Kalamazoo Valley Community College Foundation
The Kalamazoo Valley Community College Foundation serves to support and benefit the kalamazoo valley community college, its students, faculty, staff and entities. The foundation strives to be a well recognized, managed, growing, community-based foundation meeting the needs of the college through charitable fund-raising and ethical financial management.
Kalamazoo Valley Community College Foundation at a glance
In short: Kalamazoo Valley Community College Foundation gave $896K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $896K), mostly in Michigan. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $895,863
- +16.1% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $895,863
- +16.1% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $895,863
- Total assets
- $35,153,525
- +27.3% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Michigan (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Kalamazoo Valley Community College Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
5 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $500K–1M range: 4 grants of 5 (80%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
How Kalamazoo Valley Community College Foundation gives
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−1%). Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $709K (2020) to $8.6M (2023). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $896K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1 individual scholarship Recipients not named | — | $895,863 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $35,153,525 | $6,391,438 | $916,460 | $895,863 | 1 | $1,359,569 |
| 2024 | $27,605,342 | $1,944,928 | $790,433 | $771,633 | 1 | $1,429,614 |
| 2023 | $24,186,264 | $7,196,571 | $9,021,150 | $8,643,538 | 1 | $611,420 |
| 2022 | $31,618,922 | $3,071,272 | $1,481,424 | $906,205 | 1 | $2,380,459 |
| 2021 | $35,775,413 | $2,600,005 | $1,385,361 | $810,886 | 1 | $1,460,466 |
| 2020 | $29,374,937 | $1,049,665 | $1,280,565 | $708,647 | 1 | $481,594 |
About Kalamazoo Valley Community College Foundation
Based on IRS filings
Kalamazoo Valley Community College Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in Kalamazoo, MI. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $35.2M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $896K. Net investment income was $1.4M.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Kalamazoo Valley Community College Foundation is led by Alisha Siebers, Executive Director of the Foundation on every filing since 2024; none of the 23 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Alisha Siebers
Executive Director of the Foundation
On filings since 2024
20 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Stacie Ferschweiler
Chair
Secretary → Chair, 2025
On filings since 2022
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Leigh Schultz
Trustee
On filings since 2020
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Luther Marshall Washington
Ex-Officio Trustee
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Todd Sanford
Trustee
Vice Chair → Chair, 2023
Chair → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2020
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Carrie Yunker
Trustee
On filings since 2022
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Consuelo Shank
Trustee
On filings since 2022
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Fred Corbus
Trustee
On filings since 2022
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lisa Rodriguez
Trustee
On filings since 2022
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Bobby Hopewell
Trustee
On filings since 2023
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Clarence Llyod
Trustee
On filings since 2023
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Cody Allkins
Trustee
On filings since 2023
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Grant Fletcher
Trustee
On filings since 2023
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Justin Hatfield
Trustee
On filings since 2023
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Patrese Griffin
Trustee
On filings since 2023
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sonya Bernard Hollins
Trustee
On filings since 2023
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Steve Ott
Trustee
On filings since 2023
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tyler Alvord
Trustee
On filings since 2023
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jeff Patton
Trustee
On filings since 2024
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Brian Lueth
Assistant Treasurer
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Krieg Lee
Treasurer
Trustee → Treasurer, 2023
On filings since 2022
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Aimee Kornowicz
Vice Chair
Trustee → Vice Chair, 2025
On filings since 2023
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mike Shields
Secretary
Trustee → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2023
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (14)
- Former: Susan Miller (2020–2024) — Trustee -
- Former: Linda Depta (2020–2023) — Executive Director -
- Former: Matt Lahman (2020–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Matt Rzepka (2020–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Michelle Eldridge (2020–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Travis Grimwood (2020–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Michael Way Sr. (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Patrick Allkins (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Alice Kemerling (2022) — Trustee
- Former: Gary Gunia (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Gary Kushner (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Stacy Ferschweiler (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Ean Hamilton (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Stephen Doherty (2020) — Executive Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Kalamazoo Valley Community College Foundation
How much does Kalamazoo Valley Community College Foundation give each year?
Kalamazoo Valley Community College Foundation gave $896K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $772K across 1 grant.
How large is Kalamazoo Valley Community College Foundation?
Kalamazoo Valley Community College Foundation reported $35.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $6.4M.
What is Kalamazoo Valley Community College Foundation?
Kalamazoo Valley Community College Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in Kalamazoo, MI. It holds $35.2M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Kalamazoo Valley Community College Foundation operate?
Kalamazoo Valley Community College Foundation has awarded grants in Michigan.
What is Kalamazoo Valley Community College Foundation's EIN?
Kalamazoo Valley Community College Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 38-2307720. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 14, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 13, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 9, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 8, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 7, 2024)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 7, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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