The John Calvin Bible Foundation is a faith-based funder focused on international Christian mission work and leadership development. Most of its dollars support overseas ministry operations — particularly Presbyterian foreign missions — along with evangelical apologetics and short-term medical/dental mission services. Grants tend to back organizations that train pastors and provide direct ministry or humanitarian services in economically challenged countries.
The John Calvin Bible Foundation Inc. concentrates its giving on Presbyterian foreign missions, and its largest recent awards went to the Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions for international ministry support: $550,000 in 2024 and $475,000 in 2025. That pattern points to a funder that backs overseas ministry operations at a scale well above its typical check size, while also supporting organizations that train pastors, provide Christian education, and carry out direct mission services. Alongside mission board support, the foundation has funded Christian defense and apologetics work, theological education, and medical or dental missions. Recent grants include $260,000 to Answers in Genesis for Christian defense ministry support and $120,000 to Woodrow Kroll Ministries for training untrained pastors and Christian leaders in economically challenged countries. The portfolio also includes grants to Western Reformed Seminary for graduate theology, Grace Dental and Medical Missions for worldwide mission-field services, and Gospel Fellowship Association for recruiting and equipping Great Commission laborers. The mix shows a funder focused on religious instruction, missionary infrastructure, and practical ministry delivery.
A major theme is overseas Presbyterian mission support. The foundation gave $550,000 in 2024 and $475,000 in 2025 to the Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions for international ministry support, making that one of the clearest markers of its priorities. It also funds apologetics and Christian education. In 2025, it gave $260,000 to Answers in Genesis for Christian defense ministry support, and in 2024 it added another $70,000 for the same purpose. Theological training appears as well: Western Reformed Seminary received $75,000 in 2025 and $70,000 in 2024 for graduate school of theology. A third strand is direct mission service. Grace Dental and Medical Missions received $110,000 in 2024 for medical and dental missionary services, while Restoration Farm received $25,000 in 2024 for ministry to the community by means of scripture and agriculture.
Typical grants are clustered in the mid-five-figure range: p25 is $15,000, the median is $25,000, and p75 is $50,000. The foundation also makes a smaller number of much larger awards, including six-figure gifts and a pair of seven-figure-adjacent grants to one mission board. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including the Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions, Answers in Genesis, Western Reformed Seminary, Redeemer Classical Christian School, Woodrow Kroll Ministries, American Family Association, Baptist International Evangelistic Ministries, and Abwe Int'l. The foundation does not fund individuals and is not described as operating through program-related investments.
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$21.3M
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$1.4M
Most grants fall between $15K and $50K, with a median of $25K.
25th Percentile
$15K
Median
$25K
75th Percentile
$50K
About 15% of grants go to recipients in MD.
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Concentrated giving with a few large grants and repeat funding: a majority of assets go to a primary grantee (Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions) along with several sizeable single gifts to mission-focused and evangelical organizations.
Notable grantees: Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions, Answers in Genesis, Woodrow Kroll Ministries, Grace Dental and Medical Missions
Giving is regional and overwhelmingly U.S.-based, with 100% of recorded grants going to U.S. recipients. Maryland is the top state by grant count, and SC recipients account for 14% of grants. Recent recipient cities include Blue Bell and New Cumberland, Pennsylvania; Hebron, Kentucky; Puyallup, Washington; Kingsville and Baltimore, Maryland; and Danville, Indiana. The pattern shows a broad domestic footprint with repeated support in a few states, especially Maryland.
It supports Presbyterian foreign missions, Christian defense and apologetics, theological education, and short-term medical and dental mission services. Recent grants also show support for ministry training, Bible-believing church planting, and community ministry using scripture and agriculture.
The foundation’s grant-size distribution is centered in the five-figure range: p25 is $15,000, the median is $25,000, and p75 is $50,000. It also makes larger awards, including six-figure grants and a few much larger mission-support gifts.
The recipient-country distribution shows all recorded grants going to U.S. organizations, with 68 grants and 100.0% in the United States. The mission themes are international, but the listed recipients are U.S.-based organizations.
Yes. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including the Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions, Answers in Genesis, Western Reformed Seminary, Redeemer Classical Christian School, Woodrow Kroll Ministries, American Family Association, Baptist International Evangelistic Ministries, and Abwe Int'l.
It supports graduate-level theology and leadership training. Western Reformed Seminary received $75,000 in 2025 and $70,000 in 2024 for graduate school of theology, and Woodrow Kroll Ministries received $120,000 in 2025 for training untrained pastors and Christian leaders in economically challenged countries.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INDEPENDENT BOARD FOR PRESBYTERIAN FOREIGN MISSIONS | BLUE BELL, PA | $475,000 | 2025 | INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY SUPPORT |
| ANSWERS IN GENESIS | HEBRON, KY | $260,000 | 2025 | CHRISTIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY SUPPORT |
| WOODROW KROLL MINISTRIES | TITUSVILLE, FL | $120,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT FOR TRAINING UNTRAINED PASTORS AND CHRISTIAN LEADERS IN ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED COUNTRIES. |
| WESTERN REFORMED SEMINARY | PUYALLUP, WA | $75,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT OF GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY |
| SIMPLE FAITH RANCH | LANCASTER, SC | $70,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT TO PROMOTE FAITH THROUGH ANIMAL CARE |
| REDEEMER CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | KINGSVILLE, MD | $67,500 | 2025 | EDUCATION SUPPORT |
| BAPTIST INTERNATIONAL EVANGELISTIC MINISTRIES | DANVILLE, IN | $35,000 | 2025 | BAPTIST MINISTRY SUPPORT |
| AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION | TUPELO, MS | $30,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT TO UPHOLD GODLY VALUES THROUGH OUR NUMEROUS CHANNELS LIKE AMERICAN FAMILY RADIO, ONE MILLION MOMS, AND THE STAND MAGAZINE. |
| ABWE INT'L | NEW CUMBERLAND, PA | $25,000 | 2025 | CHRISTIAN MINISTRY SUPPORT |
| BAPTIST MID-MISSION | MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, OH | $20,000 | 2025 | BAPTIST MINISTRY SUPPORT |
| GRACE DENTAL AND MEDICAL MISSIONS | METHUEN, MA | $20,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT FOR MEDICAL AND DENTAL MISSIONARY SERVICES PROVIDED TO NUMEROUS CLIENTS IN VARIOUS WORLDWIDE MISSION FIELDS. |
| GOSPEL FELLOWSHIP ASSOCIATION | GREENVILLE, SC | $20,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT TO RECRUIT, EQUIP, AND UPHOLD GREAT COMMISSION LABORERS TO SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST AROUND THE WORLD AND TO ESTABLISH AND BUILD UP BIBLE-BELIEVING CHURCHES THAT SEND THEM. |
| PRESBYTERIAN MISSIONARY UNION | SHARONVILLE, OH | $20,000 | 2025 | DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL MISSION SUPPORT |
| GREENVILLE PRESBYTERIAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY | TAYLORS, SC | $20,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION SUPPORT |
| PRAY IN JESUS NAME | COLORADO SPRINGS, CO | $20,000 | 2025 | MINISTRY SUPPORT |
| PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES | MERRIFIELD, VA | $20,000 | 2025 | MINISTRY SUPPORT |
| REDEEMING THE TIME | CHARLOTTE, NC | $10,000 | 2025 | MISSION SUPPORT |
| BIBLICAL MISSIONS WORLDWIDE | LAWRENCEVILLE, GA | $10,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT TO SERVE LOCAL CHURCHES AND THEIR MISSIONARIES |
| CENTRAL MISSIONARY CLEARINGHOUSE | HOUSTON, TX | $10,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT TO PROMOTE CHRISTIANITY WORLDWIDE |
| RESTORATION FARM | STREET, MD | $10,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT OF MINISTRY TO THE COMMUNITY BY MEANS OF THE SCRIPTURE AND AGRICULTURE |
| BNOS YISROEL OF BALTIMORE | BALTIMORE, MD | $10,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT TO EDUCATE EACH INDIVIDUAL STUDENT IN A NURTURING TORAH ENVIRONMENT, WHILE INSTILLING IN HER A LOVE OF JUDAISM. |
| WOMEN'S ENRICHMENT CENTER | LANCASTER, SC | $5,000 | 2025 | PREGNANCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| PARTNERS IN CHRIST | ASHLAND, OH | $5,000 | 2025 | MINISTRY SUPPORT |
| ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM | SCOTTSDALE, AZ | $5,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ADVOCATES |
| VOICE OF THE MARTYRS | BARTLESVILLE, OK | $5,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT OF PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS IN THE WORLDS MOST DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS PLACES TO FOLLOW CHRIST |
| SUNCOAST BIBLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | PALM HARBOR, FL | $5,000 | 2025 | MINISTRY SUPPORT |
| INDEPENDENT BOARD FOR PRESBYTERIAN FOREIGN MISSIONS | BLUE BELL, PA | $550,000 | 2024 | INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY SUPPORT |
| INDEPENDENT BOARD FOR PRESBYTERIAN FOREIGN MISSIONS | BLUE BELL, PA | $350,000 | 2024 | INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY SUPPORT |
| GRACE DENTAL AND MEDICAL MISSIONS | METHUEN, MA | $110,000 | 2024 | SUPPORT FOR MEDICAL AND DENTAL MISSIONARY SERVICES PROVIDED TO NUMEROUS CLIENTS IN VARIOUS WORLDWIDE MISSION FIELDS. |
| MISSION CITY CHURCH | CHARLOTTE, NC | $85,000 | 2024 | MINISTRY SUPPORT |
| AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION | TUPELO, MS | $80,000 | 2024 | PRO-FAMILY MINISTRY SUPPORT |
| GOSPEL FELLOWSHIP ASSOCIATION | GREENVILLE, SC | $75,000 | 2024 | SUPPORT TO RECRUIT, EQUIP, AND UPHOLD GREAT COMMISSION LABORERS TO SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST AROUND THE WORLD AND TO ESTABLISH AND BUILD UP BIBLE-BELIEVING CHURCHES THAT SEND THEM. |
| WESTERN REFORMED SEMINARY | PUYALLUP, WA | $70,000 | 2024 | SUPPORT OF GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY |
| ANSWERS IN GENESIS | HEBRON, KY | $70,000 | 2024 | CHRISTIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY SUPPORT |
| REDEEMER CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | KINGSVILLE, MD | $65,000 | 2024 | EDUCATION SUPPORT |
| REDEEMER CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | KINGSVILLE, MD | $60,000 | 2024 | EDUCATION SUPPORT |
| WOODROW KROLL MINISTRIES | TITUSVILLE, FL | $50,000 | 2024 | SUPPORT FOR TRAINING UNTRAINED PASTORS AND CHRISTIAN LEADERS IN ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED COUNTRIES. |
| OHIO BIBLE MISSION | WESTERVILLE, OH | $50,000 | 2024 | MINISTRY SUPPORT |
| BAPTIST INTERNATIONAL EVANGELISTIC MINISTRIES | DANVILLE, IN | $40,000 | 2024 | BAPTIST MINISTRY SUPPORT |
| BNOS YISROEL OF BALTIMORE | BALTIMORE, MD | $35,000 | 2024 | SUPPORT TO EDUCATE EACH INDIVIDUAL STUDENT IN A NURTURING TORAH ENVIRONMENT, WHILE INSTILLING IN HER A LOVE OF JUDAISM. |
| BAPTIST INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS | HARRISON, TN | $35,000 | 2024 | BAPTIST MINISTRY SUPPORT |
| ABWE INT'L | NEW CUMBERLAND, PA | $30,000 | 2024 | CHRISTIAN MINISTRY SUPPORT |
| WESTERN REFORMED SEMINARY | PUYALLUP, WA | $30,000 | 2024 | SUPPORT OF GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY |
| ABWE INT'L | NEW CUMBERLAND, PA | $30,000 | 2024 | CHRISTIAN MINISTRY SUPPORT |
| BAPTIST INTERNATIONAL EVANGELISTIC MINISTRIES | DANVILLE, IN | $30,000 | 2024 | BAPTIST MINISTRY SUPPORT |
| SIMPLE FAITH RANCH | LANCASTER, SC | $25,000 | 2024 | SUPPORT TO PROMOTE FAITH THROUGH ANIMAL CARE |
| ANSWERS IN GENESIS | HEBRON, KY | $25,000 | 2024 | CHRISTIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY SUPPORT |
| RESTORATION FARM | STREET, MD | $25,000 | 2024 | SUPPORT OF MINISTRY TO THE COMMUNITY BY MEANS OF THE SCRIPTURE AND AGRICULTURE |
| BNOS YISROEL OF BALTIMORE | BALTIMORE, MD | $25,000 | 2024 | SUPPORT TO EDUCATE EACH INDIVIDUAL STUDENT IN A NURTURING TORAH ENVIRONMENT, WHILE INSTILLING IN HER A LOVE OF JUDAISM. |
| GRACE DENTAL AND MEDICAL MISSIONS | METHUEN, MA | $25,000 | 2024 | SUPPORT FOR MEDICAL AND DENTAL MISSIONARY SERVICES PROVIDED TO NUMEROUS CLIENTS IN VARIOUS WORLDWIDE MISSION FIELDS. |
INDEPENDENT BOARD FOR PRESBYTERIAN FOREIGN MISSIONS
$475,000INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY SUPPORT
WOODROW KROLL MINISTRIES
$120,000SUPPORT FOR TRAINING UNTRAINED PASTORS AND CHRISTIAN LEADERS IN ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED COUNTRIES.
WESTERN REFORMED SEMINARY
$75,000SUPPORT OF GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY
SIMPLE FAITH RANCH
$70,000SUPPORT TO PROMOTE FAITH THROUGH ANIMAL CARE
REDEEMER CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
EDUCATION SUPPORT
BAPTIST INTERNATIONAL EVANGELISTIC MINISTRIES
$35,000BAPTIST MINISTRY SUPPORT
AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION
$30,000SUPPORT TO UPHOLD GODLY VALUES THROUGH OUR NUMEROUS CHANNELS LIKE AMERICAN FAMILY RADIO, ONE MILLION MOMS, AND THE STAND MAGAZINE.
ABWE INT'L
$25,000CHRISTIAN MINISTRY SUPPORT
BAPTIST MID-MISSION
$20,000BAPTIST MINISTRY SUPPORT
GRACE DENTAL AND MEDICAL MISSIONS
$20,000SUPPORT FOR MEDICAL AND DENTAL MISSIONARY SERVICES PROVIDED TO NUMEROUS CLIENTS IN VARIOUS WORLDWIDE MISSION FIELDS.
GOSPEL FELLOWSHIP ASSOCIATION
$20,000SUPPORT TO RECRUIT, EQUIP, AND UPHOLD GREAT COMMISSION LABORERS TO SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST AROUND THE WORLD AND TO ESTABLISH AND BUILD UP BIBLE-BELIEVING CHURCHES THAT SEND THEM.
PRESBYTERIAN MISSIONARY UNION
$20,000DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL MISSION SUPPORT
PRAY IN JESUS NAME
$20,000MINISTRY SUPPORT
REDEEMING THE TIME
$10,000MISSION SUPPORT
BIBLICAL MISSIONS WORLDWIDE
$10,000SUPPORT TO SERVE LOCAL CHURCHES AND THEIR MISSIONARIES
RESTORATION FARM
$10,000SUPPORT OF MINISTRY TO THE COMMUNITY BY MEANS OF THE SCRIPTURE AND AGRICULTURE
BNOS YISROEL OF BALTIMORE
$10,000SUPPORT TO EDUCATE EACH INDIVIDUAL STUDENT IN A NURTURING TORAH ENVIRONMENT, WHILE INSTILLING IN HER A LOVE OF JUDAISM.
WOMEN'S ENRICHMENT CENTER
$5,000PREGNANCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM SUPPORT
PARTNERS IN CHRIST
$5,000MINISTRY SUPPORT
VOICE OF THE MARTYRS
$5,000SUPPORT OF PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS IN THE WORLDS MOST DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS PLACES TO FOLLOW CHRIST
SUNCOAST BIBLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
$5,000MINISTRY SUPPORT
INDEPENDENT BOARD FOR PRESBYTERIAN FOREIGN MISSIONS
$550,000INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY SUPPORT
INDEPENDENT BOARD FOR PRESBYTERIAN FOREIGN MISSIONS
$350,000INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY SUPPORT
GRACE DENTAL AND MEDICAL MISSIONS
$110,000SUPPORT FOR MEDICAL AND DENTAL MISSIONARY SERVICES PROVIDED TO NUMEROUS CLIENTS IN VARIOUS WORLDWIDE MISSION FIELDS.
MISSION CITY CHURCH
$85,000MINISTRY SUPPORT
AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION
$80,000PRO-FAMILY MINISTRY SUPPORT
GOSPEL FELLOWSHIP ASSOCIATION
$75,000SUPPORT TO RECRUIT, EQUIP, AND UPHOLD GREAT COMMISSION LABORERS TO SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST AROUND THE WORLD AND TO ESTABLISH AND BUILD UP BIBLE-BELIEVING CHURCHES THAT SEND THEM.
WESTERN REFORMED SEMINARY
$70,000SUPPORT OF GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY
REDEEMER CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
$65,000EDUCATION SUPPORT
REDEEMER CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
$60,000EDUCATION SUPPORT
WOODROW KROLL MINISTRIES
$50,000SUPPORT FOR TRAINING UNTRAINED PASTORS AND CHRISTIAN LEADERS IN ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED COUNTRIES.
OHIO BIBLE MISSION
$50,000MINISTRY SUPPORT
BAPTIST INTERNATIONAL EVANGELISTIC MINISTRIES
$40,000BAPTIST MINISTRY SUPPORT
BNOS YISROEL OF BALTIMORE
$35,000SUPPORT TO EDUCATE EACH INDIVIDUAL STUDENT IN A NURTURING TORAH ENVIRONMENT, WHILE INSTILLING IN HER A LOVE OF JUDAISM.
BAPTIST INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS
$35,000BAPTIST MINISTRY SUPPORT
ABWE INT'L
$30,000CHRISTIAN MINISTRY SUPPORT
WESTERN REFORMED SEMINARY
$30,000SUPPORT OF GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY
ABWE INT'L
$30,000CHRISTIAN MINISTRY SUPPORT
BAPTIST INTERNATIONAL EVANGELISTIC MINISTRIES
$30,000BAPTIST MINISTRY SUPPORT
SIMPLE FAITH RANCH
$25,000SUPPORT TO PROMOTE FAITH THROUGH ANIMAL CARE
RESTORATION FARM
$25,000SUPPORT OF MINISTRY TO THE COMMUNITY BY MEANS OF THE SCRIPTURE AND AGRICULTURE
BNOS YISROEL OF BALTIMORE
$25,000SUPPORT TO EDUCATE EACH INDIVIDUAL STUDENT IN A NURTURING TORAH ENVIRONMENT, WHILE INSTILLING IN HER A LOVE OF JUDAISM.
GRACE DENTAL AND MEDICAL MISSIONS
$25,000SUPPORT FOR MEDICAL AND DENTAL MISSIONARY SERVICES PROVIDED TO NUMEROUS CLIENTS IN VARIOUS WORLDWIDE MISSION FIELDS.