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Bennack Polan Foundation A57121005 at a glance

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Bennack Polan Foundation A57121005

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$289k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$405kArts & Culture$351kHealth$236kFood & Nutrition$220kHuman Services$157kInternational$85kReligion$74kYouth Development$70kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $283k
$20,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$3.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YALE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE$40,000
YALE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE$28,000
ST ALOYSIUS PARISH$25,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TEXAS HILL$25,000
CURTAIN UP CANCER FOUNDATION$25,000
DEER RUN & BROOKWOODS CAMP$20,000
THE MARBRIDGE FOUNDATION$20,000
USA FOR UNFPA$20,000
USA FOR UNFPA$20,000
INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RESPONSE$15,000
FROM THE HEART PRODUCTION$15,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
OUR LADY OF THE HILLS$15,000
CENTRAL ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY$6,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $142k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 21% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FORESTDALE: $20k → 13%UNIVERSITY DISTRICT FOOD BANK: $10k → 9%UNIVERSITY DISTRICT FOOD BANK: $10k → 9%SQUASH HAVEN: $10k → 12%MARBRIDGE FOUNDATION: $40k → 10%THE MARBRIDGE FOUNDATION: $20k → 10%MARBRIDGE FOUNDATION: $17k → 10%THE MARBRIDGE FOUNDATION: $15k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WA
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
MO
WV
VA
NC
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 5% of Bennack Polan Foundation A57121005’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Bennack Polan Foundation A57121005lessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 2.8% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

29%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$524k · 13 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
55

Total granted

$524k
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+20%

Still filing today

85%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $146k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthInternationalCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • ST
    SUMMER THEATRE OF NEW CANAAN INC
    3× · 2017–2020 · $48k · revenue +3%
  • CC
    CONNECTICUT COLLEGE
    3× · 2017–2022 · $46k · revenue +23%
  • The Houston Food Bank
    2× · 2020–2021 · $40k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • TP
    THE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +3%
  • LC
    LINCOLN CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
  • PH
    PETERSON HEALTH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $100k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
2
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
3
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
4
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
5
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
6
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Stony Brook Orthopedic Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
11
Long Island University

To provide excellence and access in private higher education to those who seek to expand their knowledge and prepare themselves for meaningful, educated lives and for service to their communities and the world.

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12
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Connecticut College; the most unlike its peers is Mephiboseth Farms Angelic Riders. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

41 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 41 of the 79 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/41
Grantees still filing
33/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LINCOLN CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS: $100,000 · OtherLINCOLN CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTSPETERSON HEALTH FOUNDATION: $100,000 · OtherPETERSON HEALTH FOUNDATIONThe Houston Food Bank: $40,000 · OtherSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK: $40,000 · Other+50 more: $845,100 · Other+50 moreYale University: $109,400 · EducationYale UniversityCONNECTICUT COLLEGE: $46,000 · EducationCONNECTICUT COL…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $35,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TR…UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $20,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF R…NYC ISCHOOL PARENTS ASSOCIATION INC: $15,000 · EducationNYC ISCHOOL PAR…THE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD: $15,000 · EducationTHE CHAPIN SCHO…THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $10,000 · EducationUniversity of South Florida Foundation Inc: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $7,500 · EducationTHE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA: $100,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PALEY …SUMMER THEATRE OF NEW CANAAN INC: $47,500 · Arts & CultureSUMMER THE…LIBERTY SCIENCE CENTER: $25,000 · Arts & CultureLIBERTY SC…PARK CITY PERFORMING ARTS: $10,000 · Arts & CulturePARK CITY …MARBRIDGE FOUNDATION INC: $91,972 · Human ServicesMARBRIDGE …USA FOR UNFPA INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesUSA FOR UN…FORESTDALE INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesFORESTDALE…UNIVERSITY DISTRICT SERVICE LEAGUE: $20,000 · Human ServicesUNIVERSITY…SQUASH HAVEN INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesSQUASH HAV…CURTAIN UP CANCER FOUNDATION: $62,570 · HealthINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RESPONSE FOUNDATION: $16,500 · HealthNOT ONE MORE VET INC: $15,000 · HealthHEAD FOR THE CURE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthSKATEISTAN: $30,000 · InternationalWELL AWARE INC: $18,500 · InternationalCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $40,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$1,125,100Education$267,900Arts & Culture$182,500Human Services$181,972Health$104,070International$48,500Food & Nutrition$40,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYale University: $109,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA: $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMARBRIDGE FOUNDATION INC: $91,972 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCURTAIN UP CANCER FOUNDATION: $62,570 over 4y, 28% of budgetSUMMER THEATRE OF NEW CANAAN INC: $47,500 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetCONNECTICUT COLLEGE: $46,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetClassical Music Institute CMI: $35,000 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTIN YMBL SUNSHINE CAMP: $30,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetSKATEISTAN: $30,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetLIBERTY SCIENCE CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFORESTDALE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFACING HUNGER FOODBANK INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY DISTRICT SERVICE LEAGUE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Gateways: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWELL AWARE INC: $18,500 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetBexar Land Trust Inc dba Green Spaces Alliance of South Texas: $18,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RESPONSE FOUNDATION: $16,500 over 2y, 23% of budgetNOT ONE MORE VET INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetMEPHIBOSETH FARMS ANGELIC RIDERS: $15,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetNYC ISCHOOL PARENTS ASSOCIATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetTHE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Antonio Pets Alive Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKEEP AUSTIN BEAUTIFUL INC: $12,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetHEAD FOR THE CURE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREBUILDING TOGETHER NYC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUniversity of South Florida Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSQUASH HAVEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF SAN ANTONIO (AUDIT): $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Enterprise Holdings F…Alice Kleberg Reynold…The Goldman Sachs Cha…San Antonio Area Foun…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Austin Community Foun…Charities Aid Foundat…American Express Foun…The Blackbaud Giving …Shell USA Company Fou…National Philanthropi…The Pfizer Foundation…
Enterprise Holdings FoundationMO14.5× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Alice Kleberg Reynolds Meyer Foundat A0479800 · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · San Antonio Area Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Austin Community Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Express Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Shell USA Company Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Bennack Polan Foundation A57121005 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bennack Polan Foundation A57121005. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Liberty Science Center: 14% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Squash Haven Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Summer Theatre of New Canaan Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Connecticut College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 79 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home