Florida · Private foundation
The Caplan-Bensley 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.
- $43k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 46
- Grants FY2025
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 78%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $350
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 23
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 23
- Total assets, FY2025
- $200k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 78% of the organizations The Caplan-Bensley Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 63% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k 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 | 46 | $43k | 52% |
| FY2024 | 23 | $22k | 78% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $13k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $13k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $16k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $23k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $33k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $25k | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York Inc | $74,051 | 7 | 0% |
| Colorado Pet Pantry | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc | $11,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Paws - Providing Animal Welfare Services | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana Inc | $4,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Foodbank of North Central Ohio | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ohio Tri County Food Alliance Dba Second Harvest Food Bank | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tn | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Facing Hunger Foodbank Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 44 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($85k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Caplan-Bensley 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: Feeding America · The Kroger Co Zero Hunger Zero Waste Foundation · The Westfield Insurance Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Kroger Co Foundation · Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Marni & Morris Propp II Family Foundation Inc · Share Our Strength · The Houston Food Bank · American Electric Power Foundation · Carmax Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Caplan-Bensley Foundation
- How much does The Caplan-Bensley Foundation give?
- The Caplan-Bensley Foundation reported 46 grants totaling $43,100 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Caplan-Bensley Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (73%), Animals (10%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are The Caplan-Bensley Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York Inc ($74k), Colorado Pet Pantry ($15k), Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc ($11k).
- Does The Caplan-Bensley Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 78% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Caplan-Bensley 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 Caplan-Bensley Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Feeding America, The Kroger Co Zero Hunger Zero Waste Foundation, The Westfield Insurance Foundation.
- Where is The Caplan-Bensley Foundation based?
- The Caplan-Bensley Foundation is based in FL.
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