Walter & Helen Bender Memorial Fund 6853009500
Private foundation · Chicago, IL · EIN 34-6808983 · reported 2023–2025 · files as W&H Bender Memorial Fund
40grants reported
$2,500median award
$2,000lower quartile
$1,000smallest grant
$237Ktotal paid
1states reached
3years giving
Gives only in OH. 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.
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
10 S Dearborn IL1-0111
Chicago, IL 60603-2300
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.
This address is a trust department, not an office. 1,191 other foundations file from the same address, which means a bank or a management company administers the trust. Put the full legal name of the fund and its EIN at the top of the letter, or it lands in a pile with thousands of others and nobody knows which fund you are writing about.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| The United Way of Youngstown | Youngstown, OH | $50,000 |
| The United Way of Youngstown | Youngstown, OH | $50,000 |
| The United Way of Youngstown | Youngstown, OH | $50,000 |
| Leadership Mahoning Valley Inc | Youngstown, OH | $7,000 |
| YWCA Mahoning Valley | Youngstown, OH | $4,401 |
| YWCA Mahoning Valley | Youngstown, OH | $3,524 |
| YWCA Mahoning Valley | Youngstown, OH | $3,255 |
| Potential Development Program | Youngstown, OH | $3,000 |
| Students Motivated BY the Arts | Youngstown, OH | $3,000 |
| Lake to River Foundation Inc | Youngstown, OH | $3,000 |
| Potential Development Program | Youngstown, OH | $3,000 |
| Youngstown Area Goodwill A GOOD START: AUSTINTOWN | Youngstown, OH | $2,500 |
| Butler Institute of American Art | Youngstown, OH | $2,500 |
| Girl Scouts of North East Ohio | MacEdonia, OH | $2,500 |
| Leadership Mahoning Valley Inc | Youngstown, OH | $2,500 |
| Junior Achievement of Mahoning | Girard, OH | $2,500 |
| Ohio Foundation of Independent | Columbus, OH | $2,500 |
| Potential Development Program | Youngstown, OH | $2,500 |
| Junior Achievement of Mahoning | Girard, OH | $2,500 |
| Butler Institute of American Art | Youngstown, OH | $2,500 |
| Golden Strings Inc | Youngstown, OH | $2,500 |
| Youngstown Playhouse Inc | Youngstown, OH | $2,500 |
| Junior Achievement of Mahoning | Girard, OH | $2,500 |
| Autism Society of Mahoning Valley ASMV AUTISM INITIATIVES | Boardman, OH | $2,000 |
| Henry H Stambaugh Auditorium | Youngstown, OH | $2,000 |
| Dylans House | Canfield, OH | $2,000 |
| English Center | Youngstown, OH | $2,000 |
| Youngstown Playhouse Inc | Youngstown, OH | $2,000 |
| Butler Institute of American Art | Youngstown, OH | $2,000 |
| Girl Scouts of North East Ohio | MacEdonia, OH | $2,000 |
| Opera Western Reserve Inc | Youngstown, OH | $2,000 |
| Dylans House | Canfield, OH | $2,000 |
| Youngstown Neighborhood Development | Youngstown, OH | $1,500 |
| Ohio Foundation of Independent | Columbus, OH | $1,000 |
| Ursuline Sisters Mission MISSION EDUCATION OUTREACH | Canfield, OH | $1,000 |
| Opera Western Reserve Inc | Youngstown, OH | $1,000 |
| Youngstown Symphony | Youngstown, OH | $1,000 |
| Helms Foundation | Youngstown, OH | $1,000 |
| English Center | Youngstown, OH | $1,000 |
| Youngstown Playhouse Inc | Youngstown, OH | $1,000 |
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