Michigan · Private foundation
Marion & Marlene Betten Foundation
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.
- $424k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 69
- Grants FY2025
- 67
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,600
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $85,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 52 to 79
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 14
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Marion & Marlene Betten Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 | 68 | $420k | 3% |
| FY2024 | 67 | $322k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 65 | $303k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 57 | $276k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 55 | $251k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 79 | $342k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 59 | $172k | 15% |
| FY2018 | 52 | $150k | 12% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Reformed Conference Grounds Inc | $149,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Children's HopeChest | $126,495 | 6 | 1% |
| Wedgwood Christian Services | $54,400 | 9 | 0% |
| Iccf Community Homes | $48,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Daffodil Ministries | $46,500 | 3 | 20% |
| Community C R C | $41,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Partners Worldwide | $40,800 | 9 | 0% |
| Feeding America West Michigan | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Grand Rapids Christian Schools | $39,800 | 9 | 0% |
| Rehoboth Christian School Assoc | $39,700 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 53 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 57 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Marion & Marlene Betten 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: Barnabas Foundation · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation · The Richard and Helen Devos Foundation · Buist Foundation · Cdv5 Foundation · Weller Family Foundation · The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Marion & Marlene Betten Foundation with peer funders
About Marion & Marlene Betten Foundation
- How much does Marion & Marlene Betten Foundation give?
- Marion & Marlene Betten Foundation reported 69 grants totaling $423,700 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 52 and 79 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Marion & Marlene Betten Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (45%), Education (14%), International (8%).
- Who are Marion & Marlene Betten Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Christian Reformed Conference Grounds Inc ($149k), Children's HopeChest ($126k), Wedgwood Christian Services ($54k).
- Does Marion & Marlene Betten Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Marion & Marlene Betten 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 Marion & Marlene Betten Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Barnabas Foundation, Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation.
- Where is Marion & Marlene Betten Foundation based?
- Marion & Marlene Betten Foundation is based in MI.
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