The Benter Foundation Grants
Private foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · EIN 20-8807953 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025 · Invitation only: no unsolicited applications
The Benter Foundation is a private foundation based in Pittsburgh, PA (EIN 20-8807953). Its IRS Form 990-PF filings through tax year 2025 report $6.5M paid in 94 grants, with a median grant of $27.5K. The most recent filing reports total assets of $179.4K. It reports that it gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.
Foundation website (as filed with the IRS) · benterfoundation.org
- Total grants paid
- $6.5M
- Grants reported
- 94
- Typical grant
- $27.5K
- Future commitments
- $865.5K
- Total assets
- $179.4K
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: THE BENTER FOUNDATION C/O WILLIAM BENTER
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 The Benter 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | Support of market square longer range design and program opportunity fund; development of a downtown retail strategy and seed capital for retail loan fund; support for mellon square safety measures and other placemaking | Tax year 20242024 | $800K |
| Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | Support of vibrant streets fund, innovative programming snf implementation of market square revitalization | Tax year 20252025 | $800K |
| University of Michigan Regents | Ann Arbor, MI | Final payment of a two year grant totaling $668,219 to support a pilot program in academic detailing to disrupt opioid prescribing in dentistry | Tax year 20242024 | $334K |
| Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | Final installment of ambassadors pledge | Tax year 20252025 | $300K |
| Laurel Highlands Council Flag Plaza Boys Scouts of America | Pittsburgh, PA | Support of membership recruitment efforts | Tax year 20242024 | $200K |
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (94 reported in all).
About this data
Figures are aggregated from The Benter 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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