Aa Van Elslander Foundation
The A.A. Van Elslander Foundation, founded by Art Van Elslander, funds Michigan-based 501(c)(3) organizations with a focus on children, health, and human services. The site provides grant guidelines, grant reporting, lists grantees, and publishes contact information for the foundation in Birmingham, MI.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A Michigan-based 501(c)(3) focused on children, health, or human services seeking operations support and able to manage reporting and potentially large multi-year awards.
Good Fit
- • Organization is headquartered and operates in Michigan.
- • Programmatic focus on children, health, or human services.
- • Request is for operations or sustained program support rather than a narrow pilot.
- • Capacity to absorb and report on larger awards when appropriate.
- • Ability to submit the required online inquiry during the September application window.
Geography
Observed giving in all three available years is exclusively to Michigan organizations; every grant in the latest year went to in-state recipients.
Recipient Variety
The foundation funded about two dozen distinct recipients each year (26 in 2024) with a mix of returning and new grantees, indicating a broadly distributed recipient set despite dollar concentration among a few large awards.
New Applicants
Direct evidence of openness exists: the website publishes grant guidelines and an annual online inquiry window, and the latest year shows 11 newly funded recipients, so unfamiliar applicants have a visible, used route into the portfolio.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
