Michigan · Nonprofit
WESLYN A BENNETT FOUNDATION
WESLYN A BENNETT FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,981 to it, the largest being Wayne-Metropolitan Community Action Agency Inc ($7,953). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $22k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $11k
- Net assets
- $13k
What Weslyn a Bennett Foundation does
Mission
Organized to implement educational enrichment activities for your people ages 5-12, via a reading program exposing them to local authors books, role playing and culinary arts program reading recipes, dining etiquette and designing their own cookbook.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Kick start reading month delivered five saturdays of reading enrichment for children featuring authors who read their books and provided participants with autographed books. Children were administered pre-tests to assign them to reading ability groups, engaged in word games writing exercises, one-on-one reading, library scavenger hunts and built home libraries. The program strengthened social connections, fostered a love of reading and encouraged library use through new library card sign-ups.
$3,519 spent16% of program spendingThe organization hosted a juneteenth celebration to commemorate the holiday through education, cultural enrichment, and community engagement. The event included a parade, historical exhibit, ceremonial program featuring a youth choir, family activities such as a petting farm and self-image puppet workshop, and a cultural meal reflecting juneteenth traditions.
$13,310 spent61% of program spendingKids and cooking introduced children to new foods while teaching kitchen safety, proper hand-washing, and basic food preparation by following recipes. The program reinforced measurement, math skills, and healthy habits through hands-on cooking activities and included smiles and hugs, a family support project that assisted households facing hardship by providing snacks and grocery gift cards.
$1,622 spent7% of program spendingSupport for families
$3,280 spent15% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $21,731.
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
April Garrett
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $11 → $17.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of WESLYN A BENNETT FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
WESLYN A BENNETT FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
73% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund WESLYN A BENNETT FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
73% of WESLYN A BENNETT FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $28 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
WESLYN A BENNETT FOUNDATION's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,200 youth development nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like WESLYN A BENNETT FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WESLYN A BENNETT FOUNDATION?
- WESLYN A BENNETT FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,981 to it, the largest being Wayne-Metropolitan Community Action Agency Inc ($7,953). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WESLYN A BENNETT FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $10,981 in grants to WESLYN A BENNETT FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WESLYN A BENNETT FOUNDATION?
- Wayne-Metropolitan Community Action Agency Inc is the largest funder on record, with $7,953 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WESLYN A BENNETT FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing