· Private foundation
P Bruce and Virginia C Benson 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k17 grants · $50k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $219k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BARRINGTON YOUTH DANCE ENSEMBLE | $40,000 |
| DARROW SCHOOL | $37,500 |
| HILLSDALE COLLEGE | $30,000 |
| HOWARD JARVIS TAXPAYERS FOUNDATION | $30,000 |
| CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO | $26,000 |
| NORTH SHORE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL | $25,000 |
| NRA CIVIL RIGHTS DEFENSE | $20,000 |
| WHITMAN COLLEGE | $10,000 |
| MAYO CLINIC | $8,200 |
| WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN | $5,000 |
| CITIZENS FOR CONSERVATION | $5,000 |
| SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,100 |
| SAGE GARDENERS | $3,000 |
| FOUNDATION FOR FIGHTING BLINDNESS | $2,600 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 76% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
30 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HJHoward Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation9× · 2017–2025 · $254k · revenue +19%
- BYBARRINGTON YOUTH DANCE ENSEMBLE INC9× · 2017–2025 · $238k · revenue +8%
- DSDARROW SCHOOL9× · 2017–2025 · $228k · revenue +12%
Funded once
- GOGUARDIANS OF THE CULTUREone grant, 2024 · $1k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…
The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.
Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.
See schedule o.founded in 1866, carleton college is a private, coeducational liberal arts college of 2,007 students located in the historic river town of northfield, minnesota. nationally recognized as the nation's top college for…
The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…
The mission of cornish college of the arts is to provide students aspiring to become practicing artists with aneducational program of the highest possible quality, in an environment, that nurtures creativity and intellectualcuriosity,…
Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.
California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
Mitchell college educates students through a highly individualized educational approach that brings forward each student's potential, reveals their strengths, and fosters personal growth.
Founded in 1902, barton college is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in wilson, n.c. the barton experience focuses on academic excellence within a wide range of professional and liberal arts programs leading to…
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
How this is measured
19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 34 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation ↗
- Who funds BARRINGTON YOUTH DANCE ENSEMBLE INC ↗
- Who funds DARROW SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds NORTH SHORE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF WHITMAN COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds CITIZENS FOR CONSERVATION INC ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER ↗
- Who funds CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN PUBLIC BROADCAST HOUSE ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC ↗
- Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC ↗
- Who funds US ENGLISH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds THE CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THEATREWORKS SILICON VALLEY ↗
- Who funds THE COLORADO COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds CMCARTS INC ↗
- Who funds SWEET BRIAR INSTITUTE ↗
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: The Chicago Community Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization P Bruce and Virginia C Benson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from P Bruce and Virginia C Benson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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