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The Bessemer Giving Fund

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$368.9M
in grants paid
4,186
grants
2,595
recipients
2022–2024
filing years

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Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

  • $8.1M

    Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, KY · 2024

    Charitable purpose

  • $4.0M

    Abilene Heritage Square · Abilene, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $3.3M

    Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund · Albany, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $3.0M

    Potomac School · McLean, VA · 2024

    Capital campaign

  • $2.0M

    Engineering Tomorrow Co · Fairfax Station, VA · 2024

    General support

  • $2.0M

    Best Friends Animal Society · Kanab, UT · 2024

    General support

  • $1.9M

    California Institute of the Arts · Valencia, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $1.8M

    Terra Naam Retreat Charitable Trust · Worcester, VT · 2024

    General support

  • $1.6M

    Pennsylvania State University Philanthropic Fund · University Park, PA · 2024

    General support

  • $1.6M

    Stanford University Board of Trustees · Stanford, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted gift

  • $1.6M

    Walkerton Community Foundation · Walkerton, IN · 2024

    General support

  • $1.5M

    Sant Bani School · Sanbornton, NH · 2024

    General support

  • $1.4M

    Sharp Healthcare Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $1.4M

    Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $1.3M

    The Citadel Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2024

    General support

  • $1.1M

    National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2024

    Charitable purpose

  • $1.0M

    Saddle River Day School · Saddle River, NJ · 2024

    General support

  • $1.0M

    Rice University · Houston, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $1.0M

    Hackensack University Medical Foundation · Edison, NJ · 2024

    General support

  • $1.0M

    Our House · Little Rock, AR · 2024

    General support

  • $1.0M

    Upmc · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

    Medical research

  • $1.0M

    Los Angeles Public Press · Sacramento, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $1.0M

    Grove City College · Grove City, PA · 2024

    General support

  • $1.0M

    Mount Sinai Medical Center Foundation · Miami Beach, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $997,500

    American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $900,000

    Service Dogs of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    General support

  • $830,000

    Waterkeeper Alliance · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $821,043

    Wellesley College · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2024

    Scholarship fund

  • $800,000

    Tisch Multiple Sclerosis Research Center of New York · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $761,209

    Friends Center for Children · New Haven, CT · 2024

    General support

  • $750,000

    Mount Paran Church of God · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    General support

  • $750,000

    University of Buffalo Foundation · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $700,000

    Friends of Conservation Carpathia · Durham, NC · 2024

    General support

  • $700,000

    Unite America Institute · Denver, CO · 2024

    General support

  • $692,000

    University of Notre Dame Du Lac · South Bend, IN · 2024

    General support

  • $647,919

    Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $642,678

    Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $637,000

    St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024

    General support

  • $623,334

    The Pennsylvania State University · University Park, PA · 2024

    General support

  • $605,000

    World Vision · Federal Way, WA · 2024

    General support

  • $600,000

    The Global Orphan Project · Kansas City, MO · 2024

    General support

  • $575,251

    Schwab Charitable · Excelsior, MN · 2024

    Charitable purpose

  • $559,800

    The Sage School · Hailey, ID · 2024

    General support

  • $537,500

    Community Foundation of Jackson Hole · Jackson, WY · 2024

    General support

  • $525,000

    Advocates for Survivors of Domestic Violence Incorporated · Hailey, ID · 2024

    General support

  • $510,500

    Ncef · Naples, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $507,388

    Lasalle College High School · Wyndmoor, PA · 2024

    General support

  • $500,000

    Rady Childrens Hospital Foundation- San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $500,000

    Cicero Research · Austin, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $500,000

    Ronald McDonald House Charities of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $500,000

    Institute for Nonprofit News · West Hollywood, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $500,000

    Ocean Studies Charter School · Key Largo, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $500,000

    Sarges Animal Rescue Foundation · Waynesville, NC · 2024

    General support

  • $500,000

    Museum Associates · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $498,000

    Trustees of Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2024

    General support

  • $450,000

    National Christian Charitable Foundation · Alpharetta, GA · 2024

    General support

  • $430,000

    The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General support

  • $425,000

    Prince of Peace Episcopal Church · Woodland Hills, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $425,000

    Avow Foundation · Naples, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $400,000

    Hospice & Community Care a Program of Choices Healthcare · Lancaster, PA · 2024

    General support

  • $400,000

    Operator Relief Fund · Leesburg, VA · 2024

    General support

  • $400,000

    Oregon Community Foundation · Portland, OR · 2024

    Capital campaign

  • $378,000

    Conanicut Island Sailing Foundation · Jamestown, RI · 2024

    General support

  • $370,000

    Holocaust Museum & Education Center of Southwest Florida · Naples, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $363,000

    Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2024

    Disaster relief

  • $358,333

    Nch Center for Philanthropy · Naples, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $350,000

    Billion Oyster Project · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $350,000

    National Redistricting Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $350,000

    Appalachian State University Foundation · Boone, NC · 2024

    General support

  • $350,000

    Oakland Museum of California · Oakland, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $350,000

    Tumo Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $330,000

    Preservation Society of Newport County · Newport, RI · 2024

    Annual fund

  • $325,000

    The Moorings Park Foundation · Naples, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $310,000

    Westover School · Middlebury, CT · 2024

    General support

  • $309,702

    Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund · Boston, MA · 2024

    Charitable purpose

  • $308,600

    Doctors Without Borders USA · Hagerstown, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $305,845

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $301,000

    Friends of the Warner Parks · Nashville, TN · 2024

    General support

  • $300,500

    Realize Impact · Bainbridge Island, WA · 2024

    General support

  • $300,000

    Room at the Inn · Greensboro, NC · 2024

    Capital campaign

  • $300,000

    Ippf Worldwide Incfederation - Worldwide · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $300,000

    Ymca of San Diego County · San Diego, CA · 2024

    Scholarship fund

  • $300,000

    Smart Reading · Portland, OR · 2024

    General support

  • $294,501

    Trustees of Deerfield Academy · Deerfield, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $285,000

    Cate School · Carpinteria, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $275,000

    Vascular Birthmarks Foundation · Latham, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $267,500

    Mercy Ships · Lindale, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $260,000

    Manhattan College · Riverdale, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $255,000

    Congregation Sons of Israel · Nyack, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $255,000

    Neta Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $252,500

    University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $252,500

    Wyoming Public Media · Laramie, WY · 2024

    General support

  • $250,000

    Outward Bound California · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Scholarship fund

  • $250,000

    The Trust for Public Land · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $250,000

    Saint James School · Hagerstown, MD · 2024

    Annual fund

  • $250,000

    University of St Thomas · St Paul, MN · 2024

    General support

  • $250,000

    The Frederick Gunn School · Washington, CT · 2024

    General support

  • $250,000

    Boston Project Ministries · Dorchester, MA · 2024

    Capital campaign

  • $250,000

    Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Association · Fort Worth, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $250,000

    High Country News · Paonia, CO · 2024

    General support

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Unlike private foundations, grantmaking charities and associations often run formal grant programs with real application cycles — check their website for current opportunities. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.