Texas · Private foundation
Tom W Bennett Estate
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.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2025
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $58,313
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $87,469
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 25
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $22M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Tom W Bennett Estate funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 24 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 25 | $1.0M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $1.1M | 4% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $1.1M | 4% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $910k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $941k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $920k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $801k | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Louis Childrens Hospital | $435,905 | 9 | n/a |
| Epworth Children & Family Services Inc | $435,905 | 9 | 0% |
| Bethesda Health Group Inc | $435,905 | 9 | 1% |
| Salvation Army | $413,063 | 9 | n/a |
| Greater St Louis Boy Scout Trust Fund | $395,855 | 8 | 2% |
| Good Shepherd Children & Family Services | $312,280 | 6 | 1% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $265,253 | 5 | 0% |
| The Lighthouse for the Blind | $225,690 | 9 | 0% |
| Central Institute for the Deaf | $217,952 | 9 | 0% |
| St Louis Internship Program | $217,952 | 9 | 30% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Louis Childrens Hospital | $435,905 | 9 | n/a |
| Epworth Children & Family Services Inc | $435,905 | 9 | 0% |
| Bethesda Health Group Inc | $435,905 | 9 | 1% |
| Salvation Army | $413,063 | 9 | n/a |
| Greater St Louis Boy Scout Trust Fund | $395,855 | 8 | 2% |
| Good Shepherd Children & Family Services | $312,280 | 6 | 1% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $265,253 | 5 | 0% |
| The Lighthouse for the Blind | $225,690 | 9 | 0% |
| Central Institute for the Deaf | $217,952 | 9 | 0% |
| St Louis Internship Program | $217,952 | 9 | 30% |
| Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri Inc | $217,952 | 9 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Missouri | $210,215 | 9 | 0% |
| Visiting Nurse Association Hospice Care | $132,626 | 5 | n/a |
| Gateway Region Young Men's Christian Association | $94,125 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Tom W Bennett Estate supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Co Tr Ua Viola J Reynolds · Leo R Buder Foundation Trust · Elberth R & Gladys F Grant Char · Norman J Stupp Foundation · Centene Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Graybar Foundation · East Missouri Foundation · Jordan Mary R & Ettie a Charitable · Edward Jones Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation
How this is measured
About Tom W Bennett Estate
- How much does Tom W Bennett Estate give?
- Tom W Bennett Estate reported 24 grants totaling $1,166,255 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Tom W Bennett Estate fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (25%), Health (17%), Philanthropy (12%).
- Who are Tom W Bennett Estate's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Louis Childrens Hospital ($436k), Epworth Children & Family Services Inc ($436k), Bethesda Health Group Inc ($436k).
- Does Tom W Bennett Estate fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Tom W Bennett Estate 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 Tom W Bennett Estate?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Greater St Louis Inc, Co Tr Ua Viola J Reynolds, Leo R Buder Foundation Trust.
- Where is Tom W Bennett Estate based?
- Tom W Bennett Estate is based in TX.
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