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The Benificus Foundation

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$506.0M
in grants paid: 154
grants: 80
recipients: 2022–2024
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$45.8M
Climate Imperative Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General purpose
$31.4M
Calico Life Sciences Llc · South San Francisco, CA · 2024
Parkinson's disease research
$21.4M
Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson'S Research · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$10.1M
Aspen Global Change Institute · Basalt, CO · 2024
General purpose
$8.1M
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
General purpose
$7.4M
Ted Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$7.1M
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2024
General purpose
$7.0M
Alliance for Climate Protection Dba Climate Reality Project · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$5.0M
Khan Academy · Mountain View, CA · 2024
General purpose
$4.0M
United States of Care Campaign · Arlington, VA · 2024
General purpose
$3.9M
Texas Children'S Hospital · Houston, TX · 2024
General purpose
$3.5M
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$3.0M
New Schools Fund · Oakland, CA · 2024
General purpose
$3.0M
One Campaign · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$2.6M
University of California San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General purpose
$2.5M
Rice University · Houston, TX · 2024
General purpose
$2.5M
College Track · Oakland, CA · 2024
General purpose
$2.4M
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Associates Inc (Weta) · Arlington, VA · 2024
General purpose
$2.0M
United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General purpose
$2.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$2.0M
Friends of Wildcare · San Rafael, CA · 2024
General purpose
$1.0M
University of California Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General purpose
$1.0M
Calmatters · Sacramento, CA · 2024
General purpose
$1.0M
Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties · San Jose, CA · 2024
General purpose
$985,043
Foundation for Excellence in Education · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
General purpose
$606,149
Planet Word (the Museum of Language Arts) · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$512,663
Newdeal Forum · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$512,663
Securing America'S Future Energy Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$488,538
Smarthistory · Pleasantville, NY · 2024
General purpose
$337,972
Carbonplan · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General purpose
$333,000
E-Liability Institute · San Rafael, CA · 2024
General purpose
$314,433
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$256,331
Third Way Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$254,616
Equis Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$250,000
Aspen Valley Land Trust · Carbondale, CO · 2024
General purpose
$250,000
Accountable for Health Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$150,000
Aspen Center for Environmental Studies · Aspen, CO · 2024
General purpose
$102,411
Giffords · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$100,000
The Backstoppers · Brentwood, MO · 2024
General purpose
$100,000
Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$100,000
Wikimedia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General purpose
$100,000
Pro Publica · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$100,000
St Anthony Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General purpose
$100,000
Raphael House · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General purpose
$60,000
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$30,000
California Academy of Sciences · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
Best Buddies · Miami, FL · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
The Art of Problem Solving Initiative · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
My New Red Shoes · Redwood City, CA · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
Edible Schoolyard Project · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2024
General purpose
$5,000
Aspen Music Festival and School · Aspen, CO · 2024
General purpose
$5,000
Spaulding Wooden Boat Center · Sausalito, CA · 2024
General purpose
$5,000
Woodside-Portola Valley Fire Foundation · Portola Valley, CA · 2024
General purpose
$2,500
Aspen Public Radioroaring Fork Public Radio · Aspen, CO · 2024
General purpose
$105.6M
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2023
General purpose
$35.9M
Climate Imperative Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General purpose
$10.2M
Aspen Global Change Institute · Basalt, CO · 2023
General purpose
$9.9M
Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson'S Research · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$8.9M
Ted Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$6.9M
Alliance for Climate Protection Dba Climate Reality Project · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$6.8M
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$6.6M
Texas Children'S Hospital · Houston, TX · 2023
General purpose
$4.5M
Khan Academy · Mountain View, CA · 2023
General purpose
$4.3M
One Campaign · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$4.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$3.0M
New Schools Fund · Oakland, CA · 2023
General purpose
$2.5M
Watttime Corporation · Oakland, CA · 2023
General purpose
$2.4M
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Associates Inc (Weta) · Arlington, VA · 2023
General purpose
$2.0M
Rice University · Houston, TX · 2023
General purpose
$1.1M
Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties · San Jose, CA · 2023
General purpose
$1.0M
Foundation for Excellence in Education · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
General purpose
$1.0M
Calmatters · Sacramento, CA · 2023
General purpose
$607,132
Planet Word (the Museum of Language Arts) · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$419,319
Smarthistory · Pleasantville, NY · 2023
General purpose
$335,004
Carbon Plan · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General purpose
$333,000
E-Liability Institute · San Rafael, CA · 2023
General purpose
$259,791
Aspen Valley Land Trust · Carbondale, CO · 2023
General purpose
$250,000
Carbon Removal Institute · Alexandria, VA · 2023
General purpose
$250,000
Third Way Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$226,014
Lucile Packard Foundation for Children'S Health · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
General purpose
$135,000
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$125,000
Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$100,000
Raphael House · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General purpose
$100,000
The Dreamcatcher Foundation · Islamorada, FL · 2023
General purpose
$100,000
St Anthony Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General purpose
$30,000
California Academy of Sciences · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Best Buddies · Miami, FL · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Wikimedia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Seva Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
My New Red Shoes · Redwood City, CA · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Edible Schoolyard Project · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
The Art of Problem Solving Initiative · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
Aspen Music Festival and School · Aspen, CO · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
San Francisco Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
Woodside-Portola Valley Fire Foundation · Portola Valley, CA · 2023
General purpose
$2,500
Aspen Public Radioroaring Fork Public Radio · Aspen, CO · 2023
General purpose
$35.9M
Climate Imperative Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General purpose

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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. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.