Grants awarded
Who does The Shine Foundation fund?
The Shine Foundation has awarded $8.9 million across 184 grants to 100 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in human services. Its typical grant is $30,000, with most between $15,000 and $50,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $32,500 versus $21,834 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$8.9M
Typical grant
$30K
Grantees
100
Grants
184
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I Individual recipient | $880K | 3 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Odc Network
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$500K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | MI | |
| B Boys & Girls Club of Grand Rapids | $475K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Bridge Street Ministries | $447K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Good Samaritan Ministries | $345K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W Women's Resource Center | $285K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Community Action House | $258K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| E Escape Ministries | $242K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
New City Kids INC
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$235K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| T Treetops Collective | $208K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| I Iccf Community Homes | $200K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$200K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| I Individual recipient | $200K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Aya Youth Collective
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$200K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| I Individual recipient | $190K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Latin Americans United for Progress INC
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$188K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology
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$175K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MI | |
| J Jubilee Ministries INC | $160K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Lighthouse Immigrant Advocates
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$151K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| I Individual recipient | $150K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| N New City Kids | $150K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I I Am Academy | $146K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$140K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| G Grand Rapids Neihiemiah Project | $130K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Community Foundation of Holland Zeeland | $127K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Storehouse of Community Resources
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$125K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
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$125K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | MI | |
| C Children's Cancer Research Fund | $118K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Storehouse | $116K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| L Latin Americans United for Progress INC | $105K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| D Dana-Faber Cancer Institute | $101K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Habitat for Humanity Kent County | $100K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Michigan Immigrant Rights Center | $100K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$88K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
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$85K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
New City Neighbors
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$80K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| A American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan | $75K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Godfrey Lee Public Schools | $75K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Lakeshore Non-Profit Alliance
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$70K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| E Evergreen Commons | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$50K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| M Momentum Center | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $40K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology | $40K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Grandville Avenue Arts & Humanities INC | $40K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Baxter Community Center | $40K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Grand Rapids Initiative for Leaders | $39K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| O Other Way Ministries | $35K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $31K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| O Oaisd | $25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Culture Works
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$25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | OH | |
Mosaic Counseling
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$25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | MI | |
| G Grand Rapids Center for Community Transformation | $25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Grand Rapids Initiative for Leaders
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$25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| N No Surrender Running Club INC | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Hand2hand
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$25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | MI | |
| L Lakeshore Nonprofit Alliance | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Health Tree Foundation | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $24K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Living Stones Academy | $20K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| B Better Wiser Stronger INC | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Positive Impact for Life | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
The Other Way Ministries
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$20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MI | |
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$15K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | IA | |
| I Individual recipient | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$15K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | CO | |
| I Individual recipient | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| D Dreamstone Cx | $15K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MI | |
American Heart Association INC
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$11K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
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$10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | PA | |
| N Next Steps of West Michigan | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| G Grand Rapids Student Advancement Fund | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| D Da Blodgett - St John's Home | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Best Friends Animal Society
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$10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | UT | |
| P Positive Impact for Life | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MI | |
Kids' Food Basket INC
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MI | |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Paddle Antrim
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MI | |
| S Samaritas | $8K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C Christian Community Development Association | $7K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | |
Boys and Girls Club of Holland INC
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$5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Best Pals Animal Rescue | $5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $4K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Haiti Foundation Against Poverty | $4K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | MI | |
| V Velo Kids | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
The Livestrong Foundation
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$2K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| L Lapointe Foundation INC | $2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MA | |
Back on My Feet
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$2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | PA | |
| D Dt Care | $1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Bellringer | $1K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| S Step Up Youth Productions | $1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MI | |
The Blackbaud Giving Fund
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$300 | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | SC | |
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$200 | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | MI | |
Torch Lake Protection Alliance
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$125 | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MI |
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