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Covenant Academies Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker Muskegon, MI EIN: 47-5613722 Website

Covenant Academies Foundation provides support for the operation of charter schools.

Covenant Academies Foundation at a glance

Total assets
$3,709,220
+6.2% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$1,574,375
+12.1% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$5,480
-38.7% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$1,382,625
+34.4% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Covenant Academies Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

3<$50K1$50–100K1$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 3 grants of 5 (60%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

SaginawKalamazoo

How Covenant Academies Foundation gives

  • Giving fell 73% from 2021 to 2024. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$100K$200K$300K0 grants2019 2 grants2020 2 grants2021 2 grants2022 0 grants2023 1 grant2024 0 grants2025

From 2020 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $36K (2024) to $257K (2020). In 2024 it made 1 grant totaling $36K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Saginaw Covenant Academy Saginaw, MIEducation/Administra$35,500
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$3,709,220$1,574,375$1,382,625——$5,480
2024$3,494,021$1,404,523$1,029,023$35,5001$8,942
2023$3,152,315$1,128,682$788,314——$4,254
2022$2,847,877$1,154,910$861,046$120,0002$3,495
2021$2,790,053$1,341,997$918,864$129,8852$1,682
2020$2,452,444$1,281,862$1,152,906$256,8972$2,778
2019$2,607,722$1,148,868$1,197,703——$-102,123

About Covenant Academies Foundation

Based on IRS filings

Covenant Academies Foundation is a public charity focused on Youth Development, based in Muskegon, MI. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $3.7M in total assets. Net investment income was $5K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Covenant Academies Foundation is led by Edd Snyder, President on every filing since 2019; 2 of 9 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Edd Snyder

    President

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sam Joseph

    Board Chair

    Founder → Board Chair, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $72K (2019) → $85K (2025)

  • Sandi Jones

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Judge Greg Pittman

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rich Thompson

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rita Raichoudhuri

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Amanda Acker

    Chief Academ

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $79K (2021) → $85K (2025)

  • Joe Kaplan

    Vice President

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Humphreys

    Secretary

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (7)
  • Former: Gretchen Lahaie (2019–2024) — Chief Oper O
  • Former: Jim Wolohan (2019–2024) — Secretary
  • Former: Sam Beals (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Jim Heath (2019–2021) — Treasurer
  • Former: Jim Tyler (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Jon Felske (2019–2020) — Chief Executive O
  • Former: Gregory Pittman (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Sam Joseph — Board Chair: $85KSam JosephBoard Chair$85KAmanda Acker — Chief Academ: $85KAmanda AckerChief Academ$85K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $85K, to Sam Joseph (Board Chair). 2 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Covenant Academies Foundation

How large is Covenant Academies Foundation?

Covenant Academies Foundation reported $3.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.6M.

What is Covenant Academies Foundation?

Covenant Academies Foundation is a public charity focused on Youth Development, based in Muskegon, MI. It holds $3.7M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Covenant Academies Foundation operate?

Covenant Academies Foundation has awarded grants in Michigan.

What is Covenant Academies Foundation's EIN?

Covenant Academies Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 47-5613722. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(6)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS March 13, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 18, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 15, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 15, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 15, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)

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