Michigan · Public charity
Mary Free Bed Guild Fund
The primary mission of the Mary Free Bed Fund is to support the charitable, scientific, and educational purposes and missions of the Mary Free Bed Guild and its subsidiaries. The Mary Free Bed Fund also supports activities and organizations whose focus is on the education, recreation, health and well-being of the disabled population in…
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $789k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $437,336
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $42M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Mary Free Bed Guild Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k 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 | 18 | $789k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $894k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $550k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $702k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $761k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $1.0M | 30% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $1.1M | 13% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $1.2M | 20% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital | $5,875,545 | 9 | 1% |
| Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation | $527,787 | 8 | 1% |
| Mary Free Bed Orthotics and Prosthetics | $448,134 | 8 | 1% |
| Renew Mobility | $236,000 | 9 | 16% |
| Indian Trails Camp | $187,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Equest Center for Therapeutic Riding Inc | $162,000 | 9 | 5% |
| Disability Advocates of Kent County | $140,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Covenant Healthcare Foundation | $99,999 | 3 | 2% |
| Fifth Third Bank | $82,745 | 3 | n/a |
| Artists Creating Together | $82,500 | 7 | 6% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mary Free Bed Guild Fund 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: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Frey Foundation · The Meijer Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · THE PETER and JOAN SECCHIA FAMILY INC · The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation · Steve & Amy Van Andel Foundation · Cdv5 Foundation · Ufp Industries Foundation · The Korff Foundation · Perrigo Company Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
About Mary Free Bed Guild Fund
- How much does Mary Free Bed Guild Fund give?
- Mary Free Bed Guild Fund reported 18 itemized grants totaling $788,682, out of $1,142,283 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Mary Free Bed Guild Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (88%), Human Services (5%), Recreation & Sports (4%).
- Who are Mary Free Bed Guild Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital ($5.9M), Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation ($528k), Mary Free Bed Orthotics and Prosthetics ($448k).
- Does Mary Free Bed Guild Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Mary Free Bed Guild Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation, Frey Foundation.
- Where is Mary Free Bed Guild Fund based?
- Mary Free Bed Guild Fund is based in MI.
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