· Private foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k14 grants · $310k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $415k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| CO OUTDOOR ED CENTER | $25,000 |
| EVERGREEN CHRISTIAN OUTREACH | $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 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its 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. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +78% since the first grant, against +57% for those funded once.
20 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WRWestern Resource Advocates9× · 2017–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +114%
- IDINTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ENTERPRISES9× · 2017–2025 · $465k · revenue +79%
- RMROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC9× · 2017–2025 · $295k · revenue +38%
Funded once
- HFHABITAT FOR HUMANITY - PUERTO RICO RELIEFone grant, 2017 · $30k
- SIStriveTogether Incgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +196%
- TCThe Colorado Trail Foundationgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +57%
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.
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.
Climate catalyst sparks collective action to tackle the biggest climate challenges we face today: cutting emissions in heavy industries.
Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.
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…
To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.
Improving the transparency and scientific integrity of climate solutions through open data and tools.
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…
Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.
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…
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,…
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…
Building leaders to protect the west's land, air, and water.
The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California.
How this is measured
16 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. 16 of the 24 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- 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 ↗
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: 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
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Benson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Benson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Clatsop Community Action: 26% of income from government
How this is measured
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