· Private foundation
Bruno and Evelyne Betti Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Read this first · the figures below need context
71% of Bruno and Evelyne Betti Foundation’s FY2021 grant dollars went to Central Montana Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2021 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2021
- Under $10k1 grant · $5k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $43k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $305k
- $250k+7 grants · $5.6M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CENTRAL MONTANA FOUNDATION | $1,600,000 |
| CENTRAL MONTANA FOUNDATION | $1,410,000 |
| SOUTH PUGET SOUND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $605,000 |
| ST MARTINS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $605,000 |
| ST JOHN'S LUTHERAN MINISTRIES FOUNDATION | $500,000 |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON | $500,000 |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON | $400,000 |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH PUDGET SOUND | $200,000 |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON | $105,000 |
| CENTRAL MONTANA FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| TENINO BOYS & GIRLS CLUB | $13,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY | $10,000 |
| METHOW VALLEY RIDING UNLIMITED | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $139k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
8 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2021, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $523k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SPSOUTH PUGET SOUND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION5× · 2017–2021 · $3.1M · revenue +79% · 53% of their budget
- SMSAINT MARTINS FOUNDATION3× · 2017–2019 · $2.8M
- SMST MARTINS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION2× · 2020–2021 · $755k
Funded once
- SJST JOHNS UNITED FKA ST JOHNS LUTHERAN MINISTRIES FOUNDATIONone grant, 2020 · $1.0M
- TCTHE COVEone grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue -24%
- LRLACEY ROTARY FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +466%
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.
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.
The Community Foundation of Snohomish County (the Foundation) is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization incorporated under the laws of the State of Washington. The Foundation serves as a community foundation, supporting a broad spectrum of…
Provide financial support to the Seattle Chamber Music Festival (dba Seattle Chamber Music Society).
Provide educational opportunities to local students
The CCC Foundation generates resources to support higher education within Clatsop County. The CCC Foundation seeks funding for scholarships, educational programs, buildings and equipment, cultural and performing arts, and other needs of…
United Way of Skagit County's mission is to build a positive and sustainable quality of life for all.
The corporation is organized exclusively for charitable purposes within the meaning of 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Specifically, the corporation is organized to raise and distribute funds for scholarships to support further…
The Foundation for the Seattle Colleges exists to advance fundraising efforts for the Seattle Community College District. We seek to attract financial resources which support students so they may be successful; maintain the quality and…
Our mission is to change lives by providing students with scholarships so they can pursue quality academic and vocational education. we do this through relationship building, fundraising and stewarding resources.
Strengthening the communities of whidbey island for both present and future generations.
To conserve, protect and restore ecologically significant lands within the Chehalis River Basin
How this is measured
9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 17 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 The Community Foundation of South Puget Sound ↗
- Who funds SOUTH PUGET SOUND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL MONTANA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NCW ↗
- Who funds METHOW VALLEY RIDING UNLIMITED ↗
- Who funds Methow Music Festival Association ↗
- Who funds THE COVE ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY ↗
- Who funds LACEY ROTARY FOUNDATION ↗
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: Moccasin Lake Foundation · Community Foundation of Ncw · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Bruno and Evelyne Betti Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bruno and Evelyne Betti Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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