Funding search · EIN 364522803 · Elm Grove, WI

Charles E Benidt Foundation

Name: Charles E Benidt Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

83
grants reported: $14.9M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $60,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

discretionary capital campaign emergency infrastructure scholarships alumni changing

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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.

Sojourner Family Peace Center4 grants · $6.1M
Desert Foothills Lutheran Church2 grants · $1.3M
Medical College of Wisconsin4 grants · $1.2M
Meta House5 grants · $1.1M
Phoenix Rescue Mission3 grants · $760,000
Medical College of Wi2 grants · $600,000
Journey House3 grants · $600,000
Penfield Montessori Academy1 grant · $500,000
Lcms World Missions3 grants · $360,000
Our Next Generation3 grants · $355,000

Giving over time

$4.0M

2022

$8.3M

2023

$2.6M

2024

Grant history

All 83 reported grants, largest first.

$5.0M
Sojourner Family Peace Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Endowment
$675,000
Desert Foothills Lutheran Church · Scottsdale, AZ · 2022
Capital campaign
$650,000
Desert Foothills Lutheran Church · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023
Capital campaign
$580,000
Phoenix Rescue Mission · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Transforming lives center & changing lives center, capital campaigns
$550,000
Sojourner Family Peace Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General operating & emergency advocate funding
$500,000
Medical College of Wi · Milwaukee Wi, WI · 2024
Scholarships rural campuses
$500,000
Meta House · Milwaukee Wi, WI · 2024
Capital campaign
$500,000
Medical College of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Rural campus scholarship fund
$500,000
Meta House · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Capital campaign
$500,000
Medical College of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Rural campus scholarship fund
$500,000
Penfield Montessori Academy · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Early milestones fund
$300,000
Sojourner Family Peace Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General operating & emergency advocate funding
$250,000
Sojourner Family Peace Center · Milwaukee Wi, WI · 2024
General operating
$200,000
Journey House · Milwaukee Wi, WI · 2024
General operating & citizenship program
$200,000
Journey House · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Citizenship program & general operating
$200,000
Journey House · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Citizenship program & general operating
$150,000
Penfield Children'S Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Program & service support
$145,619
New Way Academy · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Program support & infrastructure
$130,000
Our Next Generation · Milwaukee Wi, WI · 2024
Summer program & program director
$120,000
Lcms World Missions · St Louis Mo, MO · 2024
Missionary support
$120,000
Lcms World Missions · St Louis, MO · 2023
Missionary support
$120,000
Lcms World Missions · St Louis, MO · 2022
Missionary support
$115,000
Penfield Children'S Center · Milwaukee Wi, WI · 2024
Program & service support
$115,000
Our Next Generation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Summer school & adventure program & advanced leadership
$110,000
Our Next Generation · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Summer school & adventure program & hvac
$100,000
Medical College of Wi · Milwaukee Wi, WI · 2024
Pathways program
$100,000
Milwaukee College Prep · Milwaukee Wi, WI · 2024
Alumni program
$100,000
New Pathways for Youth · Phoenix Az, AZ · 2024
Infrastructure
$100,000
Phoenix Rescue Mission · Phoenix Az, AZ · 2024
Transformaing lives & changing lives program support
$100,000
Medical College of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Aim & roads
$100,000
Milwaukee College Prep · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Alumni program
$100,000
New Pathways for Youth · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Capital campaign
$100,000
Milwaukee College Prep · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Alumni program
$80,000
Concordia Seminary Adopt a Student · St Louis Mo, MO · 2024
Scholarships
$80,000
Concordia Seminary Adopt-a-Student · St Louis, MO · 2023
Scholarships
$80,000
Phoenix Rescue Mission · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Transforming lives center & changing lives center, capital campaigns
$80,000
The Salvation Army - Phoenix · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
General operating & emergency operating fund
$80,000
Concordia Seminary Adopt-a-Student · St Louis, MO · 2022
Scholarships
$80,000
New Pathways for Youth · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Capital campaign
$75,000
Medical College of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Aim & roads
$75,000
Penfield Children'S Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program & service support
$60,000
New Way Academy · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Program support & infrastructure
$59,000
New Way Academy · Phoenix Az, AZ · 2024
Theater update
$56,500
The Salvation Army - Phoenix · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
General operating & infrastructure
$50,000
Audio & Brail Literacy Enhancement · Milwaukee Wi, WI · 2024
General operating
$50,000
Feeding America · Milwaukee Wi, WI · 2024
General operating
$50,000
Audio & Brail Literacy Enhancement · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General operating
$35,000
The Salvation Army - Phoenix · Phoenix Az, AZ · 2024
General operating
$30,000
The Salvation Army - Milwaukee · Wauwatosa Wi, WI · 2024
General operating
$30,000
The Women'S Center · Waukesha Wi, WI · 2024
Emergency shelter & transitional living programs
$30,000
Feeding America · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General operating
$30,000
The Salvation Army - Milwaukee · Wauwatosa, WI · 2023
General operating
$30,000
The Women'S Center · Waukesha, WI · 2023
Emergency shelter & transitional living programs
$30,000
Feeding America · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General operating
$30,000
The Salvation Army - Milwaukee · Wauwatosa, WI · 2022
General operating
$25,000
Meta House · Milwaukee Wi, WI · 2024
Program support
$25,000
Meta House · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Program support
$25,000
Audio & Brail Literacy Enhancement · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General operating
$25,000
The Women'S Center · Waukesha, WI · 2022
Emergency shelter & transitional living programs
$15,000
Meta House · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Blessings in a Backpack · Waukesha Wi, WI · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Exponent Philanthropy · Washington Dc, DC · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Junior Achievement of Wi · Milwaukee Wi, WI · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Loretto Medical Clinic · Loretto Ky, KY · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Ronald McDonald House of Eastern Wi · Milwaukee Wi, WI · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone Nc, NC · 2024
Hurricane helene relief
$5,000
Aurora Behaviroal Center - Ethan'S Fund · Wauwatosa, WI · 2023
Discretionary general operating
$5,000
Balance · Grafton, WI · 2023
Discretionary general operating
$5,000
Benedict Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Discretionary general operating
$5,000
Children'S Homes of Iredell County · Statesville, NC · 2023
Discretionary general operating
$5,000
Exponent Philanthropy · Washington, DC · 2023
Discretionary general operating
$5,000
Next Step Training Program · Simpsonville, KY · 2023
Discretionary general operating
$5,000
Acts Housing · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Discretionary general operating
$5,000
Community Smiles · Waukesha, WI · 2022
Discretionary program support
$5,000
Community Warehouse · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Discretionary general operating
$5,000
Exponent Philanthropy · Washington, DC · 2022
Discretionary general operating
$5,000
Hope Collaborative Community · Louisville, KY · 2022
Discretionary general operating
$5,000
Wind River Ministries · Estes Park, CO · 2022
Discretionary general operating
$2,500
Golden Opportunities Partnerships · Mequon Wi, WI · 2024
General operating
$2,500
St Augustine Preparatory Academy · Milwaukee Wi, WI · 2024
General operating
$2,500
Golden Opportunities Partnerships · Mequon, WI · 2023
Discretionary general operating
$2,500
St Augustine Prep Academy · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Discretionary general operating
$2,000
Parkinsons Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
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