Funding search · EIN 431969687 · Evergreen, CO

Benson Family Foundation

Name: Benson Family 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.

72
grants reported: $3.0M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $25,000
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.

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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.

Top recipients

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

Western Resource Advocates4 grants · $900,000
Renewable Northwest4 grants · $430,000
International Development Enterprises4 grants · $280,000
Metro Denver Habitat for Humanity4 grants · $180,000
Planned Parenthood4 grants · $160,000
Community Partners Fbo College Match4 grants · $130,000
American Friends Service Committee4 grants · $120,000
World Central Kitchens4 grants · $100,000
Evergreen Christian Outreach4 grants · $93,000
Co Outdoor Ed Center4 grants · $87,000

Giving over time

$813,000

2022

$787,000

2023

$714,000

2024

$725,000

2025

Grant history

All 72 reported grants, largest first.

$300,000
Western Resource Advocates · Boulder, CO · 2023
Program support
$300,000
Western Resource Advocates · Boulder, CO · 2022
Program support
$150,000
Western Resource Advocates · Boulder, CO · 2025
Program support
$150,000
Western Resource Advocates · Boulder, CO · 2024
Program support
$115,000
Renewable Northwest · Portland, OR · 2025
General support
$115,000
Renewable Northwest · Portland, OR · 2024
General support
$100,000
International Development Enterprises · Golden, CO · 2025
General support
$100,000
International Development Enterprises · Golden, CO · 2024
General support
$100,000
Renewable Northwest · Portland, OR · 2023
General support
$100,000
Renewable Northwest · Portland, OR · 2022
General support
$50,000
Metro Denver Habitat for Humanity · Denver, CO · 2025
General support
$50,000
Metro Denver Habitat for Humanity · Denver, CO · 2024
General support
$40,000
Planned Parenthood · Denver, CO · 2025
General support
$40,000
Planned Parenthood · Denver, CO · 2024
General support
$40,000
International Development Enterprises · Golden, CO · 2023
General support
$40,000
Metro Denver Habitat for Humanity · Denver, CO · 2023
General support
$40,000
Planned Parenthood · Denver, CO · 2023
General support
$40,000
Ashoka · Arlington, VA · 2022
General support
$40,000
Community Partners Fbo College Match · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$40,000
International Development Enterprises · Golden, CO · 2022
General support
$40,000
Metro Denver Habitat for Humanity · Denver, CO · 2022
General support
$40,000
Planned Parenthood · Denver, CO · 2022
General support
$35,000
National Repertory Orchestra · Breckenridge, CO · 2025
General support
$30,000
American Friends Service Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General support
$30,000
Community Partners Fbo College Match · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General support
$30,000
World Central Kitchens · Washington, DC · 2025
Program support
$30,000
American Friends Service Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$30,000
Community Partners Fbo College Match · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General support
$30,000
World Central Kitchens · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support
$30,000
American Friends Service Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Ashoka · Arlington, VA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Community Partners Fbo College Match · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$30,000
American Friends Service Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$28,000
Evergreen Christian Outreach · Evergreen, CO · 2022
General support
$25,000
Co Outdoor Ed Center · Florissant, CO · 2025
General support
$25,000
Evergreen Christian Outreach · Evergreen, CO · 2025
General support
$25,000
Co Outdoor Ed Center · Florissant, CO · 2024
General support
$25,000
Mt Evans Home Health & Hospice · Evergreen, CO · 2023
General support
$25,000
Mt Evans Home Health & Hospice · Evergreen, CO · 2022
General support
$25,000
World Central Kitchens · Washington, DC · 2022
Program support
$21,000
National Repertory Orchestra · Breckenridge, CO · 2024
General support
$20,000
Blue Mountain Action Council · Walla Walla, WA · 2025
General support
$20,000
Evergreen Christian Outreach · Evergreen, CO · 2024
General support
$20,000
Mt Evans Home Health & Hospice · Evergreen, CO · 2024
General support
$20,000
Co Outdoor Ed Center · Florissant, CO · 2023
General support
$20,000
Evergreen Christian Outreach · Evergreen, CO · 2023
General support
$20,000
National Repertory Orchestra · Breckenridge, CO · 2023
General support
$20,000
The Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General support
$20,000
Big City Mountaineers · Denver, CO · 2022
Program support
$20,000
The Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General support
$18,000
Blue Mountain Action Council · Walla Walla, WA · 2024
General support
$17,000
Co Outdoor Ed Center · Florissant, CO · 2022
General support
$15,000
Blue Spruce Habitat for Humantiy · Evergreen, CO · 2025
General support
$15,000
Denver Indian Family Resource Center · Lakewood, CO · 2025
General support
$15,000
Outdoor Lab · Evergreen, CO · 2025
Pro
$15,000
Blue Spruce Habitat for Humantiy · Evergreen, CO · 2024
General support
$15,000
Denver Indian Family Resource Center · Lakewood, CO · 2024
General support
$15,000
The Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General support
$15,000
Big City Mountaineers · Denver, CO · 2023
Program support
$15,000
Blue Spruce Habitat for Humantiy · Evergreen, CO · 2023
General support
$15,000
Denver Indian Family Resource Center · Lakewood, CO · 2023
General support
$15,000
World Central Kitchens · Washington, DC · 2023
Program support
$15,000
Blue Spruce Habitat for Humantiy · Evergreen, CO · 2022
General support
$15,000
Denver Indian Family Resource Center · Lakewood, CO · 2022
General support
$12,000
Blue Mountain Action Council · Walla Walla, WA · 2023
General support
$12,000
Blue Mountain Action Council · Walla Walla, WA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Big City Mountaineers · Denver, CO · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Mt Evans Home Health & Hospice · Evergreen, CO · 2025
General support
$10,000
The Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2025
General support
$10,000
Big City Mountaineers · Denver, CO · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Outdoor Lab · Evergreen, CO · 2024
Pro
$6,000
Jefferson County Library Foundation · Lakewood, CO · 2022
Program 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.