Funding search · EIN 954720080 · Pacific Palisades, CA

The Bennett 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.

60
grants reported
$4.4M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$29,039
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

programmebackstagebuildingcapitalcataloguingcollectionconservationeducational

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Funding pattern

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2 grants matching “backstage · $495,080

  • $254,160

    The Old Vic Theatre Trust · 2024

    Capital donation to the old vic backstage building

  • $240,920

    The Old Vic Theatre Trust · 2023

    Capital donation to the old vic backstage building

Top recipients

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  • American Friends of the National Gallery London3 grants · $652,911
  • King Baudouin Foundation US3 grants · $518,725
  • The Old Vic Theatre Trust2 grants · $495,080
  • Grange Park Opera1 grant · $265,880
  • American Associates of the Old Vic Theatre1 grant · $248,940
  • Old Vic Theatre1 grant · $229,060
  • St James'S Church Piccadilly1 grant · $206,992
  • The National Portrait Gallery1 grant · $197,025
  • Sir John Soane'S Museum Foundation1 grant · $189,630
  • International Friends of the Natural History1 grant · $160,641

Giving over time

$545,341
2022
$1.0M
2023
$1.3M
2024
$1.5M
2025

Grant history

All 60 reported grants, largest first.

  • $446,490

    American Friends of the National Gallery London · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $265,880

    Grange Park Opera · 2025

    Funding for access lift to Treetop Studio

  • $254,160

    The Old Vic Theatre Trust · 2024

    Capital donation to the old vic backstage building

  • $248,940

    American Associates of the Old Vic Theatre · New York, NY · 2025

    General operating support

  • $240,920

    The Old Vic Theatre Trust · 2023

    Capital donation to the old vic backstage building

  • $229,060

    Old Vic Theatre · 2022

    Charitable

  • $206,992

    St James'S Church Piccadilly · 2023

    General operating support

  • $203,175

    American Friends of the National Gallery London · New York, NY · 2025

    General operating support

  • $200,655

    King Baudouin Foundation US · New York, NY · 2025

    General operating support

  • $197,025

    The National Portrait Gallery · 2023

    General operating support

  • $190,650

    King Baudouin Foundation US · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating support

  • $189,630

    Sir John Soane'S Museum Foundation · New York, NY · 2025

    General operating support

  • $160,641

    International Friends of the Natural History · Bethesda, MD · 2025

    General operating support

  • $156,733

    The Wallace Collection in America · New York, NY · 2025

    General operating support

  • $127,420

    King Baudouin Foundation US · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $101,664

    Natural History Museum · 2024

    to support the Natural History Museum to research and put on display the Nanosaurus Agilis.

  • $79,519

    National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $65,725

    The Royal Society · 2022

    Charitable

  • $64,340

    American Friends of St James'S Piccadilly · Salisbury, MD · 2024

    General operating support

  • $61,318

    St Bartholomews Heritage · 2022

    Charitable

  • $59,880

    The Royal Society · 2023

    To support the science and law programme

  • $50,792

    British Schools and Universities Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $35,919

    St James'S Piccadilly · 2022

    Charitable

  • $34,947

    The National Trust · 2024

    Sculpture Cataloguing for the National Trust

  • $33,982

    The Royal Oak Foundation · New York, NY · 2025

    General operating support

  • $33,950

    Ashmolean Museum · 2022

    Charitable

  • $33,407

    The National Trust · 2023

    Sculpture Cataloguing for the National Trust

  • $31,545

    The Wallace Collection · 2024

    Fund the conservation and new photography of the wallace collection

  • $30,096

    American Friends of Tel Aviv University · New York, NY · 2022

    Charitable

  • $29,575

    The Wallace Collection · 2023

    Fund the conservation and new photography of the wallace collection

  • $28,503

    Venetian Heritage · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $25,416

    Glyndebourne · 2024

    New generation programme

  • $24,896

    Glyndebourne America · New York, NY · 2025

    General operating support

  • $24,084

    Glyndevourne · 2023

    New generation programme

  • $20,193

    Buxton Arts Festival · 2025

    Support opera seasons 2025 and 2026

  • $19,121

    Selwyn College · 2023

    Tu support educational scholarship

  • $17,791

    Selwyn College · 2024

    To support educational scholarship

  • $17,300

    Cambridge in America · New York, NY · 2025

    General operating support

  • $15,634

    Sir John Soane'S Museum · 2022

    Charitable

  • $14,685

    The Royal Horticultural Society · 2022

    Charitable

  • $13,580

    240 Project · 2022

    Charitable

  • $6,556

    Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation · 2022

    Charitable

  • $5,770

    The London Library · 2022

    Charitable

  • $5,752

    Victoria and Albert Museum Americas Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating support

  • $5,694

    International Friends of the London Library · New York, NY · 2025

    General operating support

  • $5,440

    Kids Kabin · 2022

    Charitable

  • $5,350

    The London Library · 2023

    Founders circle patron

  • $5,239

    Go Dharmic · 2022

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    World Monuments Fund · New York, NY · 2025

    General operating support

  • $4,991

    Givat Haviva Educational Foundation for Ghis · New York, NY · 2022

    Charitable

  • $4,210

    The American Friends of the Almeida Theatre · Harrison, NY · 2022

    Charitable

  • $4,105

    Royal Academy America · 2022

    Charitable

  • $3,500

    Americans for Oxford · New York, NY · 2022

    Charitable

  • $3,246

    American Friends of the National Gallery London · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating support

  • $3,072

    Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation · 2023

    General operating support

  • $2,262

    Virtual Doctors · 2022

    Charitable

  • $1,801

    National Theatre American Associate · 2022

    Charitable

  • $1,500

    American Friends of the National Portrait Gallery · 2022

    Charitable

  • $1,299

    Edward Charles Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2025

    General operating support

  • $1,269

    Edward Charles Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024

    General operating support

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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.