Funding search · EIN 261133956 · Westbrook, CT

The David and Sharon Bender Family 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.

72
grants reported
$258,675
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Top recipients

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  • Tower Foundation2 grants · $36,000
  • Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven4 grants · $26,150
  • Mozaic Senior Lkife1 grant · $25,000
  • Hadassah Connecticut2 grants · $20,000
  • Towers Foundation1 grant · $18,000
  • Ort America3 grants · $15,000
  • American Parkinson Disease Assoc2 grants · $10,000
  • Michael J Fox Foundation2 grants · $10,000
  • Planned Parenthood3 grants · $10,000
  • Connecticut Public Radio2 grants · $10,000

Giving over time

$55,750
2022
$90,540
2023
$112,385
2024

Grant history

All 72 reported grants, largest first.

  • $25,000

    Mozaic Senior Lkife · Bridgeport, CT · 2024

    Elderly Hursing Home Services

  • $20,800

    Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven · Woodbridge, CT · 2023

    Support Program

  • $18,000

    Towers Foundation · New Haven, CT · 2024

    2024 Ground Floor Renovation

  • $18,000

    Tower Foundation · New Haven, CT · 2023

    Senior Quality of Life Programs

  • $18,000

    Tower Foundation · New Haven, CT · 2022

    Senior Quality of Life Programs

  • $10,000

    Hadassah Connecticut · West Orange, NJ · 2024

    Support Hospitals

  • $10,000

    Hadassah Connecticut · West Orange, NJ · 2023

    Support Hospitals

  • $5,000

    American Parkinson Disease Assoc · Staten Island, NY · 2024

    Support Program

  • $5,000

    Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2024

    Fight Hate For Good

  • $5,000

    Connecticut Public Radio · Hartford, CT · 2024

    Support Program

  • $5,000

    Jewish Family Services of New Haven · New Haven, CT · 2024

    Send a Kid To Camp Fund

  • $5,000

    Michael J Fox Foundation · Hagerstown, MD · 2024

    Parkinson Research

  • $5,000

    Ort America · New York, NY · 2024

    Support Program

  • $5,000

    Parkinson'S Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024

    Parkinson Research

  • $5,000

    Pkd Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2024

    Fundin Research

  • $5,000

    Planned Parenthood · Manchester, CT · 2024

    Healthcare Education

  • $5,000

    American Parkinson Disease Assoc · Staten Island, NY · 2023

    Parkinson Research

  • $5,000

    Anti Defamation League · New York, NY · 2023

    Support Program

  • $5,000

    Michael J Fox Foundation · Hagerstown, MD · 2023

    Parkinson Research

  • $5,000

    Ort America · New York, NY · 2023

    Support Program

  • $5,000

    Parkinson'S Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023

    Parkinson Research

  • $5,000

    Aspca · Washington, DC · 2022

    Support Program

  • $5,000

    Connecticut Public Radio · Hartford, CT · 2022

    Support Program

  • $5,000

    Hartford Hospital 2023 · Hartford, CT · 2022

    Support Urology Kinney Fd

  • $5,000

    Ort America · New York, NY · 2022

    Support Programs Services

  • $5,000

    Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    Support Program

  • $4,000

    Planned Parenthood · Manchester, CT · 2023

    Suppport Program Services

  • $2,550

    Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven · Woodbridge, CT · 2022

    Send Kids To Camp Drive

  • $2,000

    Women'S Health Research at Yale · New Haven, CT · 2024

    Improve Health

  • $2,000

    Women'S Health Research at Yale · New Haven, CT · 2023

    Support Program

  • $2,000

    Women'S Health Research at Yale · New Haven, CT · 2022

    Support Program

  • $1,800

    Jewish Family Services of New Haven · New Haven, CT · 2024

    Support Social Services

  • $1,800

    Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven · Woodbridge, CT · 2024

    Support Program

  • $1,250

    American Jewish World Service · New York, NY · 2024

    Blueprint For a Better World

  • $1,000

    American Diabetes Assoc of New England · Merrifield, VA · 2024

    Fight to End diabetes

  • $1,000

    Greenpeace Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    Global Campaign

  • $1,000

    Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven · Woodbridge, CT · 2024

    JCC Send a Kid to Camo Fund

  • $1,000

    Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · White Plains, NY · 2024

    Improve Quality of Life

  • $1,000

    Simon Weisenthal Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Fighting Anti-Semitism

  • $1,000

    The Campaigh School at Yale · New Haven, CT · 2024

    Inspiring Women Worldwide

  • $1,000

    American Diabetes Assoc of New England · Merrifield, VA · 2023

    Support Program

  • $1,000

    American Jewish World Service · New York, NY · 2023

    Support Program

  • $1,000

    Aspca · Washington, DC · 2023

    Support Program

  • $1,000

    Greenpeace Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    Support Program

  • $1,000

    Jewish National Fund · New York, NY · 2023

    Support Housing Services

  • $1,000

    Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · White Plains, NY · 2023

    Support Program

  • $1,000

    Sandy Hook Promise · Newtown, CT · 2023

    Prevent Violence in Schools

  • $1,000

    Simon Weisenthal Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Support Program

  • $1,000

    The Campaigh School at Yale · New Cannan, CT · 2023

    Yale Enviroment 360

  • $1,000

    Anti Defamation League · New York, NY · 2022

    Support Programs Services

  • $1,000

    Giffords Law Center To Prevent Gun Violence · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Prevent Gun Violence Program

  • $1,000

    Planned Parenthood · Manchester, CT · 2022

    Support Programs Services

  • $1,000

    Sandy Hook Promise · Newtown, CT · 2022

    Support Prevent Violence in Schools

  • $1,000

    Simon Weisenthal Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Support Program

  • $1,000

    The Campaigh School at Yale · New Cannan, CT · 2022

    Yale Enviroment 360

  • $900

    Jewish Family Services of New Haven · New Haven, CT · 2023

    Support Program

  • $750

    Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · White Plains, NY · 2022

    Support Research Programs

  • $540

    US Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2024

    Keep Holocast Memory Alive

  • $540

    US Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2023

    Support Program

  • $540

    Jewish Family Services of New Haven · New Haven, CT · 2022

    Support Program

  • $360

    Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek · Chester, CT · 2024

    Support Program

  • $360

    Hand in Hand · Portland, OR · 2024

    Buikding Jewish-Arab Schools

  • $360

    US Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2022

    Support Program

  • $350

    American Jewish World Service · New York, NY · 2022

    Support Program

  • $150

    Save the Sound · New Haven, CT · 2024

    Action for Regions Environment

  • $100

    Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024

    Yale Enviroment 360

  • $100

    Experiment Station Associatesinc · New Haven, CT · 2023

    Agrecultural Research

  • $100

    Save the Sound · New Haven, CT · 2023

    Support Program

  • $100

    Yale University · New Cannan, CT · 2023

    Yale Enviroment 360

  • $100

    Save the Sound · New Haven, CT · 2022

    Support Program

  • $100

    Y for Humanity - the Yale Campaign · New Haven, CT · 2022

    Yale Enviroment 360

  • $25

    Experiment Station Associates · New Haven, CT · 2024

    Support Program

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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.