Michigan · Private foundation
Beusse & Porter Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $199k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2025
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 26%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $21,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 23
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.8M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 26% of the organizations Beusse & Porter Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k 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 | 24 | $200k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 23 | $197k | 26% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $168k | 9% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $165k | 5% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $165k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Rapids Civic Theatre Inc | $105,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Grand Rapids Ballet | $105,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Grand Rapids Art Museum | $105,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Kalamazoo College | $105,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Michigan | $75,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Feeding America West Michigan | $65,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Social Venture Partners Portland | $25,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Land Conservancy of West Michigan | $25,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Beacon Hill Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Mazamas | $18,000 | 5 | 3% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Rapids Civic Theatre Inc | $105,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Grand Rapids Ballet | $105,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Grand Rapids Art Museum | $105,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Kalamazoo College | $105,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Michigan | $75,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Feeding America West Michigan | $65,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Social Venture Partners Portland | $25,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Land Conservancy of West Michigan | $25,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Beacon Hill Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Mazamas | $18,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Da Blodgett - St John's | $9,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The International School | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Beer City Dog Biscuits | $7,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Paws With A Cause | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| East Grand Rapids Schools Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ukandu | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chamber Choir of Grand Rapids Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Hearts of Gold Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Innovation Law Lab | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Michigan Advocacy Program | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Kind | $1,500 | 5 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($197k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Beusse & Porter Family Foundation 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: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · The Meijer Foundation · Frey Foundation · The Brookby Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation · The Wege Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Beusse & Porter Family Foundation
- How much does Beusse & Porter Family Foundation give?
- Beusse & Porter Family Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $199,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 23 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Beusse & Porter Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (48%), Health (14%), Education (13%).
- Who are Beusse & Porter Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Grand Rapids Civic Theatre Inc ($105k), Grand Rapids Ballet ($105k), Grand Rapids Art Museum ($105k).
- Does Beusse & Porter Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Beusse & Porter Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Beusse & Porter Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Rapids Community Foundation, The Meijer Foundation, Frey Foundation.
- Where is Beusse & Porter Family Foundation based?
- Beusse & Porter Family Foundation is based in MI.
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