Louisiana · Private foundation
The Ben E Factor 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.
- $1.9M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 52
- Grants FY2025
- 48
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 36 to 48
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 22
- Total assets, FY2025
- $21M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations The Ben E Factor Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $571k 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 | 51 | $1.9M | 10% |
| FY2024 | 48 | $2.3M | 23% |
| FY2023 | 42 | $1.4M | 19% |
| FY2022 | 40 | $921k | 5% |
| FY2021 | 40 | $740k | 8% |
| FY2020 | 36 | $1.5M | 3% |
| FY2019 | 43 | $1.6M | 7% |
| FY2018 | 42 | $1.3M | 2% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana Christian University | $2,075,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $1,234,000 | 9 | 0% |
| India Partners | $598,000 | 6 | 4% |
| American Family Association Inc | $296,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Mission Pre-Born Inc | $275,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Acadian Baptist Center | $220,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Zion's Hope Inc | $180,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Social Service Center Inc | $130,000 | 9 | 5% |
| St Francis Diner Inc | $124,000 | 9 | 23% |
| Voice of the Martyrs Inc | $121,000 | 7 | n/a |
Show all 43 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 39 recipients with no EIN on record ($6.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ben E Factor 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 of Acadiana · Servant Foundation · Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
About The Ben E Factor Foundation
- How much does The Ben E Factor Foundation give?
- The Ben E Factor Foundation reported 52 grants totaling $1,914,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 36 and 48 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Ben E Factor Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (48%), Education (17%), International (15%).
- Who are The Ben E Factor Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Louisiana Christian University ($2.1M), Samaritan's Purse ($1.2M), India Partners ($598k).
- Does The Ben E Factor Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ben E Factor 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 The Ben E Factor Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Acadiana, Servant Foundation, Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation.
- Where is The Ben E Factor Foundation based?
- The Ben E Factor Foundation is based in LA.
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