West Virginia · Private foundation
Phyllis a Beneke Scholarship Fund
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $173k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 44
- Grants FY2026
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $7,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 18
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 7
- Total assets, FY2026
- $3.1M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 31% of the organizations Phyllis a Beneke Scholarship Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 11 | $173k | 18% |
| FY2025 | 13 | $153k | 31% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $164k | 21% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $174k | 39% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $148k | 21% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $145k | 35% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $145k | 43% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $160k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
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 FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia University Foundation Inc | $875,000 | 10 | 0% |
| Emory University | $20,000 | 4 | n/a |
| West Virginia Wesleyan College | $14,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Belmont University | $13,000 | 4 | 0% |
| North Carolina State | $12,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Point Park University | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $12,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit | $11,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Manhattanville University | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Pittsburgh | $9,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 35 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($455k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Phyllis a Beneke Scholarship Fund supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Albert a Christ Scholarship Fund 1403 · Scott Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation · Council of Independent Colleges · Verizon Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Castelli Charitable Trust · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Premier Bank Foundation · West Virginia Independent Colleges and Universities Inc · Ruth M Hughes Scholarship Trust · Ritton Family Foundation
How this is measured
About Phyllis a Beneke Scholarship Fund
- How much does Phyllis a Beneke Scholarship Fund give?
- Phyllis a Beneke Scholarship Fund reported 44 grants totaling $173,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 18 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Phyllis a Beneke Scholarship Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (99%), Recreation & Sports (1%).
- Who are Phyllis a Beneke Scholarship Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: West Virginia University Foundation Inc ($875k), Emory University ($20k), West Virginia Wesleyan College ($14k).
- Does Phyllis a Beneke Scholarship Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Phyllis a Beneke Scholarship Fund accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Phyllis a Beneke Scholarship Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Albert a Christ Scholarship Fund 1403, Scott Foundation Inc, Ibm International Foundation.
- Where is Phyllis a Beneke Scholarship Fund based?
- Phyllis a Beneke Scholarship Fund is based in WV.
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