Funding search · EIN 260272148 · Denver, CO
P Bruce & Virginia C Benson
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 99
- grants reported
- $3.1M
- total given
- 2020–2025
- filing years
- $6,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2020–2025. 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
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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.
- University of Colorado Foundation1 grant · $1.1M
- Advance Colorado2 grants · $600,000
- Leadership Program of the Rockies4 grants · $230,000
- Colorado Academy2 grants · $200,000
- The Steamboat Institute2 grants · $200,000
- Children'S Hospital Foundation3 grants · $113,100
- Food Bank of the Rockies6 grants · $60,000
- Steamboat Institute3 grants · $50,000
- Boy Scouts of America5 grants · $50,000
- Children'S Hospital Colorado Foundation1 grant · $50,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 99 reported grants, largest first.
- $1.1M
University of Colorado Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
Aid to community
- $400,000
Advance Colorado · Lafayette, CO · 2024
Aid to community
- $200,000
Advance Colorado · Lafayette, CO · 2025
Aid to community
- $100,000
Colorado Academy · Denver, CO · 2025
Aid to community
- $100,000
The Steamboat Institute · Steamboat Springs, CO · 2025
Aid to community
- $100,000
The Steamboat Institute · Steamboat Springs, CO · 2024
Aid to community
- $100,000
Colorado Academy · Denver, CO · 2022
Aid to community
- $75,000
Leadership Program of the Rockies · Denver, CO · 2025
Aid to community
- $75,000
Leadership Program of the Rockies · Denver, CO · 2024
Aid to community
- $53,100
Children'S Hospital Foundation · Aurora, CO · 2020
Aid to community
- $50,000
Children'S Hospital Colorado Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
Aid to community
- $50,000
Leadership Program of the Rockies · Denver, CO · 2022
Aid to community
- $50,000
Children'S Hospital Foundation · Aurora, CO · 2021
Aid to community
- $40,000
University of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2025
Aid to community
- $30,000
Leadership Program of the Rockies · Denver, CO · 2021
Aid to community
- $25,000
Cape Eleuthera Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Aid to community
- $25,000
Independence Institute · Denver, CO · 2024
Aid to community
- $25,000
Co · Van Nuys, CA · 2023
Aid to community
- $25,000
Steamboat Institute · Steamboat Springs, CO · 2022
Aid to community
- $25,000
Friends of the National Western · Denver, CO · 2021
Aid to community
- $15,000
Food Bank of the Rockies · Denver, CO · 2024
Aid to community
- $15,000
Samaratin'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2024
Aid to community
- $15,000
Steamboat Institute · Steamboat Springs, CO · 2020
Aid to community
- $10,252
Food Bank of the Rockies · Denver, CO · 2022
Aid to community
- $10,000
Boy Scouts of America · Irving, TX · 2025
Aid to community
- $10,000
Denver Police Foundation · Denver, CO · 2025
Aid to community
- $10,000
Denver Public Schools Foundation · Denver, CO · 2025
Aid to community
- $10,000
Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance · Denver, CO · 2025
Aid to community
- $10,000
Food Bank of the Rockies · Aurora, CO · 2025
Aid to community
- $10,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2025
Aid to community
- $10,000
Boy Scouts of America · Irving, TX · 2024
Aid to community
- $10,000
Denver Public Schools Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
Aid to community
- $10,000
Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance · Denver, CO · 2024
Aid to community
- $10,000
Gold Crown Foundation · Lakewood, CO · 2024
Aid to community
- $10,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2024
Aid to community
- $10,000
Boy Scouts of Colorado · Lakewood, CO · 2023
Aid to community
- $10,000
Denver Public Schools Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
Aid to community
- $10,000
Denver Zoological Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
Aid to community
- $10,000
Tunnels To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2023
Aid to community
- $10,000
Boy Scouts of America · Irving, TX · 2022
Aid to community
- $10,000
Children'S Hospital Foundation · Aurora, CO · 2022
Aid to community
- $10,000
Denver Zoological Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
Aid to community
- $10,000
Dps Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
Aid to community
- $10,000
Boy Scouts of America · Irving, TX · 2021
Aid to community
- $10,000
Steamboat Institute · Steamboat Springs, CO · 2021
Aid to community
- $10,000
Boy Scouts of America · Irving, TX · 2020
Aid to community
- $10,000
Food Bank of the Rockies · Denver, CO · 2020
Aid to community
- $9,748
Food Bank of the Rockies · Denver, CO · 2023
Aid to community
- $6,500
Arcs Scholarship · Lagrange, GA · 2020
Aid to community
- $6,000
Denver Rescue Mission · Denver, CO · 2020
Aid to community
- $5,000
Boys and Girls Club · Denver, CO · 2025
Aid to community
- $5,000
Common Sense Institute · Greenwood Village, CO · 2025
Aid to community
- $5,000
Independence Institute · Denver, CO · 2025
Aid to community
- $5,000
Step Denver · Denver, CO · 2025
Aid to community
- $5,000
Casady School · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
Aid to community
- $5,000
Colorado Business Hall of Fame · Greenwood Village, CO · 2024
Aid to community
- $5,000
Common Sense Institute · Greenwood Village, CO · 2024
Aid to community
- $5,000
Junior Achievement Rocky Mountain · Greenwood Village, CO · 2024
Aid to community
- $5,000
Step Denver · Denver, CO · 2024
Aid to community
- $5,000
Denver Police Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
Aid to community
- $5,000
Tunnels To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2022
Aid to community
- $5,000
Casady School · Oklahoma City, OK · 2021
Aid to community
- $5,000
Denver Zoological Foundation · Denver, CO · 2021
Aid to community
- $5,000
Economic Literacy Colorado - Adam Smith Award · Denver, CO · 2021
Aid to community
- $5,000
Food Bank of the Rockies · Denver, CO · 2021
Aid to community
- $5,000
University of Colorado - Johnson Depression Center · Aurora, CO · 2021
Aid to community
- $5,000
Casady School · Oklahoma City, OK · 2020
Aid to community
- $5,000
Denver Zoological Foundation · Denver, CO · 2020
Aid to community
- $5,000
National Western Citizen of the West · Denver, CO · 2020
Aid to community
- $5,000
Salvation Army · Alexandria, VA · 2020
Aid to community
- $5,000
University of Colorado - Johnson Depression Center · Aurora, CO · 2020
Aid to community
- $3,500
Colorado Business Hall of Fame · Denver, CO · 2020
Aid to community
- $2,500
Gold Crown Foundation · Lakewood, CO · 2021
Aid to community
- $2,500
Commit Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2020
Aid to community
- $2,000
Denver Rescue Mission · Denver, CO · 2025
Aid to community
- $2,000
Judi'S House · Aurora, CO · 2025
Aid to community
- $2,000
Salvation Army · Denver, CO · 2025
Aid to community
- $2,000
Denver Rescue Mission · Denver, CO · 2024
Aid to community
- $2,000
Salvation Army · Denver, CO · 2024
Aid to community
- $2,000
Denver Rescue Mission · Denver, CO · 2023
Aid to community
- $2,000
Girls & Boys Club Colorado · Denver, CO · 2023
Aid to community
- $2,000
Gold Crown Foundation · Lakewood, CO · 2023
Aid to community
- $2,000
Salvation Army · Denver, CO · 2023
Aid to community
- $2,000
Judi'S House · Aurora, CO · 2021
Aid to community
- $2,000
Judi'S House · Aurora, CO · 2020
Aid to community
- $1,000
The Delta Chi Association · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Aid to community
- $1,000
Denver Rescue Mission · Denver, CO · 2022
Aid to community
- $1,000
Centennial Institute - Colorado Christian University · Lakewood, CO · 2021
Aid to community
- $1,000
Common Sense Institute · Greenwood Village, CO · 2021
Aid to community
- $1,000
Gathering Place · Denver, CO · 2021
Aid to community
- $1,000
Independence Institute · Denver, CO · 2021
Aid to community
- $1,000
Parents' Challenge · Colorado Springs, CO · 2021
Aid to community
- $1,000
Cancer League of Colorado · Englewood, CO · 2020
Aid to community
- $1,000
Delta Chi Association (Cornell University) · Ithaca, NY · 2020
Aid to community
- $1,000
Denver Santa Claus Shop · Denver, CO · 2020
Aid to community
- $1,000
Gathering Place · Denver, CO · 2020
Aid to community
- $1,000
Gold Crown Foundation · Lakewood, CO · 2020
Aid to community
- $1,000
Mizel Museuminstitute · Denver, CO · 2020
Aid to community
- $1,000
Parents' Challenge · Colorado Springs, CO · 2020
Aid to community
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- The Colorado Health Foundation2,012 grants · $327.6M
- Christian Community Foundation4,375 grants · $507.9M
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