The Suilan Memorial Fund is a small, faith-driven private fund that concentrates its support on Seventh-day Adventist and other Christian education and media ministries in the Asia–Pacific region. The foundation prioritizes training young people for media ministry, scholarships for students, and funding facilities and equipment that enable ministry and education work in countries such as Malaysia and Cambodia. Its giving is highly mission-specific and internationally focused rather than broad domestic philanthropy.
Suilan Memorial Fund’s grantmaking is built around Seventh-day Adventist education and outreach, with repeated support for scholarships, facilities, and direct evangelism. The fund also backs media ministry training, prison literature distribution, and small infrastructure needs that help churches and schools carry out their work. Recent awards show a pattern of giving through a few recurring grantees rather than a wide field of recipients. The largest recent grants went to the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists in Silver Spring, Maryland, including multiple awards for educational purposes and for scholarships, facilities, and direct evangelism. Another repeated recipient, Asia Pacific International in Muak Lek, received support for student scholarships and facilities, reflecting the fund’s interest in Christian schooling in the Asia-Pacific region. Outpost Center Internationl in Bad Aibling also appears across multiple years for education, equipment, and charitable support, suggesting that the foundation favors practical support that strengthens ministry and school operations. Across the recent list, the fund’s giving is mission-specific rather than broad-based. It supports young people, students, pastors, teachers, and local church communities, with several grants tied to media training, Bible stories, transport, school equipment, and literature for jail ministry. The result is a compact grantmaking profile centered on education, evangelism, and capacity building within Adventist networks.
Education is one of the clearest themes in the fund’s recent grants. It gave $16,762 to Asia Pacific International for student scholarships and facilities, and $2,400 to the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists for SDA Academy teacher assistance in Singkawang, West Borneo, to aid local ministry by education for a majority Buddhist Chinese student community. The fund also supports ministry training and communications. A $9,000 grant to the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists funded training of young people to do media ministry in Malaysia and Cambodia. In another media-related award, it gave $981 for a breadmaking ministry intended as a means of reaching non-Adventist/Buddhist students attending an SDA school in West Borneo and helping them start a breadmaking business for self-sustenance. Faith outreach extends into prison and church ministry as well. The fund awarded $10,000 for 10,000 copies of Steps to Christ for inmates in Cavite and for leaders, teachers, and pastors in jail ministry, and $3,000 for Marilyn Acosta Ministry Bible stories for 10 SDA churches in the Philippines.
$223K
$3.4M
$2.8M
$42K
Most grants fall between $3K and $19K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$3K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$19K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in MD.
Top 3 recipient countries by grant volume for Suilan Memorial Fund.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 16 | $166K | 72.7% |
| 2 | Germany | 4 | $24K |
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Concentrated, repeat giving: a majority of funds go to a few recurring grantees (notably Gen Con of Seventh‑day Adventists), with multiple grants to the same organizations and relatively large individual awards focused on program support and capital/equipment needs.
Notable grantees: Gen Con of Seventh‑day Adventists, Asia Pacific International, Outpost Center International
Typical awards are modest, with a p25 of $2,500, a median grant of $10,000, and a p75 of $19,381. That spread shows a mix of small support grants and a smaller number of larger educational awards. The recent record also shows repetition: several recipients appear in multiple years, including awards in 2023, 2024, and 2025, which points to ongoing relationships rather than one-time giving. The fund is a private foundation and does not fund individuals or make program-related investments.
The recipient map is international but concentrated in a few places. Most grants go to recipients in the United States, with 16 grants, and the top state by grant count is Maryland. Outside the U.S., grants also land in Germany and Thailand. Specific recipient cities include Silver Spring, MD; Muak Lek, Thailand; Bad Aibling, Germany; Glendale, CA; and Kalispell, MT. Despite being headquartered in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, the fund gave 0% of grants to recipients in South Carolina.
Its recent grants center on Seventh-day Adventist education and outreach: student scholarships, school facilities, teacher assistance, media ministry training, prison literature distribution, and church or ministry infrastructure. The named purposes also include direct evangelism and equipment for education and ministry work.
Yes. The recent grants show repeat awards across multiple years to several recipients, including grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025. That pattern suggests ongoing relationships rather than one-off gifts.
The fund’s typical grant size sits between $2,500 and $19,381, with a median of $10,000. That indicates a profile of mostly moderate grants, with a few smaller and larger awards around that middle point.
Maryland is the top state by grant count, and the recent recipient list also includes grants in Thailand, Germany, California, and Montana. The foundation gave 0% of grants to recipients in its headquarters state of South Carolina.
No. The foundation does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
| 3 | Thailand | 2 | $34K | 9.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gen Con of Seventh-day Adventists | Silver Spring, MD | $39,438 | 2025 | Educational |
| Gen Con of Seventh-day Adventists | Silver Spring, MD | $22,000 | 2025 | Scholarships, facilities, and direct evangelism |
| Asia Pacific International | Muak Lek | $16,762 | 2025 | Student Scholarships and Facilities |
| Gen Con of Seventh-day Adventists | Silver Spring, MD | $10,000 | 2025 | Giving Away 10,000 copies of Steps to Christ Books to inmates in province of Cavite and other leaders, teachers, pastors for jail ministry |
| Outpost Center Internationl | Bad Aibling | $10,000 | 2025 | Education and equipment |
| Gen Con of Seventh-day Adventists | Silver Spring, MD | $9,000 | 2025 | Fund training of young people to do media ministry in Malaysia and Cambodia |
| Gen Con of Seventh-day Adventists | Silver Spring, MD | $5,000 | 2025 | Recruitment for 50 Theology Students |
| Shathal International | Kalispel, MT | $3,000 | 2025 | School equipment |
| Gen Con of Seventh-day Adventists | Silver Spring, MD | $3,000 | 2025 | Marilyn Acosta Ministry - Bible Stories for 10 different SDA churches in Phillipines |
| Gen Con of Seventh-day Adventists | Silver Spring, MD | $2,400 | 2025 | SDA Academy Teacher Assistance in Singkawang West Borneo to aid local ministry by education for a majority Buddhist Chinese student community |
| Outpost Center Internationl | Bad Aibling | $2,000 | 2025 | Charitable Support |
| Gen Con of Seventh-day Adventists | Silver Spring, MD | $2,000 | 2025 | Marilyn Acosta Ministry - for more efficient transportation during travel around Benguet, and transport people and supplies |
| Gen Con of Seventh-day Adventists | Silver Spring, MD | $1,650 | 2025 | Care Camp & Social Service |
| New Life Ministry | Glendale, CA | $1,500 | 2025 | Church building fund |
| Gen Con of Seventh-day Adventists | Silver Spring, MD | $981 | 2025 | Breadmaking Ministry- as means of reaching non-Adventist/Buddhist students currently attending SDA school in West Borneo, to start breadmaking business for students to gain self-sustenance financially. |
| Gen Con of Seventh-day Adventists | Silver Spring, MD | $22,000 | 2024 | Scholarships, facilities, and direct evangelism |
| Outpost Center Internationl | Bad Aibling | $10,000 | 2024 | Education and equipment |
| Gen Con of Seventh-day Adventists | Silver Spring, MD | $39,438 | 2023 | Educational |
| Asia Pacific International | Muak Lek | $16,762 | 2023 | Student Scholarships and Facilities |
| Shathal International | Kalispel, MT | $3,000 | 2023 | School equipment |
| Outpost Center Internationl | Bad Aibling | $2,000 | 2023 | Charitable Support |
| New Life Ministry | Glendale, CA | $1,500 | 2023 | Church building fund |
Gen Con of Seventh-day Adventists
$39,438Educational
Gen Con of Seventh-day Adventists
$22,000Scholarships, facilities, and direct evangelism
Asia Pacific International
$16,762Student Scholarships and Facilities
Gen Con of Seventh-day Adventists
$10,000Giving Away 10,000 copies of Steps to Christ Books to inmates in province of Cavite and other leaders, teachers, pastors for jail ministry
Outpost Center Internationl
$10,000Education and equipment
Gen Con of Seventh-day Adventists
$9,000Fund training of young people to do media ministry in Malaysia and Cambodia
Gen Con of Seventh-day Adventists
$5,000Recruitment for 50 Theology Students
Shathal International
$3,000School equipment
Gen Con of Seventh-day Adventists
$3,000Marilyn Acosta Ministry - Bible Stories for 10 different SDA churches in Phillipines
Gen Con of Seventh-day Adventists
$2,400SDA Academy Teacher Assistance in Singkawang West Borneo to aid local ministry by education for a majority Buddhist Chinese student community
Outpost Center Internationl
$2,000Charitable Support
Gen Con of Seventh-day Adventists
$2,000Marilyn Acosta Ministry - for more efficient transportation during travel around Benguet, and transport people and supplies
Gen Con of Seventh-day Adventists
$1,650Care Camp & Social Service
New Life Ministry
$1,500Church building fund
Gen Con of Seventh-day Adventists
$981Breadmaking Ministry- as means of reaching non-Adventist/Buddhist students currently attending SDA school in West Borneo, to start breadmaking business for students to gain self-sustenance financially.
Gen Con of Seventh-day Adventists
$22,000Scholarships, facilities, and direct evangelism
Outpost Center Internationl
$10,000Education and equipment
Gen Con of Seventh-day Adventists
$39,438Educational
Asia Pacific International
$16,762Student Scholarships and Facilities
Shathal International
$3,000School equipment
Outpost Center Internationl
$2,000Charitable Support
New Life Ministry
$1,500Church building fund