Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Henry & Helen Bienenfeld Foundation
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.
- $32k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 23
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Henry & Helen Bienenfeld Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k 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 | 3 | $32k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 23 | $344k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $28k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $187k | 10% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $183k | 15% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $175k | 5% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $179k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $194k | 13% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $102,700 | 7 | 0% |
| Jevs Human Services | $97,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $86,000 | 7 | 0% |
| American Friends of Natal Inc | $80,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Cheder Chabad - Philadelphia | $44,500 | 2 | 0% |
| One Family Fund | $40,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Friends of Karen Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Friends of Yad Eliezer | $40,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Keren or Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ehlers-Danlos Society | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $102,700 | 7 | 0% |
| Jevs Human Services | $97,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $86,000 | 7 | 0% |
| American Friends of Natal Inc | $80,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Cheder Chabad - Philadelphia | $44,500 | 2 | 0% |
| One Family Fund | $40,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Friends of Karen Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Friends of Yad Eliezer | $40,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Keren or Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ehlers-Danlos Society | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Chai Lifeline Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media | $12,500 | 3 | 1% |
| North Light Boys' Club Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Valley Beth Shalom | $5,340 | 4 | n/a |
| Healthlink Dental Clinic Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Erin Michele Levitas Education Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Cookies for Kids Cancer a New Jersey Non-Profit Corporation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Storybook Musical Theatre | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Bnai Torah Congregation | $400 | 2 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($844k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Henry & Helen Bienenfeld Foundation 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.
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How this is measured
Compare Henry & Helen Bienenfeld Foundation with peer funders
About Henry & Helen Bienenfeld Foundation
- How much does Henry & Helen Bienenfeld Foundation give?
- Henry & Helen Bienenfeld Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $32,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Henry & Helen Bienenfeld Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (29%), Religion (18%), International (14%).
- Who are Henry & Helen Bienenfeld Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ($103k), Jevs Human Services ($98k), Anti-Defamation League ($86k).
- Does Henry & Helen Bienenfeld Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Henry & Helen Bienenfeld Foundation 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 Henry & Helen Bienenfeld Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, The Pfizer Foundation Inc.
- Where is Henry & Helen Bienenfeld Foundation based?
- Henry & Helen Bienenfeld Foundation is based in PA.
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