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GRAND ACTION FOUNDATION 2 0

EIN 38-3147133 GRAND RAPIDS, MI

Largest nonprofits in Michigan

Revenue 2024
$49,208,375
Expenses 2024
$71,460,181

Program services were 99.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T30
Classification
1000
Street
125 OTTAWA AVE NW STE 152

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC & CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF GRAND RAPIDS, MI

  • AS PART OF THE 2.0 LAUNCH, GRAND ACTION FOUNDATION HAS REENGAGED CONVENTION SPORTS AND LEISURE INTERNATIONAL (CSL) TO PROVIDE UPDATES ON INITIATIVES AND RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE ORIGINAL DESTINATION ASSET STUDY CONDUCTED FOUR YEARS AGO. THE PROJECTS IDENTIFIED INCLUDE PENDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXPLORATION AS FUTURE GRAND ACTION PROJECTS WHICH MAY CONSIST OF: AN EXPANSION OF DEVOS PLACE, THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN OUTDOOR AMPHITHEATER, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SOCCER/FIELD SPORTS ARENA, OR AN AERIAL TRANSPORTATION/GONDOLA PROJECT. THE RESEARCH WILL ASSIST GRAND ACTION IN DEVELOPING A PLAN AND STRATEGIES FOR FUTURE INVESTMENT IN DESTINATION ASSETS AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF GRAND RAPIDS. GRAND ACTION FOUNDATION'S ROLE IS IN PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THESE STUDIES AND CONSTRUCTION OF POTENTIAL FUTURE PROJECTS.AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, GRAND ACTION FOUNDATION WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH GOVERNMENTAL BODIES, PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN PLANNING, PROMOTING, DEVELOPING, ORGANIZING, AND OVERSEEING THE REALIZATION OF CIVIC, CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, AND ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES, WITH A GOAL OF FOSTERING, SUPPORTING, ENCOURAGING, AND REINFORCING ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE GREATER GRAND RAPIDS AREA AND IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF WEST MICHIGAN. GAF 2.0'S WORK IS NEARING COMPLETION FOR THE PLANNING AND DESIGN FOR TWO PROJECTS, A DOWNTOWN AMPHITHEATER AND A SOCCER STADIUM. THE PROJECTS ARE IN THE LATE STAGES OF DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT AND GAF 2.0 IS CONTINUING TO ADVANCE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT OF THE TWO FACILITIES AS MILESTONES ARE ACHIEVED AND GAF 2.0 WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE STUDIES, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE TWO FACILITIES.

    Expenses $71,154,013

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Richard Devos Jr

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Carol Van Andel

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Thomas G Welch Jr

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kara Wood

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $227,826
    From this org
    $210,354
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,472
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $210,354
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,884
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,588
    Filer's total
    $227,826

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $49,208,375
    Expenses
    $71,460,181
    Contributions
    $48,589,060
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $23,573,841
    Expenses
    $13,403,834
    Contributions
    $23,155,982
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,045,526
    Expenses
    $2,749,655
    Contributions
    $2,963,399
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $125,941
    Expenses
    $445,621
    Assets (EOY)
    $828,035

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,400,718
    Expenses
    $580,947
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,161,602

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

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    C · DEVELOPER FOR THE GREATER GRAND RAPIDS AREA · MI

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.