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US nonprofit · EIN 382596725 · Grand Rapids, MIiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 382596725) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, related organisations (Schedule R), grants paid (Schedule I).Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code SOUNK), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Gordon Christian Trust

Donations deductible
Revenue
$56.1m
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$30.8m
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$127.9m
$0 liabilities
Net assets
$127.9m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
4
8.4 years on average
Staff
0
4 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Voting members
4
reported in Part VI
How am I connected?

Gordon Christian Trust's network

4 people4 organisationsi4 people and 4 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (4). Violet dotted lines (7) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

4 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 4 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
James D GordonTRUSTEE/Top Mgmt Official2018
8 yrs
James DekryterTrustee2018
8 yrs
Joyce WilliamsTop Financial Official2018
8 yrs
Neil NybergTrustee2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Joyce WilliamsTop Financial Official0$0
James D GordonTRUSTEE/Top Mgmt Official0$0
Neil NybergTrustee0$0
James DekryterTrustee0$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Gordon Christian Trust
EIN
382596725
Address
250 Monroe Ave Nw Ste 800, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503-2283
State
Michigan
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. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
T900 Philanthropy, voluntary services and grantmaking
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations
Size band
9 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1984
Principal officer
Joyce Williams (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 August 1985
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
SOUNK (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Related organisations (Schedule R)

RelatedMINISTRIESGull Lake Ministries

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsJames D Gordon
≥8years on the filingsJames Dekryter
≥8years on the filingsJoyce Williams
≥8years on the filingsNeil Nyberg

Latest return

year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$127.9m
Total liabilities
$0
Net assets or fund balances
$127.9m
Contributions and grants received
$50m
Program service revenue
$0
Grants and similar paid out
$30.6m
Employees
0
Volunteers
4

Grants paid

2 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.
RecipientPurposeAmount
National Christian FoundationGeneral support$17.8m
Int Generosity Foundation-Fund #170010General Support$12.8m