The Bentson Foundation has granted the Walker Art Center $1 million to “enhance the presentation and preservation” of the Ruben/Bentson Film and Video Study Collection.

Antique radios, televisions, and broadcast equipment on display at The Pavek Museum of Broadcasting

Arts and Humanities

Our areas of giving include:

The Walker Art Center; the Ruben/Bentson Film and Video Study Collection
Pavek Broadcasting Museum
The Museum of Russian Art
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
New York University, College of Arts and Sciences, the Bentson Dean’s Lecture Series

The Bentson Foundation is a 501(c)3 private family foundation founded in 1956. Larry and Nancy Bentson spent most of their lives in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota. Larry was the CEO of MidContinent Media and was inducted into the Museum of Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2001. Lifelong philanthropists, Nancy and Larry created The Bentson Foundation to continue their legacy of giving.