Illinois · Nonprofit
TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS (Illinois) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,876,001 to it, the largest being The Brandsma Family Foundation ($3,919,558). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $22M
- Funders on record
- 32
- Grants received
- $9.9M
- Net assets
- $39M
What Timothy Christian Schools does
Mission
Serving god and his people, Timothy Christian Schools develops academically prepared christian disciples who embrace christ's call to transform the world.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Founded in 1911, Timothy Christian Schools (timothy) is a fully accredited, parent-run, pre-kindergarten through grade 12 christian school system that places academic excellence and a reformed biblical worldview at the heart of its mission. Every program at timothy - from mathematics to music, from business to basketball - is done with the knowledge that god created people and gave them the universe to explore and enjoy. This knowledge inspires timothy to pursue the highest possible quality in everything it does.every child at timothy - from the accelerated learners to those requiring additional support - is viewed as a gift from god and an image bearer of christ. (continued on schedule o) this vision is the motivation for the loving care and attention timothy provides to its students.timothy is an extension of christian family life, and takes seriously its obligation to be partners with parents in providing the best possible education for its students. From preschool to high school graduation, timothy is dedicated to bringing every student to his or her highest potential: academically, socially and spiritually.for the 24-25 fiscal year 1,264 preschool through grade 12 students…
$17,159,423 spentof which $2,150,109 as grants$16,235,644 earned by the program95% of program spendingAuxiliary services:transportation services - daily busing services to and from school.international student program - increase global awareness in our community and to further our mission of "embracing christ's call to transform the world."before and after school care - safe and affordable before and after school care and summer care.
$962,284 spent$897,730 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $18,121,707.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $31M to $38M (+21%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 8% · 2023 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 18 funders, grant income fell $2.3M → $865k.
16 of 32 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $2.0M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Timothy Christian Schools Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS raised.
From the IRS filings of TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 32 funders by total. 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
TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
47% 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 TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 63% · 2019 85% · 2020 48% · 2021 44% · 2022 69% · 2023 39% — 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
55% of TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% give in more than one year at all.
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
TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS draws 77% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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.
Organizations like TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Timothy Christian Foundation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS?
- TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS (Illinois) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,876,001 to it, the largest being The Brandsma Family Foundation ($3,919,558). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS have?
- IRS filings report 32 organizations giving $9,876,001 in grants to TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS?
- The Brandsma Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $3,919,558 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 32 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing