The Bendita Foundation concentrates its giving on local education for people with developmental disabilities and the performing arts, providing substantial, repeated support to a very small set of organizations. Most dollars have gone to a capital campaign for a special‑needs school and to general operating support for a regional theatre, indicating a preference for sustaining both long‑term facilities and arts programming in their community.
Bethany Asplundh Family Foundation DBA Bendita Foundation gives most often to a small, repeated set of organizations, with Camphill Special School Inc and Quintessence Theatre Company receiving multiple awards across 2023, 2024, and 2025. That pattern points to sustained support rather than one-off philanthropy. The largest recent grants in the record are $88,000 awards to Camphill Special School Inc for its Building for a Lifetime Campaign and later capital campaign work, showing a clear emphasis on facility-driven support for a special-needs school. On the arts side, the foundation has paired capital campaign support with general operating and charitable event funding for Quintessence Theatre Company, indicating attention to both infrastructure and ongoing programming. Smaller grants extend the same mix of operating, event, and designated support to a limited set of other nonprofits, including school, health, and museum-related initiatives. Across the recent grants list, the giving profile is concentrated, repeat-oriented, and tied to specific institutional needs rather than broad, dispersed grantmaking.
Education for people with developmental disabilities is a central theme. The foundation gave $88,000 in 2025 to Camphill Special School Inc for capital campaign work, alongside $15,000 in general support that same year and another $10,000 in 2024 for a charitable event. It also supported Delaware Valley Friends School with a $6,000 general unrestricted grant in 2025. The performing arts are another consistent area: Quintessence Theatre Company received $45,000 in 2025 for its capital campaign and $12,500 the same year for a charitable event, following earlier general and unrestricted support. Health and wellness appear through $10,000 grants in both 2024 and 2025 to The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation for the Integrative Medicine Fund. The foundation also backed museum-related work with $10,000 in 2025 to Futures Without Violence for the Courage Museum Fund.
Typical grants are small to mid-sized relative to the foundation’s annual giving, with a p25 of $1,000, a median of $2,000, and a p75 of $10,000. The recent record also shows a handful of larger awards, especially for capital and campaign support. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including Camphill Special School Inc, Quintessence Theatre Company, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation, Georges Malaika Foundation Incorporated, and Safebae Org, which suggests recurring relationships rather than isolated gifts. The foundation is a family foundation and does not fund individuals or make program-related investments.
$140K
$665K
$226K
$154K
Most grants fall between $1K and $10K, with a median of $2K.
25th Percentile
$1K
Median
$2K
75th Percentile
$10K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in PA.
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Concentrated giving: a very small portfolio (6 grants) with large, repeat awards to the same grantees (each top recipient received multiple grants). Funding mixes major capital/capital campaign gifts with unrestricted operating support rather than many small, one‑off grants.
Notable grantees: Camphill Special School Inc, Quintessence Theatre Company
The grant record is entirely domestic, with 53 grants to U.S. recipients. Giving is most frequent in Maine, helped by repeated support for Safebae Org in Cape Elizabeth. Other recipient locations that appear more than once include Philadelphia, PA; Glenmoore, PA; and New York, NY. The distribution also reaches Conshohocken, PA, Paoli, PA, Surf City, NJ, and Presidio, CA. Although the foundation’s headquarters are in Wilmington, Delaware, none of the recent grants in the supplied record went to Delaware recipients.
The recent grants show repeated support for a small set of institutions: a special school for people with developmental disabilities, a regional theatre company, and selected health, school, and museum-related nonprofits. Several recipients received awards in multiple years, including Camphill Special School Inc, Quintessence Theatre Company, and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation.
The foundation’s grant-size distribution centers on modest awards: p25 is $1,000, median grant size is $2,000, and p75 is $10,000. The record also includes larger campaign gifts such as $88,000 and $45,000 for capital work.
Yes. The grants include capital campaign support for Camphill Special School Inc and Quintessence Theatre Company, general and unrestricted support for those same groups, and charitable event funding. That mix shows both facility-oriented and ongoing operating support.
The recipient country distribution is entirely U.S.-based, with 53 grants to U.S. organizations. By state, Maine appears most often in the recent grant list, while Philadelphia, Glenmoore, New York, and other U.S. cities also recur.
Camphill Special School Inc and Quintessence Theatre Company each appear multiple times across 2023 to 2025. The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation, Georges Malaika Foundation Incorporated, and Safebae Org also recur in the recent grants list.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPHILL SPECIAL SCHOOL INC | GLENMOORE, PA | $50,000 | 2026 | Capital Campaign |
| QUINTESSENCE THEATRE COMPANY | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $45,000 | 2026 | Capital Campaign pledge |
| THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $8,000 | 2026 | The Evelyn Asplundh Fellow at the David Farber ASPIRE Center for Suicide Prevention |
| DELAWARE VALLEY FRIENDS SCHOOL | PAOLI, PA | $6,000 | 2026 | General & Unrestricted |
| ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $5,000 | 2026 | General & Unrestricted |
| QUINTESSENCE THEATRE COMPANY | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $5,000 | 2026 | General & Unrestricted |
| NATURAL LANDS TRUST INCORPORATED | MEDIA, PA | $5,000 | 2026 | General & Unrestricted |
| THE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA | LAGUNA HILLS, CA | $5,000 | 2026 | General & Unrestricted |
| CAMPHILL SPECIAL SCHOOL INC | GLENMOORE, PA | $5,000 | 2026 | General & Unrestricted |
| SAFEBAE ORG | NEW GLOUCESTER, ME | $2,200 | 2026 | General & Unrestricted |
| GEORGES MALAIKA FOUNDATION INCORPORATED | NEW YORK, NY | $2,000 | 2026 | General & Unrestricted |
| THE AARK WILDLIFE REHABILITATION AND EDUCATION CEN | CHALFONT, PA | $1,000 | 2026 | General & Unrestricted |
| THE ACADEMY IN MANAYUNK INC | CONSHOHOCKEN, PA | $1,000 | 2026 | General & Unrestricted |
| CITIZEN ADVOCACY OF CHESTER COUNTY | PHOENIXVILLE, PA | $200 | 2026 | General & Unrestricted |
| CAMPHILL SPECIAL SCHOOL INC | GLENMOORE, PA | $88,000 | 2025 | capital campaign |
| QUINTESSENCE THEATRE COMPANY | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $45,000 | 2025 | capital campaign |
| CAMPHILL SPECIAL SCHOOL INC | GLENMOORE, PA | $15,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| QUINTESSENCE THEATRE COMPANY | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $12,500 | 2025 | Charitable Event |
| THE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $10,000 | 2025 | Integrative Medicine Fund |
| FUTURES WITHOUT VIOLENCE | PRESIDIO, CA | $10,000 | 2025 | Courage Museum Fund |
| CAMPHILL SPECIAL SCHOOL INC | GLENMOORE, PA | $10,000 | 2025 | Charitable Event |
| DELAWARE VALLEY FRIENDS SCHOOL | PAOLI, PA | $6,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| THE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA | LAGUNA HILLS, CA | $5,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| QUINTESSENCE THEATRE COMPANY | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $3,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| SAFEBAE ORG | CAPE ELIZ, ME | $2,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $2,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| GEORGES MALAIKA FOUNDATION INCORPORATED | NEW YORK, NY | $2,000 | 2025 | Students sponsorship fund |
| FOOD EDUCATION FUND | NEW YORK, NY | $1,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| THE AARK WILDLIFE REHABILITATION AND EDUCATION CEN | CHALFONT, PA | $1,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| AFTER INNOCENCE | OAKLAND, CA | $1,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| THE ACADEMY IN MANAYUNK INC | CONSHOHOCKEN, PA | $1,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| CITIZEN ADVOCACY OF CHESTER COUNTY | PHOENIXVILLE, PA | $200 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| KIMBERTON FIRE COMPANY | KIMBERTON, PA | $100 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| CAMPHILL SPECIAL SCHOOL INC | GLENMOORE, PA | $88,000 | 2024 | capital campaign |
| QUINTESSENCE THEATRE COMPANY | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $45,000 | 2024 | capital campaign |
| QUINTESSENCE THEATRE COMPANY | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $15,000 | 2024 | Charitable Event |
| THE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $10,000 | 2024 | Integrative Medicine Fund |
| CAMPHILL SPECIAL SCHOOL INC | GLENMOORE, PA | $10,000 | 2024 | Charitable Event |
| ACADEMY IN MANAYUNK INC | CONSHOHOCKEN, PA | $10,000 | 2024 | Capital Campaign |
| SAVE LONG BEACH ISLAND INC | SURF CITY, NJ | $10,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| CAMPHILL SPECIAL SCHOOL INC | GLENMOORE, PA | $7,500 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| QUINTESSENCE THEATRE COMPANY | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $2,100 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| SAFEBAE ORG | CAPE ELIZ, ME | $2,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $2,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| GEORGES MALAIKA FOUNDATION INCORPORATED | NEW YORK, NY | $2,000 | 2024 | Students Sponsorship fund |
| DELAWARE VALLEY FRIENDS SCHOOL | PAOLI, PA | $1,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| ACADEMY IN MANAYUNK INC | CONSHOHOCKEN, PA | $1,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| THE AARK WILDLIFE REHABILITATION AND EDUCATION CEN | CHALFONT, PA | $1,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| CITIZEN ADVOCACY OF CHESTER COUNTY | PHOENIXVILLE, PA | $200 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| KIMBERTON FIRE COMPANY | KIMBERTON, PA | $100 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
The Evelyn Asplundh Fellow at the David Farber ASPIRE Center for Suicide Prevention
DELAWARE VALLEY FRIENDS SCHOOL
$6,000General & Unrestricted
SAFEBAE ORG
$2,200General & Unrestricted
GEORGES MALAIKA FOUNDATION INCORPORATED
$2,000General & Unrestricted
THE AARK WILDLIFE REHABILITATION AND EDUCATION CEN
$1,000General & Unrestricted
CITIZEN ADVOCACY OF CHESTER COUNTY
$200General & Unrestricted
Integrative Medicine Fund
DELAWARE VALLEY FRIENDS SCHOOL
$6,000General & Unrestricted
SAFEBAE ORG
$2,000General & Unrestricted
GEORGES MALAIKA FOUNDATION INCORPORATED
$2,000Students sponsorship fund
FOOD EDUCATION FUND
$1,000General & Unrestricted
THE AARK WILDLIFE REHABILITATION AND EDUCATION CEN
$1,000General & Unrestricted
AFTER INNOCENCE
$1,000General & Unrestricted
CITIZEN ADVOCACY OF CHESTER COUNTY
$200General & Unrestricted
KIMBERTON FIRE COMPANY
$100General & Unrestricted
Integrative Medicine Fund
SAVE LONG BEACH ISLAND INC
$10,000General & Unrestricted
SAFEBAE ORG
$2,000General & Unrestricted
GEORGES MALAIKA FOUNDATION INCORPORATED
$2,000Students Sponsorship fund
DELAWARE VALLEY FRIENDS SCHOOL
$1,000General & Unrestricted
THE AARK WILDLIFE REHABILITATION AND EDUCATION CEN
$1,000General & Unrestricted
CITIZEN ADVOCACY OF CHESTER COUNTY
$200General & Unrestricted
KIMBERTON FIRE COMPANY
$100General & Unrestricted