Illinois · Private foundation
Benton Institute for Broadband & Society
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.
- $11k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 83%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 6
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 83% of the organizations Benton Institute for Broadband & Society funded were first-time grantees, receiving 93% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 7% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $11k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $7k | 83% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $9k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $77k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown University | $70,609 | 2 | 0% |
| Schools Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition | $26,088 | 5 | 1% |
| Free Press | $7,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Telecommunications Policy Research Conference Inc | $4,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Public Knowledge | $3,500 | 7 | 0% |
| National Digital Inclusion Alliance | $1,193 | 1 | 0% |
| The Chicago Bar Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($16k), 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Benton Institute for Broadband & Society
- How much does Benton Institute for Broadband & Society give?
- Benton Institute for Broadband & Society reported 6 grants totaling $10,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 6 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Benton Institute for Broadband & Society fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (73%), Arts & Culture (11%), Public Benefit (6%).
- Who are Benton Institute for Broadband & Society's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Georgetown University ($71k), Schools Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition ($26k), Free Press ($8k).
- Does Benton Institute for Broadband & Society fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 83% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Benton Institute for Broadband & Society 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 Benton Institute for Broadband & Society?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Benton Institute for Broadband & Society based?
- Benton Institute for Broadband & Society is based in IL.
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