New Jersey · Private foundation
Trust for the Benefit of Charitable
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.
- $51k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $16,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 8
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $938k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Trust for the Benefit of Charitable 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; $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 | 10 | $51k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $44k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $47k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $42k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $49k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $45k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $50k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Opera Association Inc | $102,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Musicopia Inc | $33,628 | 7 | 0% |
| Wagner Free Institute of Science | $29,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Portland Opera Association Inc | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Yivo Institute for Jewish Research Inc | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Aauw-Wa Special Projects Fund | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Opera Carolina | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Sesame Workshop | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hidden Genius Project | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Gay Men's Health Crisis Inc | $2,407 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Opera Association Inc | $102,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Musicopia Inc | $33,628 | 7 | 0% |
| Wagner Free Institute of Science | $29,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Portland Opera Association Inc | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Yivo Institute for Jewish Research Inc | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Aauw-Wa Special Projects Fund | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Opera Carolina | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Sesame Workshop | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hidden Genius Project | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Gay Men's Health Crisis Inc | $2,407 | 1 | 0% |
| Opera Philadelphia | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Beit Simchat Torah | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($119k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Trust for the Benefit of Charitable 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: American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Trust for the Benefit of Charitable
- How much does Trust for the Benefit of Charitable give?
- Trust for the Benefit of Charitable reported 10 grants totaling $50,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 8 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Trust for the Benefit of Charitable fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (50%), Health (27%), Science & Tech (9%).
- Who are Trust for the Benefit of Charitable's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Metropolitan Opera Association Inc ($103k), Musicopia Inc ($34k), Wagner Free Institute of Science ($30k).
- Does Trust for the Benefit of Charitable fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Trust for the Benefit of Charitable 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 Trust for the Benefit of Charitable?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Trust for the Benefit of Charitable based?
- Trust for the Benefit of Charitable is based in NJ.
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