Bestow Corp
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 933792968
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Phone
- 3175735257
- Rating
- 55
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $101,639
- Expenses
- $55,256
- Assets
- $100,694
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
People named in this filing
- MICHAEL BURLEY (Chairman)
- TODD CARBREY (Director)
- MICHAEL COOK (Director)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
BESTOW CORP is a charitable men's giving circle dedicated to awarding high impact grants to local non-profit organizations. BESTOW CORP seeks to fund critical needs, new ventures, and innovative ways to solve social problems in the local community. Membership is open to the public and participants contribute annual donations that are used to fund grants and support qualified charitable organizations. BESTOW CORP conducts an annual grantmaking process in which members participate by voting on charitable grant applications. The governing board reviews all recommendations, selects finalist organizations, and retains full discretion and control over all grantmaking decisions. During the year, BESTOW CORP awarded grants to multiple qualified 501(c)(3) organizations. No part of BESTOW CORP's net earnings inures to the benefit of any member or private individual.
What it reported doing in 2025
During the year, BESTOW CORP awarded grants to multiple qualified 501(c)(3) organizations. No part of the BESTOW CORP's net earnings inures to the benefit of any member or private individual.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 31
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 72
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 49.2%; rating input score 49
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 45.6%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.82; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 60.6% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 59.8% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 49.2% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.