Eric James Benson Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
832725130
IRS 990-PF coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2025
Location
Shorewood, MN, USA
Phone
6122690909
Rating
57
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,147
Expenses
$3,200

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Alliance/Advocacy

What it reported funding in 2025

The foundation reported 5 grants totaling $3,200. The stated grant purposes included charitable, wilderness preservation, and general, plus 1 other reported purpose.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 74% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no charitable disbursements for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - A large share of spending goes to grants and the filing identifies who received its grants. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: NotEnoughData
  • Cost Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 50
  • Endowment Health: 72

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: Limited

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: Limited
  • Filing consistency checks: 8; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 6.6; rating input score 72; 72nd 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: Filed payout detail
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: Filed self-dealing detail
  • Investments: 72th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 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.