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The David and Sharon Bender Family Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Westbrook, Connecticut · EIN 261133956

The David and Sharon Bender Family Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Westbrook, Connecticut. In tax year 2024 it gave $114,185 in 29 grants; the typical grant was $1,800 and the largest $25,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $90,540 the year before.

27% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2022$55,75020$1.4 million
2023$90,54024$1.4 million
2024$114,18529$1.6 million

How to apply

ContactSharon L Bender
167 Kingfisher Lane, Westbrook, CT 06498
Phone or email(203) 397-9026
What to submitWritten Request Listing Reason For Requesting Grant
RestrictionsOrganization Must Qualify As An Exempt Under Section 501c 3 of IRS Code of 1986

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What The David and Sharon Bender Family Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 10 states, the most to Connecticut.

StateGrantsAmount
Connecticut15$68,035
New York5$17,250
New Jersey1$10,000
Florida1$5,000
Maryland1$5,000
Missouri1$5,000
District of Columbia2$1,540
California1$1,000
Virginia1$1,000
Oregon1$360

Grants paid in 2024

All 29 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Mozaic Senior LKife
Bridgeport, CT
Elderly Hursing Home Services$25,000
Towers Foundation
New Haven, CT
2024 Ground Floor Renovation$18,000
Hadassah Connecticut
West Orange, NJ
Support Hospitals$10,000
ORT America
New York, NY
Support Program$5,000
Connecticut Public Radio
Hartford, CT
Support Program$5,000
American Parkinson Disease Assoc
Staten Island, NY
Support Program$5,000
Michael J Fox Foundation
Hagerstown, MD
Parkinson Research$5,000
Parkinson's Foundation
Miami, FL
Parkinson Research$5,000
PKD Foundation
Kansas City, MO
Fundin Research$5,000
Planned Parenthood
Manchester, CT
Healthcare Education$5,000
Anti-Defamation League
New York, NY
Fight Hate For Good$5,000
Jewish Family Services of New Haven
New Haven, CT
Send a Kid To Camp Fund$5,000
Women's Health Research at Yale
New Haven, CT
Improve Health$2,000
Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven
Woodbridge, CT
Support Program$1,800
Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven
Woodbridge, CT
Support Program$1,800
Jewish Family Services of New Haven
New Haven, CT
Support Social Services$1,800
American Jewish World Service
New York, NY
Blueprint For a Better World$1,250
American Diabetes Assoc of New England
Merrifield, VA
Fight to End diabetes$1,000
Greenpeace Fund
Washington, DC
Global Campaign$1,000
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
White Plains, NY
Improve Quality of Life$1,000
Simon Weisenthal Center
Los Angeles, CA
Fighting Anti-Semitism$1,000
The Campaigh School At Yale
New Haven, CT
Inspiring Women Worldwide$1,000
Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven
Woodbridge, CT
JCC Send a Kid to Camo Fund$1,000
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, DC
Keep Holocast Memory Alive$540
Hand in Hand
Portland, OR
Buikding Jewish-Arab Schools$360
Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek
Chester, CT
Support Program$360
Save The Sound
New Haven, CT
Action for Regions Environment$150
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Yale Enviroment 360$100
Experiment Station Associates Inc
New Haven, CT
Support Program$25

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The David and Sharon Bender Family Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does The David and Sharon Bender Family Foundation Inc give?

$114,185 in tax year 2024, across 29 grants, with a typical grant of $1,800.

Who runs The David and Sharon Bender Family Foundation Inc?

Its 2024 filing lists David S Bender (Pres), Sharon L Bender (Vice President) and Stuart A Margolis (Director).

What does The David and Sharon Bender Family Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly health, science and research and faith communities.

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