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Bess Family Foundation: all 122 grants

Largest first · $3.8M across 2022–2024 · back to the overview

$150,000
University of Wisconsin Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$150,000
University of Wisconsin Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022
General grant
$125,000
Inquiring Systems · Santa Rosa, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$125,000
Natural Dharma Fellowship · Springfield, NH · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$100,000
Inquiring Systems · Santa Rosa, CA · 2024
One Earth Sangha
$100,000
University of Wisconsin · Green Bay, WI · 2024
the Loka Initiative
$100,000
Mind & Life Institute · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$100,000
Mind and Life Institute · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General grant
$93,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$75,000
Shambhala USA · Camden, CT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$75,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2022
General grant
$69,900
Insight Meditation Community of Washington · Montgomry Vlg, MD · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$60,000
Sky Mind Retreats · Moab, UT · 2022
General grant
$53,019
One Earth Sangha · Santa Rosa, CA · 2022
General grant
$50,000
Garrison Institute · Garrison, NY · 2024
a project to map and grow the field of interconnected people and organizations leading Earth-based mindfulness and meditation practices
$50,000
Insight Meditation Society · Barre, MA · 2024
integrating earth awareness practices into new and existing programs
$50,000
Inward Bound Mindfulness Education · Attleboro, MA · 2024
integration of earth awareness practices into existing programs
$50,000
Our Lady of the Resurrection Monastery Inc C O Ben · Cold Springs, NY · 2024
Capital improvements fund
$50,000
Sati Center for Buddist Studies · Redwood City, CA · 2024
the Buddhist Eco-Chaplaincy Program
$50,000
University of California San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Climate Resilience course/Epel
$50,000
Inward Bound Mindfulness Education · Attleboro, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism · Escondido, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies · Barre, MA · 2022
General grant
$50,000
Garrison Institute · Garrison, NY · 2022
General grant
$50,000
Insight Meditation Society (Ims) · Barre, MA · 2022
General grant
$50,000
Inward Bound Mindfulness Education · Concord, MA · 2022
General grant
$50,000
Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center · Lafayette, CO · 2022
General grant
$50,000
Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation · Escondido, CA · 2022
General grant
$40,000
Beloved Community Circles · Belmont, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$40,000
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies · Barre, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$40,000
Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$35,000
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies · Barre, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$33,333
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies · Barre, MA · 2024
a series of three ecodharma retreats to be held at BCBS
$33,333
Big Springs Garden Retreat Center · Sierra City, CA · 2024
a series of three ecodharma retreats
$33,333
Insight Meditation Community of Washington · Montgomry Vlg, MD · 2024
a series of three ecodharma retreats to be held at the seven oaks retreat center
$33,333
Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center · Niwot, CO · 2024
a series of three Ecodharma nature retreats to be held at RMERC
$25,400
Sacred Mountain Sangha · Sebastopol, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2024
travel expenses associated with the 2024 Indigenous mindfulness coalition retreat led by Dr Jeffrey Proulx
$25,000
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Dharmadatta Community · Peekskill, NY · 2024
Damcho and Karya's project on earth awareness practices
$25,000
Inquiring Systems · Santa Rosa, CA · 2024
Work that Reconnects Network
$25,000
Inquiring Systems · Santa Rosa, CA · 2024
Mindful of Nature Fund
$25,000
Lotus Institute · Pataskala, OH · 2024
Integrating earth awareness practices into new and existing programs
$25,000
Mindful Living Revolution · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Hurricane Relief
$25,000
Mindful Living Revolution · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Mountain Cloud Zen Center · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
2024 Indigenous Mindfulness Coalition retreat
$25,000
Natural Dharma Fellowship · Springfield, NH · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center · Niwot, CO · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Saranaloka Foundation · San Rafael, CA · 2024
the work led by Ayya Santacitta at the Aloka Earth room
$25,000
Shambhala USA · Camden, CT · 2024
Touching the Earth's Hivemind Eco Assembly Project
$25,000
Upaya Zen Center · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
reviewing, indexing and cataloging teachings on eco-dharma in the vast Upaya audio and video archives
$25,000
Upaya Zen Center · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Zen Peacemakers · Sunderland, MA · 2024
program offerings focused on climate, environment, and Earth care
$25,000
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Lotus Institute · Pataskala, OH · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Mindful Living Revolution · Black Mtn, NC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Mountain Cloud Zen Center · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Open Learning Exchange · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Prison Dharma Network · Deerfield, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Regents of the University of California · Davis, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center · Boulder, CO · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Saranaloka Foundation · San Rafael, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Sounds True Foundation · Lafayette, CO · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Upaya Zen Center · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Zen Peacemakers · Sunderland, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General grant
$25,000
Insight Meditation Center · West Newbury, MA · 2022
General grant
$25,000
Lineage Project · New York, NY · 2022
General grant
$25,000
Natural Dharma Fellowship · Springfield, MA · 2022
General grant
$25,000
Prison Mindfulness Institute · South Deerfield, MA · 2022
General grant
$25,000
Sacred Mountain Sangha · Sebastopol, CA · 2022
General grant
$25,000
Sati Center for Buddist Studies · Redwood City, CA · 2022
General grant
$25,000
Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institution · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General grant
$25,000
The Lotus Institute · Pataskala, OH · 2022
General grant
$25,000
Upaya Zen Center · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
General grant
$25,000
Work That Reconnects Network · Santa Rosa, CA · 2022
General grant
$25,000
Zen Peacemaker International · New York, NY · 2022
General grant
$22,000
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies · Barre, MA · 2024
September, 2024 ecodharma retreat
$15,000
Boundless in Motion · Boulder, CO · 2024
Indigenous Women's Retreat at Rocky Mountain Ecodharma retreat center
$15,000
Dharma Gates · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
an eight-week online series "How to Love In A Damaged World"
$15,000
Insight Meditation Center of the Mid-Peninsula · Redwood City, CA · 2024
a BIPOC retreat at Big Springs
$15,000
Tricycle Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$12,500
Durango Sangha · Durango, CO · 2024
establishing a new practice group that will gather in nature, on the land, particularly in the Durango community and surrounding areas
$12,000
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
General grant
$10,000
Braided Wisdom · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Firefighters United for Safety Ethics and Ecology · Eugene, OR · 2024
Great Vow Wildland Firefighter Mindfulness Retreat
$10,000
Fractured Atlas · Hartsdale, NY · 2024
Triptych Journey
$10,000
Inquiring Systems · Santa Rosa, CA · 2024
One Earth Sangha - website for Earth Awareness Community retreat program
$10,000
Insight Meditation Community of Western Massachuse · Easthampton, MA · 2024
Rebecca Bradshaw's retreat "Down to Earth Dharma: healing our relationship with ourselves and the Earth"
$10,000
Interdependence Project · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
a year long ecodharma project with 6 outdoor events
$10,000
Myriad USA · New York, NY · 2024
the Wellbeing Project
$10,000
Northwest Zen Sangha · Portland, OR · 2024
coordinating across Buddhist sanghas for energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements to temple buildings and offerings events that focus on ecological awareness
$10,000
San Francisco Zen Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Tassajara Wildland Firefighter Retreat
$10,000
Sky Mind Retreats · Moab, UT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Sounds True Foundation · Lafayette, CO · 2024
"We Are The Great Turning" podcast
$10,000
Spirit Rock Meditation Center · Woodacre, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Tergar International · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
integrating ecodharma into programming
$10,000
Tricycle Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
2024 Buddhism and Ecology Gathering
$10,000
Vallecitos Mountain Refuge · Durango, CO · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Boundless in Motion · Boulder, CO · 2023
General & Unrestricted