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THE BIOLOGOS FOUNDATION INC

THE BIOLOGOS FOUNDATION INC (Michigan) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,921,710 to it, the largest being JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION ($5,064,714). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$2.9M
Funders on record
24
Grants received
$8.9M
Net assets
$2.4M
16/24 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 85%
01What it does

What The Biologos Foundation Inc does

Mission

Biologos explores god's word and god's world to inspire authentic faith for today.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Website, podcast, online communications we continued to produce impactful new content, with 41 web articles and 20 podcast episodes, including several major multi-part series. Our podcast drew 228,000 downloads, while the website attracted 1.8 million page views from more than 670,000 active users. Our social media efforts reached more 425,000 people, including our audience of nearly 75,000 followers.

    $312,229 spent
    15% of program spending
  2. Conference & events in april biologos held the faith & science conference, a 2.5-day national conference that drew 300 attendees (and hundreds more via livestream) to hear from some of the world's top leaders, including renowned geneticist francis collins, covid vaccine pioneer kizzmekia corbett-helaire, and bestselling author philip yancey. Attendees included a wide range of doctors, scientists, educators, ministry leaders, and interested laypeople.

    $366,956 spent$96,200 earned by the program
    18% of program spending
  3. Curriculum & education our integrate high school curriculum continued to expand its reach in a variety of christian schools, homeschools, and educator conferences, with many new and repeat buyers.

    $694,914 spent$9,094 earned by the program
    34% of program spending
  4. Other programs

    $667,532 spent$31,473 earned by the program
    33% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,041,631.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($929k) Expenses 100 ($1.5M) Net assets 100 ($1.7M)2018 Revenue 332 ($3.1M) Expenses 96 ($1.5M) Net assets 204 ($3.5M)2019 Revenue 108 ($1.0M) Expenses 126 ($1.9M) Net assets 151 ($2.6M)2020 Revenue 204 ($1.9M) Expenses 96 ($1.5M) Net assets 177 ($3.0M)2021 Revenue 186 ($1.7M) Expenses 135 ($2.0M) Net assets 157 ($2.7M)2022 Revenue 228 ($2.1M) Expenses 145 ($2.2M) Net assets 144 ($2.4M)2023 Revenue 243 ($2.3M) Expenses 160 ($2.4M) Net assets 136 ($2.3M)2024 Revenue 310 ($2.9M) Expenses 191 ($2.9M) Net assets 142 ($2.4M)
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Revenue (310)Expenses (191)Net assets (142)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $1.8M to $3.6M (+101%).

$1.8M
$3.6M
$2.7M
$3.4M
$3.6M
$3.0M
$2.7M
$2.9M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 10% · 2022 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

93% of THE BIOLOGOS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (90% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,735 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$585k
’17
$1.6M
’18
−$911k
’19
$440k
’20
−$311k
’21
−$77k
’22
−$173k
’23
−$11k
’24
4.8
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Board chair

Dwight Baker

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed913131214131415
Joined·+4+1+0+2+1+2+3
No longer listed·0110212
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 11 funders, grant income fell $686k → $579k.

12 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of THE BIOLOGOS FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

THE BIOLOGOS FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

31% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE BIOLOGOS FOUNDATION INC.

57%
largest funder
75%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 86% · 2019 82% · 2020 76% · 2021 86% · 2022 49% · 2023 52% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

57% of THE BIOLOGOS FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

THE BIOLOGOS FOUNDATION INC draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 10 states in all.

IL
MI
MA
PA
NJ
CA
CO
DE
TN
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’20
’21
’22
’23
Michigan out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE BIOLOGOS FOUNDATION INC is better cushioned than half of the 2,394 religion nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−0% · below the median
Months of reserve4.8mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)18% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,394 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

71% of spending goes to programs.

Program 71%Management 13%Fundraising 16%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

63%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 21 states

AK
NH
WA
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
NV
PA
NJ
CO
WV
VA
TN
HI
MS
GA
FL

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE BIOLOGOS FOUNDATION INC?
THE BIOLOGOS FOUNDATION INC (Michigan) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,921,710 to it, the largest being JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION ($5,064,714). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE BIOLOGOS FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $8,921,710 in grants to THE BIOLOGOS FOUNDATION INC, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE BIOLOGOS FOUNDATION INC?
JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,064,714 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE BIOLOGOS FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 24 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing