Michigan · Private foundation
Biel Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $20k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2024
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $600
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,800
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 31
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 13
- Total assets, FY2024
- $403k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations Biel Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 25 | $18k | 12% |
| FY2023 | 30 | $24k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 31 | $24k | 16% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $31k | 53% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $26k | 22% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $20k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $12k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 21 | $19k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Ships International | $10,450 | 8 | 0% |
| Young Life | $10,300 | 8 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Straight Ahead Ministries INC | $9,900 | 8 | 0% |
| Child Evangelism Fellowship Inc | $9,285 | 8 | 0% |
| Cede Sports | $7,900 | 5 | 0% |
| Focus on the Family | $5,951 | 8 | n/a |
| Spring Lake Christian Reformed Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Compassion International Incorporated | $4,536 | 8 | 0% |
| Project Medsend | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Ships International | $10,450 | 8 | 0% |
| Young Life | $10,300 | 8 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Straight Ahead Ministries INC | $9,900 | 8 | 0% |
| Child Evangelism Fellowship Inc | $9,285 | 8 | 0% |
| Cede Sports | $7,900 | 5 | 0% |
| Focus on the Family | $5,951 | 8 | n/a |
| Spring Lake Christian Reformed Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Compassion International Incorporated | $4,536 | 8 | 0% |
| Project Medsend | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Family Research Council | $3,535 | 8 | 0% |
| Proclaim Aviation Ministries Inc | $3,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Focal Point Radio Ministries | $3,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Campus Crusade for Christ Inc | $2,880 | 8 | n/a |
| Insight for Living | $2,630 | 4 | 0% |
| Gospel for Asia Inc | $2,548 | 7 | n/a |
| Compass Bible Church | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Turning Point for God | $2,400 | 4 | 0% |
| Mission Aviation Fellowship | $2,400 | 4 | n/a |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc | $2,400 | 4 | n/a |
| Joni and Friends | $2,300 | 4 | 0% |
| Crossworld | $2,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Mission India | $2,100 | 3 | n/a |
| Wycliffe Associates Inc | $1,800 | 4 | n/a |
| Unto Inc | $1,709 | 4 | n/a |
| Alliance Defending Freedom | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Colorado Lutheran High School Association | $1,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Bible League | $1,150 | 3 | n/a |
| School of Missionary Aviation Technology Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Luke Society Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Resourcing Christian Education International | $800 | 2 | 0% |
| World Outreach Ministries Inc | $550 | 1 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $528 | 1 | 0% |
| Peachtree Road Methodist Church | $500 | 2 | n/a |
| Second Christian Reformed Church | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Right to Life of Michigan Educ Fund | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ravi Zacharias International Ministries | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| MAP International Inc | $400 | 2 | 0% |
| North Point Ministries Inc | $388 | 2 | n/a |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | $384 | 3 | 0% |
| Christian Medical & Dental Associat | $350 | 1 | 3% |
| North Park Baptist Church | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| The Navigators | $200 | 2 | n/a |
| Open Doors With Brother Andrew Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($45k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Biel Family Foundation Inc 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 Biel Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Biel Family Foundation Inc give?
- Biel Family Foundation Inc reported 26 grants totaling $19,568 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 31 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Biel Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (39%), International (20%), Education (11%).
- Who are Biel Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Mercy Ships International ($10k), Young Life ($10k), Samaritan's Purse ($10k).
- Does Biel Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Biel Family Foundation Inc 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 Biel Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Christian Community Foundation Inc, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund, The US Charitable Gift Trust.
- Where is Biel Family Foundation Inc based?
- Biel Family Foundation Inc is based in MI.
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