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The Bennett Family Foundation at a glance

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The Bennett Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$788k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Food & Nutrition$1.6MEducation$1.5MHealth$744kArts & Culture$615kHuman Services$535kPhilanthropy$370kYouth Development$252kAnimals$235kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $170k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $358k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$30k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST ROSE DOMINICAN HEALTH FOUNDATION$250,000
NEVADA BALLET THEATRE$108,000
UNLV FOUNDATION$100,076
UNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN NEVADA$100,000
MOONRIDGE GROUP FOUNDATION$50,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
RESILIENT RETREAT$25,000
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA$25,000
DISCOVERY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM$25,000
SPREAD THE WORD NEVADA$25,000
LAS VEGAS AREA COUNCIL$25,000
DAVID FOSTER FOUNDATION$20,000
THE OROZCO SIBLINGS$5,000
OPPORTUNITY VILLAGE$5,000
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 (FY18–25, $158k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA: $30k → 13%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA: $25k → 13%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA: $25k → 13%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA: $13k → 13%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA: $13k → 13%NATHAN ADELSON HOSPICE: $10k → 13%NATHAN ADELSON HOSPICE: $10k → 13%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $25k → 13%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $8k → 13%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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.1M · 30 repeat orgs$674k to everyone else

30 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
22

Total granted

$6.1M
$294k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+48%

Still filing today

60%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $380k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthArts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentEmploymentOther
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

  • TS
    THREE SQUARE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.6M · revenue +9%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +18%
  • NB
    NEVADA BALLET THEATRE INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $407k · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • MF
    MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $50k
  • UF
    UNLV FOUNDATION (SCHOOL OF MEDICINE)
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • OD
    One Drop Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue -81%
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
Unlv Research Foundation

The foundation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for the purposes of supporting, promoting, and reporting research activities at the university of nevada, las vegas, as an entity of the board of regents of the nevada system of…

Science & Tech
2
Nevada Public Radio

Nevada public radio will enhance the quality of life and foster civic engagement by informing, education and inspiring our growing audiences.

Arts & Culture
3
Healthy Nevada
Health
4
Nevada Succeeds

Our membership is united in pursuit of immediate and continuous improvements to the state's education system. we support an ambitious, agressive and comprehensive reform agenda to dramatically increase the college and workforce readiness…

—
5
Roseman University of Health Sciences

Roseman university of health sciences advances the health and wellness of the communities we serve by educating current and future generations of health professionals, conducting research and providing patient care. we actively pursue…

Education
6
Nevada Council On Problem Gambling

The nevada council on problem gambling is a non-profit information and referral agency whose efforts are focused on reducing the impact of problem gambling on individuals, families and communities in nevada. it is the mission of the nevada…

—
7
Sports Leadership and Management Academy of Nevada

The mission of slam nv is to prepare students for postsecondary studies and careers through an engaging educational program emphasizing sports leadership and management career preparation. the school program will offer students in grades…

Education
8
Nevada State College Foundation

The mission of the nevada state college foundation board of trustees is to serve as ambassadors for nevada state college, to serve as fiduciary stewards of funds received by the foundation, and to raise funds in support of the educational,…

Education
9
Jobs for Nevadas Graduates Inc

Jobs for nevadas graduates has a mission to empower young people with the skills and support to succeed in education, employment, and life.

Education
10
Sierra Nevada Memorial - Miners Hospital

Sierra nevada memorial hospital ("snmh") is committed to improving the health of the people we serve, especially those who are vulnerable, while we advance social justice for all.

Health
11
University of Nevada School of Medicine Integrated Clinical Services Corporation

University of Nevada School of Medicine Integrated Clinical Services, Inc. is the acting oversight board for various non-profit organizations.

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12
Nevada Agricultural Foundation
Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Foundation for an Independent Tomorrow; the most unlike its peers is St Judes Ranch for Children 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

32 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. 32 of the 57 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
22/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THREE SQUARE: $1,616,480 · Food & NutritionTHREE SQUAREMOONRIDGE GROUP FOUNDATION: $265,500 · OtherMOONRIDGE GROUP FOUNDATIONNOAH'S ANIMAL HOUSE: $235,000 · OtherNOAH'S ANIMAL HOUSEFULLFILMENT FUND OF LAS VEGAS: $175,000 · OtherFULLFILMENT FUND OF LAS VEGASDAVID FOSTER FOUNDATION: $140,000 · OtherDAVID FOSTER FOUNDATIONFULLFILLMENT FUND OF LAS VEGAS: $125,000 · OtherFULLFILLMENT FUND OF LAS VEGASUNLV FOUNDATION: $100,076 · OtherUNLV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $75,500 · OtherONE NIGHT ONE DROP: $67,350 · OtherSPREAD THE WORD NEVADA: $122,000 · OtherSPREAD THE WORD NEVADATHE SHAQUILLE O'NEAL FOUNDATION: $80,000 · Other+26 more: $509,982 · Other+26 moreUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION: $1,242,453 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA…+3 more: $28,334 · EducationNEVADA MEDICAL CENTER INC: $378,750 · HealthNEVADA MEDIC…ST ROSE DOMINICAN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $250,000 · HealthST ROSE DOMI…American Heart Association Inc: $100,000 · HealthAmerican Hea…+3 more: $36,000 · HealthST JUDES RANCH FOR CHILDREN INC: $502,000 · Human ServicesST JUDES R…COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA INC: $138,400 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITIE…+1 more: $20,000 · Human ServicesNEVADA BALLET THEATRE INC: $407,050 · Arts & CultureNEVADA BA…THE LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC: $125,000 · Arts & CultureTHE LAS V…DISCOVERY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $26,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $11,750 · Arts & CultureUNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $200,000 · PhilanthropyTHE MOONRIDGE FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Philanthropy
Food & Nutrition$1,616,480Other$1,895,408Education$1,270,787Health$764,750Human Services$660,400Arts & Culture$569,800Philanthropy$225,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHREE SQUARE: $1,616,480 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION: $1,242,453 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetNEVADA BALLET THEATRE INC: $407,050 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetNEVADA MEDICAL CENTER INC: $378,750 over 6y, 66% of budgetST ROSE DOMINICAN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $200,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA INC: $138,400 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTHE LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC: $125,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetSPREAD THE WORD NEVADA: $122,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHAQUILLE O'NEAL FOUNDATION: $80,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetLAS VEGAS AREA COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $55,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetOPPORTUNITY VILLAGE: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDISCOVERY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $26,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetOne Drop Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRESILIENT RETREAT INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTHE MOONRIDGE FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR AN INDEPENDENT TOMORROW: $21,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNathan Adelson Hospice Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTOURO UNIVERSITY NEVADA: $15,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGrant A Gift Autism Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetINTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FORUM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCREATIVE VISIONS FOUNDATION: $6,750 over 1y, 0.1% of budget300 STEWART AVENUE CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLARK COUNTY PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVMSN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds THREE SQUARE ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDES RANCH FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds NEVADA BALLET THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds NEVADA MEDICAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ST ROSE DOMINICAN HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN NEVADA ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC ↗
  • Who funds SPREAD THE WORD NEVADA ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE SHAQUILLE O'NEAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LAS VEGAS AREA COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds OPPORTUNITY VILLAGE ↗
  • Who funds CASA DE LUZ ↗
  • Who funds DISCOVERY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds One Drop Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds RESILIENT RETREAT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MOONRIDGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR AN INDEPENDENT TOMORROW ↗
  • Who funds Nathan Adelson Hospice Inc ↗
  • Who funds TOURO UNIVERSITY NEVADA ↗

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.

NV Energy Charitable …Nevada Community Foun…Canarelli Family Foun…United Way of Souther…Wynn Resorts Foundati…The Boyd Family Found…The Tito and Sandra T…Elaine P Wynn and Fam…Vegas Golden Knights …Mgm Resorts FoundationEngelstad Family Foun…Rosenblum Family Foun…
NV Energy Charitable FoundationNV42.6× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: NV Energy Charitable Foundation · Nevada Community Foundation Inc · Canarelli Family Foundation · United Way of Southern Nevada · Wynn Resorts Foundation · The Boyd Family Foundation · The Tito and Sandra Tiberti Foundation · Elaine P Wynn and Family Foundation Bt · Vegas Golden Knights Foundation Inc · Mgm Resorts Foundation · Engelstad Family Foundation · Rosenblum Family 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 Bennett Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bennett Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%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
    12report 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 Bennett Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Bennett 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 57 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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