Colorado · Public charity
Bethany Lutheran Church Foundation
The primary exempt purpose of the Bethany Lutheran Church Foundation is to provide a permanent financial resource to strengthen and expand the mission of Bethany Lutheran Church congregation by providing additional stewardship opportunities for congregation members and friends of Bethany. Expenditures are made to further the education of…
- $54k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $26k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $8,800
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $11,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Bethany Lutheran Church Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $26k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $29k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $20k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $39k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $17k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $8k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $25k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethany Lutheran Church | $57,987 | 5 | n/a |
| St Mark's Lutheran Church | $37,400 | 4 | n/a |
| Lutheran Social Services of Colorado | $30,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Samaritan Counseling Center | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| SparkHope Automotive | $5,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Metro Caring | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lutheran Campus Ministry | $5,500 | 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Bethany Lutheran Church Foundation
- How much does Bethany Lutheran Church Foundation give?
- Bethany Lutheran Church Foundation reported 3 itemized grants totaling $25,550, out of $53,550 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Bethany Lutheran Church Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (37%), Youth Development (22%), Human Services (21%).
- Who are Bethany Lutheran Church Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Bethany Lutheran Church ($58k), St Mark's Lutheran Church ($37k), Lutheran Social Services of Colorado ($31k).
- Does Bethany Lutheran Church Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bethany Lutheran Church Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Bethany Lutheran Church Foundation based?
- Bethany Lutheran Church Foundation is based in CO.
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