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Benefield Foundation

Private foundation · Saint Simons Island, GA · EIN 58-2292440 · reported 2023–2025 · files as The Benefield Foundation Inc
37grants reported
$250median award
$100lower quartile
$25smallest grant
$79Ktotal paid
1states reached
3years giving
Gives only in GA. Every grant it reported went to a single state. If you are outside it, this is not a prospect. If you are inside it, that is the strongest signal on this page: a funder with a local mandate and less competition from out of state.
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 1 of its 37 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $12K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.

Where to write

257 Saint James Ave
St Simons IS, GA 31522-2273

Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.

Who they funded

Recipient and stated purposeWhereAmount
Frederica AcademySt Simons Island, GA$30,550
St Simons PresbyterianSt Simons Island, GA$12,000
Uga FoundationAthens, GA$5,500
Universtiy of Georgia Law SchoolAthens, GA$5,200
Frederica AcademySt Simons Island, GA$3,451
Morning Star Children & Family SerBrunswick, GA$3,100
Hospice of the Golden IslesBrunswick, GA$3,000
Hospice of the Golden IslesBrunswick, GA$3,000
Frederica AcademySt Simons Island, GA$1,750
Golden Isles Arts and HumanitiesBrunswick, GA$1,700
Golden Isles ActSt Simons Island, GA$1,600
Centered for LifeSt Simons Island, GA$1,500
Golden Isles ActSt Simons Island, GA$1,100
Golden Isles Youth OrchestraBrunswick, GA$1,021
Golden Isles Youth OrchestraBrunswick, GA$1,000
Abds Foundation IncSt Simons Island, GA$1,000
Casa GlynnBrunswick, GA$400
Hope 1312 CollectiveBrunswick, GA$300
Frederica Academy Booster ClubSt Simons Island, GA$250
Hope 1312 CollectiveBrunswick, GA$250
Boys and GirlsclubBrunswick, GA$200
Star of Coastal GABrunswick, GA$100
Coastal GA Historical SocietySavannah, GA$100
Glynn Visual ArtsSt Simons Island, GA$100
Auxillary Hospic of IslesBrunswick, GA$100
Cobb Isles Youth OrchestraBrunswick, GA$100
Boy Scouts of AmericaBrunswick, GA$100
Golden Isles Youth OrchestraBrunswick, GA$100
Coastal GA Historical SocietySt Simons Island, GA$100
Hospice of the Golden IslesBrunswick, GA$100
Bike Walk Golden IslesBrunswick, GA$100
Boy Scouts of AmericaBrunswick, GA$100
Island Concert Assn IncSt Simons Island, GA$100
Golden Isles Arts and HumanitiesBrunswick, GA$100
GA Sheriffs AssociationMadison, GA$50
St Simons Fire DepartmentSt Simons Island, GA$50
Glynn County Vol FireSt Simons Island, GA$25

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