The Emily Benatar Foundation
Palo Alto, CA · EIN 47-2369180. Reported 209 grants totalling $1,639,430 to 116 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". The Emily Benatar Foundation checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
3 of the organizations The Emily Benatar Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 7 grants totalling $94,165 to them. That is 8% of the $1,205,462 of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philanthropic Ventures Foundation | grantmaking organization | California | $92,915 | 5 | 2 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
| Tipping Point Community | grantmaking organization | California | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| Gofundmeorg | grantmaking organization | California | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $625 and $5,275; the smallest was $18 and the largest $253,290.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bright Minds Africa | Brisbane, CA | $253,290 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Philanthropic Ventures Foundation - Bright Minds Africa | Oakland, CA | $163,493 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Palo Alto Art Center Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | $105,660 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Voter Registration Project - Everybody Votes Campaign | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Philanthropic Ventures Foundation | Oakland, CA | $92,615 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Nepal Youth Foundation | Sausalito, CA | $71,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sf-Marin Food Bank | San Francisco, CA | $67,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Independent Foundation | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Association of Independents in Radio | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Voter Participation Center | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Voteorg | Oakland, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Insight Meditation Center of the Peninsula | Redwood City, CA | $41,025 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Voter Registration Project | Washington, DC | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Code for America | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Emily Stillman Foundation | Farmington Hills, MI | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kimberly Coffee Foundation | Massapequa Park, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| East Palo Alto Tennis and Tutoring | Palo Alto, CA | $20,275 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Give Directly Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Kara | Palo Alto, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Playworks Education Energized | Campbell, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Project Invent | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Oakland | Oakland, CA | $17,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bay Area Legal Aid | Oakland, CA | $17,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ada's Cafe | Palo Alto, CA | $16,091 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| All May See Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Environmental Defense Fund | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lumos Foundation USA Inc | New York, NY | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Citizens' Climate Education | Coronado, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Givedirectly | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| That Man May See | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Dinner Party Labs | Swampscott, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Women Advancing Nutrition Dietetics and Agriculture | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nutrition Facts | Takoma Park, MD | $9,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Giffords Law Center | San Francisco, CA | $8,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Palo Alto Unified School District | Palo Alto, CA | $8,165 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ecumenical Hunger Program | East Palo Alto, CA | $7,600 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Kqed | San Francisco, CA | $6,530 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Sister District Action Network | Covina, CA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Congregation Beth Am | Los Altos Hills, CA | $5,681 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood | New York, NY | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Amnesty International | New York, NY | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| California Academy of Sciences | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Environmental Volunteers Inc | Palo Alto, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Filmmakers Collaborative | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mbosc | Monterey, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| NAACP Legal Defense Fund | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Philanthropic Ventures Foundation - Lesedi Schools & Clinic | Oakland, CA | $3,772 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Livemoves | Santa Clara, CA | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | New York, NY | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Bay Area Friendship Circle | Palo Alto, CA | $3,250 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Embarcadero Media Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Camp Kesem National | Covina, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Doctors Without Borders | Hagerstown, MD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Heifer Project International | Little Rock, AR | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Center for Justice | Los Angeles, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Our Children's Trust | Eugene, OR | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fresh Lifelines for Youth Inc Inc | Milpitas, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Help Myanmar | Albany, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Los Altos United Methodist Church | Los Altos, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Philanthropic Ventures Foundation - Afghan Family Resettlement | Oakland, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Tahoe Fund | Incline Village, NV | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Art of Yoga Project | Palo Alto, CA | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Friendship Circle Inc | Fox Point, WI | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Trc Giving Tree | Milpitas, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wikimedia Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $1,800 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Conard House | San Francisco, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| East Bay Jfcs | Berkeley, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Heart Association | Oakland, CA | $1,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Act Blue - Million Voter Project | Somerville, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | Bethesda, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Eliza Grover Memorial Fund | Menlo Park, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Furry Friends Rescue | Fremont, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| I Know Joe | Pacifica, CA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Leukemia and Lymphoma Society | Rye Brook, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Religious Campaign Against Torture | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Palo Alto Humane Society | Palo Alto, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Peninsula Open Space Trust | Palo Alto, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Reproductive Freedom for All | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Resident Impact Project | Draper, UT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Basic Fund | Oakland, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tipping Point Community | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Sos Outreach | Edwards, CO | $625 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Various Charities - Hotel Slo LLC Passthrough | Oakland, CA | $612 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Israel Guide Dog Center | Warrington, PA | $535 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Child Advocates of Silicon Valley | San Jose, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Foothill-De Anza Community Colleges Foundation | Los Altos Hills, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hope for Haiti | Naples, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Rescue Committee | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Life Moves | Menlo Park, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mendocino Land Trust | Fort Bragg, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Middle East Media Research Institute Inc | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Neighbors Abroad | Palo Alto, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Peninsula Volunteers Inc | Menlo Park, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Qualitas of Life Foundation | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Semester at Sea | Fort Collins, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Mmrf | Norwalk, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Save the Children Federation Inc | Fairfield, CT | $468 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sf Campus for Jewish Living | San Francisco, CA | $360 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Philanthropic Ventures | Oakland, CA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus | San Francisco, CA | $275 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Audubon Society | New York, NY | $258 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gofundmeorg | West Hollywood, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rise-Reaching and Inspiring Success Through Education Corp | East Palo Alto, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Humane Society of the United States - Beagles Rescue | Washington, DC | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Broadway Cares | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hospicare | Ithaca, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rady Children's Hospital | San Diego, CA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Snow Leopard Trust | Seattle, WA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ukraine House DC Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Uniondocs Center for Documentary Art | Ridgewood, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Portland Friends of the Dhamma | Portland, OR | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sati Center for Buddhist Studies | Redwood City, CA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
43 of 116 (37%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 53%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 142 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 48 | $240,446 | $2,500 |
| 2022 | 40 | $310,210 | $4,000 |
| 2023 | 42 | $394,554 | $2,550 |
| 2024 | 50 | $333,789 | $2,500 |
| 2025 | 29 | $360,431 | $1,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
70% of its giving went to organizations in California.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Emily Benatar Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 2522 Webster Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94301. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 47-2369180 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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