Texas · Private foundation
The Benton 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.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $325,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $600,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $18M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The Benton Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $990k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $990k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $870k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $1.1M | 33% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $870k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $876k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $711k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Museum of Natural Science | $3,070,000 | 8 | 1% |
| The Institute of Classical Architecture and Art Inc | $1,800,000 | 9 | 9% |
| San Jose Episcopal Day School Inc | $386,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Greenwood School Inc | $380,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Jacksonville School for Autism Inc | $346,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Stamford Museum & Nature Center Inc | $250,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Hermann Park Conservancy | $215,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Episcopal School of Jacksonville Inc | $85,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mainspring Academy Inc | $70,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Schreiner University | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Museum of Natural Science | $3,070,000 | 8 | 1% |
| The Institute of Classical Architecture and Art Inc | $1,800,000 | 9 | 9% |
| San Jose Episcopal Day School Inc | $386,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Greenwood School Inc | $380,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Jacksonville School for Autism Inc | $346,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Stamford Museum & Nature Center Inc | $250,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Hermann Park Conservancy | $215,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Episcopal School of Jacksonville Inc | $85,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mainspring Academy Inc | $70,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Schreiner University | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wilderness Youth Project Inc | $37,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Storyteller Childrens Center Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Benton Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About The Benton Family Foundation
- How much does The Benton Family Foundation give?
- The Benton Family Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $1,125,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Benton Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (38%), Arts & Culture (26%), Education (23%).
- Who are The Benton Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Houston Museum of Natural Science ($3.1M), The Institute of Classical Architecture and Art Inc ($1.8M), San Jose Episcopal Day School Inc ($386k).
- Does The Benton Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Benton 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 Benton Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Benton Family Foundation based?
- The Benton Family Foundation is based in TX.
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