Alaska · Public charity
Bethel Community Services Foundation
Community philanthropy - leadership, capacity building, fund development, and grantmaking.
- $307k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $264k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $21,299
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $122,685
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Bethel Community Services 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 | 8 | $264k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $79k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $163k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $372k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $2.0M | 62% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $388k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $304k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tundra Womens Coalition | $1,631,837 | 7 | 28% |
| Bethel Winter Shelter Lions Club | $403,292 | 5 | 6% |
| University of Alaska | $229,777 | 1 | n/a |
| Kuskokwim 300 Race Committee | $168,700 | 3 | 15% |
| Southwest Alaska Arts Group | $167,586 | 6 | 19% |
| Lower Kuskokwim School District | $124,269 | 1 | n/a |
| Bethel Broadcasting Inc | $86,317 | 5 | 4% |
| Bethel Friends of Canines | $84,245 | 7 | 12% |
| Veterans Of Foreign Wars Department of Alaska (Robert V Lindsey Ladies Auxi liary To Post 10041) | $75,000 | 2 | 90% |
| Bethel Evan Covenant Church Bethel Ak | $74,200 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 28 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tundra Womens Coalition | $1,631,837 | 7 | 28% |
| Bethel Winter Shelter Lions Club | $403,292 | 5 | 6% |
| University of Alaska | $229,777 | 1 | n/a |
| Kuskokwim 300 Race Committee | $168,700 | 3 | 15% |
| Southwest Alaska Arts Group | $167,586 | 6 | 19% |
| Lower Kuskokwim School District | $124,269 | 1 | n/a |
| Bethel Broadcasting Inc | $86,317 | 5 | 4% |
| Bethel Friends of Canines | $84,245 | 7 | 12% |
| Veterans Of Foreign Wars Department of Alaska (Robert V Lindsey Ladies Auxi liary To Post 10041) | $75,000 | 2 | 90% |
| Bethel Evan Covenant Church Bethel Ak | $74,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Crosscurrents International Institute | $73,114 | 5 | 4% |
| Yuut Elitnaurviat-Peoples Learning Center | $68,321 | 4 | 2% |
| Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation | $63,934 | 4 | n/a |
| Bethel Family Clinic | $61,092 | 2 | 1% |
| Covenant House Alaska | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bethel Lions Club | $47,350 | 3 | n/a |
| Bethel Search and Rescue | $40,803 | 3 | 21% |
| Bethel Korean Full Gospel Church | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bethel United Pentecostal Church | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope in Alaska Ministry | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest | $17,547 | 1 | 0% |
| Food Bank of Alaska | $17,338 | 1 | 0% |
| Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Bethel | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kuspuk School District | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bethel Volunteer Emergency Services Association | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Alaska Rural Professional Developmt | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Native Village of Selawik | $6,458 | 1 | n/a |
| Native Village of Nunapitchuk | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Bethel Community Services Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 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.
Open a dossier: Rasmuson Foundation · The Alaska Community Foundation · Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium · John C Hughes Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
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About Bethel Community Services Foundation
- How much does Bethel Community Services Foundation give?
- Bethel Community Services Foundation reported 8 itemized grants totaling $264,006, out of $307,323 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Bethel Community Services Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (45%), Housing & Shelter (13%), Education (8%).
- Who are Bethel Community Services Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Tundra Womens Coalition ($1.6M), Bethel Winter Shelter Lions Club ($403k), University of Alaska ($230k).
- Does Bethel Community Services Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bethel Community Services Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rasmuson Foundation, The Alaska Community Foundation, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium.
- Where is Bethel Community Services Foundation based?
- Bethel Community Services Foundation is based in AK.
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