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Jonathan & Mary Kay Borisch Family Foundation at a glance

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Jonathan & Mary Kay Borisch Family 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.

$1.3M
Granted FY2023
7
Grants FY2023
3
States reached
$400k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2023.

Education$2.4MReligion$2.1MHuman Services$1.8MHealth$1.6MArts & Culture$1.4MPhilanthropy$862kFood & Nutrition$400kRecreation & Sports$162kOther$0
02FY2023 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $30k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $200k
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.1M
$100,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$7.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN$400,000
SET FREE MINISTRIES$400,000
FOCUS ON THE FAMILY$250,000
DUTTON CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS$100,000
LIFE INTERNATIONAL$50,000
FELLOWSHIP FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS$50,000
CAMP QUALITY MICHIGAN$30,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SPA WOMEN'S MINISTRY HOMES: $2k → 13%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.
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.4M · 10 repeat orgs$2.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +70% since the first grant, against +66% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2023, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
7

Total granted

$7.4M
$2.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+70%
+66%

Still filing today

90%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $400k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationReligionArts & CulturePhilanthropyHealthHuman ServicesOther
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

  • DC
    DUTTON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
    6× · 2018–2023 · $1.6M · revenue +100%
  • LI
    LIFE INTERNATIONAL
    6× · 2018–2023 · $1.3M · revenue +108%
  • SF
    SET FREE MINISTRIES
    3× · 2021–2023 · $1.1M · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • GL
    Great Lakes Center for the Arts
    one grant, 2018 · $1.0M · revenue -26%
  • SC
    SOUTH CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $750k · revenue +31%
  • TT
    TIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $150k · revenue +66%
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
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
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
3
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
4
Timothy Two Project International

Reaching and teaching pastors in the majority world.

Religion
5
Faith Baptist Bible College

Post secondary and graduate educational institution The mission of Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary is to equip vocational Christian workers and other servant leaders while inspiring them to take the Word to the world.

Education
6
Center for Transformation Training

To help believers who are in need of spiritual, mental, emotional and relational healing experience intimacy with God and one another.

Religion
7
Tyndale Bible Translators

Bible Translation and acts of Christian Services

Religion
8
Youth for Christ International Ministries

As part of the body of Christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become a part of the local church.

Religion
9
Dallas International University

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

Education
10
West Michigan Christian Foundation

None

Religion
11
Biglife International Inc

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

Recreation & Sports
12
Trinity Christian Fellowship Inc

Gospel mission

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Set Free Ministries; the most unlike its peers is The Tracy Hanson Initiative. 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

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 19 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
14/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FOCUS ON THE FAMILY: $1,750,000 · OtherFOCUS ON THE FAMILYFEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN: $400,000 · OtherFEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGA…Pregnancy Resource Center: $380,000 · OtherPregnancy Resource CenterCAMP QUALITY USA INC: $162,000 · OtherCAMP QUALITY USA INC+2 more: $45,000 · OtherDUTTON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $1,560,000 · EducationDUTTON CHRISTIAN SCHOOLSOUTH CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL: $750,000 · EducationSOUTH CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHO…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EducationSET FREE MINISTRIES: $1,100,000 · ReligionSET FREE MINISTRIESBarnabas Foundation: $900,000 · ReligionBarnabas FoundationBridge Street House of Prayer: $100,000 · Religion+1 more: $10,000 · ReligionGreat Lakes Center for the Arts: $1,000,000 · Arts & CultureGreat Lakes Ce…FELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC: $350,000 · Arts & CultureFELLOWSHIP FOR…LIFE INTERNATIONAL: $1,250,000 · HealthLIFE INTERNAT…NAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $711,635 · PhilanthropyNAPLES CH…TIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · PhilanthropyTIM TEBOW…SPA INC: $2,250 · Human Services
Other$2,737,000Education$2,410,000Religion$2,110,000Arts & Culture$1,350,000Health$1,250,000Philanthropy$861,635Human Services$2,250

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDUTTON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $1,560,000 over 6y, 13% of budgetLIFE INTERNATIONAL: $1,250,000 over 6y, 19% of budgetSET FREE MINISTRIES: $1,100,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetGreat Lakes Center for the Arts: $1,000,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetSOUTH CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL: $750,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetNAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $711,635 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN: $400,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPregnancy Resource Center: $380,000 over 3y, 7.0% of budgetFELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC: $350,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetCAMP QUALITY USA INC: $162,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetTIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBridge Street House of Prayer: $100,000 over 2y, 8.9% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEL TROTTER MINISTRIES: $35,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Tracy Hanson Initiative: $10,000 over 2y, 6.3% 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.

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.

Dayenu Foundation Tru…Buist FoundationBarnabas FoundationRenaissance Charitabl…Christian Community F…Raymond James Charita…Natl Christian Charit…Douglas & Maria Devos…Morgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…The Blackbaud Giving …
Dayenu Foundation TrustMI24.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dayenu Foundation Trust · Buist Foundation · Barnabas Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund

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 Jonathan & Mary Kay Borisch Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jonathan & Mary Kay Borisch Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 Jonathan & Mary Kay Borisch Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Jonathan & Mary Kay Borisch Family 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 19 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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