New York · Private foundation
Edward H Benenson Foundation Inc
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.
- $925k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 46
- Grants FY2025
- 37
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 33 to 54
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 13
- Total assets, FY2025
- $16M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations Edward H Benenson Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $191k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 40 | $905k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 37 | $580k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 35 | $438k | 9% |
| FY2022 | 43 | $657k | 28% |
| FY2021 | 33 | $634k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 40 | $622k | 15% |
| FY2019 | 54 | $659k | 41% |
| FY2018 | 53 | $684k | 43% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke University | $1,750,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Palm Beach Opera Inc | $1,580,000 | 9 | 6% |
| Central Park Medical Unit Inc | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Robin Hood Foundation | $110,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Madison Jewish Center | $80,400 | 5 | n/a |
| Best Friends Animal Society | $78,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Nantucket Community Sailing Inc | $66,100 | 9 | 1% |
| The Animal Medical Center | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Citizens Committee for Children of New York Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Westchester Land Trust Inc | $60,000 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 98 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 52 recipients with no EIN on record ($992k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Edward H Benenson Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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: Jewish Communal Fund · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Foundation Inc · Chubb Charitable Foundation · The New York Community Trust · If Hummingbird Foundation Inc · The Fan Fox and Leslie R Samuels Foundation Inc · The Peter and Elizabeth C Tower Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Ford Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Edward H Benenson Foundation Inc
- How much does Edward H Benenson Foundation Inc give?
- Edward H Benenson Foundation Inc reported 46 grants totaling $925,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 33 and 54 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Edward H Benenson Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (36%), Arts & Culture (36%), Health (7%).
- Who are Edward H Benenson Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Duke University ($1.8M), Palm Beach Opera Inc ($1.6M), Central Park Medical Unit Inc ($150k).
- Does Edward H Benenson Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Edward H Benenson 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 Edward H Benenson Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, The Bessemer Giving Fund, Morgan Stanley Foundation Inc.
- Where is Edward H Benenson Foundation Inc based?
- Edward H Benenson Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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