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Drs Marie Uberti Benz and Robert L Benz Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$31k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
21
Grants FY2025
17
Organizations funded FY2024
24%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$515
Largest grant, FY2025
$5,000
Organizations funded a year
17 to 38
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$564k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 24% of the organizations Drs Marie Uberti Benz and Robert L Benz Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesAnimalsInternationalArts & CultureHealthEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving21$31k24%
FY202417$20k24%
FY202321$22k14%
FY202228$25k21%
FY202138$22k18%
FY202035$24k26%
FY201932$19k25%
FY201732$26kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$79kHealth$51kArts & Culture$44kScience & Tech$16kEmployment$15kAnimals$10kInternational$10kReligion$7kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
NY
IN
PA
NJ
RI
CO
KY
VA
DC
AL
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 44 grantees
All grantees of Drs Marie Uberti Benz and Robert L Benz Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Kimmel Center Inc$11,94080%
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia$8,58180%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$7,50020%
Judicial Watch Inc$7,00060%
Lower Merion Conservancy$4,00040%
Cape May County Zoological Society Inc$3,97582%
Bighorn Basin Paleotological Institute$3,69060%
The Endowment Fund of Maccabi USA Sports for Israel Inc$2,75020%
The Center for American Liberty$2,50020%
Zoological Society of Philadelphia$2,37060%
Lower Merion Township Police Pension Association$2,34150%
The Franklin Institute$2,21660%
New Jersey Audubon Society$2,20060%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$2,00010%
National Constitution Center$1,75060%
Bryn Mawr Theatre Film Institute$1,45040%
Philadelphia Museum of Art$1,25050%
Girls Who Code Inc$1,00020%
All Star Code Inc$1,00020%
Volunteer Medical Serv Corps of Lm & Nar$80660%
The Barnes Foundation$80030%
Adopt Me Bluegrass Pet Rescue$80030%
Avalon Rescue Squad Inc$57560%
Friends of the Avalon Volunteer Fire Department Inc$55060%
Reason for Hope Inc$51110%
Blue Lives Matter - NYC Inc$50020%
Isaiah House Inc$50010%
United States Wrestling Foundation$4561n/a
Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$35020%
Delaware County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$25010%
Protect Avalons Dunes Inc$2501n/a
Please Touch Museum$25010%
National Police Association Inc$25010%
Operation Parent$20020%
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History$18010%
Stone Harbor Rescue Squad Inc$17520%
Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates Inc$15010%
Last Chance Ranch Inc$1501n/a
Water By Women$10310%
Children First PA$10010%
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$10010%
Sigma Nu Educational Foundation Inc$10010%
American Heart Association Inc$10010%
The Preservation Society of Newport County$8010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($111k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Drs Marie Uberti Benz and Robert L Benz Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKimmel Center Inc: $11,940 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia: $8,581 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLower Merion Conservancy: $4,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCape May County Zoological Society Inc: $3,975 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetBighorn Basin Paleotological Institute: $3,690 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetThe Endowment Fund of Maccabi USA Sports for Israel Inc: $2,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Center for American Liberty: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetZoological Society of Philadelphia: $2,370 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLower Merion Township Police Pension Association: $2,341 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Franklin Institute: $2,216 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNew Jersey Audubon Society: $2,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Constitution Center: $1,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBryn Mawr Theatre Film Institute: $1,450 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPhiladelphia Museum of Art: $1,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGirls Who Code Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAll Star Code Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVolunteer Medical Serv Corps of Lm & Nar: $806 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Barnes Foundation: $800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAdopt Me Bluegrass Pet Rescue: $800 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAvalon Rescue Squad Inc: $575 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of the Avalon Volunteer Fire Department Inc: $550 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetReason for Hope Inc: $511 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBlue Lives Matter - NYC Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIsaiah House Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDelaware County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPlease Touch Museum: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Police Association Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Parent: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWeitzman National Museum of American Jewish History: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStone Harbor Rescue Squad Inc: $175 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPhiladelphia Mural Arts Advocates Inc: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWater By Women: $103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren First PA: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Foundation for Suicide Prevention: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSigma Nu Educational Foundation Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Preservation Society of Newport County: $80 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 41.

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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.

Hess Foundation IncNJ17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hess Foundation Inc · The William Penn Foundation · The Hamlin Family Foundation Inc · The Nerney Family Foundation · The Snider Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · The Philadelphia Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Drs Marie Uberti Benz and Robert L Benz Foundation

How much does Drs Marie Uberti Benz and Robert L Benz Foundation give?
Drs Marie Uberti Benz and Robert L Benz Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $30,507 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 38 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does Drs Marie Uberti Benz and Robert L Benz Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (30%), Health (19%), Arts & Culture (17%).
Who are Drs Marie Uberti Benz and Robert L Benz Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Kimmel Center Inc ($12k), The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia ($9k), Friends of the Israel Defense Forces ($8k).
Does Drs Marie Uberti Benz and Robert L Benz Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Drs Marie Uberti Benz and Robert L Benz Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Drs Marie Uberti Benz and Robert L Benz Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hess Foundation Inc, The William Penn Foundation, The Hamlin Family Foundation Inc.
Where is Drs Marie Uberti Benz and Robert L Benz Foundation based?
Drs Marie Uberti Benz and Robert L Benz Foundation is based in PA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 75 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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