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Benco Family Foundation Fka Cohen Family Charitable Trust
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About Benco Family Foundation Fka Cohen Family Charitable Trust
The Benco Family Foundation (formerly Cohen Family Charitable Trust) concentrates its giving into a very small number of large, unrestricted charitable gifts. Recent grants show a strong interest in health and cancer-related philanthropy alongside substantial support to a single private or family-associated charitable vehicle, suggesting strategic, high-impact funding rather than broad, grassroots grantmaking.
Focus Areas
Major gifts to cancer research and treatment institutions (e.g., Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)Concentrated support to a private or donor-linked foundation/charitable vehicle (DTA Foundation)High-dollar, general-purpose charitable funding rather than project-restricted grants
Who They Fund
comprehensive cancer centers (e.g., Memorial Sloan Kettering)donor-affiliated/private charitable foundations (e.g., DTA Foundation)large institutional healthcare/medical research organizations
Giving Approach
Very concentrated: few but large grants that account for the majority of annual giving. Prefers sizable, one-off or infrequent awards to institutional recipients and affiliated foundations rather than many small community grants.
About Benco Family Foundation Fka Cohen Family Charitable Trust
The Benco Family Foundation Fka Cohen Family Charitable Trust concentrates its giving in a small number of high-value grants, including a 2024 award of $566,457 to Dta Foundation and a $158,781 grant to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. That pattern points to institutional support rather than broad, dispersed grantmaking. In the recent grants list, the foundation also backed Pennsylvania-based organizations such as Jewish Community Alliance in Wilkes-Barre, United Way of Wyoming Valley, and Jcc of Wilkes-barre, showing a mix of local community funding and larger strategic gifts. Its grant record includes education-related institutions, health and medical organizations, and charitable vehicles tied to partner organizations. The presence of multiple repeat awards to the same recipients, along with grants at several different sizes, suggests a portfolio built around ongoing relationships and occasional larger commitments. The foundation’s work touches oral health, youth education, community support, and cancer-related philanthropy, with many awards made as charitable support rather than tightly project-restricted funding.
What Benco Family Foundation Fka Cohen Family Charitable Trust Funds
Cancer and medical philanthropy appear in the grant list through support for Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, which received $158,781 in 2024 and another $20,000 in 2023. The foundation also gave $50,000 to Dental Lifeline Network in 2024 and $25,000 in 2023, linking health giving to oral care access. Education is another clear thread: Philips Exeter Academy received $100,000 in 2023, while Wilkes University received $20,250 in both 2023 and 2024. Community support shows up in Pennsylvania awards to United Way of Wyoming Valley, Jewish Community Alliance, and Maternal & Family Health Services, each tied to local service organizations. The recent grants also include a $15,000 gift to International Life Foundation, adding to the foundation’s institutional, partnership-based funding pattern.
How Benco Family Foundation Fka Cohen Family Charitable Trust Gives
The typical grant size is small relative to the largest awards, with a p25 of $200, a median of $1,000, and a p75 of $10,000. At the same time, the recent grants list includes much larger one-off commitments, indicating a split between modest support and occasional major gifts. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including Dental Lifeline Network, Jewish Community Alliance, United Way of Wyoming Valley, Wilkes University, International Life Foundation, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. The foundation is a private family foundation operating under the former Cohen Family Charitable Trust name, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. A program request path is shown on the site, including a letter-of-inquiry option.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$875K
Total Assets
$5.7M
Total Revenue
$686K
Total Expenses
$909K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $200 and $10K, with a median of $1K.
25th Percentile
$200
Median
$1K
75th Percentile
$10K
Geographic Reach
Regional24 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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