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Benzien Family Foundation

Name: Benzien Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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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.

61
grants reported: $505,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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

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Top recipients

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Guilford College4 grants · $155,000
The University of Arizona Foundation3 grants · $83,000
Sellwood Middle School Foundation3 grants · $23,000
University of Arizona Foundation1 grant · $20,000
Cleveland High School Foundation3 grants · $19,000
Southeast Snowboard Team4 grants · $18,000
Art Span Sf Children'S Art Program3 grants · $15,000
The Duniway Foundation3 grants · $14,500
The San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts2 grants · $14,000
Tucson Parks Foundation2 grants · $14,000

Giving over time

$125,000

2022

$129,000

2023

$123,000

2024

$128,000

2025

Grant history

All 61 reported grants, largest first.

$39,500
Guilford College · Greensboro, NC · 2025
Unrestricted/general op
$39,500
Guilford College · Greensboro, NC · 2024
Unrestricted/general op
$38,500
Guilford College · Greensboro, NC · 2023
Unrestricted/general op
$37,500
Guilford College · Greensboro, NC · 2022
Unrestricted/general op
$35,000
The University of Arizona Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2025
Unrestricted/general op
$28,000
The University of Arizona Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Unrestricted/general op
$20,000
The University of Arizona Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Unrestricted/general op
$20,000
University of Arizona Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Unrestricted/general op
$12,000
Sellwood Middle School Foundation · Portland, OR · 2023
Unrestricted/general op
$9,500
Cleveland High School Foundation · Portland, OR · 2023
Unrestricted/general op
$7,500
Boys and Girls Club of Santa Cruz County · Nogales, AZ · 2025
Unrestricted/general op
$7,000
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Unrestricted/general op
$7,000
Lasalle Educational Foundation · Milwaukee, OR · 2025
Unrestricted/general op
$7,000
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Unrestricted/general op
$7,000
Lasalle Foundation · 2024
Unrestricted/general op
$7,000
Sfmoma'S Education Program · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted/general op
$7,000
The San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted/general op
$7,000
Sfmoma'S Education Program · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted/general op
$7,000
The San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted/general op
$7,000
Tucson Parks Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Unrestricted/general op
$7,000
Tucson Parks Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Unrestricted/general op
$6,500
Cleveland High School Foundation · Portland, OR · 2022
Unrestricted/general op
$6,000
Sellwood Middle School Foundation · Portland, OR · 2024
Unrestricted/general op
$6,000
The Duniway Foundation · Portland, OR · 2024
Unrestricted/general op
$6,000
Boothbay Region Land Trust · Boothbay Harbor, ME · 2022
Unrestricted/general op
$6,000
Sellwood Foundation · Portland, OR · 2022
Unrestricted/general op
$6,000
Sfmoma'S Education Programs · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted/genl op
$5,000
Art Span Sf Children'S Art Program · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Unrestricted/general op
$5,000
Sellwood Middle School Foundation · Portland, OR · 2025
Unrestricted/general op
$5,000
Southeast Snowboard Team · Portland, OR · 2025
Unrestricted/general op
$5,000
Art Span Sf Children'S Art Program · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted/general op
$5,000
Southeast Snowboard Team · Portland, OR · 2024
Unrestricted/general op
$5,000
Art Span Sf Children'S Art Program · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted/general op
$5,000
Duniway Elementary School · Portland, OR · 2023
Unrestricted/general op
$5,000
Art Span · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted/general op
$5,000
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted/general op
$5,000
The Duniway Foundation · Portland, OR · 2022
Unrestricted/general op
$5,000
The Milo Foundation · Albany, CA · 2022
Unrestricted/general op
$4,500
Milo Foundation · Albany, CA · 2025
Unrestricted/general op
$4,500
Milo Foundation · Albany, CA · 2024
Unrestricted/general op
$4,500
Milo Foundation · Albany, CA · 2023
Unrestricted/general op
$4,000
Southeast Snowboard Team · Portland, OR · 2023
Unrestricted/general op
$4,000
Southeast Snowboard Team · Portland, OR · 2022
Unrestricted/general op
$3,500
Boys and Girls Club of Santa Cruz County · Nogales, AZ · 2024
Unrestricted/general op
$3,500
The Duniway Foundation · Portland, OR · 2023
Unrestricted/general op
$3,000
St Andrew'S Children'S Clinic · Green Valley, AZ · 2025
Unrestricted/general op
$3,000
Cleveland High School Foundation · Portland, OR · 2022
Unrestricted/general op
$3,000
The Duniway Elementary School · Portland, OR · 2022
Unrestricted/general op
$2,000
St Andrew'S Children'S Clinic · Green Valley, AZ · 2024
Unrestricted/general op
$2,000
Boys and Girls Club of Santa Cruz County · Nogales, AZ · 2023
Unrestricted/general op
$2,000
St Andrew'S Children'S Clinic · Green Valley, AZ · 2023
Unrestricted/general op
$2,000
Boys & Girls Club · Nogales, AZ · 2022
Unrestricted/general op
$2,000
Standrew'S Children'S Clinic · Green Valley, AZ · 2022
Unrestricted/general op
$1,500
Sunrise Presbyterian Church · Sullivans Island, SC · 2025
Unrestricted/general op
$1,500
Sunrise Presbyterian Church · Sullivans Island, SC · 2024
Unrestricted/general op
$1,000
Wilmington Friends School · Wilmington, DE · 2025
Unrestricted/general op
$1,000
Wilmington Friends School · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Unrestricted/general op
$1,000
Sunrise Presbyterian Church · Sullivans Island, SC · 2023
Unrestricted/general op
$1,000
Wilmington Friends School · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Unrestricted/general op
$1,000
Sunrise Presbyterian Church · Sullivans Island, SC · 2022
Unrestricted/general op
$1,000
Wilmington Friends School · Wilmington, DE · 2022
Unrestricted/general op

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