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R & L Vermeer Foundation Inc at a glance

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R & L Vermeer Foundation Inc

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.

$393k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$1.4MEducation$591kHuman Services$335kArts & Culture$227kInternational$177kCommunity Improvement$95kHealth$46kEmployment$35kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$482k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PELLA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS$300,000
FAITH CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH 705 MAIN$50,100
WESLEY LIFE$25,000
RESONATE GLOBAL MISSION$10,000
PELLA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$5,000
THE NAVIGATORS$1,600
NATIONAL POLICE ASSOCIATION$500
ST JOSEPH'S INDIAN SCHOOL$300
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $22k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 23% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%AWS FOUNDATION: $5k → 12%ONE BODY ONE HOPE: $15k → 8%MANY HANDS FOR HAITI: $1k → 8%MANY HANDS FOR HAITI: $1k → 8%MANY HANDS FOR HAITI: $150 → 8%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
WI
MI
NY
SD
IA
IN
UT
CO
NE
MO
NC
OK
MS
AL
TX
FL
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.
$2.5M · 37 repeat orgs$453k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

37 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 33 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
38

Total granted

$2.5M
$153k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+21%

Still filing today

57%
32%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 22% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $301k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthReligionInternationalHuman ServicesArts & CultureOther
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

  • W
    WESLEYLIFE
    6× · 2017–2025 · $303k · revenue +57%
  • IC
    InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA
    6× · 2017–2024 · $154k · revenue +9%
  • NC
    NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE
    3× · 2020–2023 · $77k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • WC
    WEST CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
  • TW
    THE WELL COVENANT-DES MOINES IA
    one grant, 2017 · $15k
  • OB
    ONE BODY ONE HOPEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +152%
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
Central Christian College of the Bible

Central christian college of the bible (central) exists to develop servant-leaders for the church. as a traditional undergraduate bible college of the restoration movement, central equips faithful men and women for leadership ministry.

Education
2
North Central University

North central university is a christian university with a commitment to academic excellence.

Education
3
Central Christian College of Kansas

Central christian college of kansas is a four-year, non-profit liberal arts college with the primary mission of offering a christ-centered education for character.

Education
4
Criswell College

The mission of criswell college is to provide ministerial and professional higher education for men and women preparing to serve as christian leaders throughout society, while maintaining an institutional commitment to biblical inerrancy.

Education
5
Plymouth Christian Schools Association

To instruct students in a private school setting, providing educational programs for grade prek through grade 12. teaching is based on the principles of god's word and incorporated into the daily classroom through devotions and chapel.

Education
6
Mid-America Christian University Inc

Mid-america christian university prepares students through a wesleyan perspective to create, collaborate, and innovate to solve local and global problems for the glory of god through jesus christ and the good of society.

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7
Indiana Wesleyan University

Indiana wesleyan university is a christ-centered academic community committed to changing the world by developing students in character, scholarship, and leadership.

Education
8
Holy Cross Christian Academy

Holy cross christian academy is committed to providing quality, innovative, christ-centered education. our dedicated, professional christian educators strive to engage our students in a comprehensive educational environment that is…

Education
9
Welch College

Welch college is a christian higher education institution that educates leaders to serve christ, his church, and his world through biblical thought and life

Education
10
Dallas International University

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

Education
11
Grand View University

Engages, equips and empowers learners to explore their vocations, fulfill their potential and serve the world.

Education
12
Pella Regional Health Center

The mission of pella regional health center is to provide healthcare and healing services with christian compassion.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Des Moines Christian Schools; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

37 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. 37 of the 79 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/37
Grantees still filing
31/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FAITH CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH 705 MAIN: $885,100 · OtherFAITH CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH 705 MAINPELLA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $300,000 · OtherPELLA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLSTHE NAVIGATORS: $109,615 · OtherTHE NAVIGATORSIndividual grant recipient: $108,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+48 more: $477,408 · Other+48 moreWESLEYLIFE: $302,895 · HealthWESLEYLIFEBLESSMAN INTERNATIONAL INC: $65,200 · HealthBLESSMAN INTER…+4 more: $17,055 · HealthNORTHWESTERN COLLEGE: $76,500 · EducationNORTHWESTERN…CEO FORUM INC: $45,000 · EducationCEO FORUM IN…CALVIN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $45,000 · EducationCALVIN THEOL…CALVIN UNIVERSITY: $36,000 · EducationCALVIN UNIVE…DORDT UNIVERSITY: $35,000 · EducationDORDT UNIVER…THE SOCIETY OF PELLA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $34,900 · EducationTHE SOCIETY …DES MOINES CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $31,000 · EducationDES MOINES C…+3 more: $13,500 · EducationInterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA: $154,000 · ReligionASCENDING LEADERS: $6,000 · Religion+2 more: $10,000 · ReligionPARTNERS WORLDWIDE: $50,000 · InternationalMOBILITY WORLDWIDE: $32,000 · International+1 more: $2,367 · InternationalPELLA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $63,150 · Arts & CulturePELLA OPERA HOUSE COMMISSION: $13,000 · Arts & CulturePELLA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyWILDWOOD HILLS INC: $21,000 · Philanthropy
Other$1,880,123Health$385,150Education$316,900Religion$170,000International$84,367Arts & Culture$76,150Philanthropy$46,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWESLEYLIFE: $302,895 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetInterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA: $154,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWESTERN COLLEGE: $76,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBLESSMAN INTERNATIONAL INC: $65,200 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetPELLA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $63,150 over 5y, 7.2% of budgetPARTNERS WORLDWIDE: $50,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCEO FORUM INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCALVIN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $45,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCALVIN UNIVERSITY: $36,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDORDT UNIVERSITY: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPELLA CHRISTIAN GRADE SCHOOL: $35,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTHE SOCIETY OF PELLA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $34,900 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetMOBILITY WORLDWIDE: $32,000 over 4y, 6.0% of budgetDES MOINES CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $31,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMDRC: $29,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPELLA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetWILDWOOD HILLS INC: $21,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetDES MOINES PERFORMING ARTS: $17,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPELLA OPERA HOUSE COMMISSION: $13,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetCARY CHRISTIAN CENTER INC: $11,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCROSSROADS OF PELLA: $10,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetJOSHUA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetASCENDING LEADERS: $6,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetCHRISTIAN OPPORTUNITY CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAWS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WELL RESOURCE CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMANY HANDS FOR HAITI: $2,150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBLUEPRINT FOR LIFE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetALTERNATING HEMIPLEGIA OF CHILDHOOD FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPELLA GARDEN CLUB INC: $1,000 over 1y, 44% of budgetNATIONAL POLICE ASSOCIATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $55 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 WESLEYLIFE ↗
  • Who funds InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds BLESSMAN INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds PELLA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS WORLDWIDE ↗
  • Who funds CEO FORUM INC ↗
  • Who funds CALVIN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ↗
  • Who funds CALVIN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds DORDT UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds PELLA CHRISTIAN GRADE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE SOCIETY OF PELLA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds MOBILITY WORLDWIDE ↗
  • Who funds DES MOINES CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds MDRC ↗
  • Who funds PELLA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WILDWOOD HILLS INC ↗
  • Who funds DES MOINES PERFORMING ARTS ↗
  • Who funds ONE BODY ONE HOPE ↗
  • Who funds PELLA OPERA HOUSE COMMISSION ↗
  • Who funds CARY CHRISTIAN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CROSSROADS OF PELLA ↗
  • Who funds JOSHUA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds ASCENDING LEADERS ↗

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.

Vermeer Charitable Fo…Pella Rolscreen Found…Barnabas FoundationCommunity Fdn of Grea…Mark & Kay Decook Cha…Boat Foundation IncPeter H and E Lucille…Vanden Bosch Foundati…Pella Community Found…Meredith Corporation …Amg Charitable Gift F…Sam & Lisa Van Maanen…
Vermeer Charitable FoundationIA40.9× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vermeer Charitable Foundation · Pella Rolscreen Foundation · Barnabas Foundation · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Mark & Kay Decook Charitable Founda · Boat Foundation Inc · Peter H and E Lucille Gaass Kuyper Foundation · Vanden Bosch Foundation · Pella Community Foundation · Meredith Corporation Foundation · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Sam & Lisa Van Maanen Charitable Foundation

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 R & L Vermeer Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from R & L Vermeer Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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.

    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 79 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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