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Private foundation (trust)EIN 770444504Est. 1997-06

THE BENIFICUS FOUNDATION

SAN CARLOS, CA 94070

Total Assets

$98.3M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$186.0M

FY 2024

Grants Made

56

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$3.3M

FY 2024

Grant Range

$3K–$45.8M

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$42.4M

Total Expenses

$186.7M

Qualifying Distributions

$186.1M

Distributable Amount

$8.6M

Min. Investment Return

$9.2M

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

56 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $3K through median $501K to maximum $45.8M, 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

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $220.1M in 2023. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

183 grants

CLIMATE IMPERATIVE FOUNDATION
$117.7M
3 grants
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
$112.7M
2 grants
ASPEN GLOBAL CHANGE INSTITUTE
$62.2M
4 grants
CALICO LIFE SCIENCES LLC
$31.4M
1 grant
MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH
$31.3M
2 grants
ALLIANCE FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION DBA CLIMATE REALITY PROJECT
$26.0M
4 grants
TED FOUNDATION
$25.2M
3 grants
KHAN ACADEMY
$20.5M
3 grants

Grant Size Distribution

183 grants

<$10K
28
grants
$10–50K
20
grants
$50–250K
39
grants
$250K–1M
30
grants
$1–5M
40
grants
$5M+
26
grants

Geographic Focus

13 states

California
$330.7M
57% of total
New York
$90.7M
16% of total
Colorado
$63.7M
11% of total
District of Columbia
$47.3M
8% of total
Texas
$17.0M
3% of total
Virginia
$11.0M
2% of total
Illinois
$8.1M
1% of total
Florida
$4.2M
1% of total
Massachusetts
$2.3M
0% of total
Pennsylvania
$1.7M
0% of total

+3 more states

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