Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 1986.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Who runs it and what they're paid
13 people listed on the 990-EZ; $51K paid to officers and key staff.
Troy Bierma’s $37K as Co-Director is at the 25th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $100K–1M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 4 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Bierma | $37,205 | $35,576 | $29,602 | $16,068 | — | — |
| Faith Bierma | $27,652 | $26,453 | $29,603 | $13,246 | — | — |
| Kevin Driedger | — | — | — | — | $25,000 | $22,400 |
| Kevin Dreidger | — | — | — | $22,176 | — | — |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
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Offers quiet spaces for people to practice contemplative prayer.
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Individual Retreats
The Hermitage served approximately 350 guests for an average stay of two days in 2020 providing spiritual direction, lodging, meals and resources for personal spiritual retreats.
Group Retreats
The Hermitage served approximately 100 people for an average of 2 days in 2020 providing lodging, meals, spiritual direction, and other resources for group spiritual retreats
Spiritual Direction
The Hermitage staff met with approximately 30 individual and group retreats and served approximately 20 pastors and other leaders in monthly spiritual direction.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2022 990-EZ, line by line.
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Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS May 12, 2026 | $224K | $222K | $3K | $658K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Apr 28, 2025 | $201K | $219K | −$18K | $656K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Oct 10, 2024 | $179K | $159K | $20K | $667K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 14, 2023 | $136K | $263K | 990 PDF | ||
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Jul 18, 2022 | $184K | $182K | $2K | $368K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Aug 23, 2021 | $196K | $391K | −$195K | $380K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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