Funding search · EIN 352178154 · East Lansing, MI
Joe D Pentecost Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 160
- grants reported
- $4.5M
- 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
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Michigan State University3 grants · $510,000
- Mid Michigan Recovery Services2 grants · $400,000
- Wai-Iam2 grants · $356,000
- Wai-Iam Rise House2 grants · $331,000
- Lansing Promise4 grants · $265,000
- Impression 5 Science Center4 grants · $260,000
- Mid-Michigan Recovery Services1 grant · $200,000
- Aitch Foundation4 grants · $195,000
- Hope Scholarship2 grants · $135,500
- Child and Family Charities2 grants · $110,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 160 grants.
- $250,000
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2023
Endowed scholarship, building renovations
- $250,000
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2022
Endowed scholarship, building renovations
- $215,000
Impression 5 Science Center · Lansing, MI · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
- $200,000
Mid Michigan Recovery Services · Lansing, MI · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
- $200,000
Mid Michigan Recovery Services · Lansing, MI · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
- $200,000
Mid-Michigan Recovery Services · Lansing, MI · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
- $178,000
Wai-Iam · Lansing, MI · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
- $178,000
Wai-Iam · Lansing, MI · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
- $178,000
Wai-Iam Rise House · Lansing, MI · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
- $153,000
Wai-Iam Rise House · Lansing, MI · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
- $115,000
Lansing Promise · Lansing, MI · 2025
Unrestricted contribution/ scholarships
- $100,000
Msu Breslin and Champions Edge · East Lansing, MI · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
- $71,000
Hope Scholarship · Lansing, MI · 2022
Scholarship
- $65,000
Lansing Community College · Lansing, MI · 2024
H.o.p.e. Scholarship
- $64,500
Hope Scholarship · Lansing, MI · 2023
Scholarship
- $60,000
Child and Family Charities · Lansing, MI · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
- $55,000
Aitch Foundation · Lansing, MI · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
- $50,000
The Davies Project for Mid Michigan Children · Lansing, MI · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
- $50,000
Aitch Foundation · Lansing, MI · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
- $50,000
Lansing Promise · Lansing, MI · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
- $50,000
The Davies Project for Mid Michigan Children · Lansing, MI · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
- $50,000
Child and Family Charities · Lansing, MI · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
- $50,000
Lansing Promise · Lansing, MI · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
- $50,000
Lansing Promise · Lansing, MI · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
- $45,000
Aitch Foundation · Lansing, MI · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
- $45,000
Aitch Foundation · Lansing, MI · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
- $42,000
House of Promise · Lansing, MI · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
- $40,000
The House of Promise · Lansing, MI · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
- $40,000
The House of Promise · Lansing, MI · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
- $40,000
House of Promise · Lansing, MI · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
- $40,000
Davies Project · Lansing, MI · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
- $30,000
Sleep in Heavenly Peace · Lansing, MI · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
- $30,000
Sleep in Heavenly Peace · Pocatello, ID · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
- $30,000
Ingham County Sobriety Court Foundation · Lansing, MI · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
- $26,000
Child & Family Charities · Lansing, MI · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
- $25,000
Child & Family Charities · Lansing, MI · 2025
Fund the mission sponsor
- $25,000
Mid-Michigan Tennis Association · Lansing, MI · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
- $25,000
Davies Project · Lansing, MI · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
- $25,000
Sleep in Heavenly Peace · Nampa, ID · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
- $22,000
Wkar · East Lansing, MI · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
- $22,000
Boys & Girls Club of Lansing · Lansing, MI · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
- $20,000
Endeavor House Ministries · Lansing, MI · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
- $20,000
Mid-Michigan Tennis Association · Lansing, MI · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
- $20,000
Woldumar Nature Association · Lansing, MI · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
- $20,000
Endeavor House Ministries · Lansing, MI · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
- $20,000
Mid-Michigan Tennis Association · East Lansing, MI · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
- $20,000
American Red Cross · Detroit, MI · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
- $20,000
Mid-Michigan Tennis Association · East Lansing, MI · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
- $15,000
Boys & Girls Club of Lansing · Lansing, MI · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
- $15,000
Highfields · Onondaga, MI · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
- $15,000
Impression 5 Science Center · Lansing, MI · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
- $15,000
Michigan State University -Empowerher · East Lansing, MI · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
- $15,000
Mid Michigan Treatment Couts · Lansing, MI · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
- $15,000
Todd Martin Youth Leadership · Lansing, MI · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
- $15,000
Boys & Girls Club of Lansing · Lansing, MI · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
- $15,000
Highfields · Onondaga, MI · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
- $15,000
Impression 5 Science Center · Lansing, MI · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
- $15,000
Ingham County Sobriety Court Foundation · Lansing, MI · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
- $15,000
Woldumar Nature Association · Lansing, MI · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
- $15,000
Boys & Girls Club of Lansing · Lansing, MI · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
- $15,000
Impression 5 Science Center · Lansing, MI · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
- $15,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Lansing, MI · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
- $12,865
Woldumar Nature Center · Lansing, MI · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
- $12,500
Salvation Army · Lansing, MI · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
- $12,500
Salvation Army · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
- $12,500
Salvation Army · Alexandria, VA · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
- $12,500
Junior Achievement · Lansing, MI · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
- $12,500
Salvation Army · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
- $11,750
United Mentoring Program · Lansing, MI · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
- $10,500
Highfields · Lansing, MI · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
- $10,000
Allen Street Neighborhood · Lansing, MI · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
- $10,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Lansing, MI · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
- $10,000
Capital Area College Access Network · Lansing, MI · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
- $10,000
Ele'S Place · Lansing, MI · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
- $10,000
Greater Lansing Food Bank · Lansing, MI · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
- $10,000
Habitat for Humanity · Lansing, MI · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
- $10,000
Joe'S Kids McHigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
- $10,000
Junior Achievement of the Michigan · Lansing, MI · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
- $10,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Lansing, MI · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
- $10,000
Capital Area College Access Network · Lansing, MI · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
- $10,000
Ele'S Place · Lansing, MI · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
- $10,000
Eli'S Project · Bath, MI · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
- $10,000
Greater Lansing Food Bank · Lansing, MI · 2024
Weekend survival kits
- $10,000
Habitat for Humanity · Lansing, MI · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
- $10,000
Joe'S Kids · Warsaw, IN · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
- $10,000
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2024
Empowerher leadership retreat
- $10,000
Todd Martin Youth Leadership · Lansing, MI · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
- $10,000
United Mentoring Program · Lansing, MI · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
- $10,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Lansing, MI · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
- $10,000
Capital Area College Access Network · Lansing, MI · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
- $10,000
Cristo Rey Community Center · Lansing, MI · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
- $10,000
Ingham County Sobriety Court Foundation · Lansing, MI · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
- $10,000
Joe'S Kids · Warsaw, IN · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
- $10,000
Junior Achievement · Lansing, MI · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
- $10,000
Annie'S Big Nature Lesson · St Johns, MI · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
- $10,000
Capital Area College Access Network · Lansing, MI · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
- $10,000
Casa - the Voice for Clinton County'S Children · St Johns, MI · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
- $10,000
Ele'S Place · Lansing, MI · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
- $10,000
Empowher · East Lansing, MI · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
- $10,000
Greater Lansing Food Bank · Lansing, MI · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
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