Funding search · EIN 363584018 · Kalamazoo, MI

Jim Gilmore Jr Foundation

Name: Jim Gilmore Jr Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

144
grants reported: $1.6M
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.

What they fund

capital memorial bronson love materials park renovations system

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Kalamazoo Cultural Center3 grants · $115,000
Community Healing Center4 grants · $110,057
Kalamazoo Nonprofit Advocacy Coalition3 grants · $90,000
Kalamazoo County Defender1 grant · $85,000
Bronson Health Foundation2 grants · $84,000
Ascension Borgess Foundation3 grants · $65,500
First Congregational Church2 grants · $65,000
Downtown Kalamazoo2 grants · $63,680
Special Days Camps3 grants · $57,000
Catholic Schools of Grtr Kalamazoo3 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$690,153

2022

$371,373

2023

$499,068

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 144 grants.

$85,000
Kalamazoo County Defender · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Renovations and expansion
$71,818
Community Healing Center · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Windows
$53,000
Ascension Borgess Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Tree of love/emergency dept
$51,000
Bronson Health Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Emergency/urgent care support
$50,000
Kalamazoo Cultural Center · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Capital
$50,000
First Congregational Church · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Playscape
$50,000
Kalamazoo Cultural Center · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Capital
$43,680
Downtown Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Rent
$40,000
Boys & Girls Club · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Capital
$33,000
Bronson Health Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Loaded video cart and operations
$31,000
Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Operations
$30,000
Kalamazoo Nonprofit Advocacy Coalition · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Capital
$30,000
Kalamazoo Nonprofit Advocacy Coalition · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Capital
$30,000
Kalamazoo Nonprofit Advocacy Coalition · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Capital
$30,000
Milestone Senior Services · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Renovations
$29,239
Community Healing Center · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Operations
$25,000
Kalamazoo College · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Hvac upgrades
$21,000
Special Days Camps · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Operations
$20,000
Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Asl programming
$20,000
Gryphon Place · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Capital
$20,000
St Lukes Espiscopal Church · Ferndale, MI · 2023
Delivery truck
$20,000
Stulburg Internatational String Competion · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Office renovation
$20,000
Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Asl theatre
$20,000
Downtown Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Downtown ambassador program
$20,000
Heritage Community of Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Memory care center
$19,000
Catholic Schools of Grtr Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Operations
$18,000
Special Days Camps · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Operations
$18,000
Special Days Camps · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Operations
$17,000
Farmers Alley Theatre · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Operations
$16,000
Catholic Schools of Grtr Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Operations
$16,000
Western Michigan University Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Listen technology/asl miller
$15,000
Center for Public Justice · Washington, DC · 2024
Operations
$15,000
First Congregational Church · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Nature playscape
$15,000
Kalamazoo Cultural Center · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Security upgrade
$15,000
Kalamazoo Nature Center · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Alarm system
$15,000
Lending Hands of Michigan · Portage, MI · 2024
Electrical improvements
$15,000
Vfw Post 827 · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Renovations
$15,000
Catholic Schools of Grtr Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Operations
$15,000
Center for Public Justice · Washington, DC · 2023
Operations
$15,000
Center for Public Justice · Washington, DC · 2022
Operations
$15,000
Guardian Finance & Advocacy Serv · Battle Creek, MI · 2022
Cybersecurity
$15,000
Ywca · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Edison center/furniture
$10,000
Kalamazoo Gospel Ministries · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Snow plow
$10,000
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Patriotic pops concert
$10,000
Ywca · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Kitchen upgrades
$10,000
Alano Club of Kalamaozo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Hvac system
$10,000
Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services · Kentwood, MI · 2023
Operations
$10,000
Huron River Watershed Council · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Operations
$10,000
Kvcc Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Operations
$10,000
Ministry W Community · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Storage lockers
$10,000
Wellspringcori Terry & Dancers · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Sound system
$10,000
West Michigan Cancer Center · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Art work walls
$10,000
Cleveland Clinic · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Operations
$10,000
Huron River Watershed Council · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Operations
$9,000
Bright Promise Fund for Urban Christian Education · Chicago, IL · 2022
Operations
$9,000
Sos Community Services · Ypsilanti, MI · 2022
Operations
$7,529
Crescendo Academy of Music · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Furniture
$7,000
Boulder County Arts Alliance · Boulder, CO · 2024
Operations
$7,000
Bike Friendly Kalamazoo · Portage, MI · 2023
Mural
$7,000
Friends With Disabilities · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Interpreters
$6,500
Ascension Borgess Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Tree of love
$6,238
Open Doors · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Operations
$6,000
Bright Promise Fund for Urban Christian Education · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operations
$6,000
Huron River Watershed Council · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Operations
$6,000
Akpe Charitable Fund · Lafayette, CO · 2023
Operations
$6,000
Ascension Borgess Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Tree of love
$6,000
Bright Promise Fund for Urban Christian Education · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operations
$6,000
Ocean Conservation Education · Tavernier, FL · 2023
Operations
$5,598
Kalamazoo Downtown Partnership · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Operations
$5,000
Bike Friendly Kalamazoo · Portage, MI · 2024
Mural
$5,000
Children'S Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2024
Operations
$5,000
Guardian Finance & Advocacy Services · Battle Creek, MI · 2024
Server upgrades
$5,000
Kalamazoo in Bloom · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Bronson park
$5,000
Kvcc Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Operations
$5,000
Safe Place · Battle Creek, MI · 2024
Operations
$5,000
The University of Michigan Law Schl · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Operations
$5,000
The William George Agency · Springfield, MI · 2024
Operations
$5,000
Ann Arbor Art Center · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Operations
$5,000
Kalamazoo in Bloom · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Bronson park
$5,000
The University of Michigan Law Schl · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Operations
$5,000
Cranbrook Educational Community · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2022
Operations
$5,000
Kalamazoo in Bloom · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Bronson park
$5,000
The University of Michigan Law Schl · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Operations
$5,000
Tko Premier Sc · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Operations
$4,500
Community Healing Center · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Operations
$4,500
Community Healing Center · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Operations
$4,000
Sherman Lake Ymca Outdoor Center · Augusta, MI · 2024
Operations
$4,000
Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services · Kentwood, MI · 2022
Operations
$4,000
Sherman Lake Ymca Outdoor Center · Augusta, MI · 2022
Operations
$3,500
Tko Premier Sc · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Operations
$3,025
Sherman Lake Ymca Outdoor Center · Augusta, MI · 2023
Operations
$3,000
Missional Chaplains · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Materials
$3,000
Second Wind Cottages · Newfield, NY · 2024
Operations
$3,000
The Sciencenter · Ithaca, NY · 2024
Operations
$3,000
Ali Forney Center · New York, NY · 2022
Operations
$2,917
Friends With Disabilities · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Operations
$2,500
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Operations
$2,500
Gilmore Car Museum · Hickory Corners, MI · 2024
Operations
$2,500
Peo International · Des Moines, IA · 2024
Scholarship
$2,500
Tko Premier Sc · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Operations

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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.