· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k3 grants · $9k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $40k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HOPE COLLEGE | $25,000 |
| GENEVA CAMP AND RETREAT CENTER | $15,000 |
| SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER | $5,600 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BOARDERS | $1,700 |
| GLOBAL CHRISTIAN RELIEF | $1,700 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 80% of its 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.
5 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HCHOPE COLLEGE7× · 2019–2025 · $207k · revenue +25%
- GCGENEVA CAMP & RETREAT CENTER5× · 2021–2025 · $68k · revenue +14%
- SPSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC2× · 2022–2025 · $11k · revenue +7%
Funded once
- CBCAMP BEECHPOINT INCgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +58%
- WHWILD HOPE INC SIERRA TREKS/LITTLEFOOT EXPEDITIONSone grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue +1%
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INCone grant, 2023 · $500 · revenue +1%
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.
Summit ministries is an educational christian ministry with the purpose of equipping tomorrow's servant leaders to analyze competing worldviews and champion the christian faith, inspiring each one to love god with all his heart, soul,…
Geneva college is a christ-centered academic community that provides a comprehensive education to equip students for faithful and fruitful service to god and neighbor.
Young life is a ministry to help adolescents around the world become exposed to the person of jesus christ. this is accomplished in a variety of ways desgined to provide personal, religious experiences. (continued on schedule o)included…
The mission of hope international university is to empower students through christian higher education to serve the church and impact the world for christ. the university specializes in fields offering significant influence on society…
Central christian college of the bible (central) exists to develop servant-leaders for the church. as a traditional undergraduate bible college of the restoration movement, central equips faithful men and women for leadership ministry.
Scu is a christ-centered liberal arts institution equipping students for a life of learning, leadership, and service; integrating faith, learning, and living; and empowering graduates to excel and to positively impact their world for jesus…
Southern wesleyan university is a christ-centered, student-focused learning community devoted to transforming lives by challenging students to be dedicated scholars and servant-leaders who impact the world for christ.
Our mission is to advance the gospel of jesus christ through the next generation by engaging the lost and discipling believers on college campuses.
Pacific school of religion prepares a diverse cadre of spiritually rooted leaders with the vision, resilience, and skill to create a world where all can thrive. grounded in the rigorous study and faithful practice of progressive christian…
The mission of southern california seminary (scs) is to bring glory to god by assisting local churches to equip believers of various cultures and languages to live and minister biblically based on the inerrant word of god.
Northeastern seminary strives to be a vibrant source for christian theological formation whose students are formed in a biblical vision of gracious christianity and impact wholeness to the world in an expansive array of vocations and…
Serving the chrisitan community in the strengthening of local churches, promoting responsible christian character and maturity through educational programs, and preparing graduates for vocational and volunteer church-related service.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 11 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 HOPE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds GENEVA CAMP & RETREAT CENTER ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds CAMP BEECHPOINT INC ↗
- Who funds FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ↗
- Who funds WILD HOPE INC SIERRA TREKS/LITTLEFOOT EXPEDITIONS ↗
- Who funds Open Doors With Brother Andrew Inc ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds CHURCH WORLD SERVICE INC ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Boersma Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Boersma Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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