Form 990 for tax year 2025
Filed by LJ MIDGE VERPLANK COMMUNITY IMPACT FUND.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $45,292,051
- Total expenses
- $594,302
- Contributions and grants received
- $45,002,304
- Grants paid
- $500,494
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $289,747
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $52,700,228
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $52,700,228
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $500,494
- Management and general expenses
- $93,808
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $500,494
Program services were 84.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$45,002,304
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2f · All other program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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3 · Investment income
total $225,039 · excluded $225,039
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $64,708
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $0
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $64,708 · other assets $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $64,708 · excluded $64,708
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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11d · All other revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $500,494 · program services $500,494
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $93,808 · management and general $93,808
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11g · Fees: other
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24e · All other expenses
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $8,179 · end of year $193,943
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $39,847,898
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$0
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$0
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $6,860,270 · end of year $12,658,387
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
beginning of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $6,868,449 · end of year $52,700,228
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
THE CORPORATION IS ORGANIZED TO SUPPORT THE GRAND HAVEN AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AND WILL SUPPORT THE GREATEST NEEDS OF THE WEST MICHIGAN REGION INCLUDING SUPPORT TO POSITIVELY IMPACT OTTAWA COUNTY AND MUSKEGON COUNTY.
Activities or mission (Part I)
THE L.J. "MIDGE" VERPLANK COMMUNITY IMPACT FUND IS A SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION WHICH WILL SUPPORT THE PURPOSES AND ACTIVITIES OF THE GRAND HAVEN AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, INC. WITH SPECIFIC FOCUS ON COMMUNITY NEEDS IN OTTAWA AND MUSKEGON COUNTIES. A SECTION 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION WHICH QUALIFIES AS A PUBLICLY SUPPORTED ORGANIZATION UNDER SECTIONS 509(A)(1) AND 170(B)(1)(A)(VI) OF THE CODE AND OTHER PUBLIC CHARITIES THAT ARE CLOSELY RELATED IN PURPOSE OR FUNCTION TO THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
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RECEIVE AND ADMINISTER FUNDS IN SUPPORT OF ACTIVITIES RELATED IN PURPOSE OR FUNCTION TO THE GRAND HAVEN AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, INC. WITH SPECIFIC FOCUS ON COMMUNITY NEEDS IN OTTAWA AND MUSKEGON COUNTIES.
Expenses $500,494 · Grants $500,494
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Barbara VanheestBARBARA VANHEEST
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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Rob PeelROB PEEL
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3 + 1 related
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Thomas CreswellTHOMAS CRESWELL
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.
Grants on this return
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SHORELINE SAILING FOUNDATION - C420 FLEET ADDITIONS
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$60,000
EXPANDING FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY
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OTTAWA COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION
$51,000
FULFILLING THE ROSY MOUND VISION CAMPAIGN
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VILLAGE OF SPRING LAKE
$50,000
CENTRAL PARK REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
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LAKESHORE ADVANTAGE FOUNDATION
$50,000
POWERING OUR FUTURE: THE NEXT LAKESHORE GENERATION
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GRANT MAKING
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$40,000
THE LEILA & CYRUS POPPEN HOSPICE RESIDENCE
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5 MILLION MEALS STRONG
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$20,000
THE LOVE IN ACTION STOREHOUSE
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$16,500
COMMUNITY IMPACT - OUT SIDE IN
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Related organizations on this return
Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
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GRAND HAVEN AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC
501(C)(3) · AGGREGATE FUNDS TO BE ADMINISTERED FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES · MI
Directly controlled by NA
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GRAND HAVEN FOUNDATION SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION
501(C)(3) · ASSIST DONORS IN FULFILLING THEIR PHILANTHROPIC & CHARITABLE RESPONSIBILITY · MI · controlled entity
Directly controlled by GRAND HAVEN AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 22 September 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.2
- Source object
- 202622659349300642
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