Genesis is faith-aligned technology infrastructure built to serve the families you guide — sovereign, trustworthy, and governed by the same principles that govern their giving.
NCF West Michigan has granted over $770 million to more than 5,000 charities. The families you serve are already asking about AI.
Within three years, every institution they support — every school, every ministry, every hospital — will be transformed by artificial intelligence. The question is not whether AI arrives in their world. The question is whose AI.
Genesis exists because these families deserve technology aligned with the values that built West Michigan. Sovereign AI trained on Scripture. Governed by covenant principles. A Public Benefit Corporation that cannot be acquired.
Your JD/MBA and M&A background at BlueWater Partners means you understand both the legal architecture that protects mission and the heart posture that drives generosity. That combination is exactly why I'm writing.
I'm asking for a visit to West Michigan — a conversation about alignment. Not a pitch. A conversation about whether faith-aligned AI belongs in the generosity conversations you're already having with your families.
Every major AI platform is built on a VC model designed for acquisition or exit. Genesis is a PBC — mission cannot be sold. The lock is in the architecture, not a promise.
The Dutch Reformed heritage understands stewardship extends to every domain of culture — including technology. Genesis is stewardship of intelligence itself.
Your families think in decades and generations. Genesis is built on the same timeline — no venture-capital exit clock, no quarterly pressure to compromise mission.
AI trained on Scripture. Governed by covenant principles. No external dependency on platforms that censor faith content or suppress Biblical worldview.
"Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much."— Matthew 25:21
"Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful."— 1 Corinthians 4:2
The families you serve are making technology decisions today. Their businesses are adopting AI. Their children use AI daily. Every month without a faith-aligned alternative deepens dependence on hostile platforms.
When the AI question comes to family office conversations — and it will — having explored Genesis positions NCF as the trusted guide who already understands the landscape.
Every month that passes without a faith-aligned alternative deepens these families' dependence on platforms built by people who view their values as obstacles to be corrected.
The advisor who brings faith-aligned AI to the table first earns generational trust. That window is measured in months, not years.
Dan Poortenga is the Circulatory System — moving resources from where they are to where they are needed most. NCF Michigan ensures wealth flows to its highest Kingdom use.
His relationships with DeVos, Van Andel, and Prince wealth communities are the vessels through which sovereign AI reaches the families who will fund it for generations.
In the Genesis organism, Dan represents the bridge between faith-aligned technology and the complex-asset generosity ecosystem of West Michigan — the community that understands stewardship extends to every domain of culture.
His role is ecosystem activation — connecting sovereign AI to the families whose generosity will sustain it for generations.
A conversation in West Michigan — at your office, over coffee, on your schedule.
How Genesis serves the families in your care. No pressure, no timeline.
If Dave Johnson, Kendra VanderMeulen, or Jay Bennett would benefit — they're welcome.
Simply exploring whether faith-aligned AI belongs in generosity conversations you're already having.