Funding search · EIN 136169194 · Florence, MA

The Bessie Rattner Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

55
grants reported
$505,930
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

fosterworkcontributeadpotedchildernneedyreligioussynagogue

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1 grant matching “adpoted · $2,500

  • $2,500

    I Am Adpotee · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    To help childern get adpoted

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • Conregation B'Nai Isarel3 grants · $137,965
  • Gala Hispanic Theatre1 grant · $50,000
  • Safe Passage3 grants · $45,000
  • National Breast Cancer Foundation3 grants · $35,000
  • Pancreatic Cancer Action3 grants · $35,000
  • Capital Area Food Bank3 grants · $30,000
  • World Central Kitchen3 grants · $23,132
  • Multiplier2 grants · $17,933
  • The Food Bank Western Massachusetts3 grants · $15,000
  • New England Public Radio3 grants · $15,000

Giving over time

$177,982
2022
$167,084
2023
$160,864
2024

Grant history

All 55 reported grants, largest first.

  • $50,000

    Gala Hispanic Theatre · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $48,991

    Conregation B'Nai Isarel · Bridegport, CT · 2022

    Religious - synagogue

  • $45,432

    Conregation B'Nai Isarel · Bridegport, CT · 2024

    General support

  • $43,542

    Conregation B'Nai Isarel · Bridegport, CT · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    Safe Passage · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    National Breast Cancer Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    Pancreatic Cancer Action · Manhattan Beach, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    Safe Passage · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    National Breast Cancer Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2022

    To foster their charitable work

  • $15,000

    Pancreatic Cancer Action · Manhattan Beach, CA · 2022

    To foster their charitable work

  • $15,000

    Safe Passage · New York, NY · 2022

    To foster their charitable work

  • $11,691

    Multiplier · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    To foster their charitable work

  • $10,000

    Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $10,000

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $10,000

    Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2022

    To foster their charitable work

  • $10,000

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022

    To foster their charitable work

  • $6,242

    Multiplier · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    National Breast Cancer Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    New England Public Radio · Springfield, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    Pancreatic Cancer Action · Manhattan Beach, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    The Food Bank Western Massachusetts · Hatfield, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    Factcheckorg · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    Media Matters for America · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    New England Public Radio · Springfield, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    Politifact · St Petersburg, FL · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    The Food Bank Western Massachusetts · Hatfield, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    The Trevor Project · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    Wikimedia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    Factcheckorg · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    To foster their charitable work

  • $5,000

    Media Matters for America · Washington, DC · 2022

    To foster their charitable work

  • $5,000

    New England Public Radio · Springfield, MA · 2022

    To foster their charitable work

  • $5,000

    Politifact · St Petersburg, FL · 2022

    To foster their charitable work

  • $5,000

    The Food Bank Western Massachusetts · Hatfield, MA · 2022

    To foster their charitable work

  • $5,000

    The Trevor Project · New York, NY · 2022

    To foster their charitable work

  • $5,000

    Wikimedia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    To foster their charitable work

  • $3,650

    American University Radio · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $3,650

    New York Public Radio · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $3,650

    American University Radio · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $3,650

    New York Public Radio · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $3,650

    American University Radio · Washington, DC · 2022

    To foster their charitable work

  • $3,650

    New York Public Radio · New York, NY · 2022

    To foster their charitable work

  • $3,132

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $2,500

    Blueprint Geneva · Geneva, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $2,500

    Glsen · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $2,500

    Soul Fire Farm · Petersburg, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $2,500

    The Trevor Project · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $2,500

    Blueprint Geneva · Geneva, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $2,500

    Glsen · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $2,500

    I Am Adpotee · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $2,500

    Soul Fire Farm · Petersburg, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $2,500

    Blueprint Geneva · Geneva, NY · 2022

    To foster their charitable work

  • $2,500

    Glsen · New York, NY · 2022

    To contribute to youth

  • $2,500

    I Am Adpotee · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    To help childern get adpoted

  • $2,500

    Soul Fire Farm · Petersburg, NY · 2022

    To contribute to the needy

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.