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Benson Family Foundation

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.

$725k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What you fund
0194% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Environment$1.4MInternational$972kHousing & Shelter$535kHealth$506kRecreation & Sports$321kEducation$281kCivil Rights$255kHuman Services$243kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k14 grants · $310k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $415k
$30,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$2.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WESTERN RESOURCE ADVOCATES$150,000
Individual grant recipient$115,000
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ENTERPRISES$100,000
METRO DENVER HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$50,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$40,000
NATIONAL REPERTORY ORCHESTRA$35,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHENS$30,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE$30,000
COMMUNITY PARTNERS FBO COLLEGE MATCH$30,000
EVERGREEN CHRISTIAN OUTREACH$25,000
CO OUTDOOR ED CENTER$25,000
BLUE MOUNTAIN ACTION COUNCIL$20,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
DENVER INDIAN FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER$15,000
BLUE SPRUCE HABITAT FOR HUMANTIY$15,000
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 (FY17–25, $243k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%DENVER INDIAN FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $15k → 7%DENVER INDIAN FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $15k → 7%EVERGREEN CHRISTIAN OUTREACH: $28k → 7%DENVER INDIAN FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $15k → 7%DENVER INDIAN FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $15k → 7%DENVER INDIAN FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $12k → 7%EVERGREEN CHRISTIAN OUTREACH: $25k → 7%DENVER INDIAN FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $12k → 7%DENVER INDIAN FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $12k → 7%DENVER INDIAN FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $12k → 7%EVERGREEN CHRISTIAN OUTREACH: $20k → 7%DENVER INDIAN FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $10k → 7%EVERGREEN CHRISTIAN OUTREACH: $20k → 7%EVERGREEN CHRISTIAN OUTREACH: $20k → 7%EVERGREEN CHRISTIAN OUTREACH: $12k → 7%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

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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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$5.4M · 20 repeat orgs$76k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +78% since the first grant, against +57% for the ones you funded once.

20 repeat relationships — 18 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

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Total granted

$5.4M
$76k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+78%
+57%

Still filing today

65%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
InternationalRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesCrime & LegalHealthFood & NutritionOther

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

  • WR
    Western Resource Advocates
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +87%
  • ID
    INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ENTERPRISES
    9× · 2017–2025 · $465k · revenue +79%
  • RM
    ROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $295k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY - PUERTO RICO RELIEF
    one grant, 2017 · $30k
  • SI
    StriveTogether Incgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +196%
  • TC
    The Colorado Trail Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +57%

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
Climate Catalyst Inc

Climate catalyst sparks collective action to tackle the biggest climate challenges we face today: cutting emissions in heavy industries.

Environment
2
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
3
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
4
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
5
CarbonPlan

Improving the transparency and scientific integrity of climate solutions through open data and tools.

Environment
6
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
7
Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver Inc

Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.

8
Boulder Watershed Collective

The Boulder Watershed Collective is a 501c3 non-profit stakeholder-driven organization established to address forested watershed health,resiliency and stewardship. We have three program areas: ClimateAdaptation and Resilience Watershed…

Environment
9
World Coffee Research

World coffee research unites the global coffee industry to drive science-based agricultural solutions to urgently secure a diverse and sustainable supply of quality coffee today and for generations to come. our mission is to grow, protect,…

International
10
Washington Area Community Investment Fund Inc

The washington area community investment fund (wacif) is a nonprofit community loan fund focused on increasing equity and economic opportunity in the washington, dc area's underserved communities. wacif's mission is driven is driven by…

11
Western Conservation Foundation

Building leaders to protect the west's land, air, and water.

Environment
12
The Climate Center

The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood Inc and the most unlike its peers is National Repertory Orchestra Inc. 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

16 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. 16 of the 24 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
15/16
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Individual grant recipient — $585,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMETRO DENVER HABITAT FOR HUMANITY — $370,000 · OtherMETRO DENVER HABITAT FOR HUMANITYCOMMUNITY PARTNERS FBO COLLEGE MATCH — $275,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY PARTNERS FBO COLLEGE MATCHAMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE — $255,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEENATIONAL REPERTORY ORCHESTRA INC — $211,000 · OtherNATIONAL REPERTORY ORCHESTRA INCMT EVANS HOME HEALTH & HOSPICE — $211,000 · OtherMT EVANS HOME HEALTH & HOSPICECO OUTDOOR ED CENTER — $156,000 · OtherCO OUTDOOR ED CENTERBLUE SPRUCE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY — $135,000 · OtherBLUE SPRUCE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY+4 more — $85,000 · OtherWestern Resource Advocates — $1,385,000 · Crime & LegalWestern Resource AdvocatesINTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ENTERPRISES — $465,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL DEVELO…ASHOKA — $255,000 · InternationalASHOKATHE CARTER CENTER INC — $152,000 · InternationalTHE CARTER CENTER IN…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $100,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHE…ROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC — $295,000 · HealthEVERGREEN CHRISTIAN OUTREACH — $125,000 · Human ServicesDENVER INDIAN FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER — $118,000 · Human ServicesBIG CITY MOUNTAINEERS — $150,000 · Recreation & SportsThe Colorado Trail Foundation — $15,000 · Recreation & SportsBLUE MOUNTAIN ACTION COUNCIL — $86,000 · Food & NutritionStriveTogether Inc — $25,000 · Philanthropy
Other$2,283,000Crime & Legal$1,385,000International$972,000Health$295,000Human Services$243,000Recreation & Sports$165,000Food & Nutrition$86,000Philanthropy$25,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetWestern Resource Advocates — $1,385,000 over 9y, 2.9% of budgetINTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ENTERPRISES — $465,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC — $295,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetASHOKA — $255,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL REPERTORY ORCHESTRA INC — $211,000 over 7y, 5.0% of budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC — $152,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBIG CITY MOUNTAINEERS — $150,000 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetBLUE SPRUCE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY — $135,000 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetEVERGREEN CHRISTIAN OUTREACH — $125,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetDENVER INDIAN FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER — $118,000 over 9y, 2.5% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBLUE MOUNTAIN ACTION COUNCIL — $86,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetStriveTogether Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetClatsop Community Action — $24,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Colorado Trail Foundation — $15,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetJEFFERSON COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $6,000 over 1y, 1.0% 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.

  • Who funds Western Resource Advocates
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ENTERPRISES
  • Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC
  • Who funds ASHOKA
  • Who funds NATIONAL REPERTORY ORCHESTRA INC
  • Who funds THE CARTER CENTER INC
  • Who funds BIG CITY MOUNTAINEERS
  • Who funds BLUE SPRUCE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
  • Who funds EVERGREEN CHRISTIAN OUTREACH
  • Who funds DENVER INDIAN FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
  • Who funds BLUE MOUNTAIN ACTION COUNCIL
  • Who funds StriveTogether Inc
  • Who funds Clatsop Community Action
  • Who funds The Colorado Trail Foundation
  • Who funds JEFFERSON COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION

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.

Colorado Gives FoundationCO20.7× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Western Union Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Benson 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 · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 26%
  • Clatsop Community Action26% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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.

05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Benson Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Benson Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 24 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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