Funder Standing / Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation

Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation

PA · EIN 251086799 · 100M+ · data as of FY2024
Adds new grantees regularly

69 of 157 organizations Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation funded in FY2024 had not been funded in the prior 3 years.

Across all compared years the rate is 42.4%. Foundations of a similar size sit at 31.9%.

The numbers

New-grantee rate
42.4%
Pooled across compared years
Median grant
$75,000
Range $500 – $348,000
Repeat-dollar share
69.4%
Dollars to prior-year grantees
Accepts unsolicited
Yes
Inferred from the filing — see below
Match rate
100.0%
Grant lines resolved to an organization
Filing years used
5
Consecutive returns on file

Who they funded in FY2024

RecipientAmount
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC$1,485,265
COALFIELD DEVELOPMENT CORP$288,976
INTERMEDIATE UNIT 1$230,000
THE EDUCATION ALLIANCE-BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC$201,500
CENTRAL SUSQUEHANNA INTERMEDIATE UNIT$200,000
FRIENDS OF BLACKWATER INCnew$200,000
WEST VIRGINIA ALLIANCE FOR CREATIVE HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC (WVACHS)$192,000
AUGUST WILSON AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER$175,000
ALLEGHENY CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT$175,000
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY$160,000
WEST VIRGINIA MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION EDUCATIONAL FUND INC$160,000
ALLEGHENY INTERMEDIATE UNIT$150,000
PITTSBURGH OPERA INC$150,000
RIVERS OF STEEL HERITAGE CORPORATION$150,000
THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA$150,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION WEST VIRGINIA$150,000
VALLEY SCHOOL OF LIGONIERnew$150,000
TEAM FOR WEST VIRGINIA CHILDREN INC$145,000
WEST VIRGINIANS FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE$130,000
TUG RIVER HEALTH ASSOCIATION INC$130,000
WEST VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINEnew$129,700
EDVENTURE GROUP INC$128,800
GREENBRIER COUNTY HEALTH ALLIANCE INC$125,000
WEST VIRGINIA NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION$125,000
ALLEGHENY PARTNERS FOR OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME APOST INCnew$125,000

Showing the 25 largest of 157 grants.

How to read this

Every US private foundation files Form 990-PF, and Part XV of that return itemises each grant it paid, with the recipient's name. Lining those lists up across filing years shows which organizations were funded for the first time.

That does work the application checkbox cannot. Whether a foundation says it accepts unsolicited proposals is self-reported and never audited. The grant ledger is behaviour.

What this page does not tell you. Whether your work fits what Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation funds — no tax return contains that. Whether anyone on your board already knows a trustee, which is how a great deal of foundation money actually moves. Or anything that has changed since the last filing, which runs twelve to twenty-four months behind.
Source. IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV line 3a (grants paid during the year), tax years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Excludes. Grants approved for future payment, which the return lists separately
Computed. 2026-08-03 · Next recompute. 2026-11-01
Distribution. GivingTuesday Data Lake mirror of the IRS e-file corpus

If this is your foundation.

Every figure here comes from your own filings. If one looks wrong I would rather hear it than keep publishing it — write to me and I will show you the filings and the arithmetic behind it, and correct it if it is off.