Funding search · EIN 831183294 · West Hartford, CT
Cornelia Bessie Memorial 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.
- 81
- grants reported
- $1.0M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $10,000
- 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 “leeway” · $10,000
- $10,000
Leeway Foundation · Southfield, MI · 2024
Current use for charitable purposes
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Classical Uprising3 grants · $74,000
- Keeping Track3 grants · $56,100
- The Public Theater3 grants · $45,000
- 240 Strings3 grants · $45,000
- Food Bank for New York City3 grants · $40,000
- House of Bread3 grants · $40,000
- Cityseed3 grants · $35,000
- Hunts Point Alliance for Children3 grants · $30,000
- Ray of Light Farm3 grants · $30,000
- Doctors Without Borders USA1 grant · $30,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 81 reported grants, largest first.
- $30,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2023
Current use for charitable purposes
- $27,000
Classical Uprising · Portland, ME · 2024
Current use for charitable purposes
- $27,000
Classical Uprising · Portland, ME · 2022
Current use for charitable purposes
- $24,100
Keeping Track · Richmond, VT · 2024
Current use for charitable purposes
- $22,000
Keeping Track · Richmond, VT · 2023
Current use for charitable purposes
- $20,000
240 Strings · Portland, ME · 2024
Current use for charitable purposes
- $20,000
Classical Uprising · Portland, ME · 2023
Current use for charitable purposes
- $20,000
A Leg To Stand On · New York, NY · 2022
Current use for charitable purposes
- $20,000
Cityseed · New Haven, CT · 2022
Current use for charitable purposes
- $20,000
New London Homeless Hospitality Center · New London, CT · 2022
Current use for charitable purposes
- $20,000
Peterborough Human Services Fund (Aka Peterborough Food Pantry) · Peterborough, NH · 2022
Current use for charitable purposes
- $20,000
Rochester Community Care Home · Rochester, VT · 2022
Current use for charitable purposes
- $20,000
Seymour Pink · Seymour, CT · 2022
Current use for charitable purposes
- $15,000
Blue Door Foundation · Niantic, CT · 2024
Current use for charitable purposes
- $15,000
Eugene Oneill Memorial Theater Center · Waterford, CT · 2024
Current use for charitable purposes
- $15,000
Food Bank for New York City · New York, NY · 2024
Current use for charitable purposes
- $15,000
House of Bread · Dayton, OH · 2024
Current use for charitable purposes
- $15,000
Human Appeal · Mission Viejo, CA · 2024
Current use for charitable purposes
- $15,000
New England Musicians Resource Fund · Arlington, MA · 2024
Current use for charitable purposes
- $15,000
The Public Theater · New York, NY · 2024
Current use for charitable purposes
- $15,000
Words Without Borders · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Current use for charitable purposes
- $15,000
Food Bank for New York City · New York, NY · 2023
Current use for charitable purposes
- $15,000
Gmyc - Grand Monadnock Youth Choirs · Peterborough, NH · 2023
Current use for charitable purposes
- $15,000
Hunts Point Alliance for Children · Bronx, NY · 2023
Current use for charitable purposes
- $15,000
Oxfam America · Boston, MA · 2023
Current use for charitable purposes
- $15,000
The Public Theater · New York, NY · 2023
Current use for charitable purposes
- $15,000
240 Strings · Portland, ME · 2022
Current use for charitable purposes
- $15,000
Gmyc - Gods Missionary Youth Camp · Penns Creek, PA · 2022
Current use for charitable purposes
- $15,000
House of Bread · Dayton, OH · 2022
Current use for charitable purposes
- $15,000
North Branch Nature Center · Montpelier, VT · 2022
Current use for charitable purposes
- $15,000
The Public Theater · New York, NY · 2022
Current use for charitable purposes
- $15,000
Words Without Borders · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Current use for charitable purposes
- $12,000
Red Bull Theater · New York, NY · 2024
Current use for charitable purposes
- $12,000
Peterborough Folk Music Society · Peterborough, NH · 2023
Current use for charitable purposes
- $10,000
Archipelago Books · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Current use for charitable purposes
- $10,000
Broken Souls Rescue and Recovery · Staten Island, NY · 2024
Current use for charitable purposes
- $10,000
Cityseed · New Haven, CT · 2024
Current use for charitable purposes
- $10,000
Homeward Bound Adoptions Ct · Chester, CT · 2024
Current use for charitable purposes
- $10,000
Hunts Point Alliance for Children · Bronx, NY · 2024
Current use for charitable purposes
- $10,000
Iris - Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services · New Haven, CT · 2024
Current use for charitable purposes
- $10,000
Keene Chamber Orchestra · Keene, NH · 2024
Current use for charitable purposes
- $10,000
Leeway Foundation · Southfield, MI · 2024
Current use for charitable purposes
- $10,000
Ray of Light Farm · East Haddam, CT · 2024
Current use for charitable purposes
- $10,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
Current use for charitable purposes
- $10,000
240 Strings · Portland, ME · 2023
Current use for charitable purposes
- $10,000
Anera (American Near East Refugee Aid · Washington, DC · 2023
Current use for charitable purposes
- $10,000
Archipelago Books · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Current use for charitable purposes
- $10,000
Colorado Feline Foster Rescue · Morrison, CO · 2023
Current use for charitable purposes
- $10,000
Covenant Soup Kitchen · Willimantic, CT · 2023
Current use for charitable purposes
- $10,000
Fcancer · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Current use for charitable purposes
- $10,000
Fractured Atlas · New York, NY · 2023
Current use for charitable purposes
- $10,000
House of Bread · Dayton, OH · 2023
Current use for charitable purposes
- $10,000
New England Musicians Relief Fund · Arlington, MA · 2023
Current use for charitable purposes
- $10,000
Pat Macs Pack · Chicago, IL · 2023
Current use for charitable purposes
- $10,000
Pcrf - Palestine Childrens Relief Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Current use for charitable purposes
- $10,000
Pen America · New York, NY · 2023
Current use for charitable purposes
- $10,000
Ray of Light Farm · East Haddam, CT · 2023
Current use for charitable purposes
- $10,000
Visiting Nurse Association of Southeastern Ct · Waterford, CT · 2023
Current use for charitable purposes
- $10,000
Archipelago Books · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Current use for charitable purposes
- $10,000
Covenant Soup Kitchen · Willimantic, CT · 2022
Current use for charitable purposes
- $10,000
Food Bank for New York City · New York, NY · 2022
Current use for charitable purposes
- $10,000
Harris Center for Conservation Education · Hancock, NH · 2022
Current use for charitable purposes
- $10,000
Keeping Track · Richmond, VT · 2022
Current use for charitable purposes
- $10,000
New England Musicians Relief Fund · Arlington, MA · 2022
Current use for charitable purposes
- $10,000
Nuday Syria · Windham, NH · 2022
Current use for charitable purposes
- $10,000
Ray of Light Farm · East Haddam, CT · 2022
Current use for charitable purposes
- $9,000
Harris Center for Conservation Education · Hancock, NH · 2024
Current use for charitable purposes
- $7,000
Pat Macs Pack · Chicago, IL · 2024
Current use for charitable purposes
- $7,000
Justice Arts Coalition · Takoma Park, MD · 2023
Current use for charitable purposes
- $7,000
Peterborough Unitarian Universalist Congregation (Puuc) · Peterborough, NH · 2023
Current use for charitable purposes
- $7,000
Justice Arts Coalition · Takoma Park, MD · 2022
Current use for charitable purposes
- $6,000
Keene Chamber Orchestra · Keene, NH · 2023
Current use for charitable purposes
- $5,000
Festival Celebration Choir Inc (Fcc) · Albany, NY · 2024
Current use for charitable purposes
- $5,000
Gmyc - Grand Monadnock Youth Choirs · Peterborough, NH · 2024
Current use for charitable purposes
- $5,000
Peterborough Folk Music Society · Peterborough, NH · 2024
Current use for charitable purposes
- $5,000
Cityseed · New Haven, CT · 2023
Current use for charitable purposes
- $5,000
Digs With Dignity Corporation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Current use for charitable purposes
- $5,000
Hunts Point Alliance for Children · Bronx, NY · 2022
Current use for charitable purposes
- $5,000
Pat Macs Pack · Chicago, IL · 2022
Current use for charitable purposes
- $4,000
Peterborough Unitarian Universalist Congregation (Puuc) · Peterborough, NH · 2024
Current use for charitable purposes
- $2,000
Capital Community Voices · East Greenbush, NY · 2024
Current use for charitable purposes
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