Michigan · Private foundation
Tony Betten 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.
- $265k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 30
- Grants FY2025
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 28
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $304k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations Tony Betten 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; $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 | 29 | $263k | 21% |
| FY2024 | 28 | $267k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $274k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $244k | 28% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $204k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $209k | 16% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $159k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $214k | 27% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partners Worldwide | $374,223 | 9 | 1% |
| Covenant Life Church | $285,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Muskegon Rescue Mission | $125,000 | 9 | n/a |
| New Community Church | $75,000 | 9 | n/a |
| River Rock Church | $75,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Teen Bible Challenge Inc | $45,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Reconciliation of Life | $42,100 | 9 | n/a |
| Western Michigan Christian High School | $41,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Guiding Light Mission Inc | $35,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Lifeline Ministries Inc | $35,000 | 5 | 10% |
Show all 30 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partners Worldwide | $374,223 | 9 | 1% |
| Covenant Life Church | $285,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Muskegon Rescue Mission | $125,000 | 9 | n/a |
| New Community Church | $75,000 | 9 | n/a |
| River Rock Church | $75,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Teen Bible Challenge Inc | $45,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Reconciliation of Life | $42,100 | 9 | n/a |
| Western Michigan Christian High School | $41,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Guiding Light Mission Inc | $35,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Lifeline Ministries Inc | $35,000 | 5 | 10% |
| Arise Rwanda Ministries Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Potters House | $28,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Baxter Community Center | $26,000 | 9 | 0% |
| New City Kids Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of Kibbuse Inc | $12,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Restorers Inc | $11,700 | 3 | 2% |
| Mel Trotter Ministries | $10,956 | 3 | 0% |
| Susan Mast Als Foundation | $10,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Safe Haven Ministries Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Kids' Food Basket Inc | $5,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Discipling Marketplace Leaders | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Love Inc of Muskegon County | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church | $2,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Kuyper College | $2,260 | 5 | 0% |
| New Hope Community Church | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North End Community Ministry | $1,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Young Life | $1,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Northview Band Boosters Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Matters of Life and Breath Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Newco Gives Back Foundation | $400 | 1 | 3% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($711k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Tony Betten 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: Barnabas Foundation · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Marion & Marlene Betten Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · The Richard and Helen Devos Foundation · Steve & Amy Van Andel Foundation · Cdv5 Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation · The Mercantile Bank Foundation
How this is measured
About Tony Betten Family Foundation
- How much does Tony Betten Family Foundation give?
- Tony Betten Family Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $264,600 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Tony Betten Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (37%), Community Improvement (18%), Human Services (8%).
- Who are Tony Betten Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Partners Worldwide ($374k), Covenant Life Church ($285k), Muskegon Rescue Mission ($125k).
- Does Tony Betten Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Tony Betten 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 Tony Betten Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Barnabas Foundation, Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc, Grand Rapids Community Foundation.
- Where is Tony Betten Family Foundation based?
- Tony Betten Family Foundation is based in MI.
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