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Betts Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$356k
Granted FY2025still arriving
70
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Public Benefit$467kEducation$415kPhilanthropy$185kRecreation & Sports$183kHealth$175kHuman Services$168kArts & Culture$146kCommunity Improvement$110kOther$0
02FY2025 · 70 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k63 grants · $119k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $86k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $152k
$2,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$5.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CITY OF WARREN$100,000
FAMILY SERVICES OF WARREN COUNTY$52,000
UNITED FUND OF WARREN COUNTY$27,500
STRUTHERS LIBRARY THEATRE$25,000
EXPERIENCE INC$13,200
WARREN MAJENGO FOUNDATION$10,000
CHIEF CORNPLANTER COUNCIL BSA$10,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WARREN COUN$7,500
NORTH WARREN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$6,750
WARREN COUNTY YMCA$6,000
WARREN COUNTY 4TH OF JULY ORGANIZAT$5,500
GARLAND VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT$5,000
PENNSLVANIA FREE ENTERPRISE WEEK$2,780
WARREN COUNTY PRISON MINISTRY$2,500
WARREN COUNTY FAIR INC$2,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $80k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Ruth M Smith Center: $4k → 14%EMMA'S FOOTPRINTS: $188 → 15%Dr Gertrude A Barber Center: $25k → 14%Dr Gertrude A Barber Center: $25k → 14%Warren County Children's Advocacy Center: $15k → 14%JEFFERSON DEFREES FAMILY CENTER: $11k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NY
OH
PA
CO
KY
WV
VA
SC
DC
GA
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 55 repeat orgs$474k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

55 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 42 since wound down; 56 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

55
136

Total granted

$1.5M
$326k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+5%

Still filing today

20%
9%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $148k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsInternationalArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • UF
    United Fund of Warren County Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $148k · revenue +14%
  • WC
    WARREN COUNTY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
    3× · 2021–2024 · $110k · revenue +31%
  • WG
    WARREN GENERAL HOSPITAL
    2× · 2020–2021 · $100k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • WP
    WARREN PICKLEBALL INC
    one grant, 2023 · $35k · revenue -85% · 36% of their budget
  • KW
    KINZUA WRESTLING CLUB INC
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +22%
  • BE
    BOLLINGER ENTERPRISES INC
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue 0%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Warren Library Association

The mission of the warren library association is to provide all citizens in its service area access to library materials and information services which address the needs and expand the aspirations of the community for formal and lifelong…

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2
Warren Redevelopment and Planning Corporation

Warren redevelopment is primarily concerned with area revitalization, mainly in downtown warren, ohio.

Community Improvement
3
Warren County Community Services Inc

Health and Welfare organization serving low-income, senior citizens and others in need of assistance in Warren County.

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4
Warren County Christian School

To provide biblically integrated instruction so that students graduate with an academic foundation god-centered worldview christian perspective & character essential to pursue a productive & godly life.

Education
5
Area Progress Council of Warren County

Promote economic development.

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6
Warren County Development Corporation

The specific purposes for which this corporation is organized include, but are not limited to:a. assist low and moderate income individuals and their families in obtaining adequate housing which they would not be able to afford without…

Housing & Shelter
7
Warren County Council On Aging

Maintain a local senior center

Human Services
8
Warren County Soccer Club

To develop soccer players of all backgrounds and talent levels so that they achieve their goals, while fostering a lifelong love of the game.

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9
Warren Washington Care Center Corporation

To provide a single centralized child-friendly forum for child victim interviews and follow-up care. This program will limit repeated child victim interviews by enabling all vital parties to come together at the outset of an investigation…

Crime & Legal
10
Warren County Agricultural Fair

Over 200 Participants are able to showcase their agricultural talents. This is an agriculutral community whre skills learned here will benefit the participants futures.

Youth Development
11
Warren Area Ambulance Service Inc

To provide emergency medical service and transport for treatment of the sick or injured when necessary.

Health
12
Warren County Habitat for Humanity

Provide reasonable and affordable housing to qualifying individuals.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Warren General Hospital; the most unlike its peers is Dr Gertrude a Barber Center Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 248 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
17/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

City of Warren: $439,591 · OtherCity of WarrenStruthers Library Theatre: $140,000 · OtherStruthers Library TheatreWarren Public Library: $75,000 · OtherWarren Public LibraryYoung Mens Christian Association of Warren PA: $62,100 · OtherFAMILY SERVICES OF WARREN COUNTY INC: $52,000 · OtherWarren Majengo Foundation: $60,000 · Other+179 more: $491,600 · Other+179 moreUnited Fund of Warren County Inc: $147,500 · PhilanthropyUnited Fun…Community Foundation of Warren County: $37,500 · PhilanthropyCommunity …Warren Sports Boosters: $120,000 · Education+3 more: $3,600 · EducationWARREN COUNTY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION: $110,000 · Community ImprovementWARREN GENERAL HOSPITAL: $100,000 · HealthDR GERTRUDE A BARBER CENTER INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesWARREN COUNTY CHILDREN ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesJEFFERSON DEFREES FAMILY CENTER: $10,500 · Human ServicesRUTH M SMITH CENTER: $4,000 · Human ServicesWARREN PICKLEBALL INC: $35,000 · Recreation & SportsKINZUA WRESTLING CLUB INC: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsWARREN COUNTY FAIR INC: $2,500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$1,320,291Philanthropy$185,000Education$123,600Community Improvement$110,000Health$100,000Human Services$79,500Recreation & Sports$62,500

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited Fund of Warren County Inc: $147,500 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetWarren Sports Boosters: $120,000 over 3y, 42% of budgetWARREN COUNTY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION: $110,000 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetWARREN GENERAL HOSPITAL: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association of Warren PA: $62,100 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetWarren Majengo Foundation: $60,000 over 6y, 7.1% of budgetDR GERTRUDE A BARBER CENTER INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Foundation of Warren County: $37,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetWARREN PICKLEBALL INC: $35,000 over 1y, 36% of budgetWarren County 4th of July Organization: $27,100 over 5y, 15% of budgetKINZUA WRESTLING CLUB INC: $25,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetBOLLINGER ENTERPRISES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetWARREN COUNTY CHILDREN ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $15,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetJEFFERSON DEFREES FAMILY CENTER: $10,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetGARLAND VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTM: $10,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetWARREN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetWomens Club of Warren PA: $5,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetWARREN AREA STUDENT UNION INC: $4,500 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetRUTH M SMITH CENTER: $4,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWARREN COUNTY FAIR INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN INCORPORATED: $1,860 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHOUGHTON UNIVERSITY: $1,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLEGHENY COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $1,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTidioute Community Charter School: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CROSSING INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds United Fund of Warren County Inc ↗
  • Who funds Warren Sports Boosters ↗
  • Who funds WARREN COUNTY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds WARREN GENERAL HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds Young Mens Christian Association of Warren PA ↗
  • Who funds Warren Majengo Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY SERVICES OF WARREN COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds DR GERTRUDE A BARBER CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Community Foundation of Warren County ↗
  • Who funds WARREN PICKLEBALL INC ↗
  • Who funds Warren County 4th of July Organization ↗
  • Who funds KINZUA WRESTLING CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds BOLLINGER ENTERPRISES INC ↗
  • Who funds WARREN COUNTY CHILDREN ADVOCACY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds JEFFERSON DEFREES FAMILY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds GARLAND VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTM ↗
  • Who funds WARREN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Womens Club of Warren PA ↗
  • Who funds WARREN AREA STUDENT UNION INC ↗
  • Who funds RUTH M SMITH CENTER ↗

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.

Community Foundation …Northwest Charitable …Richard T Betts Famil…United Fund of Warren…Scott Foundation IncRenaissance Charitabl…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of Warren CountyPA45.2× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Warren County · Northwest Charitable Foundation · Richard T Betts Family Foundation · United Fund of Warren County Inc · Scott Foundation Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Betts Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Betts Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 248 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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