Funding search · EIN 436075014 · Wilmington, DE

Bess Spiva Timmons 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.

50
grants reported
$4.6M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$4,222
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.

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Top recipients

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  • Renaissance Charitable Foundation1 grant · $2.2M
  • Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust1 grant · $2.2M
  • Christians As Family Advocates1 grant · $18,300
  • Randall Childrens Hospital Foundation1 grant · $15,000
  • Lake Area Free Clinic1 grant · $14,444
  • Caring Ministries1 grant · $11,000
  • Elizabeth Ballard Community Center1 grant · $10,000
  • Oregon Health and Science University Foundation1 grant · $10,000
  • Slammin Famine2 grants · $10,000
  • Oconomowoc Silver Streak1 grant · $9,444

Giving over time

$212,939
2022
$12,444
2023
$4.3M
2024

Grant history

All 50 reported grants, largest first.

  • $2.2M

    Renaissance Charitable Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2024

    The Spear Family Fund

  • $2.2M

    Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Bob & Pat Timmons Memorial FUND (SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)

  • $18,300

    Christians As Family Advocates · Eugene, OR · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Randall Childrens Hospital Foundation · Portland, OR · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $14,444

    Lake Area Free Clinic · Oconomowoc, WI · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $11,000

    Caring Ministries · Tucson, AZ · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Elizabeth Ballard Community Center · Lawrence, KS · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Oregon Health and Science University Foundation · Portland, OR · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $9,444

    Oconomowoc Silver Streak · Oconomowoc, WI · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $8,888

    Grotto Community Center · York, PA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $8,888

    Wild Bird Fund · New York, NY · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $7,500

    Komak · Beaverton, OR · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $7,000

    Texas County Memorial Hospital Healthcare Foundati · Houston, MO · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $6,000

    Always & Furever Midwest Animal Sanctuary · Spring Hill, KS · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Slammin Famine · Loveland, CO · 2024

    Charitable Event

  • $5,000

    Slammin Famine · Loveland, CO · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Bright Futures Joplin · Joplin, MO · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Feed My Starving Children · Coon Rapids, MN · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Friends of Hopewell House · Portland, OR · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Living Fire Arts Network · Fort Collins, CO · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Youth On Their Own · Tucson, AZ · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $4,444

    Urbanpromise Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $4,444

    Boston Childrens Heart Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $4,444

    Coul-Oak Youth Sports · Paw Creek, NC · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $4,444

    Urbanpromise Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $4,000

    Canelo Project · Elgin, AZ · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $4,000

    Junction City High School · Junction City, OR · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,300

    Bohart Museum Society · Davis, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Living Fire Arts Network · Fort Collins, CO · 2023

    Blues Behind Bars Outreach Program

  • $3,000

    Beauties and Beasts · Wichita, KS · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Books for Classrooms · Green Valley, AZ · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Assistance League of Phoenix Arizona · Phoenix, AZ · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Cambridge Camping Association · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Culver Community Youth Center Foundation · Culver, IN · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Lifting Up Westchester · White Plains, NY · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Meals On Wheels People · Portland, OR · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Colonial Fox Foundation · Pittsburg, KS · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    E-Tech International · Santa Fe, NM · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Hope Network of Raytown · Raytown, MO · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Loft Cinema · Tucson, AZ · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Operation Wildlife · Linwood, KS · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,500

    A Kid Again · Columbus, OH · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,043

    Camp Encourage · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Bikes for Tykes · Naples, FL · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Mentor for Change · Monterey Park, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Mobile Meals of Southern Arizona · Tucson, AZ · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Rise Foundation · Waynesboro, VA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Store To Door · Portland, OR · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $500

    Runaways Animal Rescue · Port Richey, FL · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $300

    University of Arizona Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

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