Grants awarded
Who does The Benter Foundation fund?
The Benter Foundation has awarded $23 million across 309 grants to 119 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $25,000, with most between $13,500 and $75,000.
Total awarded
$22.9M
Typical grant
$25K
Grantees
119
Grants
309
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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$5.4M | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | VA | |
| U University of Michigan Regents | $1.8M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership
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$1.6M | 7 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| P Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership INC | $1.3M | 6 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Idsa Education and Reseearch Foundation | $1.2M | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| P Pittsburgh Symphony INC DBA Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | $612K | 7 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$593K | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
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$568K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| P Pittsburgh Trust for Cultural Resources DBA Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | $535K | 9 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Grantmakers of Western PA | $333K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre INC
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$322K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | PA | |
| S St Louis University Department of Family and Community Medicine | $318K | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
The Pittsburgh Promise Foundation
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$300K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | PA | |
Point Park University
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$289K | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
Quantum Theatre INC
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$284K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| U University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health | $258K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Pittsburgh Glass Center INC
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$255K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh
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$245K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| F Friends of the Pittsburgh Urban Forest DBA Tree Pittsburgh | $219K | 7 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Bike Pittsburgh INC
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$215K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
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$205K | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | PA | |
| L Laurel Highlands Council Flag Plaza Boys Scouts of America | $200K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$200K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | PA | |
| P Point Park University | $189K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Propel Schools Foundation INC | $180K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$170K | 4 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | PA | |
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$167K | 4 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
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$160K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | PA | |
Grow Pittsburgh
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$153K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| N New Hazlett Center for the Performing Arts DBA New Hazlett Theater | $150K | 7 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C City of Pittsburgh | $150K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| P Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre INC | $150K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank
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$150K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | PA | |
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$140K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | PA | |
| C City Theatre Company INC DBA City Theatre | $137K | 7 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$132K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
Chatham Baroque INC
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$132K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| W Women's Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh | $130K | 8 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U University of Edinburgh | $128K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$122K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | PA | |
| P Pittsburgh Opera INC | $120K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Riverlife | $120K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$115K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| F Friends of the Riverfront | $115K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| D Duke University School of Medicine | $110K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$105K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | PA | |
| P Program to Aid Citizen Enterprise | $100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C Catholic Charites Diocese of Pittsburgh | $100K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| A Arizona State University Foundation for a New American Foundation | $100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C Ciusss Du Centre for the Jewish General Hospital | $96K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $90K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $90K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania DBA Heinz History Center | $83K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| P Program to Aid Citizen Enterprise INC DBA Pace | $75K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| P Pittsburgh Public Theater | $65K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$61K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
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$60K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| R Reading Ready Pittsburgh INC | $60K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Boys and Girls Club of Western PA | $60K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Women for a Healthy Environment
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$55K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| I Individual recipient | $55K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| S Second Avenue Commons INC Formerly Known as 2p110 Cares INC | $50K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | PA | |
| R Rotary Foundation INC | $50K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Spotlight PA
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$50K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| R Research Foundation of the City University of New York for the National Net | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit
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$50K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | PA | |
| S Stem Coding Lab INC | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Venture Outdoors INC
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$50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| Y Young Men and Women's Hebrew Association and Irene Kaufmann Center | $44K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| Q Quantum Theatre INC | $40K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U University of Pittsburgh Dietrich College of Arts and Sciences Department | $40K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Hill District Federal Credit Union | $37K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| U University of Pittsburgh Ucsur | $32K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $30K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Assemble INC | $30K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Bike Pittsburgh INC | $30K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Pittsburgh Glass Center INC | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
412 Food Rescue INC
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$25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | PA | |
| D Downtown Neighbors Alliance | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Lenfest Inst for Journalism Spe Asset Fund of the Phl Foundation | $25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | PA | |
| C Carnegie Institute for Carnegie Museum of Art | $25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| P PA Cleanways of Allegheny County DBA Allegheny Cleanways | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Publicsource INC
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$25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| L Lenfest Institute for Journalismdba Special Assets Fund for Spotlight PA | $25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| P Publicsource | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | PA | |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Shiftworks Community Public Art | $24K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| P Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Formerly Essential Public Media INC | $24K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Attack Theatre INC | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Bridgeway Capital INC
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$20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | PA | |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Residences at Wood Street DBA Wood Street Commons | $18K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| Y Young Men & Women's Hebrew Association & Irene Kaufmann Center | $15K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| W Women for a Healthy Environment | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Cre8dance | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$15K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| I Imani Christian Academy | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Steel City Squash INC | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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