· Private foundation
John Bouma Sr and Sharon K Bouma Foundation
Its FY2021 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 2019.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2019
- Under $10k32 grants · $33k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $57k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Holland Christian School | $32,000 |
| LaGrave Christian Reformed Church | $25,000 |
| Holland Home | $3,000 |
| Cru | $2,500 |
| Calvin College | $2,100 |
| Calvin Theological Seminary | $2,000 |
| Hope College | $2,000 |
| the potter's house | $2,000 |
| Western Theological Seminary | $2,000 |
| Pine Rest Foundation | $2,000 |
| Kuyper College | $2,000 |
| Friendship Ministries | $1,000 |
| Geneva camp and retreat center | $1,000 |
| Northwood University | $1,000 |
| Wedgewood Christian Services | $1,000 |
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 (FY17–19, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.
24 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2019, 0 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (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 FY2019, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HCHOPE COLLEGE2× · 2017–2019 · $54k · revenue +37%
- HHHolland Home2× · 2017–2019 · $16k · revenue +43%
- TPThe Potters House2× · 2017–2019 · $13k · revenue +72%
Funded once
- BCBRIDGEWAY COMMUNITY CHURCHone grant, 2017 · $5k
- HDHELEN DEVOS CHILDREN'S HOSPITALone grant, 2017 · $3k
- SMSAINT MARY'S FOUNDATION - ALS CLINICone grant, 2017 · $3k
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.
Provide education in theology, divinity, religious education, ministerial training, business and organizational leadership.
Regent University serves as a center of Christian thought and action to provide excellent education through a Biblical perspective and global context equipping Christian leaders to change the world.
The michigan christian home dba beacon hill at eastgate, a not-for-profit corporation, provides housing and health services in a christian environment for older adults, thus enabling them to meet their ongoing physical, social and…
Through christian love and excellence, we are dedicated to providing a fulfilling lifestyle and promoting independence to those we serve
Erskine College exists to glorify God as a Christian academic community where students are equipped to flourish as whole persons for lives of service through the pursuit of undergraduate liberal arts and graduate theological education.
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.
Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.
Welch college is a christian higher education institution that educates leaders to serve christ, his church, and his world through biblical thought and life
Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors
Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors.
Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors
Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors
How this is measured
21 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. 21 of the 50 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 Holland Home ↗
- Who funds The Potters House ↗
- Who funds CALVIN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds CALVIN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ↗
- Who funds KUYPER COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds PINE REST FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GENEVA CAMP & RETREAT CENTER ↗
- Who funds CHAPLAIN SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds VAN ANDEL INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds EVERGREEN COMMONS ↗
- Who funds Northwood University ↗
- Who funds WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER HOLLAND ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDSHIP MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Faith Hospice ↗
- Who funds ROOSEVELT PARK MINISTRIES 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.
Open a dossier: Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Barnabas Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jim and Ginger Jurries Foundation · De Witt Families Conduit Foundation · The Richard and Helen Devos Foundation · Douglas & Sandra Dekock Family Foun · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization John Bouma Sr and Sharon K Bouma Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John Bouma Sr and Sharon K Bouma Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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