Florida · Private foundation
The India Benton Lesser Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $33k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,200
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 28
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $74k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The India Benton Lesser Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k 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 | 16 | $33k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $56k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $38k | 41% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $54k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $53k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $51k | 27% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $100k | 46% |
| FY2018 | 27 | $113k | 37% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rescue Mission of Middle Georgia Inc | $25,745 | 7 | 0% |
| Sarasota Performing Arts Center Foundation Inc | $21,400 | 4 | 1% |
| Animal Rescue Coalition Inc | $20,200 | 2 | 2% |
| Friends of Hawaii Charities Inc | $11,365 | 1 | n/a |
| Pets on Wheels Inc | $10,800 | 8 | 2% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $10,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Asolo Theatre Inc | $7,835 | 1 | 0% |
| Children First Inc | $7,200 | 8 | 0% |
| Eagle Ranch Inc | $5,250 | 7 | 0% |
| Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 38 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 46 recipients with no EIN on record ($467k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The India Benton Lesser 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 of Sarasota Co Inc · Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Manatee Community Foundation Inc · Tarr Charitable Family Foundation Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Junior League of Sarasota Inc · Theda Bohrer Wendy and Tracey Shapiro Charitable Foundation Inc · The Louis and Gloria Flanzer Philanthropic Trust · William G and Marie Selby Foundation Inc · Perkins-Ponder Foundation · James Hyde Porter Testamentary Trust
How this is measured
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About The India Benton Lesser Foundation
- How much does The India Benton Lesser Foundation give?
- The India Benton Lesser Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $32,718 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The India Benton Lesser Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (33%), Health (9%), Recreation & Sports (8%).
- Who are The India Benton Lesser Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Rescue Mission of Middle Georgia Inc ($26k), Sarasota Performing Arts Center Foundation Inc ($21k), Animal Rescue Coalition Inc ($20k).
- Does The India Benton Lesser Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The India Benton Lesser Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The India Benton Lesser Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc, Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc, Publix Super Markets Charities Inc.
- Where is The India Benton Lesser Foundation based?
- The India Benton Lesser Foundation is based in FL.
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