Carl & Dorothy Bennett Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and contributes only to organisations it preselects, so a cold application is unlikely to succeed and a grant writer should first look for an existing connection.
- Its recorded grants lean towards hospital and cancer care, so work in those areas fits its pattern most closely, although it has also funded Judaic studies, family services and education.
- Half of its 15 grants to organisations were $100,000 or less and the median was $100,000, so a request around that size sits at the middle of its record, though its largest grant was $910,000.
- In its latest filing, 100% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its earlier filings, so any approach should be aimed at finding out how that relationship works.
- The filings do not give application steps or deadlines, so the foundation itself is the place to confirm timing.
Overview
Carl & Dorothy Bennett Foundation is a US private foundation based in Greenwich, CT.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The filings do not state an overall funding field. Recorded grants supported construction of a new hospital and cancer-centre expansion, emergency-department improvements, Judaic studies, behavioural-health services, cancer research, interactive-technology scholarships and a maker-space programme. The recipients included hospitals, a hospital foundation, a university, a family-services organisation, a cancer-research fund and a school. The recorded portfolio therefore spans health-care infrastructure and services, higher education, social services, medical research and educational projects. Hospital and cancer-related work accounts for the largest part of the recorded grant value, while the grants also include several awards for Judaic studies and family services. Most of the recorded grant dollars went to Connecticut, with a small share going to New York.
Themes
From its grants, not stated by the foundation:
- Hospital and cancer care
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Connecticut.
How to apply
The foundation contributes only to charitable organisations it preselects and does not accept unsolicited requests; the filing gives no application steps.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 100% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 15 grants to organisations were $100,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 62% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 100% of grant dollars went to organisations Carl & Dorothy Bennett Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- <1% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Greenwich Hospital · Improvement to new emergency department$200,0002024 tax year
- Jewish Family Services of Greenwich · To revitalize and increase jfs's provision of behavioral health services in greenwich and to enable jfs to add additional sites for the provision of behavioral health services in fairfield county.$100,0002024 tax year
- Fairfield University · Judaic studies program$100,0002024 tax year
- Norman Howard School · Interactive technology scholarship$3,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- David Kesner — Director
- Jenny Devanny — Secretary / Treasurer / Director
- David Leibell — Vice President / Director
- Bruce Shapiro — Director
- Malcolm Martin — Director
- Bruce Bennett — Vice President / Director
- Robin Kanarek — President / Director
- Marc Bennett — Vice President / Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $1,229,946 | $1,218,000 | $1,237,434 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $1,393,106 | $1,331,000 | $18,963,630 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $528,432 | $403,000 | $21,019,999 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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- Greenwich, CT