Michigan · Private foundation
Boersma Charitable Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $49k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,600
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $803k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Boersma Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $49k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $41k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $45k | 57% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $60k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $55k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $50k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hope College | $207,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Geneva Camp & Retreat Center | $68,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Western Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in America | $51,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $10,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Camp Beechpoint Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Fuller Theological Seminary | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wild Hope Inc Sierra Treks/Littlefoot Expeditions | $2,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Open Doors With Brother Andrew Inc | $1,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Church World Service Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($2k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Boersma Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Boersma Charitable Foundation
- How much does Boersma Charitable Foundation give?
- Boersma Charitable Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $49,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Boersma Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (61%), Religion (35%), Youth Development (2%).
- Who are Boersma Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Hope College ($207k), Geneva Camp & Retreat Center ($68k), The Western Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in America ($51k).
- Does Boersma Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Boersma Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Boersma Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Boersma Charitable Foundation based?
- Boersma Charitable Foundation is based in MI.
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