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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 45-4025139

Issachar Fund

A private foundation in Knoxville, TN. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 4 grants and $76,758 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests. It still lists the details below.

Contact
Kurt Berends
2148 Omena Dr SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49506
(616) 818-1979
Form and materials
Available on www.Issachar.org
Deadlines
Rolling deadlines
Restrictions
Within the US, 501(c)3 status. Outside the US, equivalent tax exempt status

Assets and giving by year

5 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $76,758

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $0

  • Tax year 2023

    $282,394

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $35,070,424

  • Tax year 2022

    $535,054

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $36,769,315

  • Tax year 2021

    $693,435

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $35,287,107

  • Tax year 2020

    $575,771

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $35,242,528

Grants paid in 2024

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Individual

    Mystery ofPersonhood

    $36,849
  2. University of Texas AustinAustin, TX

    The Theology ofOpen QuantumSystems

    $16,676
  3. Duke UniversityDurham, NC

    Transformation Ideas:Exploring Science & Religion

    $15,000
  4. Yale Divinity SchoolNew Haven, CT

    Recasting Creation

    $8,233

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education1 grant $15,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas1 grant $16,676
  2. North Carolina1 grant $15,000
  3. Connecticut1 grant $8,233

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Kurt O BerendsPresident Hours 40Pay $304,002
  • Michael MurrayDirector Hours 1Pay $4,000
  • Jeff SchlossDirector Hours 1Pay $1,500
  • Julie BridenbaughDirector Hours 1Pay $0
  • David A BaerDirector Hours 1Pay $4,000

The return

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