Iowa · Private foundation
Michael & Marjory Bennett 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.
- $227k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $78,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $240k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations Michael & Marjory Bennett Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $57k 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 | 10 | $202k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $259k | 30% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $243k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $610k | 23% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $368k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $259k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $513k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $505k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp High Hopes | $800,000 | 7 | 21% |
| Morningside University | $636,011 | 7 | 0% |
| Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools | $300,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Student Mobilization Inc | $300,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Historic Arnolds Park Inc | $267,510 | 4 | 1% |
| Briar Cliff University | $225,000 | 6 | 0% |
| St Luke's Health Foundation of Sioux City Iowa | $99,999 | 3 | 2% |
| Boys and Girls Home and Family Services Inc | $55,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Okoboji Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nebraska Greats Foundation | $40,000 | 3 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp High Hopes | $800,000 | 7 | 21% |
| Morningside University | $636,011 | 7 | 0% |
| Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools | $300,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Student Mobilization Inc | $300,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Historic Arnolds Park Inc | $267,510 | 4 | 1% |
| Briar Cliff University | $225,000 | 6 | 0% |
| St Luke's Health Foundation of Sioux City Iowa | $99,999 | 3 | 2% |
| Boys and Girls Home and Family Services Inc | $55,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Okoboji Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nebraska Greats Foundation | $40,000 | 3 | 2% |
| The Childrens Museum of Siouxland Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 2% |
| The Crittenton Center | $32,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Cca Foundation Inc | $28,750 | 1 | n/a |
| The Spirit of Okoboji | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Chapel by the Sea | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope Lutheran Church | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Girls Incorporated of Sioux City | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shayla Bee Fund Inc | $17,300 | 2 | 2% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boy Scouts of America 326 Mid-America Council | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Siouxland Human Investment Partnership | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Siouxland Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Tolerance Week Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($424k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Michael & Marjory Bennett 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: Missouri River Historical Development Inc · The Roth & Letch Family Charitable Foundation · The Chesterman Family Foundation · Aalfs Family Foundation · Peterson Family Foundation · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Gleeson Family Foundation · Greenberg Foundation · Food Bank of Siouxland Inc · Waitt Foundation · Helios Foundation · Siouxland Community Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Michael & Marjory Bennett Foundation with peer funders
About Michael & Marjory Bennett Foundation
- How much does Michael & Marjory Bennett Foundation give?
- Michael & Marjory Bennett Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $227,250 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Michael & Marjory Bennett Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (33%), Recreation & Sports (26%), Religion (10%).
- Who are Michael & Marjory Bennett Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Camp High Hopes ($800k), Morningside University ($636k), Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools ($300k).
- Does Michael & Marjory Bennett Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Michael & Marjory Bennett 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 Michael & Marjory Bennett Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Missouri River Historical Development Inc, The Roth & Letch Family Charitable Foundation, The Chesterman Family Foundation.
- Where is Michael & Marjory Bennett Foundation based?
- Michael & Marjory Bennett Foundation is based in IA.
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