Burton G Bettingen Corporation
Los Angeles, CA · EIN 95-3942826. Reported 53 grants totalling $2,215,701 to 43 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Burton G Bettingen Corporation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $50,000; the smallest was $26 and the largest $250,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tufts Medical Center New England Eye Center | Boston, MA | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Strive | Los Angeles, CA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Colleagues | Santa Monica, CA | $239,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Teen Project Inc | Van Nuys, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Fresno County | Fresno, CA | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Project Hood | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rancho San Antonio | Chatsworth, CA | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Piney Woods School | South Piney Woods, MS | $65,030 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Woodsen Center | Washington, DC | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Woodson Center | Washington, DC | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| California Art Club | Pasadena, CA | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fair Girls | Washington, DC | $51,125 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Forgotten Child Inc | Long Beach, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mf Place Inc Dba My Friend's Place | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sycamores | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Verbum Dei | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Joyful Heart Foundation | Brooklyn, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Journey Out | Van Nuys, CA | $25,256 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catholic School Collaborative | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Counseling Partners | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Midnight Mission | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Order of Malta Clinic of Northern California Clinic | Oakland, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Summit County Clubhouse | Park City, UT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Colleagues Helpers in Philanthropic Service (chips) | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Aviva Family and Childrens Center | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys Republic | Chino Hills, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Good Shepherd Center Homeless Women & Children | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Les Amies Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| United Friends of the Children | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Garden School Foundation | Pasadena, CA | $10,290 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Diversion Hub Oklahoma | Oklahoma City, OK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| USC Caruso Catholic Center | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Anne's Maternity Home | Los Angeles, CA | $2,797 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem | Los Angeles, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| California Association Nonprofits | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Inner City Law Center | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ronald Mcdonald Hudson Valley | Valhalla, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation | Lehi, UT | $514 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Nonprofit Partnership | Long Beach, CA | $300 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| CHORDS2CURE | Los Angeles, CA | $259 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wikipedia | San Francisco, CA | $104 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wikimedia | San Francisco, CA | $26 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
10 of 43 (23%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 18%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- The Colleagues
FOSTER CHILDREN & RAPE VICTIMS, RAPE KITS - Tufts Medical Center New England Eye Center
RESTRICTED FOR NEW ENGLAND EYE CENTER PEDRAM HAMRAH MD - Boys and Girls Club of Fresno County
JUVENILE JUSTICE CLUBS FOR CHILDREN IN PROBATION CAMPS - California Art Club
RESTRICTED FOR YOUTH & FAMILY PROGRAMS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 28 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 20 | $496,902 | $20,000 |
| 2022 | 11 | $494,995 | $50,000 |
| 2023 | 7 | $503,014 | $30,000 |
| 2024 | 15 | $720,790 | $25,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Burton G Bettingen Corporation has 4 of them, worth $141,548. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Boys and Girls Club of Fresno County | Fresno, CA | $80,000 |
| Woodsen Center | Washington, DC | $60,000 |
| Somerville Homeless Coalition | Somerville, MA | $1,033 |
| Wounded Warrior Project | Jacksonville, FL | $515 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 64% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $25,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Burton G Bettingen Corporation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 10375 Wilshire Blvd 3D, Los Angeles, CA, 90024. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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