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Private foundation (trust)EIN 416020204Est. 1958-03

BENTSON FOUNDATION

WAYZATA, MN 55391

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Total Assets

$143.9M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$7.5M

FY 2024

Grants Made

43

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$174K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$5K–$2.5M

Typical

Deadlines

Open / rolling

Applications

Focus Areas

Education

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$13.3M

Total Expenses

$8.8M

Qualifying Distributions

$8.0M

Distributable Amount

$6.7M

Min. Investment Return

$6.9M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

43 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $5K through median $25K to maximum $2.5M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

5 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $8.3M in 2021. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

281 grants

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA SCHOOL OF NURSING
$4M
2 grants
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA - PELL CHALLENGE GRANT
$3.7M
2 grants
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION
$3.1M
2 grants
ALLINA HEALTH
$2.5M
1 grant
SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND
$1.8M
3 grants
CHILDREN'S MINNESOTA
$1.5M
3 grants
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA - CEHD
$1.3M
2 grants
UNIVERSITY OF WISC FOUNDATION - DEPT OF ONCOLOGY
$1.1M
2 grants

Grant Size Distribution

281 grants

<$10K
123
grants
$10–50K
91
grants
$50–250K
40
grants
$250K–1M
21
grants
$1–5M
6
grants
$5M+—

Geographic Focus

15 states

Minnesota
$29.4M
89% of total
California
$1.5M
5% of total
Wisconsin
$1.1M
3% of total
Louisiana
$567K
2% of total
South Dakota
$155K
0% of total
Pennsylvania
$68K
0% of total
New York
$60K
0% of total
Michigan
$40K
0% of total
Texas
$30K
0% of total
District of Columbia
$25K
0% of total

+5 more states

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