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The Bender Family Foundation: all 134 grants

Largest first · $906,476 across 2022–2025 · back to the overview

• $25,000

  Friends of Thacher State Park · Voorheesville, NY · 2025

  Unrestricted

• $20,000

  Albany Institute of History and Art · Albany, NY · 2022

  Year 3 of funding: website overhaul and server expansion

• $15,500

  Albany Institute of History and Art · Albany, NY · 2025

  Unrestricted

• $15,500

  Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy · Albany, NY · 2024

  General operating support

• $15,500

  Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy · Delmar, NY · 2023

  General operating support

• $15,000

  Connect Center for Youth · Cohoes, NY · 2025

  Unrestricted

• $15,000

  Steamer No10 Theatre · Albany, NY · 2025

  Unrestricted

• $15,000

  Underground Railroad Education Center · Albany, NY · 2025

  Unrestricted

• $15,000

  University at Albany Foundation · Albany, NY · 2025

  Unrestricted

• $15,000

  Watervliet Civic Chest · Watervliet, NY · 2025

  Unrestricted

• $15,000

  Arts Center of the Capital Region the · Troy, NY · 2024

  General operating support

• $15,000

  Gov Nelson a Rockefeller Empire State Plaza Performing Arts Center · Albany, NY · 2024

  General operating support

• $15,000

  Greene County Historical Society · Coxsackie, NY · 2024

  General operating support

• $15,000

  Historic Albany Foundation · Albany, NY · 2024

  General operating support

• $15,000

  Historic Cherry Hill · Albany, NY · 2024

  General operating support

• $15,000

  Literacy Volunteers of Rensselaer County · Troy, NY · 2024

  General operating support

• $15,000

  Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York · Latham, NY · 2024

  General operating support

• $15,000

  Shaker Heritage Society · Albany, NY · 2024

  General operating support

• $15,000

  University at Albany Foundation · Albany, NY · 2024

  General operating support

• $15,000

  Albany Can Code · Albany, NY · 2023

  General operating support

• $15,000

  Friends of Pruyn House · Latham, NY · 2023

  General operating support

• $15,000

  Red Bookshelf · Albany, NY · 2023

  General operating support

• $15,000

  University at Albany Foundation · Albany, NY · 2023

  General operating support

• $15,000

  Woman'S Club of Albany · Albany, NY · 2023

  General operating support

• $15,000

  Youth Fx · Albany, NY · 2023

  General operating support

• $15,000

  Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy · Delmar, NY · 2022

  Creating a community asset: bender melon farm preserve

• $13,000

  Albany Institute of History & Art · Albany, NY · 2024

  General operating support

• $12,000

  Watervliet Civic Chest · Watervliet, NY · 2023

  General operating support

• $11,000

  Destroyer Escort Historical Museum (Uss Slater) · Albany, NY · 2025

  Unrestricted

• $10,250

  Capital District Women'S Employment & Resource Center (Werc) · Albany, NY · 2025

  Unrestricted

• $10,000

  Girls Incorporated of the Greater Capital Region · Schenectady, NY · 2025

  Unrestricted

• $10,000

  Junior Achievement of Northeastern New York · Albany, NY · 2025

  Unrestricted

• $10,000

  New York Newspapers Foundation · Albany, NY · 2025

  Unrestricted

• $10,000

  Palace Theatre Palace Performing Arts Center · Albany, NY · 2025

  Unrestricted

• $10,000

  Baby Institute the · Albany, NY · 2024

  General operating support

• $10,000

  Collar Works · Troy, NY · 2024

  General operating support

• $10,000

  Grassroot Givers · Delmar, NY · 2024

  General operating support

• $10,000

  Refugee and Immigrant Support Services of Emmaus · Albany, NY · 2024

  General operating support

• $10,000

  Grand Street Community Arts · Albany, NY · 2023

  General operating support

• $10,000

  New York Newspapers Foundation · Albany, NY · 2023

  General operating support

• $10,000

  Refugee and Immigrant Support Services of Emmaus · Albany, NY · 2023

  General operating support

• $10,000

  Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood · Albany, NY · 2023

  General operating support

• $10,000

  Albany Center Galleries · Albany, NY · 2022

  Spotlighting creativity in downtown albany

• $10,000

  Baby Institute · Albany, NY · 2022

  Baby institute summer camp

• $10,000

  Destroyer Escort Historical Museum the · Albany, NY · 2022

  Interior restoration of the forward compartments of uss slater

• $10,000

  Erie Canalway Heritage Fund · Cohoes, NY · 2022

  Matton shipyard: preservation & adaptive reuse initiative

• $10,000

  Friends of the Pine Bush Community · Albany, NY · 2022

  Nature documentary short film on the albany pine bush

• $10,000

  Habitat for Humanity International · Albany, NY · 2022

  2022 new construction in sheridan hollow

• $10,000

  Historic Albany Foundation · Albany, NY · 2022

  Haf tool library

• $10,000

  Interfaith Partnership for the Homeless · Albany, NY · 2022

  Technology stations for emergency shelter guests

• $10,000

  Palace Performing Arts Center · Albany, NY · 2022

  Palace theatre's community engagement initiative

• $10,000

  Refugee & Immigrant Support Services of Emmaus · Albany, NY · 2022

  Growing refugee community needs

• $10,000

  Regional Food Bank of Neny · Latham, NY · 2022

  Patroon land farm

• $10,000

  Shaker Heritage Society · Albany, NY · 2022

  Energy efficiency and health and safety upgrades at the shaker meeting house

• $10,000

  Social Enterpirse & Training Center · Schenectady, NY · 2022

  Education for all

• $10,000

  Van Alen Institute Projects in Public Architecture · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

  The lucid project in albany: community-led design to revitalize public space

• $9,000

  Boys & Girls Clubs of the Capital Area · Albany, NY · 2024

  General operating support

• $8,750

  Capital District Women'S Employment & Resource Center · Albany, NY · 2022

  Empowerment through education and training

• $8,490

  Friends and Foundation of Albany Public Library · Albany, NY · 2024

  General operating support

• $8,250

  Albany Center Galleries · Albany, NY · 2025

  Unrestricted

• $8,000

  Cohoes Connect Project · Cohoes, NY · 2022

  Connect center arts programs: artrepeneur & digital design

• $7,600

  The Children'S Museum at Saratoga · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2025

  Unrestricted

• $7,000

  Community Foundation for the Capital Region · Albany, NY · 2025

  Unresticted

• $7,000

  Ravena Coeymans Historical Society · Ravena, NY · 2023

  General operating support

• $6,500

  Maria College · Albany, NY · 2025

  Unrestricted

• $6,500

  Maria College · Albany, NY · 2024

  General operating support

• $5,000

  Innovation Station · Ravena, NY · 2025

  Unrestricted

• $5,000

  Iphny · Albany, NY · 2025

  Unrestricted

• $5,000

  Connect Center the · Cohoes, NY · 2024

  General operating support

• $5,000

  Maria College · Albany, NY · 2023

  General operating support

• $5,000

  Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences · Albany, NY · 2022

  The collaboratory

• $4,500

  Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region · Albany, NY · 2024

  General operating support

• $4,500

  Community Foundaiton for the Greater Capital Region · Albany, NY · 2023

  General operating support

• $4,500

  Misc Organized Charities · Albany, NY · 2023

  General operating support

• $4,250

  Misc Organized Charities 1000 · Albany, NY · 2022

  Unrestricted

• $4,000

  Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region · Albany, NY · 2022

  General operating support

• $3,410

  Up-Stitch · Albany, NY · 2025

  Unrestricted

• $3,363

  Rapp Road Historical Association · Albany, NY · 2024

  General operating support

• $3,000

  Arts Center of the Capital Region · Troy, NY · 2025

  Unrestricted

• $2,000

  Amvet Post9594 Ravena Ny · Ravena, NY · 2025

  Unrestricted

• $2,000

  Marist College · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2025

  Unrestricted

• $2,000

  Amvet Post9594 Ravena Ny · Ravena, NY · 2024

  General operating support

• $2,000

  Marist College · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

  General operating support

• $2,000

  Amvet Post9594 Ravena Ny · Ravena, NY · 2023

  General operating support

• $2,000

  Albany Academies the · Albany, NY · 2022

  General operating support

• $2,000

  Vfw Post 9594 · Ravena, NY · 2022

  General operating support

• $1,863

  Rapp Road Historical Association · Albany, NY · 2025

  Unrestricted

• $1,500

  The Connect Center · Cohoes, NY · 2025

  Unrestricted

• $1,500

  Destroyer Escort Historical Museum (Uss Slater) · Albany, NY · 2024

  General operating support

• $1,500

  Albany Academies · Albany, NY · 2023

  General operating support

• $1,500

  Capital District Recovery Center · Albany, NY · 2023

  General operating support

• $1,500

  Capital Roots · Troy, NY · 2023

  General operating support

• $1,500

  Destroyer Escort Historical Museum (Uss Slater) · Albany, NY · 2023

  General operating support

• $1,500

  Marist College · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2023

  General operating support

• $1,500

  Albany Rural Cemetery · Albany, NY · 2022

  General operating support

• $1,500

  Capital Roots · Troy, NY · 2022

  General operating support

• $1,500

  Connect Center for Youth · Cohoes, NY · 2022

  General operating support

• $1,500

  Marist College · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2022

  General operating support

• $1,000

  Albany Academies · Albany, NY · 2025

  Unrestricted

• $1,000

  Bronck Museum · Coxsackie, NY · 2025

  Unrestricted