Krw Foundation
Grand Rapids, MI · EIN 38-3384598. Reported 135 grants totalling $9,784,564 to 55 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Krw 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $20,000 and $75,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $595,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Rapids Art Museum | Grand Rapids, MI | $1,255,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Grand Rapids Symphony Endowment | Grand Rapids, MI | $1,025,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Aquinas College | Grand Rapids, MI | $695,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Disability Advocates of Kent County | Grand Rapids, MI | $525,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Our Hope | Grand Rapids, MI | $515,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Grand Valley State University | Allendale, MI | $506,064 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Diatribe | Grand Rapids, MI | $450,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| ACLU of Michigan | Detroit, MI | $325,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| First Steps of Kent County | Grand Rapids, MI | $315,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Family Promise of Grand Rapids | Grand Rapids, MI | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Grand Rapids Civic Theatre | Grand Rapids, MI | $290,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Heart of West Michigan United Way | Grand Rapids, MI | $280,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Grand Rapids Public Schools Foundation | Grand Rapids, MI | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mary Free Bed Foundation | Grand Rapids, MI | $225,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Access Living | Chicago, IL | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| YWCA West Central Michigan | Grand Rapids, MI | $185,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Aspen Institute | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Garfield Park Neighborhood Association | Grand Rapids, MI | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Womens' Resource Center | Grand Rapids, MI | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Health Net of West Michigan | Grand Rapids, MI | $140,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Disart | Grand Rapids, MI | $135,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Grand Rapids Community Foundation | Grand Rapids, MI | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Beyond 26 | Wyoming, MI | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ferris Foundation | Big Rapids, MI | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Planned Parenthood of West Michigan | Grand Rapids, MI | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Methodist Community House | Grand Rapids, MI | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids | Grand Rapids, MI | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| West Michigan Center for Arts & Technology | Grand Rapids, MI | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Aya Youth Collective | Grand Rapids, MI | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Michigan League of Conservation Voters | Ann Arbor, MI | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Humane Society of West Michigan | Grand Rapids, MI | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood of South Florida | West Palm Beach, FL | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| St Cecilia Music Center | Grand Rapids, MI | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| C-Snip | Grand Rapids, MI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Children's Advocacy Center of Kent County | Grand Rapids, MI | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ecliptic at Rosa Parks Circle Conservancy | Grand Rapids, MI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Grand Rapids Children's Museum | Grand Rapids, MI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ikus Life Enrichment | Grand Rapids, MI | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Indian Trails Camp | Grand Rapids, MI | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Arc of Kent County | Grand Rapids, MI | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts | Grand Rapids, MI | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Together West Michigan Education Fund | Grand Rapids, MI | $47,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Council of Michigan Foundations | Grand Haven, MI | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Blandford Nature Center | Grand Rapids, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Rockford | Rockford, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Conductive Learning Center of North America | Grand Rapids, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Affinity Mentoring | Grand Rapids, MI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Grand Rapids Urban League | Grand Rapids, MI | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Opera Grand Rapids | Grand Rapids, MI | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Red Cross of Palm Beach County | West Palm Beach, FL | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Camp Sunshine | Holland, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Imagination Dollhouses for Children | Kentwood, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Literacy Center of West Michigan | Grand Rapids, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Red Cross of Greater Grand Rapids | Grand Rapids, MI | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Gildas Club Grand Rapids | Grand Rapids, MI | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
38 of 55 (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 78%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 73 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 33 | $2,897,064 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 36 | $2,032,500 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 32 | $2,100,000 | $50,000 |
| 2024 | 34 | $2,755,000 | $50,000 |
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
96% of its giving went to organizations in Michigan. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $25,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Michigan.
- 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.
- 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Krw Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 2260 Cascade Springs Dr Se, Grand Rapids, MI, 49546. 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.
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