The Christian Missionary Scholarship Foundation concentrates almost all of its giving on scholarship support for Christian liberal‑arts colleges, primarily funding a small set of evangelical Protestant institutions. Grants are explicitly for student scholarships and the foundation repeatedly funds the same colleges, suggesting a mission to advance Christian higher education rather than broad philanthropic diversification.
Highly concentrated: few, relatively large scholarship grants directed to a handful of repeat grantees, focused on Christian higher‑education institutions rather than many small or varied recipients.
Christian Missionary Scholarship Found gives almost all of its funding as scholarships to a narrow set of Christian colleges, with repeated large awards to Calvin University and Wheaton College. The biggest recent grant in the data is $267,750 to Calvin University in 2025, followed closely by $264,250 to Wheaton College the same year. Those awards sit within a broader pattern of direct student aid rather than project support: the foundation’s grants are labeled scholarship or scholarships, and the same institutions appear year after year. Its recent grant history shows a clear preference for evangelical Protestant liberal-arts colleges and closely related faith-based higher education settings. Calvin College, later listed as Calvin University, appears multiple times across 2023 to 2025, while Wheaton College also receives repeated support over the same period. Smaller awards extend to schools such as Dordt College, Hope College, Trinity College, and Kuyper College. The foundation also makes a limited set of smaller scholarships outside that core cluster, including awards to medical and university programs. Overall, the pattern is one of concentrated, recurring scholarship support for Christian higher education students.
A central theme is scholarship support for evangelical Protestant liberal-arts colleges. In 2025, Christian Missionary Scholarship Found gave $37,750 to Dordt College for scholarship support, and it also awarded $4,000 to Kuyper College for scholarship support. The foundation also backs other Christian college settings in the Midwest. Hope College received $37,750 in 2025 for scholarships, while Trinity College in Chicago was awarded $5,500 in 2025 for scholarship support. A smaller share of grants goes to programs outside that core college group. The data includes $8,000 to Northwestern University for scholarship support and $8,000 to Case Western Reserve for scholarship support, showing that the foundation sometimes extends aid beyond explicitly Christian institutions while still using the same scholarship format.
Grant sizes are uneven but heavily weighted toward a small number of large awards: the 25th percentile is $5,000, the median is $8,000, and the 75th percentile is $34,875. That spread matches a structure in which a few major scholarship grants sit above a long tail of smaller awards. The same colleges recur across multiple years, especially Wheaton College, Calvin College/Calvin University, Hope College, Dordt College, and Kuyper College, which indicates repeated annual support rather than one-time gifts. The foundation funds individuals through scholarship grants and does not make program-related investments. Its giving is national, with no grants to recipients in Nevada.
$673K
$20.9M
$13.3M
$870K
Most grants fall between $5K and $35K, with a median of $8K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$8K
75th Percentile
$35K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in MI.
Top 2 recipient countries by grant volume for Christian Missionary Scholarship Found.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 29 | $1.7M | 93.5% |
| 2 | Singapore |
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Notable grantees: Wheaton College, Calvin University, Calvin College
Most grants land in a compact Midwestern cluster. Illinois is the top state by grant count, and recent recipient cities include Wheaton and Chicago, as well as Grand Rapids in Michigan and Sioux Center and Holland in Iowa. Grand Rapids appears repeatedly because both Calvin College/Calvin University and Kuyper College are located there. Outside the United States, the recipient distribution includes 2 grants in Senegal. The grant list also shows one award in Singapore, reflecting a small number of international scholarship recipients alongside a largely U.S.-based pattern.
The foundation supports scholarship aid at Christian liberal-arts colleges, especially evangelical Protestant institutions. Repeated recipients in the data include Calvin College/Calvin University, Wheaton College, Hope College, Dordt College, and Kuyper College.
The typical grant size is $8,000 at the median. The lower quartile is $5,000 and the upper quartile is $34,875, showing a mix of small and much larger scholarship awards.
Yes. Its profile lists funds individuals as true, and the recent grants are all scholarship awards rather than project grants, indicating direct student support.
Illinois is the top state by grant count, with recent recipient cities including Wheaton and Chicago. The broader pattern also includes Grand Rapids, Holland, Sioux Center, and smaller numbers of grants outside the United States.
The data shows recurring support. Several institutions appear across multiple years, including Wheaton College in 2023, 2024, and 2025, Calvin College/Calvin University in 2023 through 2025, and Hope College and Dordt College in more than one year.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
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6.5% |
Recipient country reflects the grantee's headquarters per IRS 990-PF and Schedule F filings, not the program's implementation country.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALVIN UNIVERSITY | GRAND RAPIDS, MI | $267,750 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| WHEATON COLLEGE | WHEATON, IL | $264,250 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| DORDT COLLEGE | SIOUX CENTER, IA | $37,750 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| HOPE COLLEGE | HOLLAND, MI | $37,750 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY | EAST LANSING, MI | $16,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| NAT UNIV OF SIGNAPORE | SINGAPORE, SI | $8,010 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| UNIV OF WASHINGTON MED SCHOOL | SEATTLE, WA | $8,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSIP |
| CASE WESTERN RESERVE | CLEVELAND, OH | $8,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY | EVANSTON, IL | $8,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| PSU COLLEGE OF MEDICINE | HERSHEY, PA | $8,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| TRINITY COLLEGE | CHICAGO, IL | $5,500 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| KUYPER COLLEGE | GRAND RAPIDS, MI | $4,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| WHEATON COLLEGE | WHEATON, IL | $224,375 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| CALVIN UNIVERSITY | GRAND RAPIDS, MI | $195,125 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| HOPE COLLEGE | HOLLAND, MI | $18,000 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| DORDT COLLEGE | SIOUX CENTER, IA | $18,000 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| NAT UN OF SINGAPORE MED SCHOOL | SINGAPORE | $5,000 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| PSU COLLEGE OF MEDICINE | HERSHEY, PA | $5,000 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| UNIVERSITY OF WASH MEDICAL SCHOOL | SEATTLE, WA | $5,000 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| CASE WESTERN RESERVE | CLEVELAND, OH | $5,000 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| KUYPER COLLEGE | GRAND RAPIDS, MI | $3,500 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| TRINITY COLLEGE | CHICAGO, IL | $3,000 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| WHEATON COLLEGE | WHEATON, IL | $254,000 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| CALVIN COLLEGE | GRAND RAPIDS, MI | $193,375 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| HOPE COLLEGE | HOLLAND, MI | $32,000 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| DORDT COLLEGE | SIOUX CENTER, IA | $14,250 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| CASE WESTERN RESERVE | CLEVELAND, OH | $5,000 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| PSU COLLEGE OF MEDICINE | HERSHEY, PA | $5,000 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| UNIV OF WASH MEDICAL SCHOOL | SEATTLE, WA | $5,000 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| TRINITY COLLEGE | CHICAGO, IL | $3,875 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| KUYPER COLLEGE | GRAND RAPIDS, MI | $3,500 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
DORDT COLLEGE
$37,750SCHOLARSHIP
HOPE COLLEGE
$37,750SCHOLARSHIP
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
$16,000SCHOLARSHIP
NAT UNIV OF SIGNAPORE
$8,010SCHOLARSHIP
UNIV OF WASHINGTON MED SCHOOL
$8,000SCHOLARSIP
CASE WESTERN RESERVE
$8,000SCHOLARSHIP
PSU COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
$8,000SCHOLARSHIP
TRINITY COLLEGE
$5,500SCHOLARSHIP
KUYPER COLLEGE
$4,000SCHOLARSHIP
HOPE COLLEGE
$18,000SCHOLARSHIPS
DORDT COLLEGE
$18,000SCHOLARSHIPS
NAT UN OF SINGAPORE MED SCHOOL
$5,000SCHOLARSHIPS
PSU COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
$5,000SCHOLARSHIPS
UNIVERSITY OF WASH MEDICAL SCHOOL
$5,000SCHOLARSHIPS
CASE WESTERN RESERVE
$5,000SCHOLARSHIPS
KUYPER COLLEGE
$3,500SCHOLARSHIPS
TRINITY COLLEGE
$3,000SCHOLARSHIPS
HOPE COLLEGE
$32,000SCHOLARSHIPS
DORDT COLLEGE
$14,250SCHOLARSHIPS
CASE WESTERN RESERVE
$5,000SCHOLARSHIPS
PSU COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
$5,000SCHOLARSHIPS
UNIV OF WASH MEDICAL SCHOOL
$5,000SCHOLARSHIPS
TRINITY COLLEGE
$3,875SCHOLARSHIPS
KUYPER COLLEGE
$3,500SCHOLARSHIPS