California · Private foundation
The Bengier Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $695k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 14
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.8M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 15% of the organizations The Bengier Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 12 | $695k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $665k | 15% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $645k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $480k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $455k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $564k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Exploratorium | $1,250,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Summer Search | $530,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Tilting Futures Incorporated | $417,000 | 6 | 10% |
| Santa Fe Institute | $270,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The University Corporation San Francisco State | $270,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Global Glimpse | $102,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Aim High | $70,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco | $55,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Bay Scholars | $50,000 | 5 | 1% |
| UCSF Medical Center Auxiliary | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Exploratorium | $1,250,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Summer Search | $530,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Tilting Futures Incorporated | $417,000 | 6 | 10% |
| Santa Fe Institute | $270,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The University Corporation San Francisco State | $270,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Global Glimpse | $102,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Aim High | $70,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco | $55,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Bay Scholars | $50,000 | 5 | 1% |
| UCSF Medical Center Auxiliary | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Smart Program | $40,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Bay School of San Francisco | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Genesys Works | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Mercy High School San Francisco | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Schools Mentoring and Resources Team Inc (Smart) | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Bay School | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($285k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Bengier Foundation 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: Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Marin Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The San Francisco Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About The Bengier Foundation
- How much does The Bengier Foundation give?
- The Bengier Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $695,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 14 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Bengier Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Science & Tech (43%), Education (21%), Employment (16%).
- Who are The Bengier Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: The Exploratorium ($1.3M), Summer Search ($530k), Tilting Futures Incorporated ($417k).
- Does The Bengier Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Bengier Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Bengier Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, Marin Community Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.
- Where is The Bengier Foundation based?
- The Bengier Foundation is based in CA.
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