Grants awarded
Who does The Benificus Foundation fund?
The Benificus Foundation has awarded $636 million across 216 grants to 95 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $253,927, with most between $25,000 and $2,023,308.
Total awarded
$636.4M
Typical grant
$254K
Grantees
95
Grants
216
Years
2020–2024
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Climate Imperative Foundation
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$133.9M | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
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$112.7M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Aspen Global Change Institute INC
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$62.3M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| R Rice University | $33.5M | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Calico Life Sciences LLC | $31.4M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $31.3M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Ted Foundation INC
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$30.2M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| A Alliance for Climate Protection DBA Climate Reality Project | $26.0M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$24.4M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
New Schools Fund
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$18.2M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
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$18.1M | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$13.3M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| T Texas Children's Hospital | $10.5M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors INC
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$10.1M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Northwestern University
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$8.1M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IL | |
United States of Care Campaign
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$6.1M | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | VA | |
| S Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties | $5.4M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
College Track
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$5.3M | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| G Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Associates INC (weta) | $4.7M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Watttime Corporation
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$4.5M | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
Calmatters
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$4.1M | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
United States Energy Foundation
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$4.0M | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| F Foundation for Excellence in Education | $3.9M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U University of California San Francisco Foundation | $2.6M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| P Planet Word (the Museum of Language Arts) | $2.4M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
San Francisco Food Bank
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$2.0M | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| B Brigham and Women's Hospital | $2.0M | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Friends of Wildcare
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$2.0M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$1.7M | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | PA | |
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$1.7M | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$1.2M | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
The Alameda County Community Food Bank INC
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$1.0M | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
The Voter Participation Center
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$1.0M | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | DC | |
| U University of California Berkeley Foundation | $1.0M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Californians Dedicated to Education Foundation | $1.0M | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Gold House Foundation INC
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$1.0M | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
Aspen Center for Environmental Studies
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$900K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
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$770K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
Aspen Valley Land Trust
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$763K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| S Securing America's Future Energy Foundation | $763K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T Third Way Institute | $756K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
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$666K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
New Venture Fund
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$623K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
The Museum of Language Arts Incorporated
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$607K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | DC | |
| U US Digital Response a Project of Community Initiatives | $600K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| W Windward Fund for Rewiring America | $514K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| S St Anthony Foundation | $505K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$425K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $420K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement | $362K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Carbonplan
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$338K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $335K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$300K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| T The Dreamcatcher Foundation | $300K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Equis Institute
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$255K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| F Fab Foundation | $250K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C Carbon Removal Institute | $250K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| A Accountable for Health Institute INC | $250K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | DC | |
The Aspen Institute INC
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$230K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| L Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health | $226K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| N National Academy of Sciences | $200K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $200K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Wikimedia Foundation INC
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$200K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$150K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
Pro Publica INC
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$125K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Giffords
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$102K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | DC | |
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$100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
International Medical Corps
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$100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| T The Backstoppers INC | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Stanford University | $100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| L Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | $100K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
California Academy of Sciences
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$85K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Best Buddies INC
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$75K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
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$70K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| R Robert F Kennedy Human Rights | $50K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
My New Red Shoes
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$50K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Kqed INC
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$50K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| I Ica Cristo Rey Academy | $50K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$40K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | MD | |
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$30K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | CA | |
The Edible Schoolyard Project
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$30K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| C Chalkbeat INC | $25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| S Space for Giants INC | $25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
National Public Radio INC
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$25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | DC | |
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$25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| A Aspen Music Festival and School | $15K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation
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$10K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | VA | |
Woodside-Portola Valley Fire Foundation
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$10K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$10K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
Curriki
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
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$10K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | CA | |
| S Seva Foundation | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| A Aspen Public Radioroaring Fork Public Radio INC | $8K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA |
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