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