI · 2025
Food assistance to students on weekends
$10,000
Catholic Charities Diocese of Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Provide critical social services across nine counties
$10,000
Cheff Therapeutic Riding Center · Augusta, MI · 2024
Activities and therapies to special needs individuals
$10,000
Chubby Goat Acres · Schoolcraft, MI · 2024
Support for animal rescue housing & medical expenses
$10,000
Community Healing Centers · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Support for traumas of child abuse, addiction, and mental health disorders.
$10,000
Family and Children Services · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Assistance to families with immediate crisis needs
$10,000
Kalamazoo County Ready 4s · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Assistance for early childhood education
$10,000
Kalamazoo Gospel Ministries · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Community support for the homeless and those in need
$10,000
Minstry With Community · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Daytime shelter and resource center
$10,000
Pretty Lake · Mattawan, MI · 2024
Sponsor camp for youth and their families
$10,000
Spca of Southwest Michigan · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Animal rescue
$10,000
Wildpaks · Mattawan, MI · 2024
Food assistance to students on weekends
$10,000
Cheff Therapeutic Riding Center · Augusta, MI · 2023
Activities and therapies to special needs individuals
$10,000
Chubby Goat Acres · Schoolcraft, MI · 2023
Support for animal rescue housing & medical expenses
$10,000
Family and Children Services · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Assistance to families with immediate crisis needs
$10,000
Kalamazoo County Ready 4s · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Assistance for early childhood education
$10,000
Mattawan Public Education Foundation · Mattawan, MI · 2023
Education - middle school media center
$10,000
Pretty Lake · Mattawan, MI · 2023
Sponsor camp for youth and their families
$10,000
Spca of Southwest Michigan · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Animal rescue
$10,000
Wildpaks · Mattawan, MI · 2023
Food assistance to students on weekends
$10,000
Aacorn Farm · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Life enrichment for adults with developmental disabilities
$10,000
Cheff Therapeutic Riding Center · Augusta, MI · 2022
Activities and therapies to special needs individuals
$10,000
Chubby Goat Acres · Schoolcraft, MI · 2022
Goat rescue
$10,000
Family and Child Services · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Assistance to isolated families due to pandemic health crisis
$10,000
Hospital Hospitatlity House · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Housing families of critically ill
$10,000
Luc'S Light Youth Music & Arts · Mattawan, MI · 2022
Provide teens of sw michigan tools & training to develop artistic talents
$10,000
Pretty Lake · Mattawan, MI · 2022
Sponsor camp for youth and their families
$10,000
Sparrow & Nest Designs · Oshtemo, MI · 2022
Assistance to homeless transitioning to a home
$10,000
Spca of Southwest Michigan · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Animal rescue
$10,000
Wildpaks · Mattawan, MI · 2022
Food assistance to students on weekends
$7,500
Pockets Full of Sunshine · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2024
Provide vocational and social opprotunities for adults with special needs
$5,250
Kalamazoo County Ready 4s · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Tuition assistance for early childhood education
$5,000
Minstry With Community · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Daytime shelter and resource center
$5,000
Faith and Gratitude · North Huntington, PA · 2022
Cancer patient support
$5,000
Mattawan Public Education Foundation · Mattawan, MI · 2022
Education
$3,750
Boys and Girls Club of Low Country · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2025
Support community youth
$3,750
Lowcountry Foundation for Wounded Military Heoroes · Bluffton, SC · 2025
Assistance for providing service canines to wounded military heroes
$2,500
Boys and Girls Club of Low Country · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2024
Support community youth
$1,300
Sparrow & Nest Designs · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Assistance to individuals and families transitioning out of homelessness
$1,050
Mattawan Public Schools · Mattawan, MI · 2022
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