Michigan · Private foundation
Duane & Dorothy Bierlein Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $23k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,200
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $14,171
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $420k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations Duane & Dorothy Bierlein Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 | $22k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $20k | 30% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $20k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $24k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $20k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $13k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $19k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $19k | 57% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethany Fellowship Inc | $10,125 | 1 | n/a |
| Frankenmuth Youth Sports Association Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 6% |
| City of Frankenmuth | $5,975 | 5 | n/a |
| Keys of Hope Foundation | $5,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Covenant Healthcare Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Frankenmuth Historical Association | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Crossroads Counseling Ministries | $4,900 | 3 | 3% |
| Camp Lu Lay Lea Inc | $3,900 | 3 | n/a |
| Kettering University | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chadtough Defeat Dipg Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethany Fellowship Inc | $10,125 | 1 | n/a |
| Frankenmuth Youth Sports Association Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 6% |
| City of Frankenmuth | $5,975 | 5 | n/a |
| Keys of Hope Foundation | $5,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Covenant Healthcare Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Frankenmuth Historical Association | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Crossroads Counseling Ministries | $4,900 | 3 | 3% |
| Camp Lu Lay Lea Inc | $3,900 | 3 | n/a |
| Kettering University | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chadtough Defeat Dipg Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ferris State University | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Saginaw Valley State University | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hmong Mission Society | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($118k), not named here.
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: Wallace & Irene Bronner Family Charitable Foundation · The Frankenmuth Community Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Duane & Dorothy Bierlein Family Foundation
- How much does Duane & Dorothy Bierlein Family Foundation give?
- Duane & Dorothy Bierlein Family Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $22,971 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Duane & Dorothy Bierlein Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (40%), Philanthropy (10%), Education (10%).
- Who are Duane & Dorothy Bierlein Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Bethany Fellowship Inc ($10k), Frankenmuth Youth Sports Association Inc ($8k), City of Frankenmuth ($6k).
- Does Duane & Dorothy Bierlein Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Duane & Dorothy Bierlein Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Duane & Dorothy Bierlein Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wallace & Irene Bronner Family Charitable Foundation, The Frankenmuth Community Foundation Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Duane & Dorothy Bierlein Family Foundation based?
- Duane & Dorothy Bierlein Family Foundation is based in MI.
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