Funding search · EIN 270640886 · Grand Rapids, MI

First Steps Kent

Name: First Steps Kent grants, 2022–2023
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.

45
grants reported: $19.3M
total given: 2022–2023
filing years: $310,277
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2023. 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.

Family Futures2 grants · $2.7M
Kent County2 grants · $2.1M
Kent Intermediate School District2 grants · $2.0M
Health Net of West Michigan2 grants · $1.9M
Corewell Health2 grants · $1.7M
Arbor Circle2 grants · $1.6M
Grand Rapids Community College2 grants · $954,679
Cherry Street Health Services2 grants · $907,050
Ready for School2 grants · $765,340
Vibrant Futures2 grants · $692,706

Giving over time

$9.4M

2022

$10.0M

2023

Grant history

All 45 reported grants, largest first.

$1.5M
Family Futures · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
General support
$1.3M
Family Futures · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General support
$1.2M
Kent County · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General support
$1.2M
Kent Intermediate School District · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General support
$1.0M
Health Net of West Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General support
$918,557
Arbor Circle · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General support
$910,688
Health Net of West Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
General support
$884,530
Corewell Health · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
General support
$828,560
Kent County · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
General support
$801,457
Kent Intermediate School District · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
General support
$786,193
Corewell Health · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General support
$641,573
Arbor Circle · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
General support
$497,563
Grand Rapids Community College · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
General support
$457,116
Grand Rapids Community College · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General support
$455,243
Cherry Street Health Services · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
General support
$451,807
Cherry Street Health Services · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General support
$404,615
Ready for School · Holland, MI · 2022
General support
$380,193
Healthy Homes Coalition of West Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General support
$377,827
Vibrant Futures · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
General support
$360,725
Ready for School · Holland, MI · 2023
General support
$318,658
Bethany Christian Services · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
General support
$314,879
Vibrant Futures · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General support
$310,277
Family Promise · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General support
$297,170
Healthy Homes Coalition of West Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
General support
$267,625
Momsbloom · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
General support
$265,351
West Michigan Partnership for Children · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
General support
$245,352
Momsbloom · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General support
$240,843
Easterseals Michigan · Auburn Hills, MI · 2022
General support
$232,720
Family Promise · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
General support
$211,842
Bethany Christian Services · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
General support
$182,500
Basis Policy Research · Carrboro, NC · 2022
General support
$152,156
Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids · Caledonia, MI · 2023
General support
$146,000
Basis Policy Research · Carrboro, NC · 2023
General support
$144,666
Hispanic Center of Western Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General support
$125,143
Early Neighborhood Collaborative · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
General support
$101,169
Hispanic Center of Western Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
General support
$84,251
Da Blodgett - St John'S · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General support
$73,799
Da Blodgett - St John'S · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
General support
$56,000
Advance Community for Equity · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General support
$54,056
Easterseals Michigan · Auburn Hills, MI · 2023
General support
$48,000
Advance Community for Equity · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General support
$44,491
West Michigan Partnership for Children · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General support
$33,573
Liaison Linguistics · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
General support
$19,545
Comprehensive Therapy Center · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General support
$14,134
Comprehensive Therapy Center · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
General support

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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.