The John E Goerlich Charitable Trust
Holland, OH · EIN 47-1936802. Reported 411 grants totalling $472,161 to 162 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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. The John E Goerlich Charitable Trust 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 $750. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $1,125; the smallest was $50 and the largest $18,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Pointe Academy the Academy Fund | Grosse Pointe, MI | $26,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Carroll County YMCA Camp Huckins | Freedom, NH | $16,005 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| William Marsh Rice University | Houston, TX | $16,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Alternatives to Hunger Fbo Bellingham Food Bank | Bellingham, WA | $14,050 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Surfrider Foundation | San Clemente, CO | $12,135 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Rye Public Library | Rye, NH | $11,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Middle Creek Academy | Bozeman, MT | $10,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Grosse Point Memorial Church | Grosse Pointe Farms, MI | $9,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Maui Friends of the Library | Wailuku, HI | $9,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington DC, DC | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Bluffton-Richland Library Foundation | Bluffton, OH | $8,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Haleakala Woldorf School | Kula, HI | $8,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| University of Detroit Mercy | Detroit, MI | $8,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Donorschooseorg | New York, NY | $8,417 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Dallas Foundation | Dallas, TX | $6,205 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sigma Gamma Association C/O Amy Russell | Grosse Pointe Farms, MI | $6,050 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Waldorf Association of Whatcom County | Bellingham, WA | $6,050 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Lowcountry Inc | Bluffton, SC | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Colorado Nature School | Golden, CO | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Grosse Pointe Farms Foundation | Grosse Pointe Farms, MI | $5,950 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Red Cross | Boone, IA | $5,750 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Bozeman United Methodist Church | Bozeman, MT | $5,100 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Human Rights Campaign Foundation | Washington, DC | $5,005 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Promedica Foundation | Toledo, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tahoe Area Mountain Biking Association | South Lake Tahoe, CA | $4,935 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Simoo Scholarship | Aubrey, TX | $4,750 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Community Boating Center | Bellingham, WA | $4,750 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Wild Whatcom | Bellingham, WA | $4,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Cool Earth | Chester, NJ | $4,485 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bellingham Public School Foundation | Bellingham, WA | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Entertainment Industry Foundation Peoples Fund of Mauipo | Los Angeles, CA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Maui Food Bank | Wailuku, HI | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| William Lipscomb Elementary PTA | Dallas, TX | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| YWCA Bellingham | Bellingham, WA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Genesis Womens Shelter & Support | Dallas, TX | $3,800 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Bellingham Public Library Fund | Bellingham, WA | $3,750 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Racquet Up Detroit | Detroit, MI | $3,750 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Central Union Mission | Washington, DC | $3,725 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Protect Our Winters | Boulder, CO | $3,673 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Friends of the Hilton Head Library | Hilton Head, SC | $3,600 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Crossroads of Michigan | Detroit, MI | $3,550 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Civil Liberties Union Fdn | New York, NY | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| First Tee of Low Country | Hilton Head, SC | $3,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Population Services International | Washington, DC | $3,455 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Robert Rodriguez Leadership Fdn | Red Oak, TX | $3,450 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Detroit Athletic Club Foundation | Detroit, MI | $3,450 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Jdrf International | New York, NY | $3,350 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Forgotten Harvest | Oak Park, MI | $3,250 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| National Public Radio Inc | Baltimore, MD | $3,250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Salvation Army Eastern Michigan Division | Southfield, MI | $3,250 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Engineers Without Borders - USA Inc | Denver, CO | $3,075 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| American Heart Assocation | Chicago, IL | $3,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Captains for Clean Water | Fort Myers, FL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Old Newsboys | Detroit, MI | $3,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Pockets Full of Sunshine | Bluffton, SC | $3,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Trevor Project Inc | West Hollywod, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Care | Atlanta, GA | $2,800 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Bozeman Sunrise Rotary | Bozeman, MT | $2,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Gleaners Community Food Bank Inc | Detroit, MI | $2,750 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Conservation Fund | Arlington, VA | $2,725 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Whatcom Family YMCA | Bellingham, WA | $2,650 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Journeymen Institute | Vashon, WA | $2,625 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Last Prisioner Project | Denver, CO | $2,625 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ascension St John & Providence Fdns | Grosse Pointe Woods, MI | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jeffco Action Center | Lakewood, CO | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Lydia Place | Bellingham, WA | $2,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Michigan Humane Society | Bingham Farms, MI | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Public Library Fdn of Beaufort County | Beaufort, SC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Trust for Public Land | San Francisco, CA | $2,450 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| City of Grosse Pointe Foundation | Grosse Pointe, MI | $2,400 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| St Theresa of Avila | Summit, NJ | $2,400 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Northwest Public Broadcastin | Pullman, WA | $2,300 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| American Public Media Group | St Paul, MN | $2,278 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Maui Inline Hockey Association | Kihei, HI | $2,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| YMCA Storer Camps | Jackson, MI | $2,100 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Challenged Athletes Foundation | San Diego, CA | $2,050 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Huntingtons Disease Society of America | New York, NY | $2,050 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Grid Alternatives | Oakland, CA | $2,035 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Solve Mecfs Initiative | Glendale, CA | $2,010 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bishop Gadsden Episcopal Retirement Community | Charleston, SC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Nassau Co Florida | Fernandina Beach, FL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Common Threads Farm | Bellingham, WA | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Hyder Family Hospice House | Dover, NH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Leukemia and Lymphoma Society | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Restoring Vision | San Francisco, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Young Life Grosse Pointe | Grosse Pointe, MI | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Chicago, IL | $1,900 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition | Bellingham, WA | $1,900 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Earth Justice | San Francisco, CA | $1,788 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Pacific Marine Mammal Center | Laguna Beach, CA | $1,788 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Thorn | Manhattan Beach, CA | $1,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Whatcom County Amateur Hockey Assoc | Bellingham, WA | $1,550 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Garden Street United Methodist Church | Bellingham, WA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lighthouse Mission | Bellingham, WA | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Planned Parentgood Gulf Coast Inc | Houston, TX | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Stratham Memorial School PTO | Stratham, NH | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| YWCA Toledo | Toledo, OH | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Rotary Club of Grosse Pointe Foundation | Grosse Pointe Farms, MI | $1,455 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Haven | Bozeman, MT | $1,200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sailing Foundation | Redmond, WA | $1,150 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Shifting Gears | Bellingham, WA | $1,150 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| First United Methodist Church of Eaton Rapids | Eaton Rapids, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | Kansas City, MO | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Homesnow | Bellingham, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Maui Hub | Kula, HI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Tears Foundation South Carolina Chapter | Puyallup, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc | Tallahassee, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Watch Duty | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Whatcom Fc Rangers | Bellingham, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| YMCA of Greater Toledo | Toledo, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| YWCA Toldeo | Toledo, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dac Foundation | Detroit, MI | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sandy Hook Promise Foundation | Newtown, CT | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Beach House Inc | Toledo, OH | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship | Bellingham, WA | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hoop Heads Academy | Lahanina, HI | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kapadia Education Foundation Inc | Denver, CO | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Maui Basketball Academy | Lahaina, HI | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Melanoma Research Alliance | Washington, DC | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Na Leo Pulama O Maui Inc | Wailuku, HI | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Neighborhood Club | Grosse Pointe, MI | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Public Land Water Access Association | Bozeman, MT | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | New York, NY | $650 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Komo Kulshan Ski Club | Bellingham, WA | $650 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis Inc | Miami, FL | $600 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Alzheimers Association | Chicago, IL | $517 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bellingham Sailing Foundation | Bellingham, WA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brain Injury Assoc of Arizona | Phoenix, AZ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Brain Injury Association of Arizona | Phoenix, AZ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cato Institute | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Christ Church of the City of Detroit | Detroit, MI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Drug Policy Alliance | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Emergency Kukoa | Makawao, HI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Grosse Pointe Academy | Grosse Pointe, MI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Halau O Ka Hanu Lehua | Wailuku, HI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hanona | Wailuku, HI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hospice Care of the Lowcountry | Bluffton, SC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| HUNT2HEAL | Grandville, MI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Huntington Beach Tree Society Inc | Sunset Beach, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lhaq Temish Foundation | Bellingham, WA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Loving Loic Foundation | Bozeman, MT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mom's House Toledo | Toledo, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Natural Resource Defense Coucil | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Organization for Transformative Works | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pacific Birth Collective | Haiku, HI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Schaap Center for Performing Arts | Grosse Pointe Park, MI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of Houston Fdn | Houston, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Grace Community Church | Hilton Head, SC | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hrdc | Bozeman, MT | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alley Theatre | Houston, TX | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Aurora House Aka Aurora Project Inc | Toledo, OH | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Hilton Head | Hilton Head Island, SC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Family House | Toledo, OH | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Family Outreach Community United Services | Toledo, OH | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hilton Head Island Recreation Assoc | Hilton Head, SC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Moms House Toledo | Toledo, OH | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Ccim Institute Foundation | Chicago, IL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bluffton Self Help Inc | Bluffton, SC | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Detroit Riverfront Conservancy | Detroit, MI | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Halau Kealaokamaile | Pukalani, HI | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hildon Head Island Recreation Associat | Hilton Head, SC | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
94 of 162 (58%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 72%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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.
- Waldorf Association of Whatcom County
PROVIDE EDUCATION & AFTER - Rye Public Library
PROVIDE MATERIALS, PROGRAMS - Donorschooseorg
CLASSROOM PROJECT FUNDING - The Detroit Athletic Club Foundation
SUPPORT OF DETROIT/SE MI - - YMCA Storer Camps
ENRICH LIVES OF YOUTH AND - Whatcom Family YMCA
STRENGTHEN COMMUMITY YOUTH
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 205 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 | 80 | $91,019 | $750 |
| 2022 | 84 | $86,200 | $720 |
| 2023 | 80 | $100,440 | $500 |
| 2024 | 84 | $90,000 | $900 |
| 2025 | 83 | $104,502 | $1,000 |
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
20% 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 $750. 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.
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- 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 The John E Goerlich Charitable Trust's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). 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: 1630 Timberwolf Drive, Holland, OH, 43528. 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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