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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 38-6076280

Alvin M Bentley Foundation

A private foundation in Owosso, MI. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 8 grants and $158,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Ann M Bentley
PO Box 1516
Owosso, MI 48867
(989) 897-2374
Form and materials
Letter request
Deadlines
March 1
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $158,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $2,934,010

  • Tax year 2024

    $162,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,776,283

  • Tax year 2023

    $157,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,712,825

  • Tax year 2022

    $162,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,735,818

  • Tax year 2021

    $155,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $2,817,679

  • Tax year 2020

    $126,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $2,729,106

  • Tax year 2019

    $135,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $2,776,935

  • Tax year 2018

    $85,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $2,685,118

Grants paid in 2025

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI

    Scholarships

    $130,000
  2. Memorial HealthcareOwosso, MI

    General support of program

    $25,000
  3. Devries Nature ConservatoryOwosso, MI

    Memorial gift

    $1,000
  4. Bentley Historical LibraryAnn Arbor, MI

    General support of program

    $500
  5. Shiawassee GoodfellowsOwosso, MI

    General support of program

    $500
  6. Respite Volunteers of ShiOwosso, MI

    General support of organization

    $500
  7. American Red CrossLansing, MI

    General support of organization

    $500
  8. Shiawassee Historical SocietyOwosso, MI

    Endowment payment to bentley/curwood

    $500

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Health1 grant $25,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Michigan8 grants $158,500

Officers, directors and trustees

8 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Meg GoebelPRESIDENT Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Ann Marie BentleyVICE PRES/TR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Marianne B ManderfieldSECRETARY Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Paul Brown JrDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Jamie JorgensenDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Jordan BentleyDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Paul BrownDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Alvin M Bentley IVDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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