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Verduin Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Verduin Charitable Foundation

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.

$450k
Granted FY2025still arriving
38
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$400k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$504kReligion$84kPhilanthropy$57kHuman Services$45kEducation$17kInternational$5kFood & Nutrition$1kHousing & Shelter$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 38 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k35 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $28k
  • $250k+1 grant · $400k
$500
Median grant
10
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UMRC Porter HIlls Foundation$400,000
La Grave Avenue CRC$15,000
Au Sable Institute$12,500
Au Sable Institute$2,500
St Judes Childrens Hospital$2,000
Resonate Global Mission$2,000
Doctors Without Borders$2,000
Calvin University$1,500
Mel Trotter Ministries$1,300
Calvin Seminary$1,000
Resonate Global Mission$1,000
Masters Design Group$1,000
Congregational Church Kitchen$1,000
National Foundation Cancer Research$800
Guiding Light$700
02The need
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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 (FY23–25, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Benjamins Hope: $100k → 8%Hospice of Holland: $100 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

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IL
MI
NY
MD
AZ
TN
DC
GA
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 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.

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University of Maryland Neurosurgeryassociates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Education
2
University of Maryland Dermatologists Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
3
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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4
University of Maryland Surgical Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
5
Mid-America Reformed Seminary

Mid-america reformed seminary seeks to serve the church by preparing students for gospel ministry as pastors, or those whose service to the church may be enhanced by theological education.

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6
University of Maryland Pediatric Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
7
University of Maryland Neurology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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8
University of Maryland Physicians Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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9
University of Maryland Oncology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
10
University of Maryland Eye Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
11
University of Maryland Otorhino-Laryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
12
University of Maryland Family Medicine Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Porter Hills Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Masters Design Group. 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

12 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. 12 of the 36 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
11/12
Grantees still filing
3/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VARIOUS CHARITIES: $291,927 · OtherVARIOUS CHARITIESVarious Charisite: $67,700 · OtherVarious CharisitePORTER HILLS FOUNDATION: $30,000 · OtherPORTER HILLS FOUNDATIONAU SABLE INSTITUTE: $15,000 · OtherLa Grave Avenue CRC: $15,000 · Other+24 more: $27,700 · Other+24 moreUMRC-PORTER HILLS FOUNDATION: $400,000 · HealthUMRC-PORTER HILLS FOUNDATIONBENJAMIN'S HOPE: $100,000 · Human ServicesBENJAMIN'S …+1 more: $100 · Human ServicesMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,200 · InternationalCALVIN UNIVERSITY: $1,500 · EducationMASTERS DESIGN GROUP: $1,000 · ReligionFeeding America: $300 · Food & Nutrition
Other$447,327Health$400,000Human Services$100,100International$2,200Education$1,500Religion$1,000Food & Nutrition$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 budgetUMRC-PORTER HILLS FOUNDATION: $400,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetBENJAMIN'S HOPE: $100,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetAU SABLE INSTITUTE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCALVIN UNIVERSITY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEL TROTTER MINISTRIES: $1,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMASTERS DESIGN GROUP: $1,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetFeeding America: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE OF HOLLAND INC: $100 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 UMRC-PORTER HILLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BENJAMIN'S HOPE ↗
  • Who funds PORTER HILLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AU SABLE INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds CALVIN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MEL TROTTER MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds MASTERS DESIGN GROUP ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE OF HOLLAND 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.

Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Natl Christian Charitable Fdn IncGA10.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Verduin Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Verduin Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%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
    0get no government money at all
    1report 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.
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    How do I get to Verduin Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Verduin Charitable 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 36 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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