The Benjamin Peace Foundation Incorporated
This organization is a private foundation dedicated to charitable giving, with a focus on supporting civil rights, crime prevention, and human services. Its mission reflects a commitment to advocacy and social justice, as evidenced by its funding of organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union and Everytown for Gun Safety. The foundation serves a variety of causes, including youth development and peace initiatives, and supports a diverse range of organizations that work towards these goals. While it primarily operates within the United States, its funding is distributed across multiple states, indicating a broad geographic reach.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Small-to-mid-sized civil liberties, gun violence prevention, youth peace, or related advocacy organizations with proven program delivery and an existing relationship or referral into the foundation’s network.
Good Fit
- • Programmatic alignment with civil rights, gun-violence prevention, youth peace or similar advocacy.
- • Existing introduction or referral from a mutual contact or intermediary.
- • Ability to make use of modest grants (hundreds to a few thousand dollars).
- • Operational presence in Maryland or New York, or national organizations with ties to those states.
- • Clear, concise requests that fit nonprofit general-support or small project funding.
Geography
Observed grants went to recipients in five states, with substantial shares to Maryland and New York; the footprint is multi-state but concentrated regionally around the foundation’s home state.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows ten distinct recipients and the same ten appear across three years, indicating a modest but stable set of independent grantees rather than a very large or extremely narrow portfolio.
New Applicants
The foundation explicitly states it funds only preselected applicants and the latest-year giving shows zero new recipients with full repetition across observed years, so entry by unfamiliar applicants appears unlikely.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
