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Talsma Family Foundation at a glance

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Talsma 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.

$175k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$108k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Youth Development$281kEducation$47kHealth$21kReligion$21kHuman Services$12kArts & Culture$5kHousing & Shelter$5kFood & Nutrition$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $45k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $108k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$4.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YOUNG LIFE$108,400
REDEEMER CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$20,000
CLUB BEYOND$15,000
ENCOMPASSKIDS$10,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$5,000
SEWFUNN DANDELION LESSONS$5,000
MIDTOWN COUNSELING SERVICES$5,000
HAND2HAND$5,000
SUNSET MINISTRY$1,000
JENISON SCHOOL BAND BOOSTERS$200
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 (FY23–24, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%ENCOMPASSKIDS: $10k → 10%WIDOWED PERSONS SERVICES: $500 → 11%MIDTOWN COUNSELING SERVICES: $5k → 10%MIDTOWN COUNSELING SERVICES: $5k → 10%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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$327k · 6 repeat orgs$72k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against -2% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
10

Total granted

$327k
$50k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
-2%

Still filing today

50%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterAnimalsFood & NutritionOther
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

  • YL
    YOUNG LIFE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $241k · revenue +62%
  • RC
    REDEEMER CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
    2× · 2022–2024 · $30k · revenue -44%
  • CB
    CLUB BEYOND
    2× · 2022–2024 · $20k

Funded once

  • RC
    Rehoboth Christian School Assoc
    one grant, 2023 · $17k · revenue -2%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • YL
    YOUNG LIFE EASTERN OTTAWA
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
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
Jubilee Christian School Inc

Jubilee is a private Preschool - 8th grade religious school that seeks to provide an excellent education from a Christ centered world view.

Education
2
Hudsonville Christian School

To provide a christian grade school education for those desiring it in hudsonville, mi and surrounding areas.

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3
Westminster Academy

The school provides classical christian education to students in grades junior kindergarten through twelve.

Education
4
Manhattan Christian School

Education - private school grades preschool through twelfth

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5
Victory Christian School Association

To instill foundational Biblical truth; to inspire the formation of Godly inner convictions, and to impart academic knowledge essential for building skills.

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6
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
7
Liberty Christian School Inc

To provide quality educational services to students in grades kindergarten through twelve, in a Christ-centered environment.

Education
8
Colleyville Covenant Christian

The mission is to provide a biblically based classical college preparatory education that inspires a passion for excellence a heart of grace and the character of Christ.

Education
9
Hickory Hollow Christian School

School

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10
Camp Verde United Christian School

We want our students to know Jesus and be loved. UCS nutures each one to grow their faith and excel academically through Christ-centerd, Bible-based instruction.

Education
11
Kingsway Christian School

Private Christian School Grades K - 12

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12
Landmark Christian School

Landmark christian school partners with christian families by equipping college-bound students to embrace a christ-centered worldview, grow as servant leaders, and steward god's unique purpose for their lives.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Life; the most unlike its peers is Rehoboth Christian School Assoc. 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

11 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. 11 of the 21 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
5/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YOUNG LIFE: $241,239 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIFECLUB BEYOND: $20,000 · OtherCLUB BEYONDHILLCREST CRC: $15,000 · OtherHILLCREST CRCAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $11,000 · OtherAMERICAN CANCER SOCIET…Individual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recip…YOUNG LIFE EASTERN OTTAWA: $9,500 · OtherYOUNG LIFE EASTERN OTT…SEWFUNN DANDELION LESSONS: $5,000 · OtherSEWFUNN DANDELION LESS…MILITARY COMMUNITY YOUTH MINISTRIES: $5,000 · OtherMILITARY COMMUNITY YOU…+4 more: $4,200 · OtherREDEEMER CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $30,000 · EducationREDEEMER CHRI…Rehoboth Christian School Assoc: $16,651 · EducationRehoboth Chri…+1 more: $350 · EducationMIDTOWN COUNSELING SERVICES: $10,000 · Human ServicesENCOMPASSKIDS: $10,000 · Human Services+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesHAND2HAND: $5,000 · Food & NutritionHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterWISHBONE PET RESCUE ALLIANCE: $300 · Animals
Youth Development$241,239Other$79,700Education$47,001Human Services$20,500Food & Nutrition$5,000Housing & Shelter$5,000Animals$300

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 budgetYOUNG LIFE: $241,239 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetREDEEMER CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $30,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetRehoboth Christian School Assoc: $16,651 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMIDTOWN COUNSELING SERVICES: $10,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetENCOMPASSKIDS: $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetHAND2HAND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMILITARY COMMUNITY YOUTH MINISTRIES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetWIDOWED PERSONS SERVICE: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJENISON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWISHBONE PET RESCUE ALLIANCE: $300 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.

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…Natl Christian Charit…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area IncMI13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Talsma Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Talsma Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–15%
    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 21 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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