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Edna B & Bruno Benna Foundation at a glance

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Edna B & Bruno Benna Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$175k
Granted FY2025still arriving
27
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$63k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$890kArts & Culture$321kReligion$233kHealth$69kPhilanthropy$40kHuman Services$36kYouth Development$28kFood & Nutrition$26kOther$0
02FY2025 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k24 grants · $76k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $36k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $63k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNR FOUNDATION$62,560
BISHOP MANOGUE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL$26,000
COMMUNITY HEALTH ALLIANCE OF N NV$10,000
NORTHERN NEVADA ITALIAN ASSOC$9,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB$5,500
SIERRA NEVADA JOURNEYS$5,000
LITTLE FLOWER CHURCH$5,000
NORTHERN NEVADA FOOD BANK$5,000
RENO PHILHARMONIC$5,000
TRUCKEE TAHOE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$5,000
ST TERESA OF AVILA SCHOOL$5,000
ARTOWN$5,000
CARMEL OF OUR LADY OF THE MOUNTAINS$5,000
INSTITUTE FOR YOUNG DRAMATIC VOICES$5,000
PBS RENO$2,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $34k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 18% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%XQUISITE: $1k → 13%XQUISITE: $1k → 13%XQUISITE: $1k → 13%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $2k → 13%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $2k → 13%STEP 1 OF RENO: $5k → 10%CHILDREN'S CABINET: $5k → 10%CHILDREN'S CABINET: $4k → 10%CHILDREN'S CABINET: $4k → 10%CHILDREN'S CABINET: $3k → 10%EDDY HOUSE: $3k → 10%CHILDREN'S CABINET: $3k → 10%CHILDREN'S CABINET: $2k → 10%EDDY HOUSE: $1k → 10%EDDY HOUSE: $500 → 10%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.
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 45 repeat orgs$120k to everyone else

45 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

45
33

Total granted

$1.6M
$114k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+65%

Still filing today

53%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • UO
    University of Nevada Reno Foundation
    8× · 2017–2025 · $507k · revenue +35%
  • NM
    Nevada Museum of Art
    6× · 2017–2024 · $136k · revenue +199%
  • SR
    SAGE RIDGE SCHOOL
    7× · 2017–2024 · $52k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • UL
    UNR LIBRARY
    one grant, 2024 · $62k
  • NN
    NORTHERN NEVADA INTERNATIONAL CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $8k · revenue +65%
  • NR
    New Reno Little Theatergraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +85%
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
Healthy Nevada
Health
2
Our Nevada Judges Inc
Education
3
Nevada Wild Horses

Wild horse protection, preservation, rescue and care work.

Animals
4
The Nevada Bighorns Foundation
Education
5
Nevada Agricultural Foundation
Food & Nutrition
6
Northeastern Nevada Historical Soci

Northeastern nevada historcial society is dedicated to the preservation of the hertitage, culture, and natural history of northeastern nevada. our ongoing goals are to establish a western art center and nourish the western culture that…

Arts & Culture
7
Nevada State Eb-5 Regional Center Inc
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8
Reno Chamber Orchestra Inc

To create intimate, inspirational musical experiences by engaging the community through vibrant music making by the chamber orchestra and chamber ensembles.

Arts & Culture
9
Nevada Theatre Commission

Maintain historic building

Arts & Culture
10
Nevada Restaurant Association

The Nevada Restaurant Association is a nonprofit trade association dedicated to serving the needs of the food and beverage service and tourism industries in the state of Nevada. Services include educational seminars for members as well as…

—
11
Sierra Nevada Alliance

To protect and restore sierra lands, water, wildlife and rural communities. to engage and support efforts to adopt exemplary local sustainable community actions accross the sierra nevada that balance social, economic and environmental…

Environment
12
Nevada Veterans Memorial Plaza

To honor and preserve the legacy of our fallen brothers and sisters who have given their life in service to our country since nevada became a state in 1864

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Children's Cabinet Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Max Vincze Foundation. 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

41 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. 41 of the 82 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/41
Grantees still filing
33/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LITTLE FLOWER CHURCH: $160,400 · OtherLITTLE FLOWER CHURCHBISHOP MANOGUE CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $154,250 · OtherBISHOP MANOGUE CATHOLIC SCHOOLLITTLE FLOWER SCHOOL: $85,000 · OtherLITTLE FLOWER SCHOOLUNR LIBRARY: $62,210 · OtherUNR LIBRARYCOMMUNITY HEALTH ALLIANCE OF N NV: $40,500 · Other+48 more: $258,250 · Other+48 moreUniversity of Nevada Reno Foundation: $507,134 · EducationUniversity of Nevada Reno FoundationSAGE RIDGE SCHOOL: $51,665 · EducationSAGE RIDGE SCHOOL+2 more: $400 · EducationNevada Museum of Art: $135,500 · Arts & CultureNevada Museum of A…INSTITUTE FOR YOUNG DRAMATIC VOICES INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureINSTITUTE FOR YOUN…RENO PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION INC: $37,470 · Arts & CultureRENO PHILHARMONIC …ARTOWN: $33,000 · Arts & CultureARTOWNCHANNEL 5 PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $15,500 · Arts & CultureCHANNEL 5 PUBLIC B…+6 more: $20,500 · Arts & Culture+6 moreNORTHERN NEVADA ITALIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $25,200 · PhilanthropyTAHOE TRUCKEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $500 · PhilanthropyTHE CHILDREN'S CABINET INC: $19,000 · Human ServicesSTEP 1 INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesEDDY HOUSE: $4,000 · Human ServicesXQUISITE: $3,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesFood Bank of Northern Nevada Inc: $26,300 · Food & NutritionSky Tavern Inc: $15,000 · Recreation & SportsRENO BIKE PROJECT INC: $2,500 · Recreation & SportsTahoe-Pyramid Trail Inc: $2,500 · Recreation & SportsSierra Kids Foundation Inc: $1,500 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$760,610Education$559,199Arts & Culture$281,970Philanthropy$35,700Human Services$34,000Food & Nutrition$26,300Recreation & Sports$22,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Nevada Reno Foundation: $507,134 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNevada Museum of Art: $135,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetSAGE RIDGE SCHOOL: $51,665 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR YOUNG DRAMATIC VOICES INC: $40,000 over 9y, 6.0% of budgetRENO PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION INC: $37,470 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetARTOWN: $33,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetFood Bank of Northern Nevada Inc: $26,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHERN NEVADA ITALIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $25,200 over 4y, 63% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S CABINET INC: $19,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCHANNEL 5 PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $15,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSky Tavern Inc: $15,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetSTEP 2 INC: $10,600 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTAHOE TRUCKEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Adaptive Riding: $9,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetSierra Nevada Ballet: $8,500 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetNORTHERN NEVADA INTERNATIONAL CENTER: $8,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE NEVADA DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $6,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSIERRA NEVADA JOURNEYS: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNew Reno Little Theater: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSTEP 1 INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetEDDY HOUSE: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRENO JAZZ ORCHESTRA: $3,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetXQUISITE: $3,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRENO BIKE PROJECT INC: $2,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTahoe-Pyramid Trail Inc: $2,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSIERRA MUSIC SOCIETY: $1,900 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetNEVADA HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOLACETREE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetWESTERN FOLKLIFE CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVEGAS ELITE BASKETBALL CLUB: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOMS ON THE RUN: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MOONRIDGE FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MAX VINCZE FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCARE CHEST OF SIERRA NEVADA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $100 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 University of Nevada Reno Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Nevada Museum of Art ↗
  • Who funds SAGE RIDGE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR YOUNG DRAMATIC VOICES INC ↗
  • Who funds RENO PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ARTOWN ↗
  • Who funds Food Bank of Northern Nevada Inc ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN NEVADA ITALIAN ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S CABINET INC ↗
  • Who funds CHANNEL 5 PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC ↗
  • Who funds Sky Tavern Inc ↗
  • Who funds STEP 2 INC ↗
  • Who funds TAHOE TRUCKEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Center for Adaptive Riding ↗
  • Who funds Sierra Nevada Ballet ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN NEVADA INTERNATIONAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE NEVADA DISCOVERY MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA NEVADA JOURNEYS ↗
  • Who funds New Reno Little Theater ↗
  • Who funds STEP 1 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.

Community Foundation …NV Energy Charitable …The E L Cord Foundati…Robert Z Hawkins Foun…The Nell J Redfield F…Thelma B & Thomas P H…John Ben Snow Memoria…The Bretzlaff Foundat…Renown HealthTahoe Community Found…Dermody Properties Fo…Estelle J Kelsey Foun…
Community Foundation of Northern NevadaNV56.5× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Northern Nevada · NV Energy Charitable Foundation · The E L Cord Foundation · Robert Z Hawkins Foundation · The Nell J Redfield Foundation · Thelma B & Thomas P Hart Foundation · John Ben Snow Memorial Tr Uw #839158 · The Bretzlaff Foundation Inc · Renown Health · Tahoe Community Foundation · Dermody Properties Foundation · Estelle J Kelsey Foundation

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 Edna B & Bruno Benna Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Edna B & Bruno Benna Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.
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    How do I get to Edna B & Bruno Benna Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Edna B & Bruno Benna Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 82 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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