Funding search · EIN 386071938 · Alpena, MI

Besser Foundation

Name: Besser Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

58
grants reported: $3.2M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $19,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

expenses bigs building club domestic education excellence gallery

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Besser Museum8 grants · $1.4M
Boys & Girls Club of Alpena11 grants · $1.0M
Alpena Public Schools6 grants · $195,323
Thunder Bay Theatre1 grant · $100,000
My Michigan Medical Center - Alpen1 grant · $100,000
Child & Family Services3 grants · $75,000
Habitat for Humanity2 grants · $59,960
Hope Shores Alliance3 grants · $54,000
Child Advocacy Center3 grants · $45,000
Ama Educational Service District2 grants · $27,000

Giving over time

$1.1M

2022

$906,056

2023

$1.2M

2024

Grant history

All 58 reported grants, largest first.

$343,554
Besser Museum · Alpena, MI · 2024
Gallery renovation
$294,000
Boys & Girls Club of Alpena · Alpena, MI · 2023
Building
$260,000
Besser Museum · Alpena, MI · 2024
Operating expenses
$260,000
Besser Museum · Alpena, MI · 2023
Operating expenses
$260,000
Besser Museum · Alpena, MI · 2022
Operating expenses
$250,000
Boys & Girls Club of Alpena · Alpena, MI · 2024
Building
$250,000
Boys & Girls Club of Alpena · Alpena, MI · 2022
Building
$175,887
Besser Museum · Alpena, MI · 2022
Gallery renovation
$100,000
Thunder Bay Theatre · Alpena, MI · 2024
Capital improvements
$100,000
My Michigan Medical Center - Alpen · Alpena, MI · 2022
Health
$56,446
Besser Museum · Alpena, MI · 2023
Bldg proj incl handicap access
$49,696
Alpena Public Schools · Alpena, MI · 2022
Excellence in education
$45,982
Alpena Public Schools · Alpena, MI · 2023
Excellence in education
$44,000
Boys & Girls Club of Alpena · Alpena, MI · 2024
Operating
$44,000
Boys & Girls Club of Alpena · Alpena, MI · 2022
Operating expenses
$39,645
Alpena Public Schools · Alpena, MI · 2024
Excellence in education
$30,000
Habitat for Humanity · Alpena, MI · 2023
Campaign & restoration
$29,960
Habitat for Humanity · Alpena, MI · 2022
Campaign & restoration
$27,000
Hope Shores Alliance · Alpena, MI · 2022
Domestic violence program
$25,000
Child & Family Services · Alpena, MI · 2024
Operating
$25,000
Child & Family Services · Alpena, MI · 2023
Operating
$25,000
Child & Family Services · Alpena, MI · 2022
Operating
$22,000
Boys & Girls Club of Alpena · Alpena, MI · 2024
Club bigs program
$22,000
Boys & Girls Club of Alpena · Alpena, MI · 2023
Club bigs program
$22,000
Boys & Girls Club of Alpena · Alpena, MI · 2022
Club bigs program
$20,000
Alpena Public Schools · Alpena, MI · 2024
Mini-grants
$20,000
Alpena County Pool · Alpena, MI · 2023
Feasibility study
$20,000
Alpena Public Schools · Alpena, MI · 2023
Mini-grants
$20,000
Alpena Public Schools · Alpena, MI · 2022
Mini-grants
$19,000
Boys & Girls Club of Alpena · Alpena, MI · 2024
Volunteen program
$19,000
Boys & Girls Club of Alpena · Alpena, MI · 2023
Volunteen program
$19,000
Boys & Girls Club of Alpena · Alpena, MI · 2022
Volunteen program
$18,042
Besser Museum · Alpena, MI · 2023
Gallery renovation
$18,000
Hope Shores Alliance · Alpena, MI · 2023
Domestic violence program
$15,000
Child Advocacy Center · Alpena, MI · 2024
Operations
$15,000
Child Advocacy Center · Alpena, MI · 2023
Operations
$15,000
Girl Scouts of America · Alpena, MI · 2023
Woodland facility upgrade
$15,000
Child Advocacy Center · Alpena, MI · 2022
Operations
$13,500
Ama Educational Service District · Alpena, MI · 2024
Playground project
$13,500
Ama Educational Service District · Alpena, MI · 2023
Playground project
$10,717
Alpena Community College · Alpena, MI · 2022
Scholarships
$10,000
Huron Pines Resource Conservation & · Gaylord, MI · 2022
Capital improvements
$9,130
Alpena Community College · Alpena, MI · 2023
Scholarships
$9,000
Hope Shores Alliance · Alpena, MI · 2024
Domestic violence program
$8,956
Thunder Bay Arts Council · Alpena, MI · 2023
Operations
$7,500
Besser Museum · Alpena, MI · 2024
Employee appreciation
$7,500
Boy Scouts of America · Alpena, MI · 2023
Scholarship
$7,000
Thunder Bay Art Council · Alpena, MI · 2022
Operations
$5,000
Boy Scouts of America · Alpena, MI · 2024
Scholarship
$5,000
Thunder Bay Arts Council · Alpena, MI · 2024
Operations
$5,000
Case Township · Millersburg, MI · 2022
Community playground
$5,000
Friends of Aplex Courts · Alpena, MI · 2022
Picjelball courts
$5,000
Thunder Bay Arts Council · Alpena, MI · 2022
Operations
$5,000
United Way of Northeast Michigan · Alpena, MI · 2022
Dolly parton library grant
$4,500
Asrt in the Loft · Alpena, MI · 2023
Senses program
$4,000
Council of Michigan Foundations · Grand Haven, MI · 2023
Operations
$3,900
Council of Michigan Foundations · Grand Haven, MI · 2022
Operations
$2,000
Target Alpena Development Corporati · Alpena, MI · 2022
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