The Calvin Christian School Foundation
The Calvin Christian School Foundation was conceived in 1983 for the financial support and promotion of Christian Education at Calvin Christian School. The Foundation solicits and receives, accumulates, manages, invests and disburses capital funds and properties entrusted to it. Specifically, the Foundation seeks to encourage Calvin constituants to remember Calvin with special gifts of cash, appreciated investments, revocable gift agreements, life insurance, charitable gift annuities as well as with wills and trusts. The earned income from the Foundation is annually given to the General Budget of the School.
When the Foundation began over 30 years ago, the board of directors was extremely active in promoting it. Many special gifts have come in the way of cash, appreciated bonds, a land contract as well as wills and estates. It is the desire of the Foundation to provide financial stability for the School in difficult times, provide resources for tuition reduction and provide expert management of endowment gifts so that principal is conserved and maximum income is earned. Each year the Foundation Board sets a goal of increasing principal. The Foundation has sponsored an annual golf outing to raise funds as well as musical programs. The Foundation principal amount is growing and in this 103rd year of Calvin's history contributed around $177 per student to the general budget - while still in it's early stages the Foundation contributed around $5.00 per student to the general budget (as a comparison) in 1987. This demonstrates that reductions in tuition increases can be achieved through the Foundation concept.
List of Foundation Board Members:
Bert Docter 1983/84 - 1989/90 (7 years)
Lance Banninga 1983/84 - 1988/89 (6 years)
Ron Buikema 1983/84 - 1989/90 (7 years)
Al Evers 1983/84 - 1989/90 (7 years)
Ken Lautenbach 1983/84 - 1989/90 (7 years)
Bill Vanderkamp 1983/84 - 1984/85 (2 years)
Marv Van Drunen 1983/84 - 1985/86 (3 years)
Neil Van Drunen 1983/84 - 1984/85 (2 years)
Harley Ver Beek (Principal) 1983/84 - 1988/89 (6 years)
Bob Cooper 1985/86 - 1990/91 (6 years)
John Davids 1985/86 - 1989/90 (5 years)
John Vander Aa 1985/86 - 1990/91 (6 years)
Don De Graff 1986/87 - 1991/92 (6 years)
Roger Neitering 1987/88 - 1991/92 (5 years)
Don Woo (Principal) 1989/90 - 2003/04 (15 years)
Roger De Graff 1990/91 - 1996/97 (7 years)
Jim Kuipers 1990/91 - 1994/95 (5 years)
Larry Van Drunen 1990/91 - 1994/95 (5 years)
Ed Van Drunen 1990/91 - 1993/94 (4 years)
Rich Van Hattem 1990/91 - 1993/94 (4 years)
Willard Vander Zee 1990/91 - 1997/98 (7 years)
Norm Aardema 1992/93 - 1998/99 (7 years)
Jim Miedema 1992/93 - 1994/95 (3 years)
Al Van Dyke 1992/93 - 1994/95 (3 years)
Jim Koster 1993/94 - 2001/02 (9 years)
Stephanie Williams 1993/94 - 2001/02
2005/06 - 2010/11 (15 years)
Jerry Singer 1995/96 - 2001/02 (7 years)
Dan Kallemeyn 1995/96 - 1999/00 (5 years)
Rick Powell 1995/96 - 1998/99 (4 years)
John Vant Hoff 1997/98 - 2002/03 (6 years)
Johanna Schaap 1998/99 - 2004/05 (7 years)
Mike Vander Zee 1999/00 - 2004/05 (6 years)
Sandra Knoll 1999/00 - 2001/02 (3 years)
Dawn Cooper 2000/01 - 2002/03 (3 years)
Jim Boss 2002/03 - 2007/08 (6 years)
Marcella Lenting 2002/03 - 2005/06 (4 years)
Philip Mulder 2002/03 - 2010/11 (9 years)
Elroy Houtsma 2003/04 - 2009/10 (7 years)
Larry Uitermarket 2003/04 - 2008/09 (6 years) *continued serving as Advisor after term ended in June - current
Deb Van Schepen 2004/05 - 2009/10 (6 years)
Staci Ritsema (Principal) 2004/05 (1 year)
Ryan Groen (Principal) 2006/07 - 2010/11 (5 years)
Tim Boer 2006/07 - 2011/12 (6 years)
Dori Hoeksema 2006/07 - 2011/12 (6 years)
Angela Oldenkamp 2007/08 - 2014/15 (8 years)
Cathye Johnson 2007/08 - 2009/10 (3 years)
Curt De Graff 2008/09 - 2015 (7 years)
Dawn Edwards 2009 (0.5 years)
Keitric Emory 2009/10 - 2010/11 (2 years)
Tonya Hall 2009/10 - 2011/12 (3 years)
Ruth Boss 2010/11 - current (5+ years)
Dale Derks 2011/12 - 2012/13 (2 years)
Randy Moes (Principal) 2011/12 - current (4+ years)
Pam VanderMeer 2012/13 - current (3+ years)
Pam Peevy 2013/14 - current (2+ years)
Zach Roeda 2013/14 - current (2+ years)
Brent Burghgraef 2014/15 - current (1+ year)
Cheri Lawton 2014/15 - current (1+ year)
Charles Walls 2015/16 - current (new)
Jon De Young 2015/16 - current (new)
Kyle Vander Zee 2019 - current
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