Funding search · EIN 276069983 · New York, NY

The Helen Benham Foundation

Name: The Helen Benham 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.

40
grants reported: $159,678
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $4,000
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.

Save the Children4 grants · $22,500
Doctors Without Borders4 grants · $20,800
Vineyard Conservation Society4 grants · $20,000
Soho Alliance4 grants · $17,500
Circuit Arts3 grants · $16,000
Island Grown Initiative4 grants · $15,000
World Centeral Kitchen1 grant · $10,000
World Central Kitchen1 grant · $10,000
Camp Jabberwocky3 grants · $7,500
Island Housing Trust2 grants · $5,000

Giving over time

$35,378

2022

$35,800

2023

$46,000

2024

$42,500

2025

Grant history

All 40 reported grants, largest first.

$10,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
World Centeral Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Circuit Arts · West Tisbury, MA · 2023
Charitable
$7,500
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2022
Charitable
$5,800
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Island Grown Initiative · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Soho Alliance · New York, MA · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Vineyard Conservation Society · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Soho Alliance · New York, MA · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Vineyard Conservation Society · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Soho Alliance · New York, MA · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Vineyard Conservation Society · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Island Grown Initiative · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Vineyard Conservation Society · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2022
Charitable
$3,000
Circuit Arts · West Tisbury, MA · 2025
Charitable
$3,000
Circuit Arts · West Tisbury, MA · 2024
Charitable
$2,750
The Hunger Project · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$2,500
The Wakeman Center · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2025
Charitable
$2,500
Camp Jabberwocky · Marthas Vineyard, MA · 2024
Charitable
$2,500
Island Grown Initiative · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2024
Charitable
$2,500
Island Housing Trust · West Tisbury, MA · 2024
Charitable
$2,500
Camp Jabberwocky · Marthas Vineyard, MA · 2023
Charitable
$2,500
Island Grown Initiative · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2023
Charitable
$2,500
Camp Jabberwocky · Marthas Vineyard, MA · 2022
Charitable
$2,500
Island Housing Trust · West Tisbury, MA · 2022
Charitable
$2,500
Soho Alliance · New York, MA · 2022
Charitable
$2,338
Heifer International · Little Rock, AR · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Martha'S Vineyard Island Housing Trust · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2025
Charitable
$1,500
Heifer International · Little Rock, AR · 2024
Charitable
$1,500
Habitat for Humanity of Martha'S Vineyard · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2022
Charitable
$1,250
Vineyard House · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
American Cancer Society · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$500
Island Food Pantry · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2022
Charitable
$40
National Women'S Law Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Charitable

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