Funding search · EIN 261549505 · Bellaire, MI

Begonia Charitable Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

50
grants reported
$381,992
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

educationartsservicesfamilyhumanmusiccultureenvironmental

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Estiary Center for Living & Healing Arts4 grants · $53,480
  • Ethos Music Center3 grants · $37,500
  • Child and Family Services4 grants · $36,000
  • Traverse City Dance Project2 grants · $25,000
  • Mashup Rock and Roll Musical3 grants · $24,000
  • Generations Ahead3 grants · $20,000
  • Flow Water Advocates1 grant · $20,000
  • Title Track2 grants · $15,000
  • Central Lake Elementary School3 grants · $15,000
  • Up North Pride3 grants · $15,000

Giving over time

$79,490
2022
$104,590
2023
$77,862
2024
$120,050
2025

Grant history

All 50 reported grants, largest first.

  • $27,990

    Estiary Center for Living & Healing Arts · Naperville, IL · 2023

    Arts and education

  • $22,500

    Ethos Music Center · Portland, OR · 2025

    Music education

  • $20,000

    Flow Water Advocates · Traverse City, MI · 2025

    Environmental

  • $20,000

    Traverse City Dance Project · Traverse City, MI · 2024

    Arts and education

  • $17,000

    Child and Family Services · Traverse City, MI · 2022

    Family services

  • $14,000

    Mashup Rock and Roll Musical · Interlochen, MI · 2025

    Arts and education

  • $12,990

    Estiary Center for Living & Healing Arts · Naperville, IL · 2022

    Arts and education

  • $10,000

    Generations Ahead · Traverse City, MI · 2025

    Family services

  • $10,000

    Michigan Music Scholarship Fund · Ann Arbor, MI · 2025

    Arts and education

  • $10,000

    Title Track · Williamsburg, MI · 2024

    Arts and education

  • $10,000

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Michigan · Traverse City, MI · 2023

    Family services

  • $10,000

    Ethos Music Center · Portland, OR · 2022

    Music education

  • $10,000

    Northwestern Michigan College - Bridge Learning Community · Traverse City, MI · 2022

    Education

  • $10,000

    Parallel 45 · Traverse City, MI · 2022

    Arts and education

  • $8,500

    Traverse City Opera House · Traverse City, MI · 2024

    Arts and culture

  • $7,500

    Child and Family Services · Traverse City, MI · 2025

    Family services

  • $7,500

    Estiary Center for Living & Healing Arts · Naperville, IL · 2024

    Arts and education

  • $6,500

    Child and Family Services · Traverse City, MI · 2024

    Family services

  • $6,050

    Manistee County Tourism Authority · Manistee, MI · 2025

    Culture and environmental

  • $6,000

    Old Mission Culture Co · Traverse City, MI · 2023

    Arts and education

  • $6,000

    National Writers Series · Traverse City, MI · 2022

    Education

  • $5,000

    Bellaire Community Youth Initiative · Bellaire, MI · 2025

    Family services

  • $5,000

    Central Lake Elementary School · Central Lake, MI · 2025

    Education

  • $5,000

    Crosshatch Center for Art and Ecology · Bellaire, MI · 2025

    Arts and education

  • $5,000

    Estiary Center for Living & Healing Arts · Naperville, IL · 2025

    Arts and education

  • $5,000

    Traverse City Area Public Schools Leap · Traverse City, MI · 2025

    Education and physical activity

  • $5,000

    Up North Pride · Traverse City, MI · 2025

    Human services

  • $5,000

    Central Lake Elementary School · Central Lake, MI · 2024

    Education

  • $5,000

    Generations Ahead · Traverse City, MI · 2024

    Family services

  • $5,000

    Mashup Rock and Roll Musical · Interlochen, MI · 2024

    Arts and education

  • $5,000

    Up North Pride · Traverse City, MI · 2024

    Human services

  • $5,000

    Central Lake Elementary School · Central Lake, MI · 2023

    Education

  • $5,000

    Child and Family Services · Traverse City, MI · 2023

    Family services

  • $5,000

    Ethos Music Center · Portland, OR · 2023

    Music education

  • $5,000

    Generations Ahead · Traverse City, MI · 2023

    Family services

  • $5,000

    Mashup Rock and Roll Musical · Interlochen, MI · 2023

    Arts and education

  • $5,000

    New Avenues for Youth · Portland, OR · 2023

    Family services

  • $5,000

    Raphael House of Portland · Portland, OR · 2023

    Family services

  • $5,000

    Title Track · Williamsburg, MI · 2023

    Arts and education

  • $5,000

    Traverse City Dance Project · Traverse City, MI · 2023

    Arts and education

  • $5,000

    Up North Pride · Traverse City, MI · 2023

    Human services

  • $5,000

    Cedar Mill Community Library · Portland, OR · 2022

    Education

  • $5,000

    Crooked Tree Aets Center · Traverse City, MI · 2022

    Arts and education

  • $4,000

    On the Ground · Traverse City, MI · 2023

    Family services

  • $3,600

    Traverse City Symphony Orchestra · Traverse City, MI · 2023

    Arts and education

  • $3,500

    New Avenues for Youth · Portland, OR · 2022

    Family services

  • $3,000

    Cedar Mill Community Library · Portland, OR · 2023

    Education

  • $2,862

    National Writers Series · Traverse City, MI · 2024

    Education

  • $1,500

    Washington County Library · Woodbury, MN · 2024

    Arts and education

  • $1,000

    Mudd Nick Foundation · Manzanita, OR · 2024

    Arts and education

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.