Funding search · EIN 133267113 · New York, NY

Frances & Benjamin Benenson Foundation

Name: Frances & Benjamin Benenson Foundation grants, 2021–2023
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.

149
grants reported: $12.4M
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. 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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Various - Information Available Upon Request2 grants · $8.8M
Grateful Film Fund1 grant · $204,500
Amazon Conservation Team1 grant · $200,000
Inner-City Scholarship1 grant · $160,000
Reed College1 grant · $150,000
Broad Stage1 grant · $110,000
Uja Federation of Ny1 grant · $102,500
Tree People1 grant · $100,000
Violence Policy Center1 grant · $100,000
New York Presbyterian Fund1 grant · $100,000

Giving over time

$5.0M

2021

$3.9M

2022

$3.6M

2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 149 grants.

$5.0M
Various - Information Available Upon Request · New York, NY · 2021
Contributions
$3.9M
Various - Information Available Upon Request · New York, NY · 2022
Contributions
$204,500
Grateful Film Fund · Studio City, CA · 2023
General support
$200,000
Amazon Conservation Team · Falls Church, VA · 2023
General support
$160,000
Inner-City Scholarship · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$150,000
Reed College · Portland, OR · 2023
General support
$110,000
Broad Stage · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
General support
$102,500
Uja Federation of Ny · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$100,000
New York Presbyterian Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$100,000
Tree People · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023
General support
$100,000
Violence Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$95,000
Lacma · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$88,613
Lifetown · Livingston, NJ · 2023
General support
$75,000
Tesseract Research Center (Patriotic Millionaires) · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$60,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023
General support
$57,600
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$52,000
Everytown for Gun Safety · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$50,000
Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$50,000
Bioneerscollective Heritage · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
General support
$50,000
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$50,000
Doctors Without Borders(Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc) · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$50,000
Educational Alliance · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$50,000
Jewbelong · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$50,000
Kcrw · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
General support
$50,000
Kehillat Israel · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$50,000
Moma Ps1(Ps 1 Contemporary Art Center Inc) · Long Island City, NY · 2023
General support
$50,000
Nat'L Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$50,000
New York Jr Tennis & Learning · Long Island City, NY · 2023
General support
$50,000
Nyu Langone Medical Center · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$50,000
Purchase College Fdn · Purchase, NY · 2023
General support
$50,000
Southern Environmental Law Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General support
$50,000
Voteriders · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
General support
$45,000
Camera Foundation · Suffield, CT · 2023
General support
$40,000
World Monuments Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$35,500
Hospital for Special Surgery Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$35,000
Carnegie Hall Society · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$35,000
Innocence Project · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$35,000
Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind · Warrington, PA · 2023
General support
$35,000
Space for Giants USA · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$34,000
Project Inspire · Clifton, NJ · 2023
General support
$32,000
Studio in a School · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$30,000
Printed Matter · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$25,925
Sparkyouth Nyc · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$25,000
Aid Still Required · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Jewish Family Services · Seattle, WA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Kiss the Ground · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Levitt Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$25,000
Los Angeles Review of Books · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$25,000
Nantucket Antheneum · Nantucket, MA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Nantucket Consevation · Nantucket, MA · 2023
General support
$25,000
New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$25,000
No Kid Hungry Share Our Strength · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$25,000
Oceanic Society · Ross, CA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Saint John'S Health Center · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Sustainable Food Alliance · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$25,000
The Feminist Institute · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$24,412
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$20,000
Center for Constitutional Rights · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$16,613
Congregation Kol Ami · Mission, KS · 2023
General support
$16,190
Uli - the Urban Land Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$15,400
Nyc Police Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$15,000
Bard Prison Initiative · Annadaleonhudson, NY · 2023
General support
$15,000
Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$14,183
National Institute for Reproductive · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$14,000
Razom · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$14,000
Soyuzivka Heritage Center · Kerhonkson, NY · 2023
General support
$12,613
Aish Global · Clifton, NJ · 2023
General support
$12,150
Phipps Neighborhoods · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$11,709
Trinity School · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
General support
$10,000
Boa Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Dillon Henry Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Environmental Working Group · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$10,000
Homeboy Industries · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Inside Out Media · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
John Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General support
$10,000
McKenna Academy · San Rafael, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Nyu Tisch Center · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$10,000
Smile Train · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$10,000
Weil Cornell Medical Center · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$8,000
Harlem Educational Activities · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$6,250
Rebuilding Together Nyc · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General support
$6,130
Salvation Army · Hoffman Estates, IL · 2023
General support
$6,000
Everychild Foundation · Pacific Palisades, CA · 2023
General support
$6,000
Mosholu Montefiore · Bronx, NY · 2023
General support
$5,000
92nd Street Y · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$5,000
Authors Guild · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$5,000
Brooklyn Heights Synagogue · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General support
$5,000
Fairwinds Credit Union · Orlando, FL · 2023
General support
$5,000
Friends of the High Line · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$5,000
Museum for Art in Wood · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Nyc First · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$5,000
Plastic Pollution Coalition · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$5,000
Sam First · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$5,000
St James Inn · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$5,000
United Nergo College Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$5,000
Yonkers Partners in Education · Yonkers, NY · 2023
General support
$4,700
Garden City Real Estate Professionals Foundation · Garden City, NY · 2023
General support
$3,750
Grow Nyc(Council of the Environment Inc) · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$3,750
New York Restoration Project · New York, NY · 2023
General 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.