Massachusetts · Private foundation
Benson Family Charitable Trust
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.
- $622k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $9.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations Benson Family Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 6 | $622k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $195k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $1.1M | 20% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $105k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $375k | 70% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $583k | 44% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $918k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $756k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babson College | $2,470,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Lahey Clinic Inc | $1,325,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Swimming With a Mission Inc | $245,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Child Advocacy Center of Coos County | $80,000 | 7 | 21% |
| Philadelphia University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Legion Post 214 | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of New Hampshire Foundation Incorporated | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Triangle Club Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($410k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Benson Family Charitable Trust
- How much does Benson Family Charitable Trust give?
- Benson Family Charitable Trust reported 6 grants totaling $622,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Benson Family Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (54%), Health (30%), Human Services (6%).
- Who are Benson Family Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Babson College ($2.5M), Lahey Clinic Inc ($1.3M), Swimming With a Mission Inc ($245k).
- Does Benson Family Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Benson Family Charitable Trust 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 Benson Family Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Benson Family Charitable Trust based?
- Benson Family Charitable Trust is based in MA.
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