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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 46-4384236

Michael P Bennett Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Brooklyn, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 27 grants and $82,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests. It still lists the details below.

Contact
Michael P Bennett
325 88th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11209
(718) 836-8102

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $82,500

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $50,363

  • Tax year 2024

    $57,000

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $143,281

  • Tax year 2023

    $17,500

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $114,076

  • Tax year 2022

    $36,500

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $81,239

  • Tax year 2021

    $67,500

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $85,988

  • Tax year 2020

    $52,000

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $96,464

  • Tax year 2019

    $37,500

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $88,364

  • Tax year 2018

    $44,500

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $79,867

Grants paid in 2025

27 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Xaverian High SchoolBrooklyn, NY

    Educational

    $25,000
  2. Individual

    Educational

    $10,000
  3. Individual

    Medical

    $6,000
  4. Individual

    Social assistance

    $5,000
  5. Individual

    Medical

    $5,000
  6. Individual

    Educational

    $4,000
  7. Individual

    Educational

    $3,000
  8. Carmel Richmond Nursing HomeNew York, NY

    Charitable

    $2,500
  9. Chest FoundationGlenview, IL

    Charitable

    $2,000
  10. Individual

    Medical

    $2,000
  11. St Joseph Indian SchoolChamberlain, SD

    Social assistance

    $2,000
  12. The Center for DiscoveryHarris, NY

    Medical

    $1,500
  13. Individual

    Social assistance

    $1,000
  14. Individual

    Educational

    $1,000
  15. Norwegian Christian HomeBrooklyn, NY

    Medical

    $1,000
  16. Individual

    Social assistance

    $1,000
  17. St Dominick's OutreachBrooklyn, NY

    Social assistance

    $1,000
  18. Individual

    Social assistance

    $1,000
  19. Individual

    Social assistance

    $1,000
  20. Individual

    Social assistance

    $1,000
  21. Wake Robin Nursing HomeShelburne, VT

    Social assistance

    $1,000
  22. Individual

    Educational

    $1,000
  23. Individual

    Social assistance

    $1,000
  24. St Jude HospitalMemphis, TN

    Medical

    $1,000
  25. Individual

    Social assistance

    $1,000
  26. Individual

    Educational

    $1,000
  27. Individual

    Educational

    $500

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Health1 grant $2,500100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York5 grants $31,000
  2. Illinois1 grant $2,000
  3. South Dakota1 grant $2,000
  4. Tennessee1 grant $1,000
  5. Vermont1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Michael P BennettPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Karen E SmithTREASURER Hours 0Pay $0
  • John DemasSECRETARY Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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