15 survey respondents
Location: 223 4th Ave 1400 Benedum Trees, Pittsburgh, 15222 PA
EIN: 25-1086799
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Reviewer 4586 - Grant Applicant - applied in 2017
Review your project with the program director. She is a wealth of information and connections that will enhance and polish your proposal. Benedum wants to fund good projects in WV and works with you to have the best results!
Positive leader in the field, Gives more than money, Risk taker, Culturally sensitive, Insightful, Friendly, Builds relationships, Likes site visits, "Gets" nonprofits and issues, Openminded, Responsive
West Virginia
Current or former grantee
Funded for amount requested
2017
Good
Excellent!! The program director is an amazing resource! Available and actively working to improve the community outcomes.
Good
Benedum is an essential partner with the grantees to provide important resources for WV. I don't know where we would be without them.
Keep working with us to provide the best outcomes we can. Stay the course!
They are the gift that keeps on giving! Thank goodness they are here!
Understand the community needs and guide grantees to meet them!
5 to 10 hours
Reviewer 9331 - Grant Applicant - applied in 2014
Benedum is open to new and innovative ideas and truly values partnerships. Before making a proposal reach out to one of their program officers and find out what work is being funded in your area.
Insightful, Friendly, Builds relationships, Likes site visits, "Gets" nonprofits and issues, Openminded, Responsive
West Virginia
Current or former grantee
Funded for amount requested
2014
Good
Good
Continue to be so involved at the community level. That’s the only way to truly understand what is needed.
I think it would be helpful for folks to understand that Benedum shoots for systems level change. All too often individuals seeking funding are working at the individual level and have no concept how to take an issue and tackle it from the macro perspective.
Communication and involvement with the projects which have been funded.
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Grant Applicant - applied in 2018
I would recommend that the application directly address the ways in which the work is beneficial to the target community/population, how the work relates to contextual factors such as other, potentially supportive state/regional/national efforts, and how the effort can be sustained over time. Being able to vision the short-term and long-term impact of the work is essential, in my opinion.
Positive leader in the field, Gives more than money, Culturally sensitive, Insightful, Builds relationships, Likes site visits, "Gets" nonprofits and issues, Openminded, Responsive
West Virginia
Current or former grantee
Funded for amount requested
2018
Good
Quite successful, with increased opportunity for success due to purposeful actions in cross-pollinating across funded partners. I value that tremendously.
Good
I would estimate that the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation is quite successful. And, working increasingly smart and effective with time.
Please continue your efforts to integrate efforts across funded partners and efforts of other foundations. That is thoughtful, creative, and in my opinion leads to even more benefit and opportunity over time. Thank you so much.
Openness to communication, true ability to listen to needs and to understand not just surface need but underlying cause and address those issues.
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Grant Applicant - applied in 2018
Call Kim to talk through your idea before applying. She is a smart cookie & can guide you in the right direction. She helped me tremendously and actually redirected me and saved me a lot of hassle on our mobile dental program.
Positive leader in the field, Gives more than money, Risk taker, Culturally sensitive, Insightful, Friendly, Builds relationships, Likes site visits, "Gets" nonprofits and issues, Openminded, Responsive
West Virginia
Current or former grantee
Funded for amount requested
2018
Good
Good
Communicate, guide, advise, listen, advocate
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Grant Applicant - applied in 2014
Contact the program officer in your area of interest (e.g. "Education") first to have a conversation. Their staff are very involved in shaping projects and asks. This is technically an open call, but really geared towards invited applicants. They have quarterly board meetings so be aware of when those happen to be approved as soon as possible.
Positive leader in the field, Gives more than money, Risk taker, Culturally sensitive, Insightful, Friendly, Builds relationships, "Gets" nonprofits and issues, Openminded, Responsive
Hawaii
Current or former grantee
Funded for amount requested
2014
Good
Very responsive (although busy, of course!) program officers and admin staff.
Good
They know that some of their funding is supporting salary/overhead for smaller orgs but still require that it is written up as "program costs" on many cases. I think it would be simpler if they just set an allowed range for operating costs and openly supported that.
I love this foundation and I loved working with our program officer!
Supports Appalachian transition in a way that is both progressive and culturally palatable - which is a pretty tough line to walk!
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