Wisconsin · Private foundation
Charles E Benidt Foundation Inc
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.
- $2.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 27
- Grants FY2024
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 27
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $69M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 30% of the organizations Charles E Benidt Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k 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 | 25 | $2.6M | 32% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $8.3M | 30% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $4.0M | 20% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $3.6M | 28% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $2.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sojourner Family Peace Center Inc | $6,600,000 | 5 | 78% |
| Desert Foothills Lutheran Church Inc | $2,000,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Phoenix Gospel Mission | $1,920,000 | 5 | 2% |
| The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | $1,750,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Meta House Inc | $1,095,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Penfield Montessori Academy Inc | $1,075,000 | 3 | 20% |
| Journey House Inc | $1,000,000 | 5 | 17% |
| Penfield Children's Center Inc | $915,000 | 5 | 7% |
| New Pathways For Youth | $660,000 | 5 | 8% |
| McPreparatory School of Wisconsin Inc | $500,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 30 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Charles E Benidt Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 27 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
Open a dossier: Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Foundation Inc · Anon Charitable Trust · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc · Melitta S and Joan M Pick Charitable Trust · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Charles E Benidt Foundation Inc
- How much does Charles E Benidt Foundation Inc give?
- Charles E Benidt Foundation Inc reported 27 grants totaling $2,609,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 27 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Charles E Benidt Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (44%), Education (22%), Religion (21%).
- Who are Charles E Benidt Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Sojourner Family Peace Center Inc ($6.6M), Desert Foothills Lutheran Church Inc ($2.0M), Phoenix Gospel Mission ($1.9M).
- Does Charles E Benidt Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Charles E Benidt 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 Charles E Benidt Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc, Green Bay Packers Foundation.
- Where is Charles E Benidt Foundation Inc based?
- Charles E Benidt Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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