The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it gives only to organizations it has already chosen and does not accept unsolicited requests. An introduction is usually the only route.
How to apply
Send applications to
Not published
BONITA SPRINGS, FL, 34134
The filing names a person as the application contact. We publish role-based contacts (a committee, an office, a shared inbox) but not named individuals.
a phone number for applications is on the filing. On the filing, not published; see “How to reach them” for any published channel.
Application policy: Funds preselected organizations only, as stated on the FY2022 return.
What its returns show
Stated this way on 5 of 7 Form 990-PF returns on record (FY2016 to FY2022). 2 returns said: . The most recent of them is the FY2017 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.
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.
Financials
Giving
$126K
FY2022 · qualifying distributions
Total assets
$0
FY2022 · end of year
Revenue
$172K
FY2022
Expenses
$141K
FY2022
Giving by year
Total assets by year
Year
Form
Revenue
Expenses
Giving
Assets
Net assets
FY2022
990-PF
$172,117
$140,522
$126,050
$0
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
What they fund
Recipient focus areas
Disease research$16K · 4
Food and agriculture$12K · 5
Education$7,000 · 7
Arts and culture$7,000 · 4
International affairs$5,500 · 2
Health care$5,000 · 1
Where recipients are
MI$1.1M · 91
FL$102K · 26
NY$43.5K · 11
DC$26.9K · 8
TX$25.5K · 5
IL$20.5K · 9
TN$20.5K · 5
MD$14.4K · 6
Based on the 23% 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.
Grants paid
173 on file
Recipient
Purpose
Amount
Year
Source
CONDUCTIVE LEARNING CENTERGRAND RAPIDS, MI
SUPPORT GENERAL FUND
$5,000
2022
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.
Officers and directors
Name
Title
Hours / week
Compensation
Richard H Brown
PRES/TREAS
0.00
$0
Charles C Brown
SEC/DIRECTOR
0.00
$0
Nancy Brown
DIRECTOR
0.00
$0
Hillary Kraak
DIRECTOR
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
$0
FY2021
990-PF
$214,215
$239,494
$228,690
$1,566,443
$1,566,443
FY2020
990-PF
$132,672
$230,614
$218,700
$1,591,722
$1,591,722
FY2019
990-PF
$163,102
$221,569
$211,600
$1,689,664
$1,689,664
FY2018
990-PF
$107,556
$212,703
$197,700
$1,792,425
$1,792,425
FY2017
990-PF
$190,977
$216,349
$202,284
$1,857,264
$1,857,264
FY2016
990-PF
$158,304
$180,491
$168,885
$1,882,636
$1,882,636
SPARTA CELTIC FESTIVAL
SPARTA, MI
SUPPORT GENERAL FUND
$5,000
2018
SPARTA CELTIC FESTIVALSPARTA, MI
SUPPORT GENERAL FUND
$5,000
2022
GUIDING LIGHTGRAND RAPIDS, MI
SUPPORT GENERAL FUND
$5,000
2019
HABITAT FOR HUMANITYGRAND RAPIDS, MI
SUPPORT GENERAL FUND
$5,000
2021
HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANKMatched to this organization because 26 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.FORT MYERS, FL
SUPPORT GENERAL FUND
$5,000
2020
GOLF ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN FOUNDAFARMINGTON HILLS, MI
SUPPORT YOUTH ON COURSE
$5,000
2021
UNITED WAY-LEE COUNTYFORY MYERS, FL
SUPPORT GENERAL FUND
$5,000
2019
THE SALVATION ARMYFORT MEYER, FL
SUPPORT GENERAL FUND
$5,000
2021
PMA ED FOUNDATIONINDEPENDENCE, OH
SUPPORT GENERAL FUND
$5,000
2021
SPARTA CELTIC FESTIVALSPARTA, MI
SUPPORT GENERAL FUND
$5,000
2019
CONDUCTIVE LEARNING CENTERGRAND RAPIDS, MI
SUPPORT GENERAL FUND
$5,000
2020
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATIONMatched to this organization because 16 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
SUPPORT GENERAL FUND
$5,000
2021
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATIONMatched to this organization because 16 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