· Private foundation
C E Bennett 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, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k3 grants · $17k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $173k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $321k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DELAWARE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $100,000 |
| KENNETT AREA COMMUNITY SERVICE | $80,000 |
| SILVERSIDE CHURCH | $79,000 |
| DELAWARE ART MUSEUM | $61,650 |
| BRANDYWINE RED CLAY ALLIANCE | $42,000 |
| ABC LAB (UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE) | $35,000 |
| FOOD BANK OF DELAWARE | $27,000 |
| JANUS SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND | $16,800 |
| COLGATE ROCHESTER CROZER DIVINITY SCHOOL | $16,650 |
| DELAWARE MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE | $15,000 |
| BRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCA | $10,400 |
| WHYY | $10,000 |
| KENNETT LIBRARY | $7,500 |
| FRIENDSHIP HOUSE | $7,000 |
| CAMP DREAM CATCHER | $2,000 |
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 (FY23–25, $116k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 15 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
- DSDELAWARE SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC6× · 2020–2025 · $600k · revenue +24%
- DMDELAWARE MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE INC6× · 2020–2025 · $241k · revenue +2%
- DADELAWARE ART MUSEUM INC3× · 2023–2025 · $189k · revenue +24%
Funded once
AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETYone grant, 2021 · $200k · revenue -23%
OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRYgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +67%- KFKENNETT FRIENDS HOMEone grant, 2022 · $10k
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.
The organization's mission is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret the history and technology of delaware and the delmarva peninsula's farm life/culture and to offer public education programs and services related to aspects of the…
To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.
Delaware nature society connects people with the natural world to improve our environment through education, advocacy, and conservation.
The mission of the adamstown library is to maintain and improve the quality of life in our community by providing access to cultural, intellectual, and informational resources and programs to promote life-long learning for all ages. the…
Museum has a mission to create opportunties for everyone to experience art that broadens understanding of the past, fosters community connections to the present, and creates diverse possbilities for the future.
Acquire and preserve property and information of historic value and/or interest concerning delaware county, pennsylvania. the society also operates a research library and museum.
Delaware city public library's mission is to create and promote educational, recreational, and cultural enrichment, and provide community members of all ages with free access to the resources and tools they need to thrive in the 21st…
The fort wayne museum of art will collect, preserve and present american and related art to engage and educate broad and diverse audiences throughout the region and add value to their lives.
The mission of the franklin county library system is to enrich the lives of the residents of the region through access to materials, information, and services imparting the knowledge, experience, and wisdom of others, through qualified…
See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…
Provide relevant educational and entertaining opportunities within the region that exceed customer expectations, while preserving our community's vibrant cultural history.
To promote and strengthen the bioscience industry in the state of delaware.
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 22 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 DELAWARE SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds DELAWARE MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE INC ↗
- Who funds CHESTER COUNTY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds DELAWARE ART MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds FOOD BANK OF DELAWARE INC ↗
- Who funds BRANDYWINE RED CLAY ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds KENNETT AREA COMMUNITY SERVICE ↗
- Who funds THE JANUS SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY ↗
- Who funds CAMP DREAMCATCHER ↗
- Who funds BRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCA ↗
- Who funds KENNETT LIBRARY ↗
- Who funds WHYY INC ↗
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: Delaware Community Foundation Inc · Cabot-Kjellerup Foundation · Forney Family Foundation Inc · Nor' Easter Foundation Inc · Welfare Foundation Inc · Chester County Community Foundation · Wsfs Cares Foundation · Nyssa Foundation · The Starrett Foundation · The Dansko Foundation Inc · Chichester Dupont Foundation Inc · Rencourt Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization C E Bennett Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from C E Bennett Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Food Bank of Delaware Inc: 26% of income from government
- Delaware Symphony Association Inc: 11% of income from government
- Delaware Art Museum Inc: 8% of income from government
- Oregon Museum of Science and Industry: 4% of income from government
- Delaware Museum of Nature and Science Inc: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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