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Lansing Christian School Pilgrim Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker Lansing, MI EIN: 26-1503868 Website

To raise funds for both annual needs of lansing christian school and endowments to support the long-term financial health of the school. The foundation encourages, coordinates, and oversees gifts of time and money for lansing christian school.

Lansing Christian School Pilgrim Foundation at a glance

In short: Lansing Christian School Pilgrim Foundation gave $679K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $679K), mostly in Michigan. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$679,408
-1.1% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$679,408
-1.1% vs 2024
Median grant
$679,408
Total assets
$18,779,572
+27.4% vs 2024
Primary geography
Michigan (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Lansing Christian School Pilgrim Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Lansing Christian School: $679KLansing Christian School$679K

The largest 2025 recipient was Lansing Christian School ($679K).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K5$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $500K–1M range: 5 grants of 5 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

Lansing

How Lansing Christian School Pilgrim Foundation gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−12%). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$200K$400K$600K$800K1 grant2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $600K (2020) to $797K (2023). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $679K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Lansing Christian School Lansing, MISupport Lansing Christian School$679,408
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$18,779,572$4,587,944$830,130$679,4081$727,417
2024$14,743,958$1,007,095$833,893$686,7001$480,423
2023$13,587,172$1,007,164$939,889$797,4801$443,281
2022$12,699,463$3,107,524$896,204$776,0581$638,514
2021$12,896,775$918,451$759,689$659,2401$321,764
2020$9,855,510$808,078$684,244$600,0001$323,656
2019$9,570,045$773,844$707,122$646,6671$265,959

About Lansing Christian School Pilgrim Foundation

Based on IRS filings

Lansing Christian School Pilgrim Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in Lansing, MI. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $18.8M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $679K. Net investment income was $727K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Lansing Christian School Pilgrim Foundation is led by Matt Resch, President since 2021 (on filings since 2019); none of the 12 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Matt Resch

    President

    Director → Director & President, 2020

    Director & President → President, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brian Thrasher

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tamara Cutler

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Wayne Vanderkolk

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Matthew Nordmann

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dave Tebben

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tom Hollandsworth

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kerrie Vanden Bosch

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jim Hunsanger

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Liz Kesler

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Wendy Hofman

    Head of School

    President → President & Chair, 2020

    President & Chair → Head of School, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kelly Stephenson

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (8)
  • Former: Sandi Jones (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Chad Meyers (2024) — Director
  • Former: Becky Myers (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Jason Orton (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Mary Dunsmore (2019–2020) — Treasurer
  • Former: Sheri Shank (2019–2020) — Secretary
  • Former: Steven Binioris (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Melissa Keeley (2019) — Development Coordinator

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Lansing Christian School Pilgrim Foundation

How much does Lansing Christian School Pilgrim Foundation give each year?

Lansing Christian School Pilgrim Foundation gave $679K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $687K across 1 grant.

How large is Lansing Christian School Pilgrim Foundation?

Lansing Christian School Pilgrim Foundation reported $18.8M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $4.6M.

What is Lansing Christian School Pilgrim Foundation?

Lansing Christian School Pilgrim Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in Lansing, MI. It holds $18.8M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Lansing Christian School Pilgrim Foundation operate?

Lansing Christian School Pilgrim Foundation has awarded grants in Michigan.

What is Lansing Christian School Pilgrim Foundation's EIN?

Lansing Christian School Pilgrim Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 26-1503868. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS January 30, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS March 1, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS January 17, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS January 13, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS January 23, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS January 31, 2025)
  7. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS December 23, 2025)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025

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