Michigan · Private foundation
Lilian E and Earl a Bettinger Charitable
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $690k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $68,730
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $171,825
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 9
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $12M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations Lilian E and Earl a Bettinger Charitable funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $518k | 22% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $561k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $522k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $295,183 | 3 | 0% |
| New Direction Ministries Incorporated | $293,945 | 3 | n/a |
| Mystery Writers of America Inc | $159,199 | 3 | 12% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $134,746 | 2 | 0% |
| Carolina Foothills Foundation | $103,095 | 1 | 2% |
| Foothills Humane Society Inc | $97,982 | 3 | 7% |
| Lanier Library Association Inc | $97,982 | 3 | 10% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $97,982 | 3 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($321k), 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.
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How this is measured
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About Lilian E and Earl a Bettinger Charitable
- How much does Lilian E and Earl a Bettinger Charitable give?
- Lilian E and Earl a Bettinger Charitable reported 10 grants totaling $690,300 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 9 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Lilian E and Earl a Bettinger Charitable fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (18%), Public Safety & Disaster (15%), Health (15%).
- Who are Lilian E and Earl a Bettinger Charitable's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($295k), New Direction Ministries Incorporated ($294k), Mystery Writers of America Inc ($159k).
- Does Lilian E and Earl a Bettinger Charitable fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lilian E and Earl a Bettinger Charitable 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 Lilian E and Earl a Bettinger Charitable?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Lilian E and Earl a Bettinger Charitable based?
- Lilian E and Earl a Bettinger Charitable is based in MI.
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