Delaware · Private foundation
Bender West Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $856k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 69
- Grants FY2024
- 38
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 50
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $18M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations Bender West Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $92k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 48 | $697k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 38 | $611k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 43 | $699k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 37 | $530k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 50 | $670k | 56% |
| FY2019 | 29 | $477k | 93% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $50k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Colorado Foundation | $230,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Kabbalah Experience | $191,600 | 6 | 33% |
| Florence Crittenton Services of Colorado | $185,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Jewish Family Service of Colorado Inc | $177,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Hearts & Horses Inc | $150,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Congregation Hebrew Educational Alliance | $140,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Ramah in the Rockies | $120,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Minds Matter Colorado Inc | $110,280 | 6 | 2% |
| Colorado Academy | $106,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Jazz at Aspen-Snowmass | $105,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 92 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($473k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Bender West Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 83 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Rose Community Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Denver Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · JEWISHColorado · Western Union Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Janus Henderson Foundation · Anschutz Family Foundation · Schlessman Foundation Inc · Daniels Fund
How this is measured
About Bender West Foundation
- How much does Bender West Foundation give?
- Bender West Foundation reported 69 grants totaling $855,780 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 50 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Bender West Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (21%), Philanthropy (17%), Education (12%).
- Who are Bender West Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: University of Colorado Foundation ($230k), Kabbalah Experience ($192k), Florence Crittenton Services of Colorado ($185k).
- Does Bender West Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bender West Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bender West Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rose Community Foundation, Colorado Gives Foundation, The Denver Foundation.
- Where is Bender West Foundation based?
- Bender West Foundation is based in DE.
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