Michigan · Private foundation
The Bellis 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.
- $33M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $8,159,937
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $597k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 45% of the organizations The Bellis Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $130k 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 | 20 | $33M | 90% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $340k | 45% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $155k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $133k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $93k | 46% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $56k | 45% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $39k | 45% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $19k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easterseals Morc Health Care Inc | $118,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Colorado Mountain Bike Association | $97,500 | 3 | 6% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $85,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation Inc | $70,000 | 2 | 1% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $65,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rocky Mountain Feline Rescue Inc | $57,500 | 2 | 7% |
| Interregnum Foundation Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 21% |
| Wayne County Medical Society Foundation | $32,000 | 4 | 18% |
| Keeper Kitties Rescue | $32,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Mercy Education Project | $25,000 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 34 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($33M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Bellis 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: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · DTE Energy Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · Ford Philanthropy · Henry Ford Southeast Michigan Community Health · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · The Kresge Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Bellis Foundation
- How much does The Bellis Foundation give?
- The Bellis Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $32,531,727 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Bellis Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (97%), Health (2%), Religion (0%).
- Who are The Bellis Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Easterseals Morc Health Care Inc ($119k), Colorado Mountain Bike Association ($98k), St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($85k).
- Does The Bellis Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Bellis 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 The Bellis Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, DTE Energy Foundation, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund.
- Where is The Bellis Foundation based?
- The Bellis Foundation is based in MI.
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