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Sid and Carol Verdoorn Family Foundation at a glance

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Sid and Carol Verdoorn 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.

$3.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
20
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$1.3M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$24MReligion$3.0MYouth Development$325kHuman Services$205kHealth$75kPublic Benefit$75kCommunity Improvement$55kCivil Rights$44kOther$0
02FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k10 grants · $245k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $350k
  • $250k+4 grants · $3.1M
$50,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$84M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DORDT COLLEGE$1,300,000
SOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL$1,000,000
HOPE ACADEMY$600,000
PRAGER UNIVERSITY$250,000
YOUNG AMERICAS FOUNDATION$100,000
THE COVENANT SCHOOL$50,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
SUMMIT MINISTRIES$50,000
HOPE FARMS SCHOOL$50,000
CHAPEL HILL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$50,000
NEW LIFE FAMILY SERVICES$30,000
GRACE BIBLE CHURCH$30,000
LUIS PALAU ASSOCIATION$25,000
REAGAN INTERNATIONAL IMPACT PROJECT$25,000
HOLLANDALE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$25,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 29% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHAPEL HILL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $200k → 5%HOPE FARMS SCHOOL: $100k → 5%THE COVENANT SCHOOL: $100k → 14%MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE: $500k → 14%SUMMIT MINISTRIES: $250k → 9%YOUNG AMERICAS FOUNDATION: $100k → 6%PRAGER UNIVERSITY: $250k → 11%CHAPEL HILL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $200k → 5%MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE: $500k → 14%DORDT COLLEGE: $1.3M → 8%SUMMIT MINISTRIES: $250k → 9%PRAGER UNIVERSITY: $250k → 11%CHAPEL HILL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $100k → 5%DORDT COLLEGE: $1.3M → 8%SUMMIT MINISTRIES: $150k → 9%PRAGER UNIVERSITY: $250k → 11%DORDT COLLEGE: $1.2M → 8%SUMMIT MINISTRIES: $150k → 9%PRAGER UNIVERSITY: $100k → 11%DORDT COLLEGE: $1.1M → 8%SUMMIT MINISTRIES: $100k → 9%DORDT COLLEGE: $1.1M → 8%DORDT COLLEGE: $650k → 8%SOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL: $3.0M → 5%DORDT COLLEGE: $625k → 8%SOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL: $1.4M → 5%HOPE ACADEMY: $1.2M → 11%DORDT COLLEGE: $600k → 8%TRUTH ENCOUNTER MINISTRIES: $150k → 9%SOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL: $1.0M → 5%HOPE ACADEMY: $600k → 11%CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION (CACE): $200k → 8%SOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL: $1.0M → 5%HOPE ACADEMY: $520k → 11%CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION (CACE): $200k → 8%SOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL: $1.0M → 5%HOPE ACADEMY: $433k → 11%SOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL: $1.0M → 5%HOPE ACADEMY: $420k → 11%SOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL: $700k → 5%HOPE ACADEMY: $383k → 11%SOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL: $450k → 5%HOPE ACADEMY: $330k → 11%HOPE ACADEMY: $160k → 11%MN TEEN CHALLENGE: $150k → 11%MN TEEN CHALLENGE: $150k → 11%HOPE ACADEMY: $150k → 11%NEW LIFE FAMILY SERVICES: $150k → 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

MN
IL
MI
OR
IA
OH
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
DC
LA
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$29M · 25 repeat orgs$300k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +58% since the first grant, against -75% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
7

Total granted

$29M
$250k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+58%
-75%

Still filing today

56%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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
EducationReligionCommunity ImprovementHealthOther
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

  • DU
    DORDT UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $7.8M · revenue +66%
  • HA
    HOPE ACADEMY INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $4.2M · revenue +240%
  • SM
    SUMMIT MINISTRIES INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +94%

Funded once

  • TE
    Truth Encounter Ministries
    one grant, 2019 · $150k · revenue -75%
  • AL
    ALBERT LEA HEALTHCARE COALITION
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue -93%
  • LP
    LA PLATA ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION INC
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
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
Christian Schools Inc

Education - private christian school grades k-12

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2
Arcadia Christian School

Christian day school

Education
3
Northwest Christian School

To provide an educational program which upholds high standards of scholastic and behavioral excellence and furnishes instruction in bible-based christian faith. it is our greatest honor to enable students to develop a christian world view…

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4
Summit Classical Christian School

Summit Classical Christian School is a PreK-12 school that exists to cultivate generations of joyful disciples of Christ by partnering with faithful Christian families to educate their children from a Biblical worldview using classical…

Education
5
The King's Christian School

The king's christian school is a k-12 prepatory school that equips and strengthens students through education and example, that they might stand firmly upon the word of god and to become effective servant-leaders who impact the world…

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6
Walnut Grove Christian School

We are a k-12 christian school founded under the following (4) pillars: academics: we provide an amazing accredited academic program utilizing 100% certified teachers. schedule: we provide our students and their families an opportunity on…

Education
7
Seattle Classical Christian School

Sccs builds the city of god by forming servant leaders who love goodness, truth, and beauty.

Education
8
Dallas Christian School

Dallas Christian is a college preparatory school committed to Biblical values where students are prepared for Christ-centered lives of purpose, service and leadership.

Education
9
Covenant Christian School

Covenant Christian School (CCS) is committed to the academic, spiritual, physical, and social growth of our children in a Christ-centered environment. Continued on Schedule O Covenant Christian School cultivates a distinctive generation…

Education
10
Westminster Christian Private School Inc

To provide christian education to students in grades pre-k to 12.

Education
11
Arborbrook Christian Academy

Arborbrook Christian Academy partners with parents to equip, empower, and encourage students to cultivate godly character, pursue life-long learning, and love the Lord Jesus Christ.

Education
12
Liberty Classical Academy

Liberty classical academy is an independent private school offering college-preparatory academics and christian faith in the classical tradition for minneapolis-st. paul students in preschool and kindergarten through the 12th grade.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Summit Ministries Inc; the most unlike its peers is Albert Lea Healthcare Coalition. 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

19 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. 19 of the 34 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
13/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL INC: $9,500,000 · EducationSOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL INCDORDT UNIVERSITY: $7,814,000 · EducationDORDT UNIVERSITYHOPE ACADEMY INC: $4,171,000 · EducationHOPE ACADEMY INCPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,025,000 · Education+2 more: $380,000 · EducationMUSEUM OF THE BIBLE: $1,150,000 · OtherMUSEUM OF THE BIBLESUMMIT MINISTRIES INC: $1,050,000 · OtherSUMMIT MINISTRIES INCCHAPEL HILL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $675,000 · OtherCHAPEL HILL CHRISTIAN…Individual grant recipient: $500,000 · OtherIndividual grant reci…CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION (CACE): $400,000 · OtherCENTER FOR THE ADVANC…Young America's Foundation: $325,000 · OtherYoung America's Found…HOPE FARMS SCHOOL: $325,000 · OtherHOPE FARMS SCHOOLGRACE BIBLE CHURCH: $205,000 · OtherNEW LIFE FAMILY SERVICES: $205,000 · Other+14 more: $644,000 · Other+14 moreLAMPLIGHTERS INTERNATIONAL: $155,000 · ReligionTruth Encounter Ministries: $150,000 · ReligionLuis Palau Association: $140,000 · ReligionCARDUS INC: $55,000 · Community ImprovementALBERT LEA HEALTHCARE COALITION: $25,000 · Health
Education$22,890,000Other$5,479,000Religion$445,000Community Improvement$55,000Health$25,000

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 budgetSOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL INC: $9,500,000 over 8y, 20% of budgetDORDT UNIVERSITY: $7,814,000 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetHOPE ACADEMY INC: $4,171,000 over 8y, 17% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE BIBLE: $1,150,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSUMMIT MINISTRIES INC: $1,050,000 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,025,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $325,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetNEW LIFE FAMILY SERVICES: $205,000 over 3y, 6.0% of budgetCovenant Knights School: $200,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetHOLLANDALE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $180,000 over 8y, 5.7% of budgetLAMPLIGHTERS INTERNATIONAL: $155,000 over 8y, 7.0% of budgetTruth Encounter Ministries: $150,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetLuis Palau Association: $140,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCARDUS INC: $55,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetDAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER: $44,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetALBERT LEA HEALTHCARE COALITION: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetDEER CREEK CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetWickenburg Christian Academy Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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 SOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds DORDT UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds HOPE ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE ↗
  • Who funds SUMMIT MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Young America's Foundation ↗
  • Who funds NEW LIFE FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Covenant Knights School ↗
  • Who funds HOLLANDALE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds LAMPLIGHTERS INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds Truth Encounter Ministries ↗
  • Who funds Luis Palau Association ↗
  • Who funds CARDUS INC ↗
  • Who funds DAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ALBERT LEA HEALTHCARE COALITION ↗
  • Who funds LAFAYETTE PARISH ASSOC OF EDUCATORS ↗
  • Who funds DEER CREEK CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Wickenburg Christian Academy 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.

Servant FoundationSaint Paul & Minnesot…Renaissance Charitabl…Natl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…Raymond James Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Servant FoundationKS13.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Servant Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Sid and Carol Verdoorn Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sid and Carol Verdoorn Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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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    Find your warmest path to Sid and Carol Verdoorn 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 34 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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