Michigan · Public charity
Best Financial Credit Union
To inspire, empower and improve the qualify of life for our members and our communities.
- $48k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $36k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $6,856
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $9,147
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $139M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 75% of the organizations Best Financial Credit Union funded were first-time grantees, receiving 67% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 5 | $36k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $26k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $6k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $15k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakridge Public Schools | $23,084 | 3 | n/a |
| Parties in the Park Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Orchard View School District | $12,655 | 2 | n/a |
| Reeths-Puffer Schools | $12,117 | 2 | n/a |
| Muskegon Heights Public School Academy | $11,131 | 2 | n/a |
| Muskegon Museum of Art | $8,623 | 1 | n/a |
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: Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for Muskegon County · Michigan College Access Network
How this is measured
About Best Financial Credit Union
- How much does Best Financial Credit Union give?
- Best Financial Credit Union reported 5 itemized grants totaling $36,259, out of $47,796 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Best Financial Credit Union fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (82%), Recreation & Sports (18%).
- Who are Best Financial Credit Union's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Oakridge Public Schools ($23k), Parties in the Park Inc ($15k), Orchard View School District ($13k).
- Does Best Financial Credit Union fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Best Financial Credit Union?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc, Community Foundation for Muskegon County, Michigan College Access Network.
- Where is Best Financial Credit Union based?
- Best Financial Credit Union is based in MI.
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