Michigan · Private foundation
Bernard J and Camille Cebelak 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.
- $650k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Bernard J and Camille Cebelak Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $125k 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 | 5 | $650k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $1.5M | 20% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $1.5M | 6% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $1.2M | 24% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $720k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $1.2M | 50% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $687k | 95% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTS XXIX - Mobilizing for Mission | $2,100,000 | 7 | 27% |
| Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty | $600,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Mel Trotter Ministries | $600,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Hope for Haiti Inc | $565,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Harmel Academy of the Trades | $400,000 | 5 | 16% |
| Hospitality In the Name of Christ | $325,000 | 6 | 65% |
| Christmas Outreach of Isabella County | $300,000 | 5 | 91% |
| Central Michigan University | $300,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Angels of Action Inc | $276,000 | 7 | 26% |
| Forgotten Man Ministries | $185,000 | 5 | 2% |
Show all 24 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Bernard J and Camille Cebelak Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 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.
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How this is measured
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About Bernard J and Camille Cebelak Foundation
- How much does Bernard J and Camille Cebelak Foundation give?
- Bernard J and Camille Cebelak Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $650,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Bernard J and Camille Cebelak Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (36%), Human Services (17%), Education (11%).
- Who are Bernard J and Camille Cebelak Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: ACTS XXIX - Mobilizing for Mission ($2.1M), Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty ($600k), Mel Trotter Ministries ($600k).
- Does Bernard J and Camille Cebelak Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bernard J and Camille Cebelak 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 Bernard J and Camille Cebelak Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation, Consumers Energy Foundation.
- Where is Bernard J and Camille Cebelak Foundation based?
- Bernard J and Camille Cebelak Foundation is based in MI.
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