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B E a Family Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$199k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
20
Grants FY2024
21
Organizations funded FY2023
38%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$500
Largest grant, FY2024
$162,250
Organizations funded a year
13 to 29
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$1.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 38% of the organizations B E a Family Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesAnimalsCrime & LegalCivil RightsEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving18$198k39%
FY202321$55k38%
FY202226$165k38%
FY202129$90k34%
FY202019$59k26%
FY201918$165k56%
FY201815$65k67%
FY201713$74kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$266kEducation$264kHuman Services$228kInternational$31kArts & Culture$26kPublic Benefit$22kPhilanthropy$17kReligion$3kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WA
MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
SD
PA
CA
MO
VA
AZ
DC
OK
LA
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Intermountain Childrens Home$189,70183%
Flathead Library Foundation$162,250112%
Kalispell Regional Medical Center$105,00020%
Logan Health - Whitefish$100,57530%
Kalispell Regional Healthcare Foundation$45,00011%
DeliverFund$30,90031%
Child Bridge Inc$24,00051%
Stand Up America Inc$20,000214%
Flathead Valley Community College$15,9823n/a
Flathead Valley Community College Foundation Inc$10,50020%
Show all 43 grantees
All grantees of B E a Family Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Intermountain Childrens Home$189,70183%
Flathead Library Foundation$162,250112%
Kalispell Regional Medical Center$105,00020%
Logan Health - Whitefish$100,57530%
Kalispell Regional Healthcare Foundation$45,00011%
DeliverFund$30,90031%
Child Bridge Inc$24,00051%
Stand Up America Inc$20,000214%
Flathead Valley Community College$15,9823n/a
Flathead Valley Community College Foundation Inc$10,50020%
Stillwater Christian School$3,7503n/a
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$3,60030%
Flathead Lakers Inc$2,30070%
Judicial Watch Inc$2,10040%
Bigfork Aces$1,73030%
American Diabetes Association$1,60910%
Montana Food Bank Network Inc$1,25020%
Richard Hd Fliehler Memorial Run for the Vets$1,0001n/a
Veneration Church$1,0001n/a
Paladin Conservancy Inc$1,00012%
Whitefish Freestyle$1,0001n/a
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$90040%
Blood Cancer United Inc$90030%
American Lung Association$90040%
Prager University Foundation$85010%
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$80020%
Mercy Chefs Inc$65020%
March of Dimes Inc$60030%
CaringBridge$50030%
Humane Society of Western Montana$50010%
NADA Foundation$50010%
Unto Inc$5001n/a
National Organization to Save Flathead Lake$5001n/a
American Heart Association Inc$50010%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$44020%
National Legal and Policy Center$30010%
The Center for American Liberty$30010%
Humane World for Animals Inc$27510%
USO Foundation$25010%
Humane Society of Nw Montana$10010%
Send Relief Inc$1001n/a
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$10010%
Givesendgo Charities$2910%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($136k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget B E a Family Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetIntermountain Childrens Home: $189,701 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetFlathead Library Foundation: $162,250 over 1y, 12% of budgetKalispell Regional Medical Center: $105,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLogan Health - Whitefish: $100,575 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKalispell Regional Healthcare Foundation: $45,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetDeliverFund: $30,900 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetChild Bridge Inc: $24,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetStand Up America Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetFlathead Valley Community College Foundation Inc: $10,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $3,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFlathead Lakers Inc: $2,300 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $2,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBigfork Aces: $1,730 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $1,609 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMontana Food Bank Network Inc: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPaladin Conservancy Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Lung Association: $900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPrager University Foundation: $850 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetParkinson's Foundation Inc: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Chefs Inc: $650 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMarch of Dimes Inc: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCaringBridge: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Society of Western Montana: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNADA Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $440 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Legal and Policy Center: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for American Liberty: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $275 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUSO Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Society of Nw Montana: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGivesendgo Charities: $29 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 35.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Whitefish Community Foundation IncMT21.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Whitefish Community Foundation Inc · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · James & Wanda Hollensteiner Fdn Lisa Mary Hollensteiner · Gianforte Family Charitable Trust · Montana Community Foundation Inc · Windmill Foundation Inc · Roundup for Safety Inc · Town Pump Charitable Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About B E a Family Inc

How much does B E a Family Inc give?
B E a Family Inc reported 20 grants totaling $198,763 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 29 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does B E a Family Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (31%), Education (30%), Human Services (26%).
Who are B E a Family Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Intermountain Childrens Home ($190k), Flathead Library Foundation ($162k), Kalispell Regional Medical Center ($105k).
Does B E a Family Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does B E a Family Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as B E a Family Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Whitefish Community Foundation Inc, First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc, James & Wanda Hollensteiner Fdn Lisa Mary Hollensteiner.
Where is B E a Family Inc based?
B E a Family Inc is based in MT.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 75 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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