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Private foundation (trust)EIN 382556356Est. 1984-12

JAMES AND SHIRLEY BALK FOUNDATION

GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49505

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$5.7M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$147K

FY 2024

Grants Made

15

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$10K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$500–$60K

Typical

Deadlines

Open / rolling

Applications

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$1.0M

Total Expenses

$203K

Qualifying Distributions

$149K

Distributable Amount

$262K

Min. Investment Return

$272K

Payout rate 57%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.57%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

15 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $500 through median $3K to maximum $60K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

6 years

Giving over time from 2018 to 2024. Peak $1.8M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

132 grants

KENT COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION
$1.4M
1 grant
SPECTRUM HEALTH - HELEN DEVOS CHIDLREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
$350K
1 grant
HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN
$267K
6 grants
SPECTRUM HOSPITAL
$131K
3 grants
FREDERIK MEIJER GARDENS
$112K
6 grants
GRAND RAPIDS CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL
$100K
1 grant
HOPE COLLEGE
$100K
1 grant
LAGRAVE AVENUE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH
$90K
2 grants

Grant Size Distribution

132 grants

<$10K
107
grants
$10–50K
16
grants
$50–250K
7
grants
$250K–1M
1
grants
$1–5M
1
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

7 states

Michigan
$3.0M
97% of total
Florida
$74K
2% of total
Pennsylvania
$8K
0% of total
Vermont
$3K
0% of total
District of Columbia
$2K
0% of total
Wisconsin
$2K
0% of total
New York
$500
0% of total

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