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Bryan Christian Services Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$214k
Granted FY2025still arriving
36
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$26k
Largest
01What it funds
0141% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$130kReligion$127kHealth$48kInternational$42kYouth Development$36kHuman Services$15kPhilanthropy$9kFood & Nutrition$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k26 grants · $55k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $158k
$3,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$25,806
Individual grant recipient$20,033
Individual grant recipient$19,200
ROCHESTER UNIVERSITY$17,442
ROCHESTER CHURCH OF CHRIST$16,210
Individual grant recipient$12,543
CHRISTIAN RELIEF FUND$12,300
Individual grant recipient$12,050
MICHIGAN CHRISTIAN YOUTH CAMP$11,753
Individual grant recipient$10,920
Individual grant recipient$9,600
Individual grant recipient$6,157
Individual grant recipient$5,500
Individual grant recipient$5,175
Individual grant recipient$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%CHIRSTIAN RELIEF FUND: $15k → 9%ADAM MASHNI: $6k → 5%ROCHESTER UNIVERSITY: $25k → 8%LORI TEDFORD: $5k → 12%KATE MCDOWELL: $5k → 4%LAUREN FREEMAN: $6k → 9%CHRISTIAN SERVICE FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%CHRISTIAN RELIEF FUND: $12k → 9%ROCHESTER CHURCH OF CHRIST: $25k → 8%KATE MCDOWELL: $5k → 4%LAUREN FREEMAN: $5k → 9%CHRISTIAN RELIEF FUND: $11k → 9%ROCHESTER UNIVERSITY: $24k → 8%ROCHESTER UNIVERSITY: $23k → 8%MICHIGAN CHRISTIAN YOUTH CAMP: $12k → 10%ROCHESTER UNIVERSITY: $17k → 8%SARA WHITTEN: $11k → 10%MICHIGAN CHRISTIAN YOUTH CAMP: $12k → 10%ROCHESTER CHURCH OF CHRIST: $16k → 8%JUSTIN BASILISCO: $9k → 10%MICHIGAN CHRISTIAN YOUTH CAMP: $8k → 10%ROCHESTER UNIVERSITY: $12k → 8%JOEL PRESCOTT: $5k → 10%ROCHESTER CHURCH OF CHRIST: $8k → 8%ROCHESTER CHURCH OF CHRIST: $7k → 8%ROCHESTER CHURCH OF CHRIST: $6k → 8%ROCHESTER UNIVERSITY: $5k → 8%ROCHESTER UNIVERSITY: $5k → 8%ROCHESTER CHURCH OF CHRIST: $4k → 8%NEXT STEP 4 SENIORS FOUNDATION: $4k → 8%FRANCES O BERRY: $26k → 8%HANK BRYAN: $19k → 8%FRANCES O' BERRY: $16k → 8%FRANCES O'BERRY: $15k → 8%MELISSA WILLIAMS: $6k → 8%MICAH COMMUNITY CHURCH: $26k → 8%HANK BRYAN: $6k → 8%PATTY KESTELOOT: $13k → 8%DJ HUMMEL: $13k → 8%HANNAH KEYES: $7k → 8%DJ HUMMEL: $12k → 8%DJ HAMMEL: $5k → 8%METROPOLITAN DETROIT YOUTH CHORUS: $10k → 8%JOSH BRYAN: $20k → 8%JOSH BRYAN: $5k → 8%KENNY WATSON: $4k → 8%HENRY OYER: $5k → 8%HENRY OYIER: $4k → 8%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

NH
WI
MI
NY
IN
PA
CA
OK
LA
GA
TX
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$853k · 38 repeat orgs$93k to everyone else

38 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
34

Total granted

$853k
$77k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+27%

Still filing today

13%
9%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationPublic BenefitInternationalPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • RC
    Rochester Christian University
    7× · 2019–2025 · $111k · revenue +29%
  • TC
    THE CHRISTIAN RELIEF FUND
    3× · 2023–2025 · $39k · revenue +12%
  • MC
    MICHIGAN CHRISTIAN YOUTH CAMP
    5× · 2021–2025 · $34k · revenue +66%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $22k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $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.

04Its 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.

1
Rochester Christian School Foundation Inc

To help ensure the future of christian education at rochester christian school

Education
2
Richmond Christian School Inc

Richmond Christian School exists to support families in their Biblical responsibility to nurture and train their children. Thus, Richmond Christian School provides opportunities which allow students to realize their God-given potential.

Education
3
Rogers State University Foundation

Support Rogers State University's programs, services and students

Education
4
Rochester Christian School Inc

Partnering with parents to develop a child's head, heart and hands for Jesus Christ through God's Word and academic excellence.

Education
5
National Christian Foundation -- Wisconsin Inc

Equipping followers of christ to give wisely to advance his kingdom by inspiring biblical stewardship and generosity.

Religion
6
The Christian Scholarship Foundation Inc

The Christian Scholarship Foundation Inc. awards scholarships to students enrolled in PhD programs of religion in major universities

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7
Reformed University Inc

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

Education
8
Community Christian School of Willmar

To glorify god in all things and to purse quality and excellance in every area, including academics, athletics, drama, music, and ministry outreach. we envision a curriculum program that is innovative and pace setting.

Education
9
Oswego Christian Foundation

Establishing, promoting, and supporting christian education ministries in the community of oswego, illinois and its surrounding communities.

Human Services
10
Pontiac Christian School

Education-christian grammer sc

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11
Mid Michigan College Foundation

The mid michigan college foundation is a non-profit michigan corportion organized to receive and administer funds for charitable purposes in support of mid michigan college. the corporation is organized exclusively for the purpose of…

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12
Russell Sage College

To cultivate, inspire, and transform our students in a nurturing, yet challenging, educational environment to become the managers and leaders organizations need right now.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rochester Community Schools Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Christian Chronicle Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

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 84 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
7/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $126,883 · OtherIndividual grant recipientRochester Christian University: $111,054 · OtherRochester Christian UniversityROCHESTER CHURCH OF CHRIST: $67,071 · OtherROCHESTER CHURCH OF CHRISTIndividual grant recipient: $50,115 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $49,200 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $46,659 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $42,250 · OtherMICHIGAN CHRISTIAN YOUTH CAMP: $33,689 · Other+70 more: $370,116 · Other+70 moreTHE CHRISTIAN RELIEF FUND: $38,983 · InternationalNEXT STEPS 4 SENIORS FOUNDATION: $4,312 · PhilanthropyChristian Chronicle Inc: $3,000 · Arts & CultureGENEVA MUSIC FESTIVAL INC: $1,150 · Arts & CultureGuitars For Vets Inc: $1,000 · Public BenefitROCHESTER COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $515 · Education
Other$897,037International$38,983Philanthropy$4,312Arts & Culture$4,150Public Benefit$1,000Education$515

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRochester Christian University: $111,054 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHRISTIAN RELIEF FUND: $38,983 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMICHIGAN CHRISTIAN YOUTH CAMP: $33,689 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetNEXT STEPS 4 SENIORS FOUNDATION: $4,312 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetChristian Chronicle Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGENEVA MUSIC FESTIVAL INC: $1,150 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGuitars For Vets Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetROCHESTER COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $515 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMICHIGAN SENIOR OLYMPICS INC: $90 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds Rochester Christian University ↗
  • Who funds THE CHRISTIAN RELIEF FUND ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN CHRISTIAN YOUTH CAMP ↗
  • Who funds NEXT STEPS 4 SENIORS 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.

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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 Bryan Christian Services Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bryan Christian Services Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Bryan Christian Services Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Bryan Christian Services Inc 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 84 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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