New York · Private foundation
Benzak Foundation
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.
- $300k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 15% of the organizations Benzak Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 | 11 | $300k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $300k | 15% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $300k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $300k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $300k | 35% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $180k | 23% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $123k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation | $346,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Island Trails Network | $194,000 | 7 | 20% |
| Tahoe Fund | $115,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Aquidneck Island Land Trust | $63,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Newportfall River Star Kids Scholarship Program | $60,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Friends of Newport Skatepark | $50,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Lake Tahoe School | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Baltimore International Seafarers Center | $40,000 | 1 | 16% |
| The Wheeler School | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Tabor Academy | $39,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation | $346,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Island Trails Network | $194,000 | 7 | 20% |
| Tahoe Fund | $115,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Aquidneck Island Land Trust | $63,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Newportfall River Star Kids Scholarship Program | $60,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Friends of Newport Skatepark | $50,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Lake Tahoe School | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Baltimore International Seafarers Center | $40,000 | 1 | 16% |
| The Wheeler School | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Tabor Academy | $39,000 | 6 | 0% |
| St Michael's Country Day School | $37,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Tahoe Rim Trail Association | $20,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Sail Newport | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wildland Firefighter Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Clean Ocean Access Inc | $13,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Food Bank of Northern Nevada Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Norman Bird Sanctuary Trust | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Feeding the Foothills | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Neighbor to Neighbor Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St George's School | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Company of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($653k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Benzak Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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: The Rhode Island Community Foundation · Van Beuren Charitable Foundation Inc · Gruben Charitable Foundation · Ejmp Fund for Philanthropy · Frederick Henry Prince Testamentary Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Howell Family Charitable Foundation · Bazarsky Family Foundation · Hamilton Family Foundation · Amica Companies Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Larry and Anne Glenn Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Benzak Foundation
- How much does Benzak Foundation give?
- Benzak Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $300,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Benzak Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (52%), Environment (21%), Food & Nutrition (9%).
- Who are Benzak Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation ($346k), Island Trails Network ($194k), Tahoe Fund ($115k).
- Does Benzak Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Benzak Foundation 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 Benzak Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Rhode Island Community Foundation, Van Beuren Charitable Foundation Inc, Gruben Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Benzak Foundation based?
- Benzak Foundation is based in NY.
Play a game based on Benzak’s filings →