Bender Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
526054193
IRS 990-PF coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2028289000
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,781,782
Expenses
$7,761,224

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Bender Foundation Inc is a nonprofit. Location: Washington, DC. EIN 526054193. Tax year 2024 Form 990-PF reports $7.8M revenue and $7.8M expenses.

What it reported funding in 2024

The foundation reported 84 grants totaling $6,152,172. The stated grant purposes included community engagement & strategic, general operating expenses, and earmarked for early childhood, plus 55 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 64% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 94% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filing identifies who received its grants. The filing reports one or more activities that warrant closer review.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 87
  • Cost Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 94
  • Endowment Health: 69

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 86.7%; rating input score 87; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 79.3%; rating input score 79; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 17 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Fail
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Fail
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 25.58; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: 86.7% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 69th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 94 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Compliance: Part VII-B activity disclosures: 2 of 19 not reported.