· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k8 grants · $44k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $77k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ETHOS MUSIC CENTER | $22,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| MASHUP ROCK AND ROLL MUSICAL | $14,000 |
| MICHIGAN MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND | $10,000 |
| GENERATIONS AHEAD | $10,000 |
| CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES | $7,500 |
| MANISTEE COUNTY TOURISM AUTHORITY | $6,050 |
| BELLAIRE COMMUNITY YOUTH INITIATIVE | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| CENTRAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| ESTIARY CENTER FOR LIVING & HEALING ARTS | $5,000 |
| TRAVERSE CITY AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS LEAP | $5,000 |
| CROSSHATCH CENTER FOR ART AND ECOLOGY | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $80k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $41k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
Ethos Inc7× · 2017–2025 · $70k · revenue +39%
RAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND5× · 2017–2023 · $60k · revenue +183%- NANEW AVENUES FOR YOUTH INC5× · 2019–2023 · $52k · revenue +33%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $20k
- TCTRAVERSE CITY TITONS ROWINGone grant, 2019 · $11k
- BBBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTHWEST MICHIGANone grant, 2023 · $10k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The Center's mission is to inspire, entertain, educate, and serve all in Northern Michigan year-round by presenting exceptional experiences across the full spectrum of the performing arts and offering impactful educational opportunities.
Harvest Theatre Co is a professional theatre and training program for Flint youth ages 13-19 years old. We use the theatrical arts to instill confidence, self worth, and discipline in the most vulnerable population of our city. In 2022 we…
The mission of the Kalamazoo Civic Theatre, with community partners and volunteers, is to create and deliver engaging, inspiring theatrical productions and educational experiences that spark delight, build community, encourage…
Mixed Blood Theatre Company uses theater to disrupt injustice. We are a social justice organization catalyzing action and change through art. Our work is guided by deep community engagement and rooted in radical hospitality.
Friends of Noise is a non-profit organization built on the values of collectivism and restorative justice. We seek to transform the culture of BIPOC and LGBTQ+ youth access to the music industry. We foster a healthy ecosystem for all ages…
Neutral Zone is a transformative, youth-driven community where youth embrace their power, ignite their creativity, and launch their future to build equity, justice, and collective liberation.
The mission of the northwest michigan arts & culture network ("the network") is to harness the collective power of the creative sector to cultivate vibrant communities by strengthening the regional ecosystem that supports arts and culture.…
Good luck Macbeth is a community where the theatrical arts and an integral aspect of life and the life of an artist is integral to the theatre. To bring that vision to reality. GLM aims to create relevant and impactful works of art that…
Park City Presents is on a mission to transform the narrative in Bridgeport through the power of creative arts and music by offering high-quality, immersive music tech educational opportunities to city youth and presenting live…
The traverse city film festival is committed to showing just great movies and helping to save one of americas few indigenous art forms - the cinema. we are committed to showing great movies that both entertain and enlighten the audience.…
How this is measured
17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 42 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds Ethos Inc ↗
- Who funds RAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND ↗
- Who funds Parallel 45 Inc ↗
- Who funds NEW AVENUES FOR YOUTH INC ↗
- Who funds Crosshatch Center for Art & Ecology ↗
- Who funds Traverse City Dance Project ↗
- Who funds MASHUP ROCK & ROLL MUSICAL ↗
- Who funds The Great Lakes Childrens Museum ↗
- Who funds GENERATIONS AHEAD ↗
- Who funds Title Track ↗
- Who funds BELLAIRE COMMUNITY YOUTH INITIATIVE ↗
- Who funds NAMI OF WASHINGTON COUNTY ↗
- Who funds TRAVERSE BAY CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER ↗
- Who funds OLD TOWN PLAYHOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds MICHAEL'S PLACE ↗
- Who funds On The Ground ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Begonia Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Begonia Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Raphael House of Portland: 12% of income from government
- New Avenues for Youth Inc: 12% of income from government
- Ethos Inc: 9% of income from government
How this is measured
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