GRAND HAVEN AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

T31Z

Classification

1000

Street

6 SHERMAN AVE

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).

Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

• GRAND HAVEN FOUNDATION SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION

  EIN 20-5706188

• LJ MIDGE VERPLANK COMMUNITY IMPACT FUND

  EIN 85-1633335

Mission and programs · 2025

• FOR THE COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM, OUR PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOCUS ON THE FOLLOWING PRIORITY AREAS: ARTS & CULTURE, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION, ENVIRONMENT, EDUCATION, ECONOMIC & COMMUNITY BETTERMENT, HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES. ALL ORGANIZATIONS STATE IN WRITING HOW THEY WILL USE THE FUNDS AWARDED. THEY ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO SUBMIT AN EVALUTION REPORT ON HOW THE FUNDS WERE USED. THE GRANTS COMMITTEE MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE BOARD VOTES ON THE GRANTS FOR APPROVAL OR DENIAL AT THEIR QUARTERLY MEETINGS. FOR ALL OTHER GRANT AWARDS, A GRANT RECOMMENDATION FORM IS SUBMITTED BY THE APPROPRIATE FUND REPRESENTATIVE. COMMUNITY FOUNDATION STAFF FOLLOW DUE DILIGENCE PROTOCOL IN CONFIRMING THE CHARITABLE STATUS OF THE GRANTEE ORGANIZATION. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES REVIEWS AND APPROVES THESE GRANTS AS PART OF THEIR QUARTERLY MEETINGS. THE GRANT CHECK IS ISSUED DIRECTLY TO THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH A COVER LETTER IDENTIFYING THE FUND FROM WHICH THE GRANT IS AWARDED AND THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF THE GRANT.

  Expenses $10,221,345 · Grants $9,597,844

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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

• 2025

  Revenue

  $13,875,518

  Expenses

  $11,931,324

  Contributions

  $7,748,439

  Grants paid

  $9,597,844

• 2023

  Revenue

  $17,344,326

  Expenses

  $11,762,215

  Contributions

  $7,786,941

  Grants paid

  $9,424,307

• 2022

  Revenue

  $17,775,794

  Expenses

  $11,858,947

  Contributions

  $11,838,034

  Grants paid

  $9,750,603

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

  $23,464,810

  Expenses

  $10,395,033

  Assets (EOY)

  $189,481,921

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $17,092,926

  Expenses

  $9,752,353

  Assets (EOY)

  $161,464,953

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,886,063

  Expenses

  $9,529,273

  Assets (EOY)

  $143,459,073

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $13,891,804

  Expenses

  $9,367,510

  Assets (EOY)

  $116,318,297

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,152,095

  Expenses

  $5,747,741

  Assets (EOY)

  $127,233,298

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $38,986,723

  Expenses

  $6,435,815

  Assets (EOY)

  $109,149,568

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,897,910

  Expenses

  $5,056,578

  Assets (EOY)

  $70,361,380

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,430,753

  Expenses

  $4,194,759

  Assets (EOY)

  $71,255,225

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,912,549

  Expenses

  $3,564,413

  Assets (EOY)

  $66,316,744

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $3,785,350

  Assets (EOY)

  $54,603,751

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• GRAND HAVEN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

  $1,239,073

  2023 · ENDOWMENT FUND; BUILDING CAMPAIGN

• VILLAGE OF SPRING LAKE

  $936,250

  2022 · PUBLIC, SOCIETY BENEFIT-MULTIPURPOSE AND OTHER

• TRI-CITIES FAMILY YMCA

  $618,475

  2023 · Y FOR ALL: A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TO HONOR OUR LEGACY AND BUILD OUR FUTURE (2023)

• GRAND HAVEN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

  $473,461

  2025 · GENERAL OPERATING

• GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY

  $468,750

  2025 · GENERAL OPERATING

• LOVE IN ACTION

  $457,096

  2022 · HUMAN SERVICES-MULTIPURPOSE AND OTHER

• LAKESHORE ADVANTAGE FOUNDATION

  $450,000

  2025 · NEXT CENTER FOUNDATION SUPPORT; OTTAWA COUNTY HOUSING; POWERING OUR FUTURE CAMPAIGN

• CITY OF GRAND HAVEN

  $434,542

  2025 · GENERAL OPERATING

• RIGHT TO LIFE OF MICHIGAN EDUCATIONAL FUND

  $400,000

  2022 · EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

• TRI-CITIES FAMILY YMCA

  $398,798

  2025 · GENERAL OPERATING; CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $2,362,673

  2024 · MULTIPLE GRANTS AWARDED

• LJ MIDGE VERPLANK COMMUNITY IMPACT FUND

  $1,060,000

  2023 · GRANT MAKING

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $100,000

  2023 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

• GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $43,515

  2022 · GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• LJ MIDGE VERPLANK COMMUNITY IMPACT FUND

  $42,090

  2025 · GRANT MAKING

• GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $41,077

  2023 · ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION FROM CHRIS-TINA FUND

• INDEPENDENT CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $18,717

  2025 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• ST LOUIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED

  $15,000

  2022 · VOLUNTEERISM

• ST LOUIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED

  $15,000

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT, CONNIE VANSCHELVEN SCHOLARSHIP FUND

• NO ONE LIVES ALONE

  $11,092

  2023 · RETURN OF FUNDS

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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.

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