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The Benjamin Foundation Dba Garbett Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$894k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
15
Grants FY2024
14
Organizations funded FY2023
57%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$600,000
Organizations funded a year
11 to 15
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$3.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 57% of the organizations The Benjamin Foundation Dba Garbett Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 44% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $159k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
InternationalArts & CultureHuman ServicesPublic BenefitCommunity ImprovementCrime & LegalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving15$894k47%
FY202314$359k57%
FY202212$258k33%
FY202115$351k47%
FY202011$253k45%
FY201912$139k25%
FY201814$323k50%
FY201711$228kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

International$783kEnvironment$605kEducation$521kPhilanthropy$158kHousing & Shelter$133kHealth$128kArts & Culture$124kFood & Nutrition$104kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
OR
CA
UT
CO
NC
HI

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Foundation Escalera Inc$661,400353%
O2 Utah Foundation$400,000478%
Wilderness Workshop$185,00043%
Wasatch Community Gardens$103,50043%
Epik Deliberate Digital$70,0001n/a
Salt Lake Choral Artists$70,000317%
Shelter the Homeless Inc$70,00011%
Southern Sudan Humanitarian$60,000616%
Ballet West$50,00010%
Solutions Utah a Non-Profit Corporation$50,0001n/a
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All grantees of The Benjamin Foundation Dba Garbett Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Foundation Escalera Inc$661,400353%
O2 Utah Foundation$400,000478%
Wilderness Workshop$185,00043%
Wasatch Community Gardens$103,50043%
Epik Deliberate Digital$70,0001n/a
Salt Lake Choral Artists$70,000317%
Shelter the Homeless Inc$70,00011%
Southern Sudan Humanitarian$60,000616%
Ballet West$50,00010%
Solutions Utah a Non-Profit Corporation$50,0001n/a
Utah Foundation$47,50072%
Wonderbloom$42,00016%
Community Development Network$35,0001n/a
Fight Against Domestic Violence$25,00032%
Girl Scouts of Utah$24,00050%
Seven Canyons Trust$20,000111%
Academy for Creating Enterprise$20,00011%
Uc San Diego Foundation$10,00010%
Centro Hispano$10,00011%
American Indian Services$10,00010%
Bridge to Turkiye$10,00010%
South Valley Sanctuary Inc$8,30040%
Fuller Center for Housing of Cache Valley Inc$8,00042%
Empower Mali$7,50011%
Aspen Magdalene House Inc$5,00011%
Child Aid$5,00010%
Family Promise of Ogden$5,00010%
Salt Lake Childrens Choir$2,50015%
Utah Council of the Blind$2,50011%
Building Youth Around the World$2,25010%
Media Literacy Now$1,0001n/a
Canines With a Cause$1,00010%
Libertas Network$1,0001n/a
Latinos in Action Inc$75010%
Utah Symphony & Opera$50010%
Single Parent Project$50010%
Big Ocean Women$50011%
Utah State University$1001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($780k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Benjamin Foundation Dba Garbett Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 32 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFoundation Escalera Inc: $661,400 over 3y, 53% of budgetO2 Utah Foundation: $400,000 over 4y, 78% of budgetWilderness Workshop: $185,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetWasatch Community Gardens: $103,500 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetSalt Lake Choral Artists: $70,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetShelter the Homeless Inc: $70,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSouthern Sudan Humanitarian: $60,000 over 6y, 16% of budgetBallet West: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUtah Foundation: $47,500 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetWonderbloom: $42,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetFight Against Domestic Violence: $25,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetGirl Scouts of Utah: $24,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSeven Canyons Trust: $20,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetAcademy for Creating Enterprise: $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetUc San Diego Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCentro Hispano: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAmerican Indian Services: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBridge to Turkiye: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSouth Valley Sanctuary Inc: $8,300 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFuller Center for Housing of Cache Valley Inc: $8,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetEmpower Mali: $7,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAspen Magdalene House Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetChild Aid: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFamily Promise of Ogden: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSalt Lake Childrens Choir: $2,500 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetUtah Council of the Blind: $2,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBuilding Youth Around the World: $2,250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCanines With a Cause: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLatinos in Action Inc: $750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUtah Symphony & Opera: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSingle Parent Project: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBig Ocean Women: $500 over 1y, 0.9% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 32.

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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.

Sorenson Legacy FoundationUT41.9× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sorenson Legacy Foundation · David Kelby Johnson Memorial Foundation · Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · The Ashton Family Foundation · McCarthey Family Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Hemingway Foundation · Beesley Family Foundation · Union Pacific Foundation · Ihc Health Services Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Benjamin Foundation Dba Garbett Family Foundation

How much does The Benjamin Foundation Dba Garbett Family Foundation give?
The Benjamin Foundation Dba Garbett Family Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $894,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Benjamin Foundation Dba Garbett Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (28%), Environment (22%), Education (19%).
Who are The Benjamin Foundation Dba Garbett Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Foundation Escalera Inc ($661k), O2 Utah Foundation ($400k), Wilderness Workshop ($185k).
Does The Benjamin Foundation Dba Garbett Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Benjamin Foundation Dba Garbett Family 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 Benjamin Foundation Dba Garbett Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sorenson Legacy Foundation, David Kelby Johnson Memorial Foundation, Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation.
Where is The Benjamin Foundation Dba Garbett Family Foundation based?
The Benjamin Foundation Dba Garbett Family Foundation is based in UT.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 52 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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