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Drs Marie Uberti Benz and Robert L Benz Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% 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
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$515
Median grant
4
States reached
$564k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PENN LEGACY FUND$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
LANKENAU HOSPITAL$5,000
PENN GRAPPLER'S FUND$5,000
FRIENDS OF THE ISREAL DEFENSE FORCES$2,500
LOWER MERION TOWNSHIP POLICE PENSION ASSOCIATION$1,491
LOWER MERION CONSERVANCY$1,000
JUDICIAL WATCH$1,000
KIMMEL CENTER$1,000
MANN MUSIC CENTER$1,000
FRIENDS OF THE CYNWYD HERITAGE TRAIL$515
US WRESTLING FOUNDATION$456
CAPE MAY COUNTY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY$300
BIGHORN BASIN PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE$295
ENDOWMENT FUND OF MACCABI USA SPORTS FOR ISAREL$250
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WATER WITH BLESSINGS INC: $103 → 15%PUBLIC CITIZENS FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH: $100 → 22%BLUE LIVES MATTER NYC INC: $250 → 11%BLUE LIVES MATTER NYC INC: $250 → 11%GIRLS WHO CODE: $500 → 17%GIRLS WHO CODE: $500 → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
NY
IN
PA
NJ
RI
CO
KY
VA
DC
AL
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$164k · 42 repeat orgs$24k to everyone else

42 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 26 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
27

Total granted

$164k
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+48%

Still filing today

64%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureAnimalsHealthHuman ServicesScience & TechRecreation & SportsOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • KC
    KIMMEL CENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $12k · revenue +75%
  • TA
    THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA
    8× · 2017–2025 · $9k · revenue +23%
  • JUDICIAL WATCH INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $7k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM
    one grant, 2024 · $2k · revenue 0%
  • ES
    ELEVATION SCIENCE INSTITUTE FOR NATURAL HISTORY EXPLORATION
    one grant, 2023 · $1k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $750
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Independence Seaport Museum

To discover philadelphia's river of history and world of connections. serving a wide and diverse audience and holding its collections in trust for the community, the museum tells the stories of the people, historical events and…

Arts & Culture
2
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
3
Museum of the American Revolution

The museum of the american revolution uncovers and shares compelling stories about the diverse people and complex events that sparked america's ongoing experiment in liberty, equality and self-government.

Arts & Culture
4
Delaware Museum of Nature and Science Inc

The museum is an educational corporation formed to ignite a life-long passion for exploring, discovering, and valuing nature and science.

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5
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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6
Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation

Visit philadelphia is our name and our mission. as the region's official tourism marketing agency, we build greater philadelphia's image, drive visitation and boost the economy.

Community Improvement
7
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
8
Museum of American Finance

Finance impacts everyone. as a socially relevant organization, the museum of american finance seeks to improve understanding of the influence of financial institutions and capital markets on the u.s. and global economies, and on…

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9
The Rosenbach of the Free Library of Philadelphia

The rosenbach museum & library is a community that engages with and celebrates the art of the written word using our collection of rare books and manuscripts.

Arts & Culture
10
American Philosophical Society

The American Philosophical Society, the oldest learned society in the United States, was founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin for the purpose of "promoting useful knowledge." In the 21st century the Society sustains this mission in three…

Arts & Culture
11
Zoological Society of Pittsburgh

The zoological society of pittsburgh is dedicated to being a leader in, and significant contributor to, the conservation of endangered and threatened species. the society provides an enjoyable family experience that fosters understanding,…

Animals
12
Pennsylvania Medical Society

The pennsylvania medical society is the voice of pennsylvania's physicians and the patients they serve. we advance quality patient care and the ethical practice of medicine. we promote physician leadership, education, professional…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Preservation Society of Newport County; the most unlike its peers is Lower Merion Conservancy. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

43 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. 43 of the 75 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/43
Grantees still filing
34/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LANKENAU HOSPITAL: $44,450 · OtherLANKENAU HOSPITALPENNSYLVANIA REGIONAL TRAINING CENTER: $14,500 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA REGIONAL TRAINING CENTERMANN MUSIC CENTER: $8,250 · OtherMANN MUSIC CENTERMAIN LINE REFORM TEMPLE: $7,060 · OtherMAIN LINE REFORM TEMPLEPENN LEGACY FUND: $5,000 · OtherPENN GRAPPLER'S FUND: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherNATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION: $4,814 · Other+43 more: $33,328 · Other+43 moreTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $77,003 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PEN…+2 more: $350 · EducationKIMMEL CENTER INC: $11,940 · Arts & CultureKIMMEL CEN…LOWER MERION CONSERVANCY: $4,000 · Arts & CultureLOWER MERI…THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE: $2,216 · Arts & CultureTHE FRANKL…NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER: $1,750 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL C…BRYN MAWR THEATRE FILM INSTITUTE: $1,450 · Arts & CultureBRYN MAWR …PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART: $1,250 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $1,460 · Arts & Culture+5 moreTHE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA: $8,581 · Science & TechBIGHORN BASIN PALEOTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE: $3,690 · Science & TechFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $7,500 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $2,000 · InternationalCape May County Zoological Society Inc: $3,975 · AnimalsZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA: $2,370 · AnimalsAdopt Me Bluegrass Pet Rescue: $800 · AnimalsPennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $350 · Animals+1 more: $250 · AnimalsJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $7,000 · Public Benefit
Other$127,402Education$77,353Arts & Culture$24,066Science & Tech$12,271International$9,500Animals$7,745Public Benefit$7,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $77,003 over 7y, 0.0% of 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
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 TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds KIMMEL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES ↗
  • Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds LOWER MERION CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds Cape May County Zoological Society Inc ↗
  • Who funds BIGHORN BASIN PALEOTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds THE ENDOWMENT FUND OF MACCABI USA SPORTS FOR ISRAEL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN LIBERTY ↗
  • Who funds ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds LOWER MERION TOWNSHIP POLICE PENSION ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds New Jersey Audubon Society ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BRYN MAWR THEATRE FILM INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS WHO CODE INC ↗
  • Who funds All Star Code Inc ↗
  • Who funds VOLUNTEER MEDICAL SERV CORPS OF LM & NAR ↗
  • Who funds THE BARNES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Adopt Me Bluegrass Pet Rescue ↗

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 IncThe William Penn Foun…The Hamlin Family Fou…The Nerney Family Fou…The Snider FoundationThe Pfizer Foundation…United Way of Greater…The Community Foundat…The Philadelphia Foun…Verizon FoundationMightycause Charitabl…Vanguard Charitable E…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Drs Marie Uberti Benz and Robert L Benz Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Drs Marie Uberti Benz and Robert L Benz Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 21%
  • Isaiah House Inc: 21% of income from government
  • New Jersey Audubon Society: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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