· Private foundation
The Bennett 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k3 grants · $12k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $96k
- $50k–250k6 grants · $1.2M
- $250k+1 grant · $266k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GRANGE PARK OPERA | $265,880 |
| American Associates of the Old Vic Theatre Inc | $248,940 |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY lONDON | $203,175 |
| KING BAUDOUIN Foundation US inc | $200,655 |
| SIR JOHN SOANE'S MUSEUM FOUNDATION | $189,630 |
| INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS OF THE NATURAL HISTORY | $160,641 |
| THE Wallace Collection in America INC | $156,733 |
| THE Royal Oak Foundation Inc | $33,982 |
| Glyndebourne America Inc | $24,896 |
| BUXTON ARTS FESTIVAL | $20,193 |
| Cambridge in America | $17,300 |
| International Friends of THE London Library Inc | $5,694 |
| WORLD MONUMENTS FUND INC | $5,000 |
| EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION | $1,299 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
US giving: 62% of grant dollars ($4.7M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 38% that went abroad ($2.9M) is mapped below.
Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Beyond the US: 38% of all-years giving ($2.9M)
1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +45% for those funded once.
23 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 16% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AFAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM INC2× · 2018–2019 · $2.0M · revenue +45% · 88% of their budget
- AFAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY LONDON INC3× · 2023–2025 · $653k · revenue +123%
- SVSAVE VENICE INC3× · 2017–2020 · $38k · revenue +106%
Funded once
- OVOLD VIC THEATREone grant, 2022 · $229k
- SJST JAMES'S CHURCH PICCADILLYone grant, 2023 · $207k
- TNTHE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERYone grant, 2023 · $197k
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.
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.
The American Friends of the English Heritage was formed with the purpose of promoting the United Kingdom-Based charity English Heritage (ENGLISH-HERRITAGE.ORG.UK) in the United States through Educational activities and supporing English…
To encourage appreciation and understanding of the art of portraiture through support of the operations and activities of the national portrait gallery in london and its collaboration with american arts and academic institutions.
>to conduct activities which are exclusively charitable, literary, and educational within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code. >to sponsor art exhibitions and loans of art works throughout the united states which…
The corporation is formed (i) to promote collaborations between the royal collection trust, and other publicly supported organizations which are closely related in purpose or function, in the united kingdom and institutions in the united…
The american trust for the british library (atbl) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and supporting the work of the british library, one of the world's greatest research libraries. the atbl provides financial and…
The primary objects of the fund are to educate the public about history, particularly the history of ships and seafaring in peace and war, from pre-history to today, and to educate the public about the story of time, astronomy and…
The huntington library, art museum, and botanical gardens shares its world-renowned collections to support scholarship, foster learning, inspire creativity, and offer transformative experiences for diverse audiences.
The fund was formed for the exclusive purpose of providing financial support to the southbank centre, a charitable trust created in great britain and registered with the charity commission of england and wales (no.298909). the fund is…
Raises funds for and makes grants to the national library of scotland and the national galleries of scotland in order to preserve the past for future generations; to record and preserve scottish culture, history, knowledge and ideas; and…
The american foundation for the national museums scotland was established to promote awareness,understanding and support for the work of national museums scotland.
How this is measured
26 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 of the 85 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY LONDON INC ↗
- Who funds MYRIAD USA INC ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATES OF THE OLD VIC THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds SIR JOHN SOANE'S MUSEUM FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS OF THE NATURAL HISTORY ↗
- Who funds THE WALLACE COLLECTION IN AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ↗
- Who funds BRITISH SCHOOLS & UNIVERSITIES FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SAVE VENICE INC ↗
- Who funds THE ROYAL OAK FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds American Friends of Tel Aviv Univ ↗
- Who funds VENETIAN HERITAGE INC ↗
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: The Deborah Loeb Brice Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · The New York Community Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Bennett Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bennett Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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