Michigan · Private foundation
The Frank and Ethel Bresto Family 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.
- $40k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 36
- Grants FY2025
- 34
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 3%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $700
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 42
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $775k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 3% of the organizations The Frank and Ethel Bresto Family 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; $1k 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 | 36 | $40k | 3% |
| FY2024 | 34 | $37k | 3% |
| FY2023 | 37 | $38k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 37 | $38k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 38 | $33k | 5% |
| FY2020 | 42 | $29k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $26k | 4% |
| FY2018 | 39 | $32k | 21% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winning Futures | $34,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Oakland University | $21,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Michigan State University | $14,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Alma College | $12,250 | 9 | 0% |
| Penrickton Center for Blind Children | $8,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Western Michigan University Foundation | $7,000 | 6 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $4,800 | 9 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $4,600 | 7 | 0% |
| Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan | $4,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Adrian Dominican Sisters | $4,000 | 8 | n/a |
Show all 37 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 40 recipients with no EIN on record ($135k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Frank and Ethel Bresto 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: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Canton Community Foundation Inc · The Barton Malow Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · DTE Energy Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare The Frank and Ethel Bresto Family Foundation with peer funders
About The Frank and Ethel Bresto Family Foundation
- How much does The Frank and Ethel Bresto Family Foundation give?
- The Frank and Ethel Bresto Family Foundation reported 36 grants totaling $39,550 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 42 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Frank and Ethel Bresto Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (38%), Religion (20%), Health (16%).
- Who are The Frank and Ethel Bresto Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Winning Futures ($34k), Oakland University ($21k), Michigan State University ($14k).
- Does The Frank and Ethel Bresto Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 3% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Frank and Ethel Bresto Family 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 Frank and Ethel Bresto Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation, United Way for Southeastern Michigan.
- Where is The Frank and Ethel Bresto Family Foundation based?
- The Frank and Ethel Bresto Family Foundation is based in MI.
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