Grants awarded
Who does Bentson Foundation fund?
Bentson Foundation has awarded $47 million across 318 grants to 188 organizations between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $20,000, with most between $10,000 and $68,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $25,000 versus $15,635 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$46.5M
Typical grant
$20K
Grantees
188
Grants
318
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 | Follow |
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| U University of Minnesota Foundation | $10.2M | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U University of Minnesota School of Nursing | $4.0M | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| U University of Minnesota - Pell Challenge Grant | $3.7M | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U University of Calif Santa Barbara | $3.1M | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Allina Health | $2.5M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$1.8M | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| C Children's Minnesota | $1.5M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U University of Minnesota - Cehd | $1.2M | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U University of Wisc Foundation - Dept of Oncology | $1.1M | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$1.0M | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| U U of M - Community-University Health Care Center | $1.0M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| P Prodeo Academy | $980K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U University of Minnesota - Cidrap | $900K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| P People INC | $800K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| L Lobero Theatre | $680K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Hope Academy | $675K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Augustana University | $575K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Walker Art Center INC
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$529K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | MN | |
| P Planned Parenthood North Central States | $450K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U U of M Pell Grant Challenge | $405K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$315K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | MN | |
| U U of M - Cidrap (infectious Disease Research) | $300K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| F Fraser | $300K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Touchstone Mental Health
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$278K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MN | |
| U Upmc Children's Hospital Foundation | $260K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Loaves and Fishes | $255K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| U University of Mn - President's Emerging Scholars | $250K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| W Wilder Foundation | $250K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Winona State University Foundation
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$240K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | MN | |
Washburn Center for Children
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$230K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | MN | |
| A Augsburg Fostering Graduate Scholarships | $225K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| A ACLU of Mn Foundation | $225K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Friends of Education | $218K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$210K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| I Iowa Law School Foundation | $200K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | IA | |
| F Family Tree Clinic | $200K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$188K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | MN | |
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$170K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | MN | |
| U University of Minnesota - Pell Matching Scholarship | $158K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C Cuchcc - Covid Response | $150K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C Catholic Charities | $145K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Planned Parenthood
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$140K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
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$140K | 3 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | NY | |
Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation
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$135K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
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$100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MN | |
Direct Relief
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$100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| T The Guild | $100K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$100K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NH | |
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$100K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | IN | |
| C Chabad Jewish Center | $100K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Restore Rebuild Reimagine Foundation | $100K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| U UNICEF | $100K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N New Impact Fund | $100K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Connected Families | $100K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N Normandale Housing Corporation | $90K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | MN | |
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$90K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | MN | |
| A Avivo | $80K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| W Wwoz New Orleans | $80K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| S Second Harvest Food Bank New Orleans | $75K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Cuchcc - Planningcommunity Needs Assessment | $75K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| N Normandale Lutheran Church | $70K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N New Orleans Musician's Clinic and Assistance Fund | $70K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$70K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
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$70K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MN | |
| F Foodbank of Santa Barbara | $69K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| S Santa Barbara International Film Festival | $65K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Anishinabe Legal Services | $55K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| P People Serving People | $55K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Community Emergency Services INC
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$50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | MN | |
The Greater New Orleans Foundation
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$50K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | LA | |
| S Santa Barbara County Food Rescue Network (cec) | $50K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| H Habitat for Humanity | $50K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| G Guild Services | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Minnesota Urban Debate League | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Santa Barbara Foundation
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$50K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
Illuminate the Arts
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$50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| S St Anthony Park Lutheran Church | $50K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P People Serving People INC | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| D Doctors Without Borders | $45K | 3 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Cafe Reconcile | $40K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| A Alpena Community College | $40K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| N Nocca Institute | $40K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T The New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation | $38K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$35K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | VA | |
| U University of Mn Foundation | $35K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U Upmc Children's Hospital of Pittburgh | $32K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery
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$30K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| N New Orleans Jazz Festival | $30K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| M Minneapolis Crisis Nursery | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| L Legal Aid - Sojourner Project | $25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| L Legal Aid - Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid | $25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| R Redeemer Lutheran Church | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Riverworks
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$25K | 2 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | MN | |
| C Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation | $25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| G Guild | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | LA | |
Old Spanish Days
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$25K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Living Well Disability Services
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$25K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| L Legal Aid - Tubman | $25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| L Legal Aid - Childrens Law Center | $25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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