FUNDER
ERIC JAMES BENSON FOUNDATION
7recipients FY2016–24
$35,883giving on file
2024latest grant year
noaccepts unsolicited
LocalLocal funder, 95% of giving in Minnesota
Footprint
A local funder — 95% of its dollars go to MN. It is a candidate for organizations in the 3 states it has funded, whatever their cause: MN, NC, NY.
Funders that fund the same organizations
| Funder | Location | Channel | Shared recipients |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARGARET A CARGILL FOUNDATION | EDEN PRAIRIE, MN | program funder | 3 |
| OTTO BREMER TRUST | SAINT PAUL, MN | large program funder | 3 |
| BUUCK FAMILY FOUNDATION | SCOTTSDALE, AZ | program funder | 2 |
| CARVAL INVESTORS FOUNDATION | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | program funder | 2 |
| DICKS SPORTING GOODS FOUNDATION | CORAOPOLIS, PA | large program funder | 2 |
| F R BIGELOW FOUNDATION TRUST 555 | SAINT PAUL, MN | program funder | 2 |
| SMIKIS FOUNDATION | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | program funder | 2 |
| THE MORTENSON FAMILY FOUNDATION | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | program funder | 2 |
| THE RICHARD M SCHULZE FAMILY FOUNDATION | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | large program funder | 2 |
| 3M OPEN FUND | BLAINE, MN | program funder | 1 |
| ADAM R SCRIPPS FOUNDATION | FT MITCHELL, KY | program funder | 1 |
| ALICE G@STROBEL CHARITABLE TRUST CREATED U A D 6-22-2011 | GLENCOE, MN | program funder | 1 |
| AMERICAN LEGION | CHANHASSEN, MN | program funder | 1 |
| API GROUP FOUNDATION | NEW BRIGHTON, MN | program funder | 1 |
| APLIN FAMILY FOUNDATION | program funder | 1 | |
| AVOCET FOUNDATION | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | program funder | 1 |
| B GILL CLEMENTS FOUNDATION | DALLAS, TX | program funder | 1 |
| BAME FOUNDATION | GOLDEN VALLEY, MN | program funder | 1 |
| BT FOUNDATION INC | INDIANAPOLIS, IN | program funder | 1 |
| BUTZOW FAMILY FOUNDATION | EDEN PRAIRIE, MN | program funder | 1 |
| CALIBER FOUNDATION | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | program funder | 1 |
| CAMP CAMBRIA FOUNDATION | BELLE PLAINE, MN | program funder | 1 |
| CASEY ALBERT T ONEIL FOUNDATION FIRST TRUST CO OF ST PAUL TTEE | MILWAUKEE, WI | program funder | 1 |
| CATHERINE MARIE SCHMOKER FAMILY FOUNDATION | EDINA, MN | program funder | 1 |
| CHARLES B SWEATT FOUNDATION | SAINT LOUIS, MO | program funder | 1 |
Recent recipients
| Organization | State | Years | Latest | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OPEN HANDS FOUNDATION | MN | 5 | 2024 | $17,000 |
| BOLDER OPTIONS | MN | 1 | 2024 | $1,500 |
| STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION | NY | 1 | 2024 | $610 |
| SAMARITANS PURSE | NC | 1 | 2024 | $500 |
| FAIRYLILYLONG LAKE ASSOCIATION INC | MN | 2 | 2023 | $2,000 |
| WILDERNESS INQUIRY INC | MN | 2 | 2022 | $1,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | MN | 1 | 2021 | $500 |