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Accepts applications
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
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The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2024 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
This is a count from past returns. It does not say the foundation will consider a new request. How it is counted: names are compared as written on the returns, without "The" at the start, without endings such as "Inc" or "LLC", and without spaces and punctuation. A recipient also counts as already listed when our records link it to the same organization as an earlier recipient, or when its name is almost the same as an earlier name (a trigram similarity of 0.8 or more, where 1 means identical). The state on the grant row is not compared. Grants that the foundation marked as paid to an individual, such as a scholarship, are left out of both numbers, and no count is shown when most of its grants are marked that way. A person whom the foundation did not mark as an individual is still counted as a recipient. A recipient can still look new when its name is written very differently from year to year, and two different recipients with almost the same name can be counted as one.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
No parsed e-filed return is on record for this organization yet, so year-by-year financials are not available.
Asset, income and revenue figures come from the IRS master file (the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File), a coarse annual extract. Year-by-year figures appear once the organization's e-filed returns are in the database.
Recipient focus areas
Where recipients are
Based on the 75% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE NYC LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INCMatched to this organization because 3 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2023. Counted Oct 9, 2026.LONG ISLAND CITY, NY | PROJECT/PROGRAM - EDNET 2021-2022 | $200,000 | 2021 |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas L Devos | PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR | 1.50 | $0 |
| Maria P Devos | VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR | 1.50 | $0 |
| Robert H Schierbeek | VP/COO/DIRECTOR | 0.10 | $0 |
| Jeffrey S Bowerman | VP OF TAX | 0.10 | $0 |
| Susan E Valcq | TREASURER/SECRETARY | 0.10 | $0 |
| Jason Zylstra | FOUNDATION MANAGER | 4.00 | $0 |
| Pamela Parriott | FOUNDATION MANAGER | 16.00 | $0 |
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
| CORNERSTONE UNIVERSITYGRAND RAPIDS, MI | PROJECT/PROGRAM - MINISTRY LEADERS SCHOLARSHIP | $200,000 | 2021 |
| REHOBOTH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATIONREHOBOTH, NM | UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO GENERAL FUND | $200,000 | 2020 |
| THE NYC LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INCMatched to this organization because 3 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2023. Counted Oct 9, 2026.LONG ISLAND CITY, NY | PROJECT/PROGRAM - PRINCIPAL TRAINING | $193,000 | 2021 |
| SPECTRUM HEALTH FOUNDATIONGRAND RAPIDS, MI | PROJECT/PROGRAM - 2021 BABY SCHOLARS: STRONG BEGINNINGS | $190,000 | 2021 |
| GRAND RAPIDS STUDENT ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATIONMatched to this organization because 4 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.GRAND RAPIDS, MI | UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO GENERAL FUND | $175,000 | 2020 |
| DEGAGE MINISTRIESGRAND RAPIDS, MI | UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO GENERAL FUND | $165,000 | 2020 |
| GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITYGRAND RAPIDS, MI | UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO GENERAL FUND | $165,000 | 2020 |
| COREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATIONGRAND RAPIDS, MI | PROJECT/PROGRAM - 2022 BABY SCHOLARS: STRONG BEGINNINGS | $162,000 | 2022 |
| GRAND RAPIDS CHRISTIAN SCHOOLSGRAND RAPIDS, MI | UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO GENERAL FUND | $161,000 | 2020 |
| GREATER GRAND RAPIDS CHAMBER FOUNDATIONGRAND RAPIDS, MI | UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO GENERAL FUND | $160,000 | 2020 |
| GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONGRAND RAPIDS, MI | PROJECT/PROGRAM - SUMMER LEARNING ACADEMIES CRUISIN' TO COLLEGE | $156,500 | 2021 |
| GREATER GRAND RAPIDS CHAMBER FOUNDATIONGRAND RAPIDS, MI | PROJECT/PROGRAM - OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL | $150,000 | 2021 |
| LUIS PALAU ASSOCIATIONPORTLAND, OR | GENERAL OPERATING | $150,000 | 2022 |
| SPECTRUM HEALTH FOUNDATIONGRAND RAPIDS, MI | PROJECT/PROGRAM - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INITIATIVE | $150,000 | 2021 |
| LUIS PALAU ASSOCIATIONPORTLAND, OR | GENERAL OPERATING | $150,000 | 2023 |
| D A BLODGETT-ST JOHNSGRAND RAPIDS, MI | CAPITAL CAMPAIGN | $150,000 | 2022 |
| HELEN DEVOS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONMatched to this organization because 5 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.GRAND RAPIDS, MI | GENERAL OPERATING | $150,000 | 2022 |
| GRAND RAPIDS STUDENT ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATIONMatched to this organization because 4 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.GRAND RAPIDS, MI | PROJECT/PROGRAM - GR8 SPORTS, GREAT KIDS | $150,000 | 2021 |
| STRATEGIC WORKFORCE SOLUTIONSGRAND RAPIDS, MI | GENERAL OPERATING | $150,000 | 2024 |
| LUIS PALAU ASSOCIATIONPORTLAND, OR | UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO GENERAL FUND | $150,000 | 2020 |
| COREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATIONGRAND RAPIDS, MI | CAPITAL CAMPAIGN | $150,000 | 2022 |
| LUIS PALAU ASSOCIATIONPORTLAND, OR | GENERAL OPERATING | $150,000 | 2021 |
| COREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATIONGRAND RAPIDS, MI | GENERAL OPERATING | $150,000 | 2024 |
| COREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATIONGRAND RAPIDS, MI | GENERAL OPERATING | $150,000 | 2023 |
Nearest by size, location and giving pattern in the database. Geography weighs heavily. Treat it as a starting list, not a ranking of fit.
Form 990-PF · FY2023 · period ending Dec 31, 2023IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202443209349101509
Form 990-PF · FY2022 · period ending Dec 31, 2022
Filing id 202343189349102734
Form 990-PF · FY2021 · period ending Dec 31, 2021
Filing id 202233189349101208
Form 990-PF · FY2020 · period ending Dec 31, 2020
Filing id 202133159349100818
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