GORDON CHRISTIAN TRUST DAF sponsor

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2025 · Form 990 · revenue $56.1M · expenses $30.8M · assets $127.9M

EIN

38-2596725

Address

250 MONROE AVE NW STE 800, GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49503-2283

NTEE code

T90 Named Trusts N.E.C. (Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations) published (IRS Business Master File, as T900)

Exempt type

501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (trust)

Ruling date

August 1985 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)

IRS status

Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗

Tax-deductible donations

Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (supporting organization) Pub 78 ↗

Foundation status

Supporting organization, 509(a)(3)

Donor-advised funds

Sponsor: its returns say it maintains donor-advised funds (latest tax year 2023). Figures by year

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Mission

GORDON CHRISTIAN TRUST IS ORGANIZED AS A TYPE I SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION TO GULL LAKE MINISTRIES. CONTRIBUTIONS ARE MADE TO ORGANIZATIONS EXEMPT UNDER IRC SECTION 501(C)(3) AND SECTION 509(A)(1) WHICH ARE CLOSELY RELATED IN PURPOSE OR FUNCTION.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 8 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

8 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

People by year

Highest-paid independent contractors

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

• PAUL B & DOROTHY D GORDON FAMILY CHRISTIAN TR Grand Rapids, MI · 3 people in common (James Dekryter, James D Gordon, Joyce Williams)
• GII CHARITIES Grand Rapids, MI · 2 people in common (James D Gordon, Joyce Williams)
• GULL LAKE MINISTRIES Hickory Crnrs, MI · 2 people in common (Joyce Williams, Neil Nyberg) · related organization (Schedule R)
• KINGS ENDOWMENT FUND Grand Rapids, MI · 1 person in common (Neil Nyberg)

Funders of this organization

Not reported: no grants to this organization appear in the filings we have (tax years 2010 to 2025).

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

Donor-advised funds

Donors to individual donor-advised funds are not public. These filings show what the sponsor reports, not who gave.

As reported on Schedule D Part I (and the Form 990 Part IV question “did the organization maintain donor advised funds”). Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.