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Private foundation (trust)EIN 208807953Est. 2007-08

THE BENTER FOUNDATION

PITTSBURGH, PA 15222

Total Assets

$145K

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$2.1M

FY 2023

Grants Made

50

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$42K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$4K–$334K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Public Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$2.5M

Total Expenses

$2.5M

Qualifying Distributions

$2.5M

Distributable Amount

$5K

Min. Investment Return

$5K

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

50 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $4K through median $20K to maximum $334K, 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 2018 to 2023. Peak $5.8M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

262 grants

IDSA EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION
$5.4M
2 grants
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN REGENTS
$1.4M
4 grants
IDSA EDUCATION AND RESEEARCH FOUNDATION
$1.2M
1 grant
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION DBA CURE ALZHEIMER'S FUND
$1M
1 grant
PITTSBURGH DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP INC
$700K
5 grants
PITTSBURGH OPERA INC
$568K
8 grants
PITTSBURGH TRUST FOR CULTURAL RESOURCES DBA PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST
$460K
10 grants
PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC DBA PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
$418K
6 grants

Grant Size Distribution

262 grants

<$10K
69
grants
$10–50K
129
grants
$50–250K
54
grants
$250K–1M
7
grants
$1–5M
3
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

9 states

Pennsylvania
$9.3M
49% of total
Virginia
$6.6M
35% of total
Michigan
$1.4M
8% of total
Massachusetts
$1M
5% of total
Missouri
$318K
2% of total
North Carolina
$110K
1% of total
Arizona
$100K
1% of total
Illinois
$50K
0% of total
New York
$10K
0% of total

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