His mother is president of the nonprofit Benton Foundation in Washington, which promotes the use of telecommunications by other nonprofit organizations.

In 1999, he was hired by the Benton Foundation to help develop Helping.org, a philanthropy website that eventually became known as Networkforgood.org.

The formation of the Benton Foundation was announced at the bicentennial banquet for the Britannica in 1968.

The Benton Foundation has pushed for a national broadband policy at the highest levels of U.S. government.

Benton Foundation.

Benton also set up the Benton Foundation, which managed the Britannica until 1996.

After their deaths, the Benton Foundation continued to manage the Britannica until it was sold to Jacqui Safra in 1996.

A 2006 Case study performed by the Benton Foundation found that E-Rate funding had a direct impact on classroom Internet connectivity in four cities.

Benton established the Benton Foundation.