| Key | Value |
| 2025 | Re-released father Rich DeVos's first book Believe! for 50th anniversary edition and America's 250th; serves as Editor-in-Chief of The Believe! Journal [Acton bio] |
| 2025–2026 | American Magic (professional sailing team) competed in America's Cup 2024 Barcelona; Doug is Principal and Board Member [Purdue bio] |
| Alignment Score | 98/100 — one of the highest-conviction faith-capital families in America |
| Alignment score | 85/100 — Deep family faith tradition (CRC); foundation explicitly operates from servant-leadership of Jesus; co-chaired org that created BibleGateway.com; $14.5M/year in grants through religious lens. |
| Amplify GR / Thrive & Prosper | Economic mobility, Southtown Corridor |
| Amway | Co-Chair, Board of Directors — $7B+ annual revenue, world's largest direct selling company |
| Amway board role | Governance, not daily operations (since stepping down as President) |
| Amway governance | Co-chairs $7B+ global enterprise with faith-informed values |
| Believe! Journal | As editor-in-chief, Doug commissioned the Spring 2026 cover story "God from the Machine" — a direct theological engagement with AI asking whether it will "reflect the truth" or "be made in the image o |
| Born | October 6, 1964, Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| Calvin College/Calvin University | Family supporter (Grand Rapids liberal arts college of the Christian Reformed Church) |
| Center for Sound Literacy | Maria volunteers (reading) |
| Charles Koch / Stand Together | Doug leads Ambassador Network for Stand Together; Frederick Douglass Society chairman |
| Children | 4 children and their spouses: Dalton & Kelly DeVos, Micaela & Jordan Richtsmeier, Monreau & Peter Stewart, Olivia & Grant Griffioen |
| Christian Conservative Family Offices | 1. David Green (Hobby Lobby) |
| Christian philanthropy | Doug & Maria DeVos Foundation gives heavily to Christian organizations: Bethany Christian Services ($117K), Christian Leaders Ministries ($50K), Luis Palau Association ($150K), National Christian Foun |
| Church | Keystone Community Church, Grand Rapids |
| Churches/religious organizations | Significant portion of foundation grants |
| Community development (Grand Rapids) | Major investment |
| Completeness | 82% \ | Fact count: 38 \ | UNVERIFIED: Exact personal net worth (estimated from family share); specific church attendance |
| Composite Score | 77/100 |
| Concrete expressions | - Church: Active member of Keystone Community Church, Grand Rapids (foundation gave $370,000 in 2022; $125,000 in 2024) |
| Context | The DeVos family operates numerous foundations and giving entities. Dick & Betsy's is the most publicly visible but not the largest family vehicle. Richard DeVos Sr. Foundation, Daniel DeVos Foundatio |
| Continuum Ventures | Doug & Maria's personal investment company — businesses, community changemakers, civic organizations |
| Corewell Health Foundation | Maria chairs; healthcare philanthropy |
| Coverage | 55% |
| Data Status | RICH (62,409 bytes across sources) |
| Day 7: ...## Why He Matters (to Genesis/Day 7) 1. Theological alignment | His Believe! Journal literally published the question Genesis answe... |
| DeVos Family | Dick DeVos / Betsy DeVos (brother/sister-in-law; former Education Secretary); Dan DeVos (brother; Grand Rapids Griffins); Cheri DeVos (sister) |
| DeVos family net worth | $5.4B+ (Forbes 2024, entire family) |
| DeVos family wealth | $5.4B+ family net worth — one of America's wealthiest Christian dynasties |
| Denomination | Reformed Christian (Christian Reformed Church heritage; family attends Mars Hill Bible Church and other West Michigan congregations) |
| Direct | Amway Global corporate; Continuum Ventures |
| Direct? | YES — Carter first-degree |
| Dossier | planning/wave3-dossiers/douglas-lee-devos.md |
| Doug & Maria DeVos Foundation | Founded 1992; $84M+ in assets; $14.5M annually in grants |
| Education | BS, Purdue University (where he was quarterback for the Purdue football team) |
| Entrepreneurship thesis | Lifelong passion for "providing opportunities for people to build businesses" — aligns with Genesis's empowerment model |
| Excavation Packet | 084-douglas-devos_PACKET.md |
| Faith Integration | The DeVos family views their business empire as a platform for Kingdom impact. Richard DeVos was a founding patron of the Crystal Cathedral, major donor to Calvin University, RBC Ministries, and dozen |
| Faith-aligned giving | SIGNIFICANT — education reform (school choice/vouchers) + faith-based causes |
| Faith/Alignment | Full Name: Douglas Lee DeVos |
| Family | Son of Richard DeVos Sr. (Amway co-founder, d. 2018) and Helen DeVos; brother to Dick DeVos (married to Betsy DeVos, former U.S. Secretary of Education) |
| Family strengthening | Core focus area |
| Feb 2026 | Featured speaker at Evenings at Acton University 2026 — "people of deep faith and active members of Keystone Community Church" [acton.org] |
| Foundation (2024 990) | $25M+ in grants; major recipients include Purdue ($2.125M), National Constitution Center ($1.7M), The Seminar Network/Stand Together ($1M), YMCA Grand Rapids, Gerald R. Ford Foundation [kindora.co] |
| Full Name | Douglas Lee DeVos |
| Generated | 2026-06-15 |
| Gospel Communications International | Co-chaired (with Billy Zeoli) the organization that built BibleGateway.com — now the most-visited Bible site on earth |
| Grand Rapids Christian Schools | Family gave $6.8M in 2013 alone; Doug's personal share $3.2M |
| Grand Rapids institutions | DeVos name on hospitals, performance halls, children's hospital |
| Grand Rapids real estate/development | Significant community investment |
| Harvest | devos-family.md |
| Hub | planning/command-center/5-douglas-lee-devos.md |
| Hub file | planning/command-center/509-douglas-lee-devos.md |
| Implication | Potential warm path via shared Day 7 connection |
| Justification | Doug DeVos is clearly faith-driven (foundation explicitly Christian, church active, servant-leadership model), controls massive resources ($5.4B family wealth, $84M foundation, Amway board), and has n |
| Key faith signals | - Foundation mission follows "the example of servant-leadership established by Jesus Christ" |
| Key pattern | Education reform (charter schools, school choice), conservative policy, Grand Rapids community, arts/culture |
| Legacy Mode | With the founder generation passed (Richard DeVos d. 2018), Doug leads the family's next chapter |
| Location | West Michigan (Grand Rapids area) |
| Mined by | C3 window, S1334 LAST RUN |
| Mission | "Faithful servants with a focus on education, community, the arts, justice, and leadership" |
| Names Already Present (Verified) | - Patrick Collison ✓ |
| National Constitution Center | Executive Committee Chair — Philadelphia civic institution |
| National influence | Stand Together network, National Constitution Center, U.S.-India CEO Forum |
| Net Worth | Family estimated $5.4B+ (Forbes, DeVos family aggregate); personal share UNVERIFIED |
| Net worth | Estimated $1-2B (quarter share of family wealth plus personal investments and Continuum Ventures) |
| Network | DeVos family connections span politics (Betsy DeVos, Erik Prince), sports (Orlando Magic NBA), education (charter school movement), and faith philanthropy |
| Notable grants (2024 from CauseIQ) | - Grand Action Foundation 20: $1,000,000 (capital campaign) |
| Ongoing | Chairman, Frederick Douglass Society for Stand Together; Chair, National Constitution Center; Board, Corewell Health (Michigan's largest health system) [multiple sources] |
| Orlando Magic (NBA) | Family ownership stake |
| Overlap with our universe | VERY HIGH |
| Packet | planning/excavation-packets/084-douglas-devos_PACKET.md |
| Political alignment | Strongly conservative — Betsy DeVos served as U.S. Secretary of Education (2017–2021) |
| Profile | war-room/profiles/douglas-devos.md |
| RDV Corporation | DeVos family office managing diversified investments (Maria chairs philanthropy committee) |
| RDV Corporation philanthropy | Maria chairs philanthropy committee of family office |
| Rank | #509 \ | Tier: Field \ | Composite: 49.4 \ | Coverage: 55 |
| Residence | Grand Rapids, Michigan |