Missouri · Private foundation
Bestenlehner D and F Educational Tr
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $120k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 63
- Grants FY2025
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,468
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 60
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 45% of the organizations Bestenlehner D and F Educational Tr funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k 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 | 23 | $120k | 30% |
| FY2024 | 22 | $107k | 45% |
| FY2023 | 47 | $102k | 98% |
| FY2022 | 57 | $99k | 81% |
| FY2020 | 60 | $90k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $90k | 23% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $90k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briar Cliff University | $18,744 | 5 | 0% |
| Buena Vista University | $12,931 | 2 | 0% |
| Dmacc Foundation | $11,477 | 1 | 0% |
| Simpson College | $10,161 | 2 | 0% |
| Creighton University | $8,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Gustavus Adolphus College | $4,137 | 3 | 0% |
| Loras College | $4,001 | 2 | 0% |
| Drake University | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wartburg College | $3,655 | 2 | 0% |
| SDSM&T Center for Alumni Relations & Advancement | $2,936 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briar Cliff University | $18,744 | 5 | 0% |
| Buena Vista University | $12,931 | 2 | 0% |
| Dmacc Foundation | $11,477 | 1 | 0% |
| Simpson College | $10,161 | 2 | 0% |
| Creighton University | $8,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Gustavus Adolphus College | $4,137 | 3 | 0% |
| Loras College | $4,001 | 2 | 0% |
| Drake University | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wartburg College | $3,655 | 2 | 0% |
| SDSM&T Center for Alumni Relations & Advancement | $2,936 | 1 | 0% |
| Viterbo University | $2,667 | 2 | 0% |
| Allen College | $2,318 | 2 | 0% |
| Southwestern Community College | $2,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Upper Iowa University | $2,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Grand View University | $2,240 | 2 | 0% |
| Mount Marty University | $2,237 | 2 | 0% |
| William Penn University | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Morningside University | $945 | 1 | 0% |
| Clarke University of Dubuque Iowa | $882 | 1 | 0% |
| St Marys University of Minnesota | $882 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 176 recipients with no EIN on record ($599k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bestenlehner D and F Educational Tr supplied at peak.
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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: Roy J Carver Charitable Trust · Pella Rolscreen Foundation · Willard E and Ella P Thompson Educational Fund · Fahrney Education Fdtn Trust · Marguerite V Brown · W D & Shirley Schafer-Ray Educational Trust · Special Needs Foundation of Des Moines County · W E Ruebush Foundation · La Amundson Ohana Foundation · The Eagle Foundation · Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc · United Way Worldwide
How this is measured
Compare Bestenlehner D and F Educational Tr with peer funders
About Bestenlehner D and F Educational Tr
- How much does Bestenlehner D and F Educational Tr give?
- Bestenlehner D and F Educational Tr reported 63 grants totaling $120,006 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 60 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Bestenlehner D and F Educational Tr fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%).
- Who are Bestenlehner D and F Educational Tr's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Briar Cliff University ($19k), Buena Vista University ($13k), Dmacc Foundation ($11k).
- Does Bestenlehner D and F Educational Tr fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bestenlehner D and F Educational Tr accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bestenlehner D and F Educational Tr?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Roy J Carver Charitable Trust, Pella Rolscreen Foundation, Willard E and Ella P Thompson Educational Fund.
- Where is Bestenlehner D and F Educational Tr based?
- Bestenlehner D and F Educational Tr is based in MO.
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