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Frances & Benjamin Benenson Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
146
Grants FY2024still arriving
20
States reached
$205k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
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What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 91% of FRANCES & BENJAMIN BENENSON FOUNDATION INC’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2024 · 146 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k68 grants · $170k
  • $10k–50k48 grants · $1.0M
  • $50k–250k30 grants · $2.4M
$10,000
Median grant
20
States reached
$29M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GRATEFUL FILM FUND$204,500
AMAZON CONSERVATION TEAM$200,000
Individual grant recipient$160,000
REED COLLEGE$150,000
Individual grant recipient$110,000
UJA FEDERATION OF NY$102,500
VIOLENCE POLICY CENTER$100,000
NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN FUND INC$100,000
TREE PEOPLE$100,000
LACMA$95,000
LIFETOWN$88,613
TESSERACT RESEARCH CENTER (PATRIOTIC MILLIONAIRES)$75,000
YALE UNIVERSITY$60,000
LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS$57,600
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY$52,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY24–24, $192k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $35k → 6%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $25k → 9%LIFETOWN: $89k → 16%PORT CHESTER CARVER CENTER INC: $3k → 9%SAFE HORIZON INC: $100 → 17%EVERYCHILD FOUNDATION: $6k → 14%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $35k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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CA
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NM
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OK
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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
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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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3
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
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Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
5
The Architectural League of New York

The architectural league of new york supports critically transformative work in the allied fields that shape the built environment. as a vital, independent forum, the league stimulates thinking, debate, and action on today's (continued on…

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The Paris Review Foundation Inc

The mission of the organization is to foster the development of creative individuals as writers and artists and to promote public appreciation of excellence in the literary and graphic arts by publishing a magazine containing fiction,…

Education
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New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
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Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University Inc

The Knight First Amendment Institute defends the freedoms of speech and the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, public advocacy and public education. Our aim is to promote a system of free expression that is…

Education
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Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
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New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
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University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
12
City Report Inc

CITY REPORT, INC. serves the people of New York through independent journalism that answers their information needs and holds the powerful to account.

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Partnership With Children Inc and the most unlike its peers is Garden City Real Estate Professionals Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyEnvironmental Conservation …Community FoundationsHealth Access Advocacy and …Policy Research and AdvocacyJewish Community Organizati…Community College Foundatio…Animal Rescue and ShelterLocal Food System Organizat…Local History MuseumsIndependent K-12 SchoolsAffordable Housing Construc…Dance Arts OrganizationsOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Community Arts CentersLgbtq+ Community SupportEquine Therapy ProgramsFood Banks and PantriesCancer Support ServicesDomestic Violence Services
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 38 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%4%<5yr14%4%5–10yr20%15%10–20yr19%24%20–35yr13%28%35–55yr16%26%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%9%<5yr14%3%5–10yr20%14%10–20yr19%20%20–35yr13%30%35–55yr16%24%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 9% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 3% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%3/116
the rest of the field
10%
11,857/120,644

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

108 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 108 of the 147 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
106/108
Grantees still filing
38/108
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

VARIOUS - INFORMATION AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST — $16,448,824 · OtherVARIOUS - INFORMATION AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST+97 more — $2,150,561 · Other+97 moreTHE GRATEFUL FILM FUND — $204,500 · Arts & CultureLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC — $57,600 · Arts & CultureWORLD MONUMENTS FUND INC — $40,000 · Arts & CulturePRINTED MATTER INC — $30,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART — $24,412 · Arts & CultureWOMEN MAKE MOVIES INC — $15,000 · Arts & Culture+9 more — $32,979 · Arts & CultureREED INSTITUTE — $150,000 · EducationPURCHASE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 · EducationLOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS — $25,000 · EducationBARD COLLEGE — $15,000 · EducationTRINITY SCHOOL INC — $11,709 · Education+8 more — $17,350 · EducationAMAZON CONSERVATION TEAM — $200,000 · Science & TechTREEPEOPLE INC — $100,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC — $50,000 · EnvironmentSUSTAINABLE FOOD ALLIANCE INC — $25,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP — $10,000 · Environment+5 more — $13,929 · EnvironmentVIOLENCE POLICY CENTER — $100,000 · Crime & LegalEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC — $52,000 · Crime & LegalSPARKYOUTH NYC INC — $25,925 · Crime & LegalNEW YORK CITY POLICE FOUNDATION INC — $15,400 · Crime & LegalLife Town Inc — $88,613 · Human ServicesTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC — $35,000 · Human ServicesISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND — $35,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE — $25,000 · Human Services+3 more — $8,600 · Human Services
Other$18,599,385Arts & Culture$404,491Education$269,059Science & Tech$200,000Environment$198,929Crime & Legal$193,325Human Services$192,213

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE GRATEFUL FILM FUND — $204,500 over 1y, 42% of budgetAMAZON CONSERVATION TEAM — $200,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetREED INSTITUTE — $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC — $102,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVIOLENCE POLICY CENTER — $100,000 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetTREEPEOPLE INC — $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN FUND INC — $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLife Town Inc — $88,613 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC — $57,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC — $52,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPURCHASE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetVOTERIDERS — $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWBELONG INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD MONUMENTS FUND INC — $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc — $35,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSpace for Giants USA Inc — $35,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC — $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND — $35,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPROJECT INSPIRE INC — $34,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSTUDIO IN A SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INC — $32,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPRINTED MATTER INC — $30,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSPARKYOUTH NYC INC — $25,925 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetNANTUCKET ATHENEUM INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNEW YORK CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOceanic Society Expeditions — $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS — $25,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetTFI DIGITAL ARCHIVE — $25,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetAid Still Required — $25,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetKISS THE GROUND — $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLEVITT FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetSUSTAINABLE FOOD ALLIANCE INC — $25,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART — $24,412 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK CITY POLICE FOUNDATION INC — $15,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBARD COLLEGE — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN MAKE MOVIES INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INC — $14,183 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRAZOM INC — $14,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAISH GLOBAL INC — $12,613 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPHIPPS NEIGHBORHOODS INC — $12,150 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

CharitarianJewish Communal FundThe Goldman Sachs Cha…FjcAg FoundationUnited Jewish Appeal-…The New York Communit…Anna-Maria and Stephe…National Philanthropi…Robin Hood FoundationTides FoundationThe Bessemer Giving F…
CharitarianNY26.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charitarian · Jewish Communal Fund · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Fjc · Ag Foundation · United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc · The New York Community Trust · Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation Inc C/O Joel E Sammet & Co LLP · National Philanthropic Trust · Robin Hood Foundation · Tides Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Frances & Benjamin Benenson Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%3%13%28%50%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Northeastern University — 7% of income from government
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children — 6% of income from government
  • Reed Institute — 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
21report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

04Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Frances & Benjamin Benenson Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Frances & Benjamin Benenson Foundation Inc 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 147 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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