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Steven and Elaine Bossenbroek Family Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Steven and Elaine Bossenbroek Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$14k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$135kInternational$118kHealth$45kHuman Services$31kEducation$17kCrime & Legal$4kRecreation & Sports$3kCommunity Improvement$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$225
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MENTOR ME$7,500
RIDGEWOOD CHRISTIAN REF CHURCH$3,000
KENT COUNTY FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES$1,500
EXALTA HEALTH$1,500
RESONATE GLOBAL MISSION$500
TRUTH FOR LIFE$194
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 (FY17–19, $41k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 26% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%THE CHAD TOUGH FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%THE CHAD TOUGH FOUNDATION: $500 → 14%THE CHAD TOUGH FOUNDATION: $300 → 14%SUNSET LEGACY FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%SUNSET LEGACY FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%SUNSET LEGACY FOUNDATION: $10k → 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

MT
IL
MI
OH
CO
MO
NC
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$391k · 17 repeat orgs$27k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
12

Total granted

$391k
$23k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+24%

Still filing today

59%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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
ReligionHuman ServicesHealthEducationCrime & LegalInternationalOther
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

  • SF
    SET FREE MINISTRIES
    2× · 2018–2019 · $65k · revenue +71%
  • HI
    HEALTH INTERVENTION SERVICES
    8× · 2017–2024 · $32k · revenue +28%
  • AS
    AUDIO SCRIPTURE MINISTRIES
    6× · 2017–2023 · $30k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
  • AF
    ASSOCIATION FOR CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
    one grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue +24%
  • PW
    PARTNERS WORLDWIDEgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue +30%
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 Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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2
CrossTalk Global

CrossTalk Global is a Christian educational organization that empowers and trains global church leaders to effectively communicate the Scriptures and share the hope of Christ in their communities. These projects are carried out in the USA…

Religion
3
Association of Certified Biblical

Training & certification of christian biblical counselors

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4
Restoration Ministries Incorporated

To provide spiritual direction, spiritual formation opportunities and related ministry to individuals seeking greater development in their christian faith, to serve as a resource for churches and organizations in the area of spiritual…

Religion
5
Awakening Ministries International

Proclaim the gospel worldwide, prepare followers of jesus christ, and propel those into their god given destiny.

Religion
6
Worldserve Ministries

To advance the gospel in closed and hard-to-reach nations and to impact those nations for christ.

International
7
Cecil & Lisa Paxton Ministries Inc

Christian Teaching and Education

Religion
8
Kingdom Global Ministries

Christian services including missions efforts, humanitarian aide, mentoring/discipleship, establishment and covering of churches, licensing/ordaining ministers, pastoral support, all domestically and internationally.

Religion
9
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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10
Dakota Christian School

The mission of dakota christian school is to assist parents by providing education based on a biblical worldview, thereby enabling children to grow in christian wisdom, to nurture godly character, and to serve christ as lord.

Education
11
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
12
247 Media Ministries

The mission of worship 24/7 is to ignite a passion for god through worship that results in a life of generosity, discipleship, evangelism, generosity and service.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Set Free Ministries; the most unlike its peers is Rescue One Foundation. 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

16 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. 16 of the 32 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
13/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $66,180 · OtherIndividual grant recipientAUDIO SCRIPTURE MINISTRIES: $29,700 · OtherAUDIO SCRIPTURE MINISTRIESCHRISTIAN REFORMED WORLD MISSIONS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: $13,000 · OtherCHRISTIAN REFORMED WORLD MISSIONS OF TH…Individual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSIM USA INCORPORATED: $9,000 · OtherSIM USA INCORPORATED+12 more: $17,500 · Other+12 moreRESCUE ONE FOUNDATION: $96,630 · Human ServicesRESCUE ONE FOUNDATIONSUNSET LEGACY FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Human ServicesSUNSET LEGACY FOUNDATIONCHADTOUGH DEFEAT DIPG FOUNDATION: $10,800 · Human ServicesCHADTOUGH DEFEAT DIPG FOUNDATIONSET FREE MINISTRIES: $65,000 · ReligionSET FREE MINISTRIESMENTORME: $22,500 · ReligionMENTORME+2 more: $444 · ReligionHEALTH INTERVENTION SERVICES: $32,200 · HealthHEALTH IN…+2 more: $2,000 · Health+2 moreGrandville Calvin Christian Schools: $5,000 · EducationASSOCIATION FOR CHRISTIAN EDUCATION: $2,000 · Education+1 more: $150 · EducationMEDIATION & RESTORATIVE SERVICES: $3,500 · Crime & LegalPARTNERS WORLDWIDE: $2,000 · International
Other$145,380Human Services$137,430Religion$87,944Health$34,200Education$7,150Crime & Legal$3,500International$2,000

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 budgetRESCUE ONE FOUNDATION: $96,630 over 6y, 37% of budgetSET FREE MINISTRIES: $65,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetHEALTH INTERVENTION SERVICES: $32,200 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetSUNSET LEGACY FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetAUDIO SCRIPTURE MINISTRIES: $29,700 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetMENTORME: $22,500 over 3y, 13% of budgetCHADTOUGH DEFEAT DIPG FOUNDATION: $10,800 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetGrandville Calvin Christian Schools: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDIATION & RESTORATIVE SERVICES: $3,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR CHRISTIAN EDUCATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPARTNERS WORLDWIDE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTARLIGHT MINISTRIES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget70 X 7 LIFE RECOVERY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKeys for Kids Ministries Inc: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHPOINTE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $150 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 RESCUE ONE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SET FREE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds HEALTH INTERVENTION SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds SUNSET LEGACY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AUDIO SCRIPTURE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds MENTORME ↗
  • Who funds CHADTOUGH DEFEAT DIPG FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Grandville Calvin Christian Schools ↗
  • Who funds MEDIATION & RESTORATIVE SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATION FOR CHRISTIAN EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS WORLDWIDE ↗
  • Who funds STARLIGHT MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds 70 X 7 LIFE RECOVERY ↗
  • Who funds Keys for Kids Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds TRUTH FOR LIFE ↗
  • Who funds NORTHPOINTE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS ↗

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.

Barnabas FoundationThe Community Foundat…Raymond James Charita…Edgar and Elsa Prince…Peter C & Emajean Coo…Natl Christian Charit…Servant FoundationChristian Community F…John and Judy Spoelho…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Renaissance Charitabl…
Barnabas FoundationIL25.7× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Barnabas Foundation · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Servant Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · John and Judy Spoelhof Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Steven and Elaine Bossenbroek Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Steven and Elaine Bossenbroek Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%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
    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 · 0–5%
    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.

    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 32 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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