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Springview Foundation

Holland, MI · EIN 38-3422204. Reported 87 grants totalling $1,652,160 to 35 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$20,000median grant
$1,652,160granted, 2021-2024
35organizations funded
76%of grantees funded again the next year
$9,177,204assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Springview Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $20,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $50,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$5,000 - $10,000
3 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
60 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
22 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
2 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Institute for JusticeArlington, VA$165,000442024
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education IncPhiladelphia, PA$120,000442024
Moving Picture InstituteNew York, NY$110,000442024
The Independent InstituteOakland, CA$110,000442024
Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and LibertyGrand Rapids, MI$100,000442024
Foundation for Economic Education IncAtlanta, GA$100,000442024
Emergent Order FoundationAustin, TX$80,000442024
The Federalist SocietyWashington, DC$80,000442024
The Heartland InstituteArlington Heights, IL$80,000442024
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers FoundationStaten Island, NY$65,000222022
Network of Enlightened WomenIndianapolis, IN$60,000442024
Libertas InstituteLehi, UT$53,000332024
Encompass KidsHolland, MI$50,000222022
Prager University FoundationSherman Oaks, CA$45,000332024
Turning Point USA IncPhoenix, AZ$45,000332024
Jack Miller CenterBala Cynwyd, PA$40,000442024
Wedgewood Christian ServicesGrand Rapids, MI$40,000442024
Grant Me HopeHolland, MI$30,000222023
Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity IncHolland, MI$30,000222023
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research IncNew York, NY$30,000332024
Equest Center for Therapeutic Riding IncRockford, MI$29,160222022
Alliance Defending FreedomScottsdale, AZ$20,000222024
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy ResearchWashington, DC$20,000222022
Gateway MissionHolland, MI$20,000112022
Lakeshore Rescue MissionsHolland, MI$20,000112021
Leadership InstituteArlington, VA$20,000222024
American Enterprise InstituteWashington, DC$15,000112024
70 X 7 Life RecoveryHolland, MI$10,000112021
Hospice of HollandHolland, MI$10,000112021
Mercatus Center at George Mason UniversityArlington, VA$10,000112023
Mercatus Center IncArlington, VA$10,000112022
Resilience Advocates for Ending ViolenceHolland, MI$10,000112023
The Steamboat InstituteSteamboat Springs, CO$10,000112023
Young VoicesWashington, DC$10,000112024
New Civil Liberties AllianceWashington, DC$5,000112021

24 of 35 (69%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 76%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 69 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Civil Rights
14 grants
Education
14 grants
Public & Societal Benefit
12 grants
Human Services
10 grants
Social Science
8 grants
Arts & Culture
5 grants
Health Care
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202121$375,000$20,000
202223$432,160$18,000
202323$450,000$15,000
202420$395,000$20,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 21% of this one's giving went to organizations in Michigan. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Michigan
$349K
Virginia
$205K
New York
$205K
Pennsylvania
$160K
California
$155K
District of Columbia
$130K
Georgia
$100K
Texas
$80K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund26 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc25 shared recipientsNatl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc25 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program19 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust19 shared recipientsDonors Trust Inc18 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $20,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Michigan.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Springview Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 99 East 8TH Street Ste 310, Holland, MI, 49423. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 38-3422204 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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