Florida · Private foundation
The Benz 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.
- $7k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $271k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations The Benz Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 7 | $7k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $21k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $24k | 55% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $32k | 54% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $39k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $37k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $36k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $35k | 38% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christ Episcopal Church Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The City Rescue Mission Inc | $4,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Christ Church | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Daniel Memorial Inc | $3,244 | 1 | 0% |
| First Coast No More Homeless Pets Inc | $3,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Jacksonville Humane Society Inc | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Donna Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Chattanooga Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christ Episcopal Church Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The City Rescue Mission Inc | $4,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Christ Church | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Daniel Memorial Inc | $3,244 | 1 | 0% |
| First Coast No More Homeless Pets Inc | $3,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Jacksonville Humane Society Inc | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Donna Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Chattanooga Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| K9s for Warriors Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($251k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Benz 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.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Benz Family Foundation
- How much does The Benz Family Foundation give?
- The Benz Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $7,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Benz Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (49%), Health (21%), Religion (7%).
- Who are The Benz Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Christ Episcopal Church Inc ($6k), Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation ($5k), The City Rescue Mission Inc ($4k).
- Does The Benz Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Benz 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 Benz Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Benz Family Foundation based?
- The Benz Family Foundation is based in FL.
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