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 2022–2024. 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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