Michigan · Private foundation
Henry and Mary Ellen Bellaimey Family Foundation
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.
- $190k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 32
- Grants FY2024
- 34
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 12%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $4,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $18,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 35
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 12% of the organizations Henry and Mary Ellen Bellaimey Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 | 31 | $188k | 3% |
| FY2023 | 34 | $167k | 12% |
| FY2022 | 34 | $168k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 35 | $156k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $109k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $103k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $94k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $76,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Heat and Warmth Fund | $76,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Focushope | $76,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Freedom House Detroit | $38,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Mercy Education Project | $17,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Ed Allies | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Global Rights for Women | $7,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Housing in Action Inc | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Juxtaposition Arts Inc | $6,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Sahan Journal | $6,500 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $76,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Heat and Warmth Fund | $76,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Focushope | $76,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Freedom House Detroit | $38,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Mercy Education Project | $17,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Ed Allies | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Global Rights for Women | $7,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Housing in Action Inc | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Juxtaposition Arts Inc | $6,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Sahan Journal | $6,500 | 3 | 0% |
| MinnPost | $3,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Islamic Resource Group | $3,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Center for Victims of Torture | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Twin Cities Rise | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| States Newsroom | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media | $1,400 | 3 | 0% |
| Streets Mn | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Neighbors for More Neighbors | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Breck School | $700 | 3 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($648k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Henry and Mary Ellen Bellaimey 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: The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · George Family Foundation · Mortenson Family Foundation · Propel Nonprofits · The K Foundation · Minnesota Community Foundation · The Graco Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Henry and Mary Ellen Bellaimey Family Foundation with peer funders
About Henry and Mary Ellen Bellaimey Family Foundation
- How much does Henry and Mary Ellen Bellaimey Family Foundation give?
- Henry and Mary Ellen Bellaimey Family Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $189,700 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 35 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Henry and Mary Ellen Bellaimey Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (49%), Housing & Shelter (9%), International (9%).
- Who are Henry and Mary Ellen Bellaimey Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($76k), The Heat and Warmth Fund ($76k), Focushope ($76k).
- Does Henry and Mary Ellen Bellaimey Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Henry and Mary Ellen Bellaimey Family Foundation 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 Henry and Mary Ellen Bellaimey Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Mightycause Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Henry and Mary Ellen Bellaimey Family Foundation based?
- Henry and Mary Ellen Bellaimey Family Foundation is based in MI.
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