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Jerry & Marcia Tubergen 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.

$4.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
53
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$1.5M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2024.

International$6.9MEducation$4.6MReligion$2.2MHousing & Shelter$1.1MPhilanthropy$451kHuman Services$418kArts & Culture$385kCommunity Improvement$317kOther$0
02FY2024 · 53 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k21 grants · $63k
  • $10k–50k22 grants · $390k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $661k
  • $250k+4 grants · $3.3M
$10,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$8.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CURE INTERNATIONAL INC$1,500,000
NORTHPOINTE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS$750,000
CURE INTERNATIONAL INC$500,000
NORTHPOINTE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS$500,000
ADA TOWNSHIP$200,000
GRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF LEIPERS FORK$160,240
THE JERRY AND MARCY TUBERGEN FUND (AT NCF)$101,000
COLSON CENTER FOR CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW$75,000
CAPSTONE LEGACY FOUNDATION$75,000
NORTHPOINTE CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION$50,000
THAT DAY$40,000
RELATIONAL CONCEPTS INC$30,000
GUIDING LIGHT MISSION INC$25,000
LEE STROBEL MINISTRIES$25,000
MEL TROTTER MINISTRIES$25,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $431k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ALPHA GRAND RAPIDS: $7k → 11%DAD TIRED: $10k → 8%ALPHA GRAND RAPIDS: $2k → 13%LIVING WITH HOPE: $5k → 15%AVAIL NYC: $25k → 17%LIVING WITH HOPE: $5k → 15%AVAIL NYC: $10k → 17%ALPHA GRAND RAPIDS: $5k → 11%BENJAMIN'S HOPE: $5k → 8%ALPHA GRAND RAPIDS: $2k → 11%CRITTER BARN: $5k → 8%WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $50k → 11%WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $50k → 11%WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $50k → 11%WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $50k → 11%DEGAGE MINISTRIES: $50k → 11%DEGAGE MINISTRIES: $50k → 11%DEGAGE MINISTRIES: $50k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$16M · 62 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +34% since the first grant, against +8% for the ones you funded once.

62 repeat relationships — 33 still active in FY2024, 29 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

62
41

Total granted

$16M
$869k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+8%

Still filing today

89%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $218k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
ReligionEducationHealthHuman ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • NC
    NORTHPOINTE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
    4× · 2020–2024 · $3.8M · revenue +174%
  • MT
    MEL TROTTER MINISTRIES
    5× · 2020–2024 · $928k · revenue +41%
  • GC
    GRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF LEIPERS
    4× · 2021–2024 · $335k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • CU
    CORNERSTONE UNIVERSITY (WCSG RADIO)
    one grant, 2021 · $250k
  • CU
    Cornerstone University
    one grant, 2020 · $205k · revenue -15%
  • MO
    MUSEUM OF THE BIBLEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +75%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Christianity Today International

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.

Religion
2
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

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…

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3
Bibleproject

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…

Religion
4
Time of Grace Ministry

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…

Religion
5
Blue Letter Bible

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…

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6
Global Media Outreach

Leveraging technology to invite all people to know jesus christ as savior and grow in a personal relationship with him.

Religion
7
Walk Thru the Bible Ministries Inc

Walk thru the bible (wtb) ignites passion for god's word. by developing a global network of influential pastors and leaders and then resourcing them with tools and training, wtb fulfills its role in the great commission.

Religion
8
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
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Evangel University

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.

Education
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Global Scholars

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.

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11
Biglife International Inc

Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.

Recreation & Sports
12
Kingdom Advisors Inc

Kingdom advisors is a discipleship ministry serving christian financial professionals. the organization encourages, educates, and empowers christian financial professionals with biblical wisdom to be effective disciples of jesus christ in…

Religion

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Life and the most unlike its peers is Curating for Him Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyIndependent K-12 SchoolsFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Environmental Conservation …Equine Therapy ProgramsAnimal Rescue and ShelterPolicy Research and AdvocacyDomestic Violence ServicesCancer Support ServicesHealth Access Advocacy and …Orchestra and Ensemble Perf…Affordable Housing Construc…Community Arts CentersFaith-Based Social ServicesPregnancy Support ServicesChristian Missionary Organi…Community Foundations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 30 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%2%<5yr13%15%5–10yr20%19%10–20yr15%19%20–35yr14%26%35–55yr18%18%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr13%2%5–10yr20%7%10–20yr15%52%20–35yr14%31%35–55yr18%9%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 3% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%3/103
the rest of the field
12%
6,509/53,753

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

91 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 91 of the 119 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
86/91
Grantees still filing
56/91
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CURE INTERNATIONAL INC — $6,545,000 · InternationalCURE INTERNATIONAL INC+4 more — $107,300 · InternationalNORTHPOINTE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS — $3,817,400 · EducationNORTHPOINTE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLSGRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF LEIPERS — $335,240 · EducationGRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF LEI…Cornerstone University — $205,000 · Education+8 more — $225,000 · EducationMEL TROTTER MINISTRIES — $927,500 · OtherMEL TROTTER MINISTR…ADA TOWNSHIP — $250,000 · OtherADA TOWNSHIPCORNERSTONE UNIVERSITY (WCSG RADIO) — $250,000 · OtherCORNERSTONE UNIVERS…Relational Concepts Inc — $140,000 · OtherTHE JERRY AND MARCY TUBERGEN FUND (AT NCF) — $101,000 · OtherADA BIBLE CHURCH — $100,000 · OtherMUSEUM OF THE BIBLE — $100,000 · Other+64 more — $1,026,391 · Other+64 moreOpen Doors With Brother Andrew Inc — $565,000 · ReligionOpen Doors W…WEST MICHIGAN CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION — $280,000 · ReligionWEST MICHIGA…THAT DAY — $195,000 · ReligionTHAT DAYAlpha USA — $148,000 · ReligionAlpha USAThe Colson Center for Christian Worldview — $130,000 · ReligionThe Colson C…EVERY MOTHER'S ADVOCATE INC — $107,000 · ReligionEVERY MOTHER…MORIAH MINISTRIES — $75,000 · ReligionTRUTH FOR LIFE — $71,000 · ReligionTHE CAUSE INC — $67,100 · Religion+6 more — $177,000 · Religion+6 moreThe New Horizons Foundation Inc — $138,000 · PhilanthropyHEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY — $120,000 · PhilanthropyPARTNERS RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT — $100,000 · PhilanthropyCapstone Legacy Foundation Inc — $75,000 · PhilanthropyVAN ANDEL INSTITUTE — $20,350 · Philanthropy+2 more — $7,000 · PhilanthropyWEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES — $200,000 · Human ServicesDEGAGE MINISTRIES — $150,000 · Human ServicesAVAIL NYC — $35,000 · Human ServicesAlpha Grand Rapids — $15,500 · Human Services+4 more — $30,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMISE OF GRAND RAPIDS — $145,000 · Housing & ShelterHOME REPAIR SERVICES OF KENT COUNTY INC — $25,000 · Housing & Shelter
International$6,652,300Education$4,582,640Other$2,894,891Religion$1,815,100Philanthropy$460,350Human Services$430,500Housing & Shelter$170,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCURE INTERNATIONAL INC — $6,545,000 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetNORTHPOINTE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS — $3,817,400 over 4y, 9.5% of budgetMEL TROTTER MINISTRIES — $927,500 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetOpen Doors With Brother Andrew Inc — $565,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetGRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF LEIPERS — $335,240 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetWEST MICHIGAN CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION — $280,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetCornerstone University — $205,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES — $200,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHAT DAY — $195,000 over 5y, 20% of budgetDEGAGE MINISTRIES — $150,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetAlpha USA — $148,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF GRAND RAPIDS — $145,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetRelational Concepts Inc — $140,000 over 5y, 6.8% of budgetThe New Horizons Foundation Inc — $138,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Colson Center for Christian Worldview — $130,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetThe Potters House — $120,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY — $120,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetEVERY MOTHER'S ADVOCATE INC — $107,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE BIBLE — $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPARTNERS RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT — $100,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetPregnancy Resource Center — $79,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetMORIAH MINISTRIES — $75,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCapstone Legacy Foundation Inc — $75,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetINDIAN TRAILS CAMP — $75,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetTRUTH FOR LIFE — $71,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CAUSE INC — $67,100 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR FAITH SEXUALITY AND GENDER INC — $60,000 over 2y, 6.6% of budgetKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC — $60,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHOPE INTERNATIONAL — $57,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGLEN LAKE ASSOCIATION INC — $50,500 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetGod's World Publications Inc — $50,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLEE STROBEL MINISTRIES — $50,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetGUIDING LIGHT MISSION INC — $50,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCAPE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION INC — $47,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetOutlaw Ministries — $45,000 over 3y, 100% of budgetYOUNG LIFE — $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCitizens for Traditional Values — $35,000 over 2y, 81% of budgetAVAIL NYC — $35,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE — $32,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHOME REPAIR SERVICES OF KENT COUNTY INC — $25,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBROADWAY GRAND RAPIDS — $25,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetVAN ANDEL INSTITUTE — $20,350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSUCCESS INC — $20,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetCRESCENT PROJECT INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetARTPRIZE GRAND RAPIDS — $20,000 over 4y, 51% of budgetRIGHT TO LIFE OF MICHIGAN EDUC FUND — $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetINTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS — $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Douglas & Maria Devos…Grand Rapids Communit…Dick and Betsy Devos …Barnabas FoundationDaniel & Pamella Devo…Steve & Amy Van Andel…Cdv5 FoundationThe Meijer FoundationPeter C & Emajean Coo…Frey FoundationGrand Haven Area Comm…Christian Community F…
Douglas & Maria Devos FoundationMI54.6× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation · Barnabas Foundation · Daniel & Pamella Devos Foundation · Steve & Amy Van Andel Foundation · Cdv5 Foundation · The Meijer Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Frey Foundation · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Christian Community Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Jerry & Marcia Tubergen Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Jerry & Marcia Tubergen Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Jerry & Marcia Tubergen Foundation 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 119 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

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