Benco Family Foundation Fka Cohen Family Charitable Foundation Grants
Private foundation · Pittston, PA · EIN 13-7483658 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025 · Invitation only: no unsolicited applications
Benco Family Foundation Fka Cohen Family Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Pittston, PA (EIN 13-7483658). Its IRS Form 990-PF filings through tax year 2025 report $1.8M paid in 120 grants, with a median grant of $1K. The most recent filing reports total assets of $5.7M. It reports that it gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.
- Total grants paid
- $1.8M
- Grants reported
- 120
- Typical grant
- $1K
- Future commitments
- Not reported
- Total assets
- $5.7M
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
How to apply
This foundation reports on its 990-PF that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.
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Original filing text
Reported organization name: BENCO FAMILY FOUNDATION FKA COHEN FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
Where Benco Family Foundation Fka Cohen Family Charitable Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
| Location | Purpose | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dta Foundation | Arlington, VA | Charitable | Tax year 20242024 | $463.9K |
| Wilkes University | Wilkes Barre, PA | Charitable$5,450 cashdonation of 515 shs alphabet stock, 534 shs amazon stock, 945 shs wells fargo & co stock, 125 shs vanguard value etf. All shares valued on stock market exchangefair market value/book value: $399,333date of gift: December 24, 2025 | Tax year 20252025 | $404.8K |
| Moravian Academy | Bethlehem, PA | Charitable | Tax year 20242024 | $106.2K |
| United Way of Wyoming Valley | Wilkes Barre, PA | Charitable | Tax year 20242024 | $89.3K |
| United Way of Wyoming Valley | Wilkes Barre, PA | Charitable | Tax year 20252025 | $81.4K |
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (120 reported in all).
About this data
Figures are aggregated from Benco Family Foundation Fka Cohen Family Charitable Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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