Benificus Foundation
Type: Private foundation · EIN: 77-0444504 · Headquarters: San Carlos, CA 94070-2418
NTEE code: T20Z · Applications: Preselected only — does not accept unsolicited applications
Total grants paid: $685,572,189.00 (2016–2024, all fiscal years on file). This total comes from the GetFunded foundation-years file (grants_paid), never from adding up the grants below.
Only 166 of this foundation's grants on file were matched to a named recipient ($397,047,522.00); $288,524,667.00 across 108 grants was not linked to a named recipient and is counted in the total above, not listed below. The 20 largest matched grants shown here total $327,878,208.00 — a subset of the total, not the total itself.
Foundation data: grants paid, latest complete year 2023 (2024 partial — included, each grant labelled by fiscal year). Each grant below shows its fiscal year plainly. 990-PF grant rows carry no recipient EIN — the recipient name shown is the organisation GetFunded matched the row to; matches can be wrong, so check the filing object ID against the source filing.
| Recipient | City / State | Amount | Fiscal year | Filing object ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Redwood City, CA | $105,590,350.00 | FY2023 | 202413119349102601 |
| Climate Imperative Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $45,776,097.00 | FY2024 | 202513189349105251 |
| Climate Imperative Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $35,948,911.00 | FY2023 | 202413119349102601 |
| Climate Imperative Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $35,947,646.00 | FY2022 | 202303049349100030 |
| Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research | New York, NY | $21,383,580.00 | FY2024 | 202513189349105251 |
| Climate Imperative Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $16,190,923.00 | FY2021 | 202213139349101231 |
| Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research | New York, NY | $9,899,921.00 | FY2023 | 202413119349102601 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $8,078,312.00 | FY2024 | 202513189349105251 |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Redwood City, CA | $7,094,660.00 | FY2024 | 202513189349105251 |
| The Barack Obama Foundation | Chicago, IL | $6,999,201.00 | FY2019 | 202013039349100416 |
| New Schools Fund | Oakland, CA | $6,080,639.00 | FY2020 | 202113139349101971 |
| Ted Foundation Inc. | New York, NY | $4,989,831.00 | FY2020 | 202113139349101971 |
| United States of Care Campaign | Arlington, VA | $4,037,717.00 | FY2024 | 202513189349105251 |
| New Schools Fund | Oakland, CA | $3,037,179.00 | FY2023 | 202413119349102601 |
| New Schools Fund | Oakland, CA | $3,037,004.00 | FY2024 | 202513189349105251 |
| New Schools Fund | Oakland, CA | $3,028,633.00 | FY2022 | 202303049349100030 |
| New Schools Fund | Oakland, CA | $3,010,636.00 | FY2021 | 202213139349101231 |
| College Track | Oakland, CA | $2,646,700.00 | FY2022 | 202303049349100030 |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $2,579,647.00 | FY2024 | 202513189349105251 |
| College Track | Oakland, CA | $2,520,621.00 | FY2024 | 202513189349105251 |
| Total of grants shown on this page (matched grants only) | $327,878,208.00 | |||
Grants paid by fiscal year
From the foundation-years file. "Not linked" grants are counted here and in the total above, but have no named recipient to list. "Basis" is which 990-PF line the grants-paid figure was read from — qualifying distributions or disbursements for charitable purposes; the two lines are not the same measure. Years after FY2024, where present, are totals only — the matched-grant files end at FY2024, so no named grants are shown for those years.
| Fiscal year | Grants paid | Basis | Grants on file | Linked | Not linked | Amount not linked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $186,078,117.00 | qualifying_distributions | 56 | 38 | 18 | $80,603,604.00 |
| FY2023 | $220,114,874.00 | qualifying_distributions | 43 | 22 | 21 | $59,855,669.00 |
| FY2022 | $99,932,701.00 | qualifying_distributions | 55 | 31 | 24 | $47,607,678.00 |
| FY2021 | $59,288,625.00 | qualifying_distributions | 33 | 18 | 15 | $37,133,062.00 |
| FY2020 | $71,247,387.00 | qualifying_distributions | 29 | 17 | 12 | $54,308,350.00 |
| FY2019 | $8,746,986.00 | qualifying_distributions | 10 | 8 | 2 | $105,000.00 |
| FY2018 | $19,148,071.00 | qualifying_distributions | 16 | 12 | 4 | $1,411,924.00 |
| FY2017 | $19,407,178.00 | qualifying_distributions | 23 | 14 | 9 | $6,339,462.00 |
| FY2016 | $1,608,250.00 | qualifying_distributions | 9 | 6 | 3 | $1,159,918.00 |
| All years on file | $685,572,189.00 | 274 | 166 | 108 | $288,524,667.00 |
Sources
Foundation profile on GetFunded: https://getfunded.ai/funder/b820f7b2-3750-4f52-b86f-8df8990c4eba
Foundation data: GetFunded Open Foundation List (release data-2026-10-08), CC BY 4.0 — Open Funder Database contributors (GetFunded), from IRS e-file data. Built from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Also listed on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer: EIN 77-0444504.
Each grant above names its filing object ID so it can be checked against the source filing. No purpose text is published with these grants (the source withholds it pending a privacy review).