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The Benkovic Family Foundation at a glance

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The Benkovic Family 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.

$1.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$1.3M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$1.5MScience & Tech$1.1MEducation$237kArts & Culture$59kEnvironment$50kHuman Services$29kInternational$18kCrime & Legal$11k
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,250,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MOUNT NITTANY HEALTH FOUNDATION$1,250,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–23, $31k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%YMCA OF CENTRE COUNTY INC: $15k → 16%CENTRE SAFE: $5k → 16%YMCA OF CENTRE COUNTY: $5k → 16%CENTRE SAFE: $2k → 16%CENTRE SAFE: $2k → 16%CENTRE SAFE: $2k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.9M · 12 repeat orgs$125k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
3

Total granted

$2.9M
$125k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+85%

Still filing today

58%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’25
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationEnvironmentInternationalOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • DS
    DISCOVERY SPACE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $125k · revenue +237%
  • AP
    AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY
    7× · 2017–2023 · $59k · revenue +48%
  • SF
    STRAWBERRY FIELDS INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $56k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE CLEARWATER CONSERVANCY OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +85%
  • GH
    GEISINGER HEALTHgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +118%
  • GC
    GEISINGER COMMONWEALTH SCH OF MED
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +24%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Pennsylvania Medical Society

The pennsylvania medical society is the voice of pennsylvania's physicians and the patients they serve. we advance quality patient care and the ethical practice of medicine. we promote physician leadership, education, professional…

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2
Marworth

Strive to make better health easier by providing access to affordable, high quality health services through equitable, innovative, and inclusive care models that support patient care, education, research, and community service.

Health
3
The Milton S Hershey Medical Center

Mshmc's mission is to continually improve the health and well-being of the people in pennsylvania. the organization provides patients with excellent, compassionate, culturally responsive and equitable care, educate and trains healthcare…

Health
4
Philadelphia County Medical Society

The mission of the philadelphia county medical society (pcms) is to aggressively advance and support the interests of physicians and their patients. pcms is pennsylvania's premier county medical organization.

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5
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center

The mission of penn state health holy spirit medical center is to nurture the healing ministry of the church, supported by education and research. fidelity to the gospel urges us to emphasize human dignity and social justice as we create…

Health
6
Chambersburg Hospital

The chambersburg hospital is a regional non-profit health care organization committed to the improvement of the health and well-being of the people in southcentral pennsylvania.

Health
7
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
8
Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center

Penn state health hampden medical center's mission is to continually improve the health and well-being of the people in pennsylvania. the organization provides patients with excellent, compassionate and culturally responsive and equitable…

Health
9
Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center

Cvph medical center's mission is to provide quality health care for the north country region in upstate new york.

Health
10
The Genetics Society of America in

Gsa serves an international community of scientists who use genetics to make new discoveries and improve lives. we advance biological research by supporting professional development of scientists, by communicating advances and fostering…

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11
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
12
Geisinger Medical Center

Strive to make better health easier by providing access to affordable, high quality health services through equitable, innovative, and inclusive care models that support patient care, education, research, & community services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Geisinger Commonwealth Sch of Med; the most unlike its peers is Cmt Research Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 15 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
10/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MOUNT NITTANY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $1,350,000 · OtherMOUNT NITTANY HEALTH FOUNDATIONPENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $1,082,000 · OtherPENN STATE UNIVERSITYPENN STATE UNIVERSITY-WPSU: $175,000 · OtherPENN STATE UNIVERSITY-WPSU+2 more: $9,000 · OtherDISCOVERY SPACE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INC: $125,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY: $59,000 · Arts & CultureSTRAWBERRY FIELDS INC: $56,000 · HealthGEISINGER HEALTH: $50,000 · HealthCMT Research Foundation Inc: $15,000 · HealthTHE CLEARWATER CONSERVANCY OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INC: $50,000 · EnvironmentYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRE COUNTY: $20,000 · Human ServicesCENTRE SAFE: $11,000 · Human ServicesGEISINGER COMMONWEALTH SCH OF MED: $25,000 · EducationMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $18,000 · International
Other$2,616,000Arts & Culture$184,000Health$121,000Environment$50,000Human Services$31,000Education$25,000International$18,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDISCOVERY SPACE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INC: $125,000 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetAMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY: $59,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSTRAWBERRY FIELDS INC: $56,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CLEARWATER CONSERVANCY OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INC: $50,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetGEISINGER HEALTH: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGEISINGER COMMONWEALTH SCH OF MED: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRE COUNTY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $18,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCMT Research Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetCENTRE SAFE: $11,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Centre Foundation IncThe Louis E Silvi Fou…The Blake and Linda G…The Hamer FoundationThe Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Centre Foundation IncPA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Centre Foundation Inc · The Louis E Silvi Foundation · The Blake and Linda Gall Family Foundation · The Hamer Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Benkovic Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Benkovic Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Benkovic Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Benkovic Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 15 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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