South Carolina · Private foundation
Benzon Foundation Inc
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.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 69%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $335,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 13
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 69% of the organizations Benzon Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 20 | $1.1M | 60% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $1.1M | 69% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $1.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
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, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forman School Inc | $700,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Seymour Pinkinc | $125,000 | 3 | 13% |
| Unc Health Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Glassy Mountain Fire Foundation | $61,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Sc Inc | $57,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Camperdown Academy Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Pickens County Humane Society | $40,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Foothills Humane Society Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Animal Recovery Mission Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forman School Inc | $700,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Seymour Pinkinc | $125,000 | 3 | 13% |
| Unc Health Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Glassy Mountain Fire Foundation | $61,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Sc Inc | $57,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Camperdown Academy Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Pickens County Humane Society | $40,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Foothills Humane Society Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Animal Recovery Mission Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Shriners' Hospital for Children | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Idefine Inc | $6,900 | 2 | n/a |
| Tonies Fund | $2,500 | 1 | 16% |
| Bark Nation | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Transylvania Habitat for Humanity Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Benzon Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About Benzon Foundation Inc
- How much does Benzon Foundation Inc give?
- Benzon Foundation Inc reported 20 grants totaling $1,052,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 13 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Benzon Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (36%), Education (24%), Health (15%).
- Who are Benzon Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Forman School Inc ($700k), Seymour Pinkinc ($125k), Unc Health Foundation Inc ($100k).
- Does Benzon Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 69% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Benzon Foundation Inc 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 Benzon Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Duke Energy Foundation, Ge Aerospace Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund.
- Where is Benzon Foundation Inc based?
- Benzon Foundation Inc is based in SC.
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