Joe D. Pentecost Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- If your work sits within the listed themes of higher education, alcohol and drug abuse, after-school learning, youth health education, scholarships or youth agencies, and serves the Greater Lansing, Michigan area that the foundation gives as its priority, it is worth approaching.
- About 8 in 10 of its 119 grants fall between $5,000 and $50,000, with a median of $10,000, so a request in that range is a sensible starting point, though its largest grant was $250,000 and that band is not a ceiling.
- About 80% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had funded in earlier filings, and because that share is of dollars rather than grants, it does not show how many new organisations are funded, so a relationship helps but is not essential.
- Applications are accepted from January to September, with a September 30 deadline; send the completed application form and supporting materials to the executive director by email.
- The board looks for programmes where its contribution can be leveraged, and an organisation proposing a new programme should show how it will become self-sufficient in future.
Overview
Joe D. Pentecost Foundation is a US private foundation based in East Lansing, MI.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The Foundation says it supports and enriches the educational, social and economic life of the greater Lansing, Michigan area. It awards grants to qualified nonprofit organisations with specific, identifiable need in higher education, alcohol and drug abuse programmes, after-school learning, youth health education, scholarships and youth agencies. Its stated purpose is to benefit poor, needy, undereducated and oppressed people. It says there can be no fixed or steadfast priority among grant requests because Michigan’s needs, desires and capabilities change. The board carefully considers proposals and looks for programmes where its contribution can be leveraged; organisations proposing a new programme should plan for its future self-sufficiency.
Themes
- Higher education
- Alcoholic and drug abuse
- After-school learning
- Youth health education
- Scholarships
- Youth agencies
Geographic Focus
Priority: Greater Lansing, Michigan area.
How to apply
Organisations submit the completed application form and supporting materials to the executive director by email.
Deadlines: Applications are accepted from January to September each year, with a September 30 deadline.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 80% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 or TY2024 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2023, TY2024 and TY2025 filings, half of its 119 grants to organisations were $10,000 or less.
What the foundation says:
- The board looks for programmes where its contribution can be leveraged.
- Organisations proposing a new programme should plan for its future self-sufficiency.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 18% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2025, 80% of grant dollars went to organisations Joe D. Pentecost Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 5% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 45 grants in tax year 2025 by size
Median $10,000 (tax year 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Mid Michigan Recovery Services · Unrestricted contribution$200,0002025 tax year
- WAI-IAM · Unrestricted contribution$178,0002025 tax year
- Lansing Promise · Unrestricted contribution/ scholarships$115,0002025 tax year
- Msu Breslin And Champions Edge · Unrestricted contribution$100,0002025 tax year
- Davies Project for Mid Michigan Children · Unrestricted contribution$50,0002025 tax year
- Aitch Foundation · Unrestricted contribution$45,0002025 tax year
- House of Promise · Unrestricted contribution$40,0002025 tax year
- Sleep in Heavenly Peace · Unrestricted contribution$30,0002025 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Carrie Freeman — Vice President
- Victor Loomis — President
- Carmen Moultrie-Turner — Director
- G Tobin Heaton — Director
- Gary Hurand — Director
- Rita Stoskopf — Treasurer And Secretary
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 tax year | $1,632,525 | $1,119,665 | $25,483,892 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $1,526,735 | $1,010,500 | $26,348,971 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
| 2025 tax year | $1,685,248 | $1,135,000 | $28,082,840 | Filing for 2025 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
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- East Lansing, MI
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