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Bennett Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$75k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What you fund
0193% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172024.

Arts & Culture$237kEducation$132kEnvironment$55kHealth$42kFood & Nutrition$22kHousing & Shelter$8kHuman Services$8kScience & Tech$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PEN AMERICA$50,000
TREE FOUNDATION$25,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY23–23, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

NY
PA
RI
CA
NC
DC
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$410k · 11 repeat orgs$132k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships — 2 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
24

Total granted

$410k
$132k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-5%
+23%

Still filing today

45%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationYouth DevelopmentInternationalAnimalsEnvironmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • PA
    PEN AMERICAN CENTER INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $185k · revenue +30%
  • CU
    COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES
    3× · 2018–2020 · $62k
  • DF
    DENALI FOUNDATION
    3× · 2021–2023 · $43k · revenue -49% · 43% of their budget

Funded once

  • EB
    Empowered by Lightgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +47%
  • EC
    ETHICAL CULTURE FIELDSTON SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +35%
  • SG
    STEPHEN GAYNOR SCHOOL
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +9%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Artpace Inc (Audit)

Artpace san antonio is a nonprofit residency program which supports texas, national, and international artists in the creation of new art. see schedule o for continuation.

Arts & Culture
2
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
3
New York Studio School

The new york studio school is committed to giving a significant education to the aspiring artist, a preamble to a lifetime's engagement in drawing, painting, and sculpture. (see schedule o for continuation)

4
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
5
Center for Arts Design and Social Research Incorporated

The center for arts, design and social research is a private, nonprofit institution of higher education that provides instruction in and conducts research on the relationship of art and design to global societies. the center offers…

Education
6
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
7
California Western School of Law

California western school of law is an independent, aba/aals and wasc senior college and university commission (wscuc) accredited s.d. law school that prepares graduates for the practice of law through a carefully sequenced program of…

Education
8
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
9
The Paris Review Foundation Inc

The mission of the organization is to foster the development of creative individuals as writers and artists and to promote public appreciation of excellence in the literary and graphic arts by publishing a magazine containing fiction,…

Education
10
Texas Trees Foundation

The mission of texas trees foundation is to improve the health of cities and people through the transformative power of trees.

11
Witte Museum

The witte museum inspires people to shape the future of texas through transformative and relevant experiences in nature, science and culture.

Arts & Culture
12
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Eo Wilson Biodiversity Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Wild and Free Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 36 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
14/22
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

PEN AMERICAN CENTER INC — $185,000 · Arts & CulturePEN AMERICAN CENTER INCDENALI FOUNDATION — $42,500 · Arts & CultureDENALI FOUNDATION+2 more — $7,500 · Arts & CultureCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES — $62,000 · OtherCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TRUSTEESIndividual grant recipient — $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSOCIETY OF MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING — $20,000 · OtherSOCIETY OF MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERINGGROW KENYA FOUNDATION — $15,000 · OtherGROW KENYA FOUNDATIONPOLAR EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $10,000 · OtherPOLAR EDUCATION FOUNDATIONGROWKENYA — $7,000 · OtherMEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING — $7,000 · Other+16 more — $40,050 · Other+16 moreTREE FOUNDATION INC — $26,000 · EducationTREE FOUNDATION I…ETHICAL CULTURE FIELDSTON SCHOOL — $25,000 · EducationETHICAL CULTURE F…OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY OF SAN ANTONIO — $19,500 · EducationOUR LADY OF THE L…STEPHEN GAYNOR SCHOOL — $10,000 · EducationSTEPHEN GAYNOR SC…THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK — $5,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF C…Empowered by Light — $25,000 · InternationalEXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION — $10,000 · Human ServicesART SCIENCE RESEARCH LABORATORY INC — $7,500 · Science & TechBoys and Girls Clubs of Newport County Inc — $2,500 · Youth Development
Arts & Culture$235,000Other$181,050Education$85,500International$25,000Human Services$10,000Science & Tech$7,500Youth Development$2,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetPEN AMERICAN CENTER INC — $185,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetDENALI FOUNDATION — $42,500 over 3y, 43% of budgetTREE FOUNDATION INC — $26,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetEmpowered by Light — $25,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetETHICAL CULTURE FIELDSTON SCHOOL — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY OF SAN ANTONIO — $19,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN GAYNOR SCHOOL — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetART SCIENCE RESEARCH LABORATORY INC — $7,500 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS HEARING & SERVICE DOGS INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Newport County Inc — $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Playwrights Realm — $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEO WILSON BIODIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCASA — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHWEST SCHOOL OF ART — $2,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHWEST FOUNDATION — $1,150 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Center for Investigative Reporting formrly Foundation for National Progress — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILD AND FREE FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncNY13.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Bennett Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 10%3%13%28%50%your share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 36 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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