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The Bessie Family Foundation

Name: The Bessie Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

108
grants reported: $199,968
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Temple Har Shalom4 grants · $47,150
Sixth and I Synagogue4 grants · $20,000
United Jewish Federation of Utah3 grants · $16,360
Washington Hebrew Congregation3 grants · $10,817
Hadassah the Women'S Zionist Organization of America3 grants · $10,000
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (Jdc)3 grants · $8,000
Birthright Israel Foundation3 grants · $8,000
Jewish Family Service2 grants · $5,000
Imadi4 grants · $5,000
Summit County Clubhouse3 grants · $5,000

Giving over time

$13,841

2022

$64,050

2023

$56,023

2024

$66,054

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 108 grants.

$20,500
Temple Har Shalom · Park City, UT · 2023
General use.
$12,900
Temple Har Shalom · Park City, UT · 2024
General use.
$11,000
Temple Har Shalom · Park City, UT · 2025
General use.
$8,000
United Jewish Federation of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
General use.
$6,262
Washington Hebrew Congregation · Washington, DC · 2025
General use.
$5,000
Hadassah the Women'S Zionist Organization of America · New York, NY · 2025
General use.
$5,000
Sixth and I Synagogue · Washington, DC · 2025
General use.
$5,000
United Jewish Federation of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2025
General use.
$5,000
Sixth and I Synagogue · Washington, DC · 2024
General use.
$5,000
Ukraine Emergency Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General use
$5,000
Sixth and I Synagogue · Washington, DC · 2023
General use.
$5,000
Sixth and I Synagogue · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$4,000
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General use.
$4,000
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (Jdc) · New York, NY · 2023
General use.
$3,945
Washington Hebrew Congregation · Washington, DC · 2024
General use.
$3,360
United Jewish Federation of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
General use.
$3,000
Jewish Family Service · Park City, UT · 2024
General use
$3,000
Hadassah the Women'S Zionist Organization of America · New York, NY · 2023
General use.
$3,000
Unicef · New York, NY · 2023
General use.
$2,750
Temple Har Shalom · Park City, UT · 2022
General
$2,240
Capitol Language Services · Washington, DC · 2025
General use.
$2,000
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
General use.
$2,000
Egyptian Theatre · Park City, UT · 2025
General use.
$2,000
Jewish Family Service · Park City, UT · 2025
General use.
$2,000
Park City Community Foundation · Park City, UT · 2025
General use.
$2,000
St Jude Internet Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2025
General use.
$2,000
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (Jdc) · New York, NY · 2025
General use.
$2,000
Unicef USA · New York, NY · 2025
General use.
$2,000
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General use.
$2,000
Hadassah the Women'S Zionist Organization of America · New York, NY · 2024
General use.
$2,000
Imadi · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
General use.
$2,000
Peace House · Park City, UT · 2024
General use.
$2,000
Summit County Clubhouse · Park City, UT · 2024
General use.
$2,000
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (Jdc) · New York, NY · 2024
General use.
$2,000
Anti-Defamation League (Adl) · New York, NY · 2023
General use.
$2,000
Habitat for Humanity · Orem, UT · 2023
General use.
$2,000
National Ability Center (Nac) · Park City, UT · 2023
General use.
$2,000
Park City Egyptian Theatre · Park City, UT · 2023
General use.
$2,000
Summit County Clubhouse · Park City, UT · 2023
General use.
$1,500
70 Faces Media · New York, NY · 2023
General use.
$1,040
Friends of Jcc Budapest · Bethesda, MD · 2025
General use.
$1,000
70 Faces Media · New York, NY · 2025
General use.
$1,000
Anti-Defamation League (Adl) · New York, NY · 2025
General use.
$1,000
Heifer International · Little Rock, AR · 2025
General use.
$1,000
Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2025
General use.
$1,000
Imadi · Silver Spring, MD · 2025
General use.
$1,000
National Ability Center (Nac) · Park City, UT · 2025
General use.
$1,000
Peace House · Park City, UT · 2025
General use.
$1,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Washington, DC · 2025
General use.
$1,000
Salt Lake Community College Foundation · Salt Lake City, UT · 2025
General use.
$1,000
Summit County Clubhouse · Park City, UT · 2025
General use.
$1,000
70 Faces Media · New York, NY · 2024
General use.
$1,000
Anti-Defamation League (Adl) · New York, NY · 2024
General use.
$1,000
Charles E Smith Jewish Day School · Rockville, MD · 2024
General use
$1,000
Heifer International · Little Rock, AR · 2024
General use
$1,000
Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
General use
$1,000
National Ability Center (Nac) · Park City, UT · 2024
General use.
$1,000
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2024
General use
$1,000
Baltimore Zionist District · Pikesville, MD · 2023
General use.
$1,000
Imadi · Silver Spring, MD · 2023
General use.
$1,000
Peace House · Park City, UT · 2023
General use.
$1,000
Imadi · Silver Spring, MD · 2022
General
$1,000
Jewish Federation of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
General
$1,000
Unicef · New York, NY · 2022
General
$756
Brent Elementary School · Washington, DC · 2025
General use.
$680
Baltimore Zionist District · Pikesville, MD · 2025
General use.
$626
Bender Jcc of Greater Washington · Rockville, MD · 2024
General use
$610
Washington Hebrew Congregation · Washington, DC · 2023
General use.
$540
Baltimore Zionist District · Pikesville, MD · 2024
General use.
$516
Kpcw · Park City, UT · 2025
General use.
$500
Friends of Jcc Krakow · Suffern, NY · 2025
General use.
$500
Habitat of Humanity of Southwest Utah · Orem, UT · 2025
General use.
$500
Hospice & Community Care · Mount Joy, PA · 2025
General use.
$500
Maryland Food Bank · Baltimore, MD · 2025
General use.
$500
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2025
General use.
$500
Weta Tv & Fm · Arlington, VA · 2025
General use.
$500
Wtmd · Baltimore, MD · 2025
General use.
$500
Habitat for Humanity · Orem, UT · 2024
General use.
$500
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2024
General use
$500
Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$500
John F Kennedy Center · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$500
Weta Tv · Arlington, VA · 2022
General
$500
Wounded Warrior · Topeka, KS · 2022
General
$450
Weta Tv · Arlington, VA · 2023
General use.
$400
University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
General use.
$400
Wtmd · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General use
$360
National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene · New York, NY · 2025
General use.
$300
Baltimore Theatre · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$282
National Children'S Museum · Washington, DC · 2024
General use.
$250
University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
General use.
$250
National Audubon Society · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
General
$200
Theatre Washington · Washington, DC · 2025
General use.
$200
University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2025
General use.
$200
Edlavitch Jewish Community Center · Washington, DC · 2024
General use
$200
Weta Tv · Arlington, VA · 2024
General use.
$200
The Edlavitch Dcjcc · Washington, DC · 2023
General use.
$200
Wtmd · Towson, MD · 2022
General
$195
Dc Way · Washington, DC · 2025
General use.
$190
National Children'S Museum · Washington, DC · 2023
General use.
$180
Capital Jewish Museum · Washington, DC · 2023
General use.

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.