Funding search · EIN 841090517 · Colorado Springs, CO

P Bruce and Virginia C Benson Foundation

Name: P Bruce and Virginia C Benson Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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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.

73
grants reported: $735,250
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $3,000
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.

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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.

Barrington Youth Dance Ensemble3 grants · $115,000
Darrow School3 grants · $92,500
Hillsdale College3 grants · $90,000
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation3 grants · $90,000
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo3 grants · $76,000
North Shore Country Day School3 grants · $70,000
Nra Civil Rights Defense3 grants · $49,500
Whitman College3 grants · $30,000
Mayo Clinic3 grants · $18,400
Citizens for Conservation3 grants · $14,500

Giving over time

$217,000

2022

$250,250

2023

$268,000

2024

Grant history

All 73 reported grants, largest first.

$40,000
Barrington Youth Dance Ensemble · Barrington, IL · 2024
Charitable
$40,000
Barrington Youth Dance Ensemble · Barrington, IL · 2023
Charitable
$37,500
Darrow School · New Lebanon, NY · 2024
Charitable
$35,000
Barrington Youth Dance Ensemble · Barrington, IL · 2022
Charitable
$30,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2024
Charitable
$30,000
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$30,000
Darrow School · New Lebanon, NY · 2023
Charitable
$30,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2023
Charitable
$30,000
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Charitable
$30,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2022
Charitable
$30,000
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Charitable
$26,000
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
North Shore Country Day School · Winnetka, IL · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
North Shore Country Day School · Winnetka, IL · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Darrow School · New Lebanon, NY · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Nra Civil Rights Defense · Fairfax, VA · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Nra Civil Rights Defense · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
North Shore Country Day School · Winnetka, IL · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Whitman College · Walla Walla, WA · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Whitman College · Walla Walla, WA · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Whitman College · Walla Walla, WA · 2022
Charitable
$9,500
Nra Civil Rights Defense · Fairfax, VA · 2022
Charitable
$8,200
Mayo Clinic · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024
Charitable
$5,200
Mayo Clinic · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Citizens for Conservation · Barrington, IL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Sweet Briar College · Sweet Briar, VA · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Citizens for Conservation · Barrington, IL · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Mayo Clinic · Scottsdale, AZ · 2022
Charitable
$4,500
Citizens for Conservation · Barrington, IL · 2022
Charitable
$3,500
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$3,100
Arizona Nature Conservancy · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Charitable
$3,100
Arizona Nature Conservancy · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Charitable
$3,000
Sage Gardeners · Bozeman, MT · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Sage Gardeners · Bozeman, MT · 2023
Charitable
$3,000
Arizona Nature Conservancy · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Charitable
$3,000
Kcme · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Charitable
$3,000
Sage Gardeners · Bozeman, MT · 2022
Charitable
$2,750
Rocky Mountain Pbs · Denver, CO · 2022
Charitable
$2,600
Foundation for Fighting Blindness · Tempe, AZ · 2024
Charitable
$2,600
Foundation for Fighting Blindness · Tempe, AZ · 2023
Charitable
$2,500
Planned Parenthood · Denver, CO · 2022
Charitable
$2,250
Planned Parenthood · Denver, CO · 2024
Charitable
$2,250
Rocky Mountain Pbs · Denver, CO · 2024
Charitable
$2,250
Planned Parenthood · Denver, CO · 2023
Charitable
$2,100
US English Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$2,100
US English Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Cmc Arts · Po Box, VI · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
Kcme · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
Nature Conservancy · Boulder, CO · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
Pikes Peak Hospice · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
Cmc Arts · Po Box, VI · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Kcme · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Nature Conservancy · Boulder, CO · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Pikes Peak Hospice · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Cmc Arts · Po Box, VI · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Nature Conservancy · Boulder, CO · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Pikes Peak Hospice · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
US English Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$1,500
Rocky Mountain Pbs · Denver, CO · 2023
Charitable
$1,250
Colorado Springs Philharmonic · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Challenge Foundation · Englewood, CO · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Colorado Springs Philharmonic · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Theatreworks · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Challenge Foundation · Englewood, CO · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Colorado Springs Philharmonic · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Guardians of the Culture · Virgin Islands, VI · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Theatreworks · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Challenge Foundation · Englewood, CO · 2022
Charitable
$-500
Foundation for Fighting Blindness · Tempe, AZ · 2022
Charitable
$-1,000
Theatreworks · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Charitable

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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.