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Mark & Carol Muller Charitable Fund at a glance

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Mark & Carol Muller Charitable Fund

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.

$145k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$26k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$288kEducation$142kInternational$27kCrime & Legal$15kHealth$6kPhilanthropy$250Other$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $135k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$4.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$26,125
FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY$25,052
CELEBRATION FELLOWSHIP CHURCH$24,549
OASIS INTERNATIONAL$24,000
GRAND RAPIDS CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS$15,000
HUMANITY FOR PRISONERS$10,000
WESTERN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY$10,000
PILLAR CHURCH$5,004
FAITH FIGHTERS CHURCH$2,500
CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH$1,282
BIBLE PROJECT$500
NORTHMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$250
CARRY THE LOAD$250
CORAMDEO ASSOCIATION OF CHURCHES$55
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 (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 7% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CARRY THE LOAD: $250 → 14%HUMANITY FOR PRISONERS: $10k → 8%WESTERN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $10k → 10%MADISON SQUARE CHURCH: $27k → 11%PROJECT CANEFIRE: $1k → 13%HARVEST COMMUNITY CHURCH: $3k → 16%OUTPOSTS OF HOPE: $2k → 11%NORTHMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $250 → 16%OASIS INTERNATIONAL: $24k → 14%HUMANITY FOR PRISONERS: $5k → 8%WESTERN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $10k → 10%MADISON SQUARE CHURCH: $15k → 11%CORAMDEO ASSOCIATION OF CHURCHES: $2k → 8%PILLAR CHURCH: $5k → 10%EXALTA HEALTH: $5k → 11%CORAMDEO ASSOCIATION OF CHURCHES: $2k → 8%PILLAR CHURCH: $5k → 10%MADISON SQUARE CHURCH: $5k → 11%CORAMDEO ASSOCIATION OF CHURCHES: $55 → 8%MADISON SQUARE CHURCH: $4k → 11%MADISON SQUARE CHURCH: $3k → 11%CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH: $25k → 11%CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH: $25k → 11%CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH: $1k → 11%CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH: $1k → 11%CELEBRATION FELLOWSHIP CHURCH: $25k → 11%CELEBRATION FELLOWSHIP CHURCH: $21k → 11%CELEBRATION FELLOWSHIP CHURCH: $18k → 11%GRAND RAPIDS CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $25k → 11%CELEBRATION FELLOWSHIP CHURCH: $10k → 11%GRAND RAPIDS CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $15k → 11%CELEBRATION FELLOWSHIP CHURCH: $6k → 11%GRAND RAPIDS CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $10k → 11%CELEBRATION FELLOWSHIP CHURCH: $6k → 11%LIVING STONES ACADEMY: $500 → 11%CELEBRATION FELLOWSHIP CHURCH: $5k → 11%LIVING STONES ACADEMY: $250 → 11%RECOVERY ALLIES OF WEST MICHIGAN: $1k → 11%ORCHARDVIEW CHURCH OF GOD: $3k → 11%SCHOLAR LEADERS: $26k → 11%THEOLOGICAL BOOK NETWORK: $15k → 11%THEOLOGICAL BOOK NETWORK: $10k → 11%THEOLOGICAL BOOK NETWORK: $10k → 11%THE COLOSSIAN FORUM: $5k → 11%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

IL
MI
OR
OH
CA
NC
AL
TX
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$426k · 12 repeat orgs$78k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
8

Total granted

$426k
$24k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+5%
+28%

Still filing today

42%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $54k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationInternationalReligionHealthPhilanthropyCrime & LegalOther
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

  • GR
    GRAND RAPIDS CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
    3× · 2022–2024 · $50k · revenue +7%
  • I
    INNOCENT
    2× · 2023–2024 · $15k · revenue +47%
  • LS
    Living Stones Academy
    2× · 2017–2022 · $750 · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE COLOSSIAN FORUMgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +261%
  • HI
    HEALTH INTERVENTION SERVICESgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +28%
  • IF
    Institute for Bible Reading
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -41%
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
Timothy Two Project International

Reaching and teaching pastors in the majority world.

Religion
2
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
3
Tyndale Bible Translators

Bible Translation and acts of Christian Services

Religion
4
Institute of Chinese Studies

ChinsSource is a trusted partner and platform for educating the global church on critical issues facing the church and ministries in China and for connecting Christians inside and outside China to advance the kingdom of God globally

International
5
Olivet University

Providing guality Christian education to the network generation

Education
6
Believer's International Inc

Christian publishing company

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7
Talking Bibles International

The distribution of Talking Bibles worldwide in as many different languages as possible.

Religion
8
International Theological Seminary

To provide a center for the study of theology and ministry in evangelical persuasion based upon the infallible and interrant inspired word of God in the bible.

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9
Leadership Resources International

International missions: this organization is an international mission agency focusing on leadership development through teaching of the scriptures

Religion
10
Center of Theological Inquiry

The Center of Theological Inquiry is an independent research institution with an international visiting scholar program which convenes researchers in an ideal setting for interdisciplinary inquiries where theology casts light on global…

Religion
11
International Christian Ministries Inc

Train, equip, and disciple pastors and church leaders to serve the Church and fulfill the great commission.

Religion
12
Berean Bible Institute Inc

Bible and ministry education programs

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Health Intervention Services; the most unlike its peers is Innocent. 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

14 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. 14 of the 26 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/14
Grantees still filing
8/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CELEBRATION FELLOWSHIP CHURCH: $90,492 · OtherCELEBRATION FELLOWSHIP CHURCHMADISON SQUARE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH: $53,426 · OtherMADISON SQUARE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCHCHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH: $52,296 · OtherCHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCHTheological Book Network: $35,000 · OtherTheological Book NetworkIndividual grant recipient: $26,125 · OtherIndividual grant recipientOASIS INTERNATIONAL LTD NFP: $24,000 · OtherOASIS INTERNATIONAL LTD NFPTHE WESTERN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF THE REFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA: $20,000 · OtherTHE WESTERN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF THE REFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA+9 more: $31,797 · Other+9 moreFULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $91,368 · EducationFULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARYGRAND RAPIDS CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $50,000 · EducationGRAND RAPIDS CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS+1 more: $750 · EducationINNOCENT: $15,000 · Crime & LegalTHE COLOSSIAN FORUM: $5,271 · ReligionBIBLEPROJECT: $500 · ReligionHEALTH INTERVENTION SERVICES: $5,000 · HealthOUTPOSTS OF HOPE INC: $2,000 · InternationalPROJECT CANEFIRE INC: $1,000 · InternationalCARRY THE LOAD: $250 · Philanthropy
Other$333,136Education$142,118Crime & Legal$15,000Religion$5,771Health$5,000International$3,000Philanthropy$250

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 budgetFULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $91,368 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $50,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTheological Book Network: $35,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetOASIS INTERNATIONAL LTD NFP: $24,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetINNOCENT: $15,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetTHE COLOSSIAN FORUM: $5,271 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHEALTH INTERVENTION SERVICES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetInstitute for Bible Reading: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetPROJECT CANEFIRE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetRECOVERY ALLIES OF WEST MICHIGAN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLiving Stones Academy: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIBLEPROJECT: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCARRY THE LOAD: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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 FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ↗
  • Who funds GRAND RAPIDS CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds Theological Book Network ↗
  • Who funds OASIS INTERNATIONAL LTD NFP ↗
  • Who funds INNOCENT ↗
  • Who funds THE COLOSSIAN FORUM ↗
  • Who funds HEALTH INTERVENTION SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Institute for Bible Reading ↗
  • Who funds OUTPOSTS OF HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT CANEFIRE INC ↗
  • Who funds RECOVERY ALLIES OF WEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds Living Stones Academy ↗
  • Who funds BIBLEPROJECT ↗
  • Who funds CARRY THE LOAD ↗

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.

The Community Foundat…Barnabas FoundationChristian Community F…Grand Rapids Communit…Natl Christian Charit…Stephen and Valerie S…Cdv5 FoundationPeter C & Emajean Coo…Raymond James Charita…Renaissance Charitabl…American Endowment Fo…Fidelity Investments …
The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area IncMI17.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Barnabas Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Stephen and Valerie Spoelhof Foundation · Cdv5 Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift 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 Mark & Carol Muller Charitable Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mark & Carol Muller Charitable Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%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
    1get no government money at all
    2report 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 Mark & Carol Muller Charitable Fund?

    Find your warmest path to Mark & Carol Muller Charitable Fund 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 26 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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