Ohio · Private foundation
John & Nesbeth Bees Scholarship Fund
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $34k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $11,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $592k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations John & Nesbeth Bees Scholarship Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 | 3 | $34k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $19k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $25k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $35k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $28k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $38k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $22k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $26k | 70% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saginaw Valley State University | $29,970 | 4 | n/a |
| Michigan State University | $28,455 | 2 | n/a |
| Burr Oak 4-H Club - Michigan State | $21,950 | 3 | 10% |
| Central Michigan University | $18,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Grand Valley State University | $14,435 | 3 | n/a |
| Andrews University | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Davenport University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Madonna University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alma College | $4,800 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saginaw Valley State University | $29,970 | 4 | n/a |
| Michigan State University | $28,455 | 2 | n/a |
| Burr Oak 4-H Club - Michigan State | $21,950 | 3 | 10% |
| Central Michigan University | $18,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Grand Valley State University | $14,435 | 3 | n/a |
| Andrews University | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Davenport University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Madonna University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alma College | $4,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Ferris State University | $4,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Elmhurst University | $3,085 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($105k), 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: Theodore & Elise Huss Memorial Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About John & Nesbeth Bees Scholarship Fund
- How much does John & Nesbeth Bees Scholarship Fund give?
- John & Nesbeth Bees Scholarship Fund reported 3 grants totaling $33,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does John & Nesbeth Bees Scholarship Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (89%), Youth Development (9%), Health (2%).
- Who are John & Nesbeth Bees Scholarship Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Saginaw Valley State University ($30k), Michigan State University ($28k), Burr Oak 4-H Club - Michigan State ($22k).
- Does John & Nesbeth Bees Scholarship Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John & Nesbeth Bees Scholarship Fund accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as John & Nesbeth Bees Scholarship Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Theodore & Elise Huss Memorial Trust, The Pfizer Foundation Inc, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is John & Nesbeth Bees Scholarship Fund based?
- John & Nesbeth Bees Scholarship Fund is based in OH.
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