Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Bete Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $102k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 19
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations The Bete Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 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 | 12 | $102k | 42% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $106k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $97k | 57% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $121k | 31% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $103k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $89k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center for New Americans Inc | $98,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Franklin County Community Meals Program Inc | $81,000 | 6 | 5% |
| The Literacy Project | $57,915 | 6 | 1% |
| The Heartwing Center Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Stone Soup Cafe Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Twice as Smart Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The United Arc Inc | $4,961 | 1 | 0% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $2,450 | 2 | 0% |
| American Near East Refugee Aid | $2,200 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center for New Americans Inc | $98,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Franklin County Community Meals Program Inc | $81,000 | 6 | 5% |
| The Literacy Project | $57,915 | 6 | 1% |
| The Heartwing Center Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Stone Soup Cafe Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Twice as Smart Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The United Arc Inc | $4,961 | 1 | 0% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $2,450 | 2 | 0% |
| American Near East Refugee Aid | $2,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $1,150 | 2 | n/a |
| Teach for America Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Colby's Crew Rescue | $800 | 1 | 0% |
| Transgender Law Center | $700 | 1 | 0% |
| Elizabeth's New Life Center Inc | $700 | 2 | 0% |
| Trevor Project Inc | $650 | 2 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $600 | 1 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $600 | 1 | 0% |
| John Paul II Project Inc | $550 | 1 | 0% |
| The Learning Knoll Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Inc | $400 | 1 | 0% |
| Pregnancy Decision Health Centers | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($284k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Bete Family 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: United Way of the Franklin & Hampshire Region · Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Bete Family Foundation
- How much does The Bete Family Foundation give?
- The Bete Family Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $102,261 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 19 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Bete Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (25%), Food & Nutrition (19%), Crime & Legal (17%).
- Who are The Bete Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Center for New Americans Inc ($98k), Franklin County Community Meals Program Inc ($81k), The Literacy Project ($58k).
- Does The Bete Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Bete Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Bete Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of the Franklin & Hampshire Region, Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts, Agnes M Lindsay Trust.
- Where is The Bete Family Foundation based?
- The Bete Family Foundation is based in MA.
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