· Private foundation
Christopher and Misty Spoelhof 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, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k7 grants · $35k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $155k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM | $40,000 |
| IMMANUEL CHURCH | $38,000 |
| TURNING POINT USA | $25,000 |
| CALVARY SCHOOLS OF HOLLAND | $20,000 |
| TEAM | $12,000 |
| WINNING AT HOME | $10,000 |
| Covenant Community Church | $10,000 |
| HOLLAND RESCUE MISSION | $5,000 |
| PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| HILLSDALE COLLEGE | $5,000 |
| Colson Center | $5,000 |
| MERCURY ONE | $5,000 |
| HOLLAND CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS | $5,000 |
| SAMARITAN'S PURSE | $5,000 |
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 (FY20–20, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +84% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 3 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, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CSCALVARY SCHOOLS OF HOLLAND9× · 2017–2025 · $469k · revenue +15%
ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM6× · 2020–2025 · $120k · revenue +84%- TPTURNING POINT USA INC5× · 2021–2025 · $94k · revenue +107%
Funded once
- CHCOMPASSIONATE HEART MINISTRIESgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +39%
- CWCENTRAL WESLEYAN CHURCHone grant, 2017 · $5k
- OROUR RESCUEone grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue -25%
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.
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.
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…
Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…
To glorify god, show christian love, and experience god's presence as christians share each other's medical bills.
Bibleproject's mission is to help people experience the bible as a unified story that leads to jesus. this is achieved by creating biblical videos to be regularly released on a newly-created youtube channel. (continued on schedule o.)each…
The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…
Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.
To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…
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.
Leveraging technology to invite all people to know jesus christ as savior and grow in a personal relationship with him.
As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.
The cco (coalition for christian outreach) is an interdenominational campus ministry organization with a mission of "transforming college students to transform the world." the cco is supported primarily through donor contributions and…
How this is measured
23 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. 23 of the 36 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 CALVARY SCHOOLS OF HOLLAND ↗
- Who funds ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM ↗
- Who funds TURNING POINT USA INC ↗
- Who funds TWO FISH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HOLLAND CHRISTIAN EDUCATION SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
- Who funds PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds TRUTH SKATE MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds COMPASSIONATE HEART MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds Mercury One Inc ↗
- Who funds The Colson Center for Christian Worldview ↗
- Who funds OUR RESCUE ↗
- Who funds IN TOUCH MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds COREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION WEST MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds Grace Explorations ↗
- Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds JUST THINKING MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds CITY ON A HILL MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds HOPE SCARVES INC ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK ↗
- Who funds HOPE COLLEGE ↗
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: John and Judy Spoelhof Foundation · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Lanting Foundation · Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Christopher and Misty Spoelhof Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Christopher and Misty Spoelhof Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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