Grants awarded
Who does The Emily Benatar Foundation fund?
The Emily Benatar Foundation has awarded $2.0 million across 266 grants to 135 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in human services. Its typical grant is $2,045, with most between $800 and $5,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $3,000 versus $1,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$2.0M
Typical grant
$2K
Grantees
135
Grants
266
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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| I Individual recipient | $253K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Philanthropic Ventures Foundation - Bright Minds Africa | $163K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
The Voter Participation Center
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$150K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation
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$128K | 5 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| V Voter Registration Project - Everybody Votes Campaign | $100K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Nepal Youth Foundation
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$96K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Palo Alto Art Center Foundation
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$91K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| S Sf-Marin Food Bank | $78K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Citizens Climate Education Corp
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$70K | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | CA | |
| V Voteorg | $50K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| A Association of Independents in Radio | $50K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| C Code for America | $45K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Insight Meditation Center of the Peninsula | $42K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Palo Alto Art Center Foundation | $40K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$40K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MI | |
| K Kimberly Coffee Foundation | $40K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| V Voter Registration Project | $35K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Playworks Education Energized
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$25K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| G Give Directly INC | $25K | 7 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$25K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$20K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$20K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| B Boys and Girls Club of Oakland | $18K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
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$18K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $17K | 7 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Bay Area Legal Aid
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$17K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| A All May See Foundation | $15K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Lumos Foundation USA INC
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$15K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
New Story INC
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$11K | 4 | 2020 | 2020 | GA | |
| W Women Advancing Nutrition Dietetics and Agriculture | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | DC | |
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MA | |
| N New Venture Fund | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
That Man May See INC
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$10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | CA | |
Givedirectly INC
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| G Giffords Law Center | $10K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $9K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| D Doctors Without Borders | $9K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$9K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| P Palo Alto Unified School District | $8K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $8K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Planned Parenthood
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$6K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | TX | |
Ecumenical Hunger Program
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$6K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| S Sister District Action Network | $6K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$6K | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | AR | |
Environmental Volunteers INC
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$5K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| K Kipp | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| K Kqed | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N NAACP Legal Defense Fund | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| M Mbosc | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| A Amnesty International | $5K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C California Academy of Sciences | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Fresh Lifelines for Youth INC
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$4K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| P Philanthropic Ventures Foundation - Lesedi Schools & Clinic | $4K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Livemoves | $4K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$3K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Embarcadero Media Foundation
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$3K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| C Camp Kesem National | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | OR | |
Art of Yoga Project
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$2K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Jewish Center for Justice
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$2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | CA | |
Planned Parenthood Federation of America INC
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$2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| E Ecumenical Hunger Program | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Philanthropic Ventures Foundation - Afghan Family Resettlement | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Los Altos United Methodist Church | $2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| T The Friendship Circle INC | $2K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Kqed INC
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$2K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| L Lily of the Valley | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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Conard House INC
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$2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| I I Know Joe Corp | $2K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Wikimedia Foundation INC
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$1K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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American Heart Association INC
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$1K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| P Planned Parenthood Federation of America INC | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Viethope INC
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$1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
Palo Alto Humane Society
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$1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Craft Emergency Relief Fund INC
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$1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | VT | |
| T The Basic Fund | $1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| F Furry Friends Rescue | $1K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Leukemia and Lymphoma Society | $1K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| N National Religious Campaign Against Torture | $1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| T Tahoe Fund | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Peninsula Open Space Trust
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$1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| R Reproductive Freedom for All | $1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T Tipping Point Community | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Resident Impact Project | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$1K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | MD | |
Year Up INC
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$1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MA | |
| A Act Blue - Million Voter Project | $1K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| D Donorschooseorg | $755 | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | — |
Sos Outreach
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$625 | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| V Various Charities - Hotel Slo LLC Passthrough | $612 | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Israel Guide Dog Center | $535 | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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