Funding search · EIN 383245131 · Grand Rapids, MI
Simon and Mary Vanderkooy 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.
- 64
- grants reported
- $878,500
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $12,000
- 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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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Grand Rapids Community Fnd4 grants · $180,000
- World Renew4 grants · $80,000
- Luke Society4 grants · $80,000
- Conductive Learning Center4 grants · $70,000
- Alpha Gr3 grants · $57,000
- In the Image4 grants · $52,000
- Salvation Army4 grants · $47,000
- Mel Trotter Mission4 grants · $47,000
- Guiding Light Mission4 grants · $47,000
- Tunnel To Tower Foundation4 grants · $45,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 64 reported grants, largest first.
- $70,000
Grand Rapids Community Fnd · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Contribution
- $50,000
Grand Rapids Community Fnd · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
donor advised fund
- $30,000
Grand Rapids Community Fnd · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
designated fund
- $30,000
Grand Rapids Community Fnd · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
designated fund
- $22,000
Alpha Gr · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
operating funds and building fund
- $20,000
Alpha Gr · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
operating funds and building fund
- $20,000
Conductive Learning Center · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
operating funds
- $20,000
Luke Society · Sioux Falls, SD · 2025
operating funds
- $20,000
World Renew · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
operating funds
- $20,000
Conductive Learning Center · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
operating funds
- $20,000
Luke Society · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
operating funds
- $20,000
World Renew · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
operating funds
- $20,000
Luke Society · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
Operating funds
- $20,000
World Renew · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Operating Funds
- $20,000
Luke Society · Sioux Falls, SD · 2022
Contribution
- $20,000
World Renew · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Contribution
- $15,000
Alpha Gr · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
operating funds
- $15,000
Conductive Learning Center · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
operating funds
- $15,000
Alpha Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Contribution
- $15,000
Conductive Learning Center · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Contribution
- $15,000
In the Image · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Contribution
- $13,000
Guiding Light Mission · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
operating funds
- $13,000
In the Image · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
operating funds
- $13,000
Mel Trotter Mission · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
operating funds
- $13,000
Salvation Army · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
operating funds
- $13,000
Tunnel To Tower Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
operating funds
- $12,000
Guiding Light Mission · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
operating funds
- $12,000
In the Image · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
operating funds
- $12,000
Mel Trotter Mission · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
operating funds
- $12,000
Salvation Army · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
operating funds
- $12,000
Tunnel To Tower Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
operating funds
- $12,000
Guiding Light Mission · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
operating expense
- $12,000
In the Image · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Operating funds
- $12,000
Mel Trotter Mission · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
operating funds
- $12,000
Salvation Army · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Operating Funds
- $10,000
Daffodil Ministries · Wyoming, MI · 2025
operating funds
- $10,000
Feeding America · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
operating funds
- $10,000
Institute of Contextual Health · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
operating funds
- $10,000
Daffodil Ministries · Wyoming, MI · 2024
operating funds
- $10,000
Feeding America · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
operating funds
- $10,000
Institute of Contextual Health · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
operating funds
- $10,000
New City Neighbors · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
land acquisition
- $10,000
Contextual Health Agency · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
operating funds
- $10,000
Feeding America · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
operating funds
- $10,000
Tunnel To Tower Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
operating funds
- $10,000
Feeding America · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Contribution
- $10,000
Guiding Light Mission · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Contribution
- $10,000
Mel Trotter Mission · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Contribution
- $10,000
Salvation Army · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Contribution
- $10,000
Tunnel To Tower Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Contribution
- $7,500
Life Water International · Bentonville, AR · 2025
operating funds
- $7,500
Life Water International · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2024
operating funds
- $5,000
Gotcha Foundation · Lowell, MI · 2023
operating expense
- $5,000
Life Water International · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2023
Operating Expense
- $5,000
New City Neighbors · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
operating funds
- $5,000
Safehaven Ministries · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
operating funds
- $5,000
Life Water International · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2022
Contrubution
- $5,000
New City Neighbors · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Contribution
- $5,000
Safehaven Ministries · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Contribution
- $5,000
Treven Potter Foundation · Rockford, MI · 2022
Contribution
- $2,000
Comstock Park Rotary · Comstock Park, MI · 2025
Neighborhood coat drive
- $500
Emmanuel Hospice · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
operating funds
- $500
Emmanuel Hospice · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
operating funds
- $500
Emmanuel Hospice · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Contribution
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