Krw Foundation
Grand Rapids, MI · EIN 38-3384598. Reported 135 grants totalling $9,784,564 to 55 organizations 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. 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.
| 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. 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 77 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 96% 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.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $25,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- 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). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
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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