New York · Private foundation
Betty Binger Charitable Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $44k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $526k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Betty Binger Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 7 | $44k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $40k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $40k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $60k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $245k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $171k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $154k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $50k | 14% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizzentop Day School | $98,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Dutchess County Spca Inc | $77,500 | 4 | 2% |
| Catskill Animal Sanctuary Inc | $74,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue Inc | $72,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Safe Haven Farm Sanctuary Corp | $60,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Ulster County Spca | $45,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Ronald McDonald House Global | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wooster School Corporation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kent School | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Poughkeepsie Day School Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizzentop Day School | $98,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Dutchess County Spca Inc | $77,500 | 4 | 2% |
| Catskill Animal Sanctuary Inc | $74,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue Inc | $72,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Safe Haven Farm Sanctuary Corp | $60,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Ulster County Spca | $45,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Ronald McDonald House Global | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wooster School Corporation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kent School | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Poughkeepsie Day School Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Dutchess County 10-13 Foundation Inc | $15,500 | 2 | 11% |
| Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ridgefield Operation for Animal Rescue Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Valley Bible Fellowship Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Second Chance Farm Inc | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Dianas Cat Shelter Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 4% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($275k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Betty Binger Charitable Trust 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.
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How this is measured
About Betty Binger Charitable Trust
- How much does Betty Binger Charitable Trust give?
- Betty Binger Charitable Trust reported 7 grants totaling $44,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Betty Binger Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (52%), Education (19%), Health (11%).
- Who are Betty Binger Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Mizzentop Day School ($98k), Dutchess County Spca Inc ($78k), Catskill Animal Sanctuary Inc ($75k).
- Does Betty Binger Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Betty Binger Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Betty Binger Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley Inc, Ge Aerospace Foundation, The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
- Where is Betty Binger Charitable Trust based?
- Betty Binger Charitable Trust is based in NY.
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