Funding search · EIN 383886828 · Minden, NV

Bently Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

20
grants reported
$1.5M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Grant history

All 20 reported grants, largest first.

  • $250,000

    Big Life Foundation · Ridgefield, WA · 2024

    Conserving wildlife and preserving land

  • $250,000

    Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care · South Lake Tahoe, CA · 2022

    Capital campaign rehabilitation center

  • $155,916

    Scottish Ballet · 2024

    Creating a new ballet on mary, queen of scots

  • $150,000

    Liberty in North Korea Escaping Utopia · Long Beach, CA · 2022

    Supporting documentary escaping utopia

  • $130,880

    National Theatre of Scotland · 2023

    Dracula, mina's reckoning tour

  • $100,000

    Charities Aid Foundation America · Alexandria, VA · 2024

    Moon bear project and protecting endangered elephants in vietnam

  • $65,000

    Golden State Bonsai · Sacramento, CA · 2024

    Security enhancement project

  • $58,000

    Unite the Parks · Mariposa, CA · 2022

    General programming

  • $50,000

    Amazon Watch · Oakland, CA · 2024

    End amazon crude

  • $50,000

    American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2024

    California headwaters support

  • $50,000

    Classical Tahoe · Incline Village, NV · 2024

    Ongoing programming

  • $50,000

    Unite the Parks · Mariposa, CA · 2024

    General program support

  • $50,000

    Classical Tahoe Annual Rec Fund · Incline Village, NV · 2023

    Ongoing programming

  • $50,000

    Classical Tahoe Annual Rec Fund · Incline Village, NV · 2022

    Ongoing programming

  • $50,000

    Girls Garage Young Women'S Design and Build · Berkeley, CA · 2022

    Young women's design and build institute

  • $10,000

    Auroville International USA · Sacramento, CA · 2023

    Sadhana forest-addressing aridification and food insecurity in rural south india

  • $10,000

    Alpine Watershed Group · Markleeville, CA · 2022

    Tamarack fire restoration year 2

  • $10,000

    Sugar Pine Foundation Caldor Fire Restoration Plantings · South Lake Tahoe, CA · 2022

    Caldor fire restoration

  • $5,760

    Lewa Wildlife Conservancy · New York, NY · 2023

    Support for conservation education program interns

  • $4,000

    Alpine Watershed Group · Markleeville, CA · 2023

    2023 creek day community workday

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.