Michigan · Private foundation
Begonia Charitable Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $120k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,050
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $22,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Begonia Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $120k | 31% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $78k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $105k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $79k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $53k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $101k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $126k | 44% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $40k | 78% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethos Inc | $69,500 | 7 | 2% |
| Raphael House of Portland | $59,600 | 5 | 1% |
| Parallel 45 Inc | $55,000 | 4 | 5% |
| New Avenues for Youth Inc | $51,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Crosshatch Center for Art & Ecology | $36,500 | 5 | 3% |
| Traverse City Dance Project | $30,000 | 3 | 12% |
| Mashup Rock & Roll Musical | $24,000 | 3 | 5% |
| The Great Lakes Childrens Museum | $23,300 | 2 | 3% |
| Generations Ahead | $20,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Title Track | $15,000 | 2 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethos Inc | $69,500 | 7 | 2% |
| Raphael House of Portland | $59,600 | 5 | 1% |
| Parallel 45 Inc | $55,000 | 4 | 5% |
| New Avenues for Youth Inc | $51,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Crosshatch Center for Art & Ecology | $36,500 | 5 | 3% |
| Traverse City Dance Project | $30,000 | 3 | 12% |
| Mashup Rock & Roll Musical | $24,000 | 3 | 5% |
| The Great Lakes Childrens Museum | $23,300 | 2 | 3% |
| Generations Ahead | $20,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Title Track | $15,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Bellaire Community Youth Initiative | $10,000 | 2 | 31% |
| Nami of Washington County | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Traverse Bay Childrens Advocacy Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Old Town Playhouse Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Michael's Place | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| On The Ground | $4,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Mudd-Nick Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($337k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Begonia Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Rotary Charities of Traverse City · Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation · Green Brick Foundation Inc · Oleson Foundation · Les & Ann Biederman Foundation Inc · The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation · Canton Community Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Begonia Charitable Foundation
- How much does Begonia Charitable Foundation give?
- Begonia Charitable Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $120,050 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Begonia Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (44%), Human Services (27%), Education (10%).
- Who are Begonia Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Ethos Inc ($70k), Raphael House of Portland ($60k), Parallel 45 Inc ($55k).
- Does Begonia Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Begonia Charitable Foundation 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 Begonia Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rotary Charities of Traverse City, Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation, Green Brick Foundation Inc.
- Where is Begonia Charitable Foundation based?
- Begonia Charitable Foundation is based in MI.
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