Funding search · EIN 823209896 · Kalamazoo, MI

Drive for Life

Name: Drive for Life grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

55
grants reported: $4.0M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $20,000
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

athletics operatings hockey elhart golf honor memorial nice

Funder website ↗Full IRS filings ↗How this is built Report an error

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.

Spartan Fund4 grants · $2.2M
Southwest Michigan First - Legacy Council4 grants · $375,500
American Cancer Society4 grants · $220,000
Evans Scholars Foundation2 grants · $100,000
Folds of Honor Foundation2 grants · $100,000
Michigan State University2 grants · $100,000
Bronco Athletic Fund1 grant · $100,000
Community Foundation for Oceana County2 grants · $100,000
Journey21 Capital Campaign Fund1 grant · $100,000
Cheff Therapeutic Riding Center4 grants · $69,000

Giving over time

$1.5M

2022

$1.6M

2023

$908,500

2024

Grant history

All 55 reported grants, largest first.

$1.1M
Spartan Fund · East Lansing, MI · 2022
Athletics
$463,000
Spartan Fund · East Lansing, MI · 2024
Athletics
$329,000
Spartan Fund · East Lansing, MI · 2023
Athletics
$329,000
Spartan Fund · East Lansing, MI · 2023
Athletics
$103,500
Southwest Michigan First - Legacy Council · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Operations
$100,000
Bronco Athletic Fund · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Operations
$100,000
Journey21 Capital Campaign Fund · Waukesha, WI · 2022
Capital campaign
$93,500
Southwest Michigan First - Legacy Council · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Operatings
$93,500
Southwest Michigan First - Legacy Council · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Operatings
$85,000
Southwest Michigan First - Legacy Council · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Operatings
$55,000
American Cancer Society · Detroit, MI · 2024
Operations
$55,000
American Cancer Society · Detroit, MI · 2023
Operations
$55,000
American Cancer Society · Detroit, MI · 2023
Operations
$55,000
American Cancer Society · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Operations
$50,000
Journey21 · Oconomowoc, WI · 2024
Operations
$50,000
Community Foundation for Oceana County · Pentwater, MI · 2023
Wayne elhart be nice memorial fund
$50,000
Community Foundation for Oceana County · Pentwater, MI · 2023
Wayne elhart be nice memorial fund
$50,000
Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2023
Athletics
$50,000
Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2023
Athletics
$50,000
Folds of Honor Foundation · Owasso, OK · 2023
Operations
$50,000
Folds of Honor Foundation · Owasso, OK · 2023
Operations
$50,000
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2023
Men's golf program
$50,000
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2023
Men's golf program
$47,000
Wmu Athletics · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Hockey program
$35,000
The Kirk Gibson Foundation for Parkinson'S · Farmington Hills, MI · 2024
Operations
$35,000
Wmu Athletics - Athletic Sponsorship · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Athletic sponsorship 2022
$30,000
Zeigler Kalamazoo Marathon · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Marathon
$20,000
Kalamazoo Community Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Tornado relief
$20,000
Southwest Michigan First - Catalyst University · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Operatings
$19,000
Cheff Therapeutic Riding Center · Augusta, MI · 2023
Operations
$19,000
Cheff Therapeutic Riding Center · Augusta, MI · 2023
Operations
$17,000
Cheff Therapeutic Riding Center · Augusta, MI · 2022
Operations
$16,320
Western Michigan University Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Operations
$15,000
Ocean Reef Community Foundation · Key Largo, FL · 2024
Operations
$15,000
Boys & Girls Club of Elkhart County · Goshen, IN · 2023
Operations
$15,000
Boys & Girls Club of Elkhart County · Goshen, IN · 2023
Operations
$15,000
Hackett Catholic Prep School · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Program support
$15,000
Hackett Catholic Prep School · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Program support
$15,000
Ocean Reef Community Foundation · Key Largo, FL · 2023
Operations
$15,000
Ocean Reef Community Foundation · Key Largo, FL · 2023
Operations
$15,000
Kalamazoo County Sheriff'S Office · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Operations
$15,000
Ocean Reef Community Foundation · Key Largo, FL · 2022
Operations
$14,000
Cheff Therapeutic Riding Center · Augusta, MI · 2024
Operations
$12,020
Movember · Culver City, CA · 2022
Operations
$12,000
Wmu Athletics · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Hockey program
$10,000
Great Lakes Center for the Arts · Bay Harbor, MI · 2024
Operations
$10,000
Southwest Michigan First - State of Economic Development · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Operations
$10,000
Southwest Michigan First - State of Economic Development · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Operations
$10,000
Kalamazoo Public Safety · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
In honor of officer hann
$10,000
Wmu Public Safety · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
In honor of officer gentry
$8,600
Junior Achievement of Greater Lafayette · Lafayette, IN · 2023
Operations
$7,500
Hardystrong Foundation · St Charles, IL · 2023
Operations
$7,500
Hardystrong Foundation · St Charles, IL · 2023
Operations
$7,000
Wmu Athletics · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Hockey program
$6,000
Boys & Girls Club of Elkhart County · Goshen, IN · 2024
Operations

Grants already paid are the record; PaperOrbit reads your paper and finds the funders whose record matches it — then explains why.

Search funders like this one

Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.