Private foundation (trust)EIN 386071938Est. 1944-09
BESSER FOUNDATION
ALPENA, MI 49707
Accepts unsolicited proposalsTotal Assets
$17.4M
FY 2024
Annual Giving
$1.2M
FY 2024
Grants Made
16
FY 2024
Avg Grant
$74K
FY 2024
Grant Range
$5K–$344K
Typical
Deadlines
Requests must be received by the end o…
Applications
Financial Snapshot
2024 filing
Total Revenue
$906K
Total Expenses
$1.3M
Qualifying Distributions
$1.3M
Distributable Amount
$848K
Min. Investment Return
$860K
Payout rate
Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.
Grant Range
16 grants
Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.
Giving Over Time
5 years
Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.
Top Recipients
106 grants
Grant Size Distribution
106 grants
Geographic Focus
1 states
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