Brooklyn Benevolent Society
Brooklyn, NY · EIN 11-1661344. Reported 136 grants totalling $1,013,000 to 48 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Brooklyn Benevolent Society did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,500 and $10,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $20,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Saviour High School | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Academy of Mount St Ursula | Bronx, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School | Brooklyn, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| De La Salle Academy | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fontbonne Hall Academy | Brooklyn, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hour Children | Long Island, NY | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| La Salle Academy | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nazareth Regional High School | Brooklyn, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Notre Dame School of Manhattan | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Saint Edmund Preparatory High School | Brooklyn, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Saint Francis Preparatory School | Fresh Meadows, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Mary Louis Academy | Jamaica, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Holy Cross High School | Flushing, NY | $33,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Joseph's School for the Deaf | Bronx, NY | $33,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School | Brooklyn, NY | $32,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cornelia Connelly Center | New York, NY | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cristo Rey New York High School | New York, NY | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Ignatius School | Bronx, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Patrick Catholic Academy | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Brooklyn Jesuit Prepatory Academy | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Monsignor Mcclancy Memorial High School | East Elmhurst, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Monsignor Mcclaney High School | East Elmhurst, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Saint Ignatius School | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Xavarian High School | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Xaverian High School | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Xavier High School | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Dominican Academy | New York, NY | $16,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Camp Fatima and Bernadette | Gilmanton Iron Works, NH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Francis De Sales School for the Deaf | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Oratory of St Phillip Neri | Brooklyn, NY | $13,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Camp Fatima & Bernadette | Gilmanton Iron Works, NH | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Agnes Roman Catholic Cathedral | Rockville Center, NY | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Albertus Magnus High School | Bardonia, NY | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Loyola School | New York, NY | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bay Ridge Catholic Academy | Brooklyn, NY | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Ignatius Loyola School | New York, NY | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow | Brooklyn, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jesuits USA Northeast Province | New York, NY | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Faith in the Future | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Martin Luther School | Queens, NY | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Providence House | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Ignatius Loyala School | New York, NY | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Calvary Hospital | Bronx, NY | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Jean Baptiste High School | New York, NY | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jesuit Volunteer Corps | Baltimore, MD | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Seton Hall Preparatory School | West Orange, NJ | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Agnes Roman Catholic Church | Brooklyn, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Xavier Higher Achievement Program | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
44 of 48 (92%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 95%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 26 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 40 | $254,000 | $7,500 |
| 2022 | 40 | $259,000 | $7,500 |
| 2023 | 26 | $221,500 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 30 | $278,500 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 97% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Brooklyn Benevolent Society's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 137 Montague Street 420, Brooklyn, NY, 11201. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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