Funding search · EIN 472369180 · Palo Alto, CA

The Emily Benatar Foundation

Name: The Emily Benatar Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

168
grants reported: $1.4M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

amputee expenses medical payment assisted decico kevin living

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

1 grant matching “decico” · $1,500

$1,500
Lily of the Valley · San Diego, CA · 2025
Assisted living for kevin decico

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Bright Minds Africa1 grant · $253,290
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation - Bright Minds Africa3 grants · $163,493
Palo Alto Art Center Foundation4 grants · $105,660
Voter Registration Project - Everybody Votes Campaign1 grant · $100,000
Sf-Marin Food Bank4 grants · $57,500
Nepal Youth Foundation4 grants · $51,000
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation2 grants · $50,800
Association of Independents in Radio1 grant · $50,000
Voteorg1 grant · $50,000
American Independent Foundation1 grant · $50,000

Giving over time

$314,300

2022

$400,769

2023

$335,681

2024

$365,349

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 168 grants.

$253,290
Bright Minds Africa · Brisbane, CA · 2025
General & unrestricted
$100,000
Voter Registration Project - Everybody Votes Campaign · Washington, DC · 2023
General & unrestricted
$65,200
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation - Bright Minds Africa · Oakland, CA · 2023
General & unrestricted
$63,293
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation - Bright Minds Africa · Oakland, CA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$50,000
American Independent Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General & unrestricted
$50,000
The Voter Participation Center · Washington, DC · 2024
General & unrestricted
$50,000
Association of Independents in Radio · New York, NY · 2023
General & unrestricted
$50,000
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
General & unrestricted
$50,000
Voteorg · Oakland, CA · 2022
General & unrestricted
$40,000
Palo Alto Art Center Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2025
General & unrestricted
$35,000
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation - Bright Minds Africa · Oakland, CA · 2022
General & unrestricted
$25,660
Palo Alto Art Center Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
General & unrestricted
$25,000
Palo Alto Art Center Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
General & unrestricted
$20,000
Nepal Youth Foundation · Sausalito, CA · 2023
General & unrestricted
$15,000
Sf-Marin Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General & unrestricted
$15,000
Nepal Youth Foundation · Sausalito, CA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$15,000
Palo Alto Art Center Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$15,000
Sf-Marin Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$15,000
Sf-Marin Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General & unrestricted
$15,000
Code for America · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General & unrestricted
$15,000
Nepal Youth Foundation · Sausalito, CA · 2022
General & unrestricted
$12,750
Insight Meditation Center of the Peninsula · Redwood City, CA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$12,500
Sf-Marin Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General & unrestricted
$10,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
General & unrestricted
$10,000
Givedirectly · New York, NY · 2024
General & unrestricted
$10,000
Emily Stillman Foundation · Farmington Hills, MI · 2023
General & unrestricted
$10,000
Kimberly Coffee Foundation · Massapequa Park, NY · 2023
General & unrestricted
$10,000
The Dinner Party Labs · Swampscott, MA · 2023
General & unrestricted
$10,000
Women Advancing Nutrition Dietetics and Agriculture · Washington, DC · 2023
General & unrestricted
$10,000
East Palo Alto Tennis and Tutoring · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
General & unrestricted
$10,000
Emily Stillman Foundation · Farmington Hills, MI · 2022
General & unrestricted
$10,000
Give Directly · New York, NY · 2022
General & unrestricted
$10,000
Kimberly Coffee Foundation · Massapequa Park, NY · 2022
General & unrestricted
$9,700
Insight Meditation Center of the Peninsula · Redwood City, CA · 2023
General & unrestricted
$7,675
Insight Meditation Center of the Peninsula · Redwood City, CA · 2022
General & unrestricted
$7,500
Ada'S Cafe · Palo Alto, CA · 2025
General & unrestricted
$7,500
Ada'S Cafe · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$6,400
Insight Meditation Center of the Peninsula · Redwood City, CA · 2025
General & unrestricted
$6,000
Bay Area Legal Aid · Oakland, CA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$6,000
Bay Area Legal Aid · Oakland, CA · 2023
General & unrestricted
$6,000
Boys and Girls Club of Oakland · Oakland, CA · 2023
General & unrestricted
$5,275
East Palo Alto Tennis and Tutoring · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
General & unrestricted
$5,000
California Academy of Sciences · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General & unrestricted
$5,000
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General & unrestricted
$5,000
All May See Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$5,000
East Palo Alto Tennis and Tutoring · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$5,000
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General & unrestricted
$5,000
Filmmakers Collaborative · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$5,000
Kara · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$5,000
Lumos Foundation USA · New York, NY · 2024
General & unrestricted
$5,000
Nutrition Facts · Takoma Park, MD · 2024
General & unrestricted
$5,000
Playworks Education Energized · Campbell, CA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$5,000
Project Invent · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$5,000
Sister District Action Network · Covina, CA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$5,000
All May See Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General & unrestricted
$5,000
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General & unrestricted
$5,000
Kara · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
General & unrestricted
$5,000
Palo Alto Unified School District · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
General & unrestricted
$5,000
Playworks Education Energized · Campbell, CA · 2023
General & unrestricted
$5,000
Project Invent · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General & unrestricted
$5,000
All May See Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General & unrestricted
$5,000
Bay Area Legal Aid · Oakland, CA · 2022
General & unrestricted
$5,000
Boys and Girls Club of Oakland · Oakland, CA · 2022
General & unrestricted
$5,000
Environmental Volunteers · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
General & unrestricted
$5,000
Kara · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
General & unrestricted
$5,000
Lumos Foundation USA · New York, NY · 2022
General & unrestricted
$5,000
Playworks Education Energized · Campbell, CA · 2022
General & unrestricted
$5,000
Project Invent · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General & unrestricted
$3,418
Karen Crespo · West Covina, CA · 2025
Payment of medical expenses - amputee
$3,220
Karen Crespo · West Covina, CA · 2023
Payment of medical expenses - amputee
$3,165
Palo Alto Unified School District · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$3,000
Ecumenical Hunger Program · East Palo Alto, CA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$3,000
Embarcadero Media Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$3,000
Amnesty International · New York, NY · 2022
General & unrestricted
$3,000
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2022
General & unrestricted
$2,995
Karen Crespo · West Covina, CA · 2023
Payment of medical expenses - amputee
$2,600
Nutrition Facts · Takoma Park, MD · 2023
General & unrestricted
$2,500
Camp Kesem National · Covina, CA · 2025
General & unrestricted
$2,500
Boys and Girls Club of Oakland · Oakland, CA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$2,500
Giffords Law Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$2,500
Livemoves · Santa Clara, CA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$2,500
Our Children'S Trust · Eugene, OR · 2024
General & unrestricted
$2,500
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2024
General & unrestricted
$2,500
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
General & unrestricted
$2,500
Giffords Law Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General & unrestricted
$2,500
Giffords Law Center · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General & unrestricted
$2,100
Ecumenical Hunger Program · East Palo Alto, CA · 2025
General & unrestricted
$2,069
Karen Crespo · West Covina, CA · 2022
Payment of medical expenses - amputee
$2,021
Karen Crespo · West Covina, CA · 2022
Payment of medical expenses - amputee
$2,000
Help Myanmar · Albany, CA · 2025
General & unrestricted
$2,000
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation - Afghan Family Resettlement · Oakland, CA · 2025
General & unrestricted
$1,892
Karen Crespo · West Covina, CA · 2024
Payment of medical expenses - amputee
$1,800
Congregation Beth Am · Los Altos Hills, CA · 2022
General & unrestricted
$1,580
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation - Lesedi Schools & Clinic · Oakland, CA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$1,500
Lily of the Valley · San Diego, CA · 2025
Assisted living for kevin decico
$1,500
Conard House · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$1,500
Congregation Beth Am · Los Altos Hills, CA · 2023
General & unrestricted
$1,250
Bay Area Friendship Circle · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
General & unrestricted
$1,112
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation - Lesedi Schools & Clinic · Oakland, CA · 2023
General & unrestricted
$1,091
Ada'S Cafe · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
General & unrestricted

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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.