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Barnabas Foundation

Barnabas Foundation provides education and guidance to Christians of all ages and generations to help them grow in their understanding of Biblical Stewardship and experience the joy of living a generous life by supporting charitable organizations and activities.

$61M
Granted FY2017
726
Grants FY2017
38
States reached
$3.5M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2017 · 726 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 726 grants below total $57,702,526, the rows itemized in this filing. The $60,753,779 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $3,051,253 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2017

  • Under $10k226 grants · $1.4M
  • $10k–50k348 grants · $7.3M
  • $50k–250k107 grants · $11M
  • $250k+45 grants · $38M
$15,000
Median grant
38
States reached
$428M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
World Renew (fka CRWRC)$3,515,927
Westminster Seminary California$3,130,100
Illiana Christian High School$2,976,432
Calvin College$2,857,880
Dordt College Inc$1,950,500
Elim Christian Services$1,606,757
Calvin Christian Schools - Escondido CA$1,164,750
Calvin Theological Seminary$1,154,157
Hope College$1,019,750
Holland Home of Grand Rapids$1,011,350
Meadowbrook Village$1,000,000
Kuyper College$986,951
Bible League International$970,589
Christian Reformed World Missions$838,537
Providence Christian College$812,150
02The need
02

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $1.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Rainbow Acres: $18k → 14%Shared Blessings International Christian Ministries Inc: $5k → 15%Family Research Council: $6k → 14%Safespace Inc: $5k → 10%Metropolitan Ministries: $10k → 13%Atlas Ministry Inc: $22k → 14%Center for Sharing: $16k → 11%Sunshine Acres Children's Home: $17k → 11%Dwelling Place (The): $77k → 7%Bethany Home Society of San Joaquin County Inc: $80k → 12%Salem Christian Homes Inc: $6k → 14%Tapestries of Life Ministries Inc: $20k → 21%Cherish Center: $22k → 7%Outreach Community Ministries: $33k → 7%Justice for All: $5k → 8%Camp High Hopes: $113k → 13%Benjamin's Hope: $20k → 8%Heritage Community of Kalamazoo: $5k → 12%Artesia Christian Home: $9k → 14%Visionary Family Ministries: $5k → 7%The Elizabeth Hospice Inc: $6k → 11%Park Village Pines: $7k → 12%Atlas of Orange City: $10k → 8%Hospice of Holland: $21k → 10%Mommy's Haven: $20k → 15%Crossroads YMCA: $10k → 15%Katelyn's Fund - Orphan Ministry: $8k → 8%Compassionate Heart Ministries: $25k → 8%Wedgwood Christian Services: $42k → 11%Sunset Manor Inc: $29k → 8%Matthew's House Ministry: $9k → 11%All God's People: $12k → 14%Degage Ministries: $18k → 11%Bethshan Association: $46k → 14%Cyndie's Hand of Hope: $5k → 14%Holland Home of Grand Rapids: $1.0M → 11%Partners for Learning Across Cultures: $5k → 11%Journey Grand Rapids: $5k → 11%Baxter Community Center: $10k → 11%SowHope Org: $6k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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MI
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CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
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MD
AZ
NM
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TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
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GA
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FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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2
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
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Covenant Christian School

Covenant Christian School (CCS) is committed to the academic, spiritual, physical, and social growth of our children in a Christ-centered environment. Continued on Schedule O Covenant Christian School cultivates a distinctive generation…

Education
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Reformed University Inc

Provide education in theology, divinity, religious education, ministerial training, business and organizational leadership.

Education
5
The King's Christian School

The king's christian school is a k-12 prepatory school that equips and strengthens students through education and example, that they might stand firmly upon the word of god and to become effective servant-leaders who impact the world…

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Christian Schools Inc

Education - private christian school grades k-12

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Bethlehem Christian School

Bethlehem christian school is a non-denominational school that provides a complete educational program that is biblically sound, christ-centered and of excellent academic standards

Education
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Global Scholars

Global scholars exists so that christian academics are adequately equipped to have a redemptive influence among their students, colleagues, universities and disciplines, at a reasonable cost.

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Olivet University

Providing guality Christian education to the network generation

Education
10
Fresno Christian Schools

Equip young people for life and service for jesus christ through biblical foundations, christ-like character development, and academic preparation in partnership with the home and local church.

Education
11
Westminster Christian Private School Inc

To provide christian education to students in grades pre-k to 12.

Education
12
God's Bible School College & Missionary Training Home

God's bible school and college seeks to glorify god and to serve his church by providing higher education centered in holy scripture and shaped by wesleyan conviction, thus preparing faithful servants to proclaim jesus christ and spread…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Infaith; the most unlike its peers is The Center for Sharing. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

429 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 429 of the 720 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
133
Early backer (in before they grew)
405/429
Grantees still filing
336/429
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

World Renew: $3,515,927 · OtherWorld RenewWESTMINSTER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN CALIFORNIA: $3,130,100 · OtherWESTMINSTER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN CALIFORNIATHE ASSOCIATION OF ILLIANA CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL OF INDIANA INC: $2,976,432 · OtherTHE ASSOCIATION OF ILLIANA CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL OF INDIAN…CALVIN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL OF ESCONDIDO INC: $1,164,750 · OtherBIBLE LEAGUE: $970,589 · Other+115 more: $14,709,493 · Other+115 moreCALVIN UNIVERSITY: $2,857,880 · EducationCALVIN UNIVERSITYDORDT UNIVERSITY: $1,950,500 · EducationDORDT UNIVERSITYELIM CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $1,606,757 · EducationELIM CHRISTIAN SERVICESCALVIN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $1,154,157 · EducationCALVIN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARYHOPE COLLEGE: $1,019,750 · EducationHOPE COLLEGEKUYPER COLLEGE: $986,951 · EducationKUYPER COLLEGEPROVIDENCE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE: $812,150 · EducationDUTTON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $765,750 · EducationTRINITY CHRISTIAN COLLEGE ASSOCIATION: $657,602 · EducationPURITAN REFORMED THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $529,052 · Education+26 more: $3,327,820 · Education+26 moreSET FREE MINISTRIES: $599,500 · ReligionINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF EVANGELICAL STUDENTS USA INC: $322,434 · ReligionEASTERN UKRAINE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY BOARD OF MINISTRY DEVELOPMENT: $300,000 · ReligionPRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES FOUNDATION: $270,000 · ReligionFriends of Agape: $210,000 · ReligionANSWERS IN GENESIS INC: $135,267 · ReligionTalking Bibles International: $128,500 · Religion+8 more: $459,288 · ReligionCOREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION WEST MICHIGAN: $784,800 · HealthPINE REST CHRISTIAN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES: $468,878 · HealthREST HAVEN ILLIANA CHRISTIAN CONVALESCENT HOME: $416,210 · HealthUniversity of Chicago Medical Center: $100,000 · HealthMARY FREE BED REHABILITATION HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Health+3 more: $133,419 · HealthHolland Home: $1,011,350 · Human ServicesBETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $382,686 · Human ServicesCAMP HIGH HOPES: $112,500 · Human ServicesBETHANY HOME SOCIETY OF SAN JOAQUIN: $80,000 · Human ServicesThe Dwelling Place: $77,050 · Human Services+3 more: $137,652 · Human ServicesMEADOWBROOK VILLAGE CHRISTIAN RETIREMENT COMMUNITY: $1,000,000 · Housing & ShelterCHRISTIAN LIVING COMMUNITIES: $461,518 · Housing & ShelterSAFE HAVEN MINISTRIES INC: $129,200 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterPARTNERS WORLDWIDE: $438,951 · InternationalCHALMERS CENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: $135,000 · InternationalAGC LTD: $126,528 · InternationalRAFIKI FOUNDATION INC: $104,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL AID INC: $52,967 · InternationalASSOCIATION FOR A MORE JUST SOCIETY -US: $51,800 · InternationalSISTER INDIA LTD: $50,000 · InternationalTent Schools International: $43,413 · InternationalMERCY AND SHARING: $35,000 · International
Other$26,467,291Education$15,668,369Religion$2,424,989Health$2,003,307Human Services$1,801,238Housing & Shelter$1,640,718International$1,037,659

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWorld Renew: $3,515,927 over 1y, 28% of budgetTHE ASSOCIATION OF ILLIANA CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL OF INDIANA INC: $2,976,432 over 1y, 26% of budgetCALVIN UNIVERSITY: $2,857,880 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetDORDT UNIVERSITY: $1,950,500 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetELIM CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $1,606,757 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetCALVIN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $1,154,157 over 1y, 11% of budgetHOPE COLLEGE: $1,019,750 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHolland Home: $1,011,350 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetMEADOWBROOK VILLAGE CHRISTIAN RETIREMENT COMMUNITY: $1,000,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetKUYPER COLLEGE: $986,951 over 1y, 13% of budgetPROVIDENCE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE: $812,150 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetDUTTON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $765,750 over 1y, 15% of budgetTRINITY CHRISTIAN COLLEGE ASSOCIATION: $657,602 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSET FREE MINISTRIES: $599,500 over 1y, 35% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $540,000 over 1y, 40% of budgetPURITAN REFORMED THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $529,052 over 1y, 17% of budgetLANSING CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $511,876 over 1y, 10% of budgetPINE REST CHRISTIAN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES: $468,878 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHRISTIAN LIVING COMMUNITIES: $461,518 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetPARTNERS WORLDWIDE: $438,951 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetREST HAVEN ILLIANA CHRISTIAN CONVALESCENT HOME: $416,210 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSouthwest Chicago Christian School Association: $405,046 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetBETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $382,686 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetMADISON AVE - CROSSROADS COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC: $374,713 over 1y, 56% of budgetThe Moody Bible Institute of Chicago: $370,237 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP INC: $361,811 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF EVANGELICAL STUDENTS USA INC: $322,434 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetRenaissance Charitable Foundation Inc: $310,864 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWestern Michigan Christian High School: $297,300 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetPRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES FOUNDATION: $270,000 over 1y, 42% of budgetRehoboth Christian School Assoc: $247,755 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCITY SEMINARY OF NEW YORK: $230,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetActon Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty: $221,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetTHE LUKE SOCIETY INC: $218,474 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetBYRON CENTER CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $210,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetFriends of Agape: $210,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $194,186 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCROSS ROAD CORRECTIONAL MINISTRIES: $157,862 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetZuni Christian Mission School: $152,040 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetSIOUX FALLS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $148,506 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE SOCIETY FOR CHRISTIAN INSTRUCT ALLENDALE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $146,340 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetANSWERS IN GENESIS INC: $135,267 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHALMERS CENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: $135,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $130,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATLAS FOR LIFE: $130,000 over 1y, 59% of budgetTIMOTHY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $129,968 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSAFE HAVEN MINISTRIES INC: $129,200 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $129,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Edgar and Elsa Prince…The Community Foundat…Stewardship FoundationGrand Rapids Communit…Grand Haven Area Comm…Dick and Betsy Devos …Gordon Christian TrustDouglas & Maria Devos…The John and Phyllis …Peter C & Emajean Coo…Cdv5 FoundationMarion & Marlene Bett…
Edgar and Elsa Prince FoundationMI83.1× affinity44 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Stewardship Foundation · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation · Gordon Christian Trust · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · The John and Phyllis Groot Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Cdv5 Foundation · Marion & Marlene Betten Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Barnabas Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Barnabas Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Rutland Area Christian School: 13% of income from government
  • Servants Heart Ministry Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
36report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
04Through Plinth

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How do I get to Barnabas Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Barnabas Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 720 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home