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The Brandsma Family Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 36-4137431 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025

Total grants paid
$1.5M
Grants reported
487
Typical grant
$500
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

Not reported

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Original filing text

Reported organization name: The Brandsma Family Foundation

Giving by tax year

Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.

Tax yearGrants paidAmount
2025289$584.3K
2024198$920.9K

Where The Brandsma Family Foundation gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Illinois$1.1MArkansas$174.9KCalifornia$137.2KGeorgia$26.1KIndiana$24K

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

Timothy Christian Schools

ELMHURST, IL

$58.8KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

General & Unrestricted

Christ Church of Oak Brook

OAK BROOK, IL

$51KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

LIFT Pledge

Christ Church of Oak Brook

OAK BROOK, IL

$50KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Christ Church Lift Pledge

Timothy Christian Schools

ELMHURST, IL

$50KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

General & Unrestricted

Christ Church of Oak Brook

OAK BROOK, IL

$50KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

LIFT initiative

Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (487 reported in all).

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from The Brandsma Family Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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