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 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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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
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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