· Private foundation
Bernard and Dorothy Hamstra Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k7 grants · $29k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $85k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CALVIN UNIVERSITY | $28,000 |
| PROJECT HOPE | $20,000 |
| CALVIN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY | $16,800 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| CHRISTIAN HEALTH CARE CENTER FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| FURNITURE ASSIST | $5,000 |
| CROSSROADS PRISON MINISTRIES | $5,000 |
| PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH DISASTER ASSISTANCE | $5,000 |
| MARKET STREET MISSION | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN WESTFIELD | $2,370 |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ELIZABETH | $1,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $70k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 57% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
19 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CUCALVIN UNIVERSITY8× · 2017–2024 · $224k · revenue +6%
- CTCALVIN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY8× · 2017–2024 · $134k · revenue +38%
- CWCONTACT WE CARE INC7× · 2017–2023 · $75k · revenue +284%
Funded once
- JAJONI AND FRIENDS FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +117%
- CCCALVIN CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHIRCH FAMILY ASSISTANCEone grant, 2018 · $5k
- CBCROSSROAD BIBLE INSTITUTEone grant, 2017 · $5k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
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.
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…
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.
To support and help expand the ministry of christian care by teaching generous giving, securing philanthropic gifts and administering such gifts with biblical principles.
To glorify god, show christian love, and experience god's presence as christians share each other's medical bills.
Equipping followers of christ to give wisely to advance his kingdom by inspiring biblical stewardship and generosity.
Christar international serves as a catalyst to the network of christar ministries by facilitating and encouraging partnerships with churches who sen dout men and women who proclaim the gospel for life-giving transformation in communitiesw…
Through christian love and excellence, we are dedicated to providing a fulfilling lifestyle and promoting independence to those we serve
Through christian love and excellence, we are dedicated to providing a fulfilling lifestyle and promoting independence to those we serve.
Calvary university is an independent non-denominational institution providing undergraduate and graduate education which prepares christians to live and serve in the church and the world according to a biblical worldview. this is…
Crossroads combines innovative clinical counseling with a redemptive worldview to restore people to emotional health, relational unity, and a hopeful future.
Carolina college of biblical studies exists to disciple christ-followers, through biblical higher education, for a lifetime of effective servant leadership.
Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors
How this is measured
15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 25 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds CALVIN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Foundation for Eastern Christian School Association Inc ↗
- Who funds CALVIN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ↗
- Who funds CONTACT WE CARE INC ↗
- Who funds Zuni Christian Mission School ↗
- Who funds World Renew ↗
- Who funds Christian Health Care Center Foundation ↗
- Who funds CROSS ROAD CORRECTIONAL MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds PROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds FURNITURE ASSIST INC ↗
- Who funds WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES ↗
- Who funds CITY RELIEF INC ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL AID INC ↗
- Who funds JONI AND FRIENDS FOUNDATION ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Barnabas Foundation · Columbia Bank Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Halcyon Foundation Attn Thomas Larson · The Richard and Helen Devos Foundation · Douglas & Sandra Dekock Family Foun · Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Bernard and Dorothy Hamstra Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bernard and Dorothy Hamstra Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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