Bill & Julia Van Domelen Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation's stated focus on health care, housing and education, particularly for lower-income youth and families, is the first thing to check against your work, and its grants are mainly in Florida and Michigan, though the filing states no geographic focus for applicants.
- The filing says it gives only to preselected organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered; approach it only through an introduction.
- A typical grant falls between $100,000 and $5,000,000, and half of its 12 grants to organisations were $1,000,000 or less, so frame any request with that in mind, bearing in mind that its largest grant was about $11,500,000.
- About 77% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, so expect to be a newcomer in a fairly established set of grantees.
- The filing gives no timing for invitations, so plan around that uncertainty.
Overview
Bill & Julia Van Domelen Foundation is a US private foundation based in Southfield, MI.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and web pages about the foundation (gulfshorebusiness.com, guadalupecenter.org), with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation focuses its philanthropic efforts on health care, housing and education, shifting the focus to where it sees the greatest need. It makes help available to people most affected by poverty, and its grants are described as enhancing education, health care and housing for lower-income youth and families. Its recorded grantees include health-care providers and local organisations in education, family and community services. The reported approach is to direct support towards the needs it considers greatest, with health care and children’s care singled out as important community needs.
Themes
- Health care
- Housing
- Education
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Florida and Michigan.
How to apply
The filing says the foundation gives only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests; it gives no applicant-initiated route or application stages.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 77% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 12 grants to organisations were $1,000,000 or less.
What the foundation says:
- It shifts its focus towards the area of greatest perceived need. (as reported in other published sources)
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 52% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 77% of grant dollars went to organisations Bill & Julia Van Domelen Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 13% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 7 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $1M (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Healthcare Network · General$5,000,0002024 tax year
- Bill and Julia Van Domelen Foundation Donor Advised Fund · General$1,900,0002024 tax year
- NCH Healthcare System · General$1,500,0002024 tax year
- Naples Children & Education Foundation · General$1,000,0002024 tax year
- Grace Place for Children and Families · General$200,0002024 tax year
- Guadalupe Center · General$100,0002024 tax year
- Immokalee Foundation · General$25,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- George H Lennon — Director
- Arthur E Albin — Treasurer & Director
- Julia Van Domelen — President, Secretary And Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $11,756,782 | $11,323,447 | $194,800,193 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $10,012,088 | $9,595,480 | $203,952,243 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $10,134,173 | $9,725,000 | $212,683,390 | Filing for 2024 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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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- Southfield, MI