Georgia · Private foundation
L O Benton Banking Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $335k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2024
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 63%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,250
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 38
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 63% of the organizations L O Benton Banking Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 67% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $229k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 23 | $335k | 30% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $341k | 63% |
| FY2022 | 38 | $748k | 87% |
| FY2021 | 28 | $1.0M | 79% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $836k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $841k | 90% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $778k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gatewood Schools Inc | $366,088 | 7 | 3% |
| Piedmont Academy Inc | $194,679 | 7 | 5% |
| The Plaza Arts Center Inc | $163,750 | 2 | 22% |
| Putnam General Hospital | $125,000 | 5 | n/a |
| God of Peace Ministries Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Prospect United Methodist Church Inc | $70,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Artisans Village Inc | $32,500 | 3 | 20% |
| The Feed Store | $30,000 | 1 | 18% |
| First United Methodist Church | $25,450 | 1 | n/a |
| Old Jail Art Center | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gatewood Schools Inc | $366,088 | 7 | 3% |
| Piedmont Academy Inc | $194,679 | 7 | 5% |
| The Plaza Arts Center Inc | $163,750 | 2 | 22% |
| Putnam General Hospital | $125,000 | 5 | n/a |
| God of Peace Ministries Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Prospect United Methodist Church Inc | $70,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Artisans Village Inc | $32,500 | 3 | 20% |
| The Feed Store | $30,000 | 1 | 18% |
| First United Methodist Church | $25,450 | 1 | n/a |
| Old Jail Art Center | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Maranatha Fellowship | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Smithboro Baptist Church | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dove Creek Elementary PTO Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Eatonton Putnam Chamber of Commerce Inc | $9,500 | 3 | 1% |
| The Schenck School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Eatonton Main Street Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Wild Jaeger Veteran Adventures Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Young Life | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Lake Country Chorus Inc | $1,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Circle Ranch Inc | $800 | 1 | 0% |
| American Legion Auxiliary | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Pilot International Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| National Fire Safety Council Inc | $485 | 2 | 0% |
| Ferst Readers Inc | $350 | 1 | 0% |
| The Eatonton Service League Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Putnam Christian Outreach Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| First Call Pregnancy Center Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 87 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget L O Benton Banking 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.
Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About L O Benton Banking Foundation
- How much does L O Benton Banking Foundation give?
- L O Benton Banking Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $335,450 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 38 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does L O Benton Banking Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (29%), Education (23%), Health (7%).
- Who are L O Benton Banking Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Gatewood Schools Inc ($366k), Piedmont Academy Inc ($195k), The Plaza Arts Center Inc ($164k).
- Does L O Benton Banking Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does L O Benton Banking 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 L O Benton Banking Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, National Philanthropic Trust, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is L O Benton Banking Foundation based?
- L O Benton Banking Foundation is based in GA.
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