Florida · Private foundation
Shirley 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.
- $18k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $432k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Shirley Bennett Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 5 | $18k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $17k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $20k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $17k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $21k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $20k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $27k | 27% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dawning Family Services Inc | $25,500 | 8 | 0% |
| YWCA of Palm Beach County | $22,568 | 9 | 0% |
| Holy Ground Shelter for Homeless Inc | $21,545 | 8 | 1% |
| Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida Inc | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Connor Moran Children's Cancer Foundation | $6,055 | 2 | 6% |
| Student Aces Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Association of University Women Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Gulf Stream Council of Boy Scouts of America Inc | $3,206 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($83k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Shirley 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: Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · Christian Olsen Private Foundation · United Way of Palm Beach County Inc · Quantum Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Shirley Bennett Foundation
- How much does Shirley Bennett Foundation give?
- Shirley Bennett Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $17,829 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Shirley Bennett Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (32%), Education (28%), Housing & Shelter (25%).
- Who are Shirley Bennett Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Dawning Family Services Inc ($26k), YWCA of Palm Beach County ($23k), Holy Ground Shelter for Homeless Inc ($22k).
- Does Shirley Bennett Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Shirley 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 Shirley Bennett Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc, Christian Olsen Private Foundation, United Way of Palm Beach County Inc.
- Where is Shirley Bennett Foundation based?
- Shirley Bennett Foundation is based in FL.
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