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Bessie Minor Swift Foundation

Name: Bessie Minor Swift 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.

76
grants reported: $252,796
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $3,000
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.

What they fund

students books library learning purchase supplies literacy school

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Tahoe Institute for Natural Science2 grants · $10,000
Julian Union High School2 grants · $10,000
Friends of the Eagle Public Library2 grants · $8,600
El Camino Creek Pta2 grants · $5,719
Sierra Nevada Journeys2 grants · $5,574
Lake Tahoe Unified School District1 grant · $5,400
Global Community Partners1 grant · $5,000
Incline Educational Fund1 grant · $5,000
Incline Education Fund1 grant · $5,000
Education Foundation of Joint School District #21 grant · $5,000

Giving over time

$85,928

2022

$83,002

2024

$83,866

2025

Grant history

All 76 reported grants, largest first.

$5,400
Lake Tahoe Unified School District · S Lake Tahoe, CA · 2022
Stem materials to stimulate 24 students with special needs. & for stem environmental field trips, water test kits, and books.
$5,000
Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation · Carlsbad, CA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Classics for Kids · San Diego, CA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Education Foundation of Joint School District #2 · Meridian, ID · 2025
General support
$5,000
Friends of the Eagle Public Library · Eagle, ID · 2025
General support
$5,000
Giraffe Laugh Early Learning Centers · Garden City, ID · 2025
General support
$5,000
Incline Education Fund · Incline Village, NV · 2025
General support
$5,000
Julian Union High School · Julian, CA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Social Good Fund · Encinitas, CA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Tahoe Children'S Foundation · Incline Village, NV · 2025
General support
$5,000
Tahoe Institute for Natural Science · Incline Village, NV · 2025
General support
$5,000
Women'S and Children'S Alliance · Boise, ID · 2025
General support
$5,000
Words Alive · San Diego, CA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Giraffe Laugh · Garden City, ID · 2024
General support
$5,000
Global Community Partners · Boise, ID · 2024
General support
$5,000
Incline Educational Fund · Incline Village, NV · 2024
General support
$5,000
Julian Union High School · Julian, CA · 2024
General support
$5,000
North County Community Servicesgrowing Minds · San Marcos, CA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Tahoe Institute for Natural Science · Incline Village, NV · 2024
General support
$4,879
National Outdoor Learning Alliance · Boise, ID · 2024
General support
$4,600
Double Peak School · San Marcos, CA · 2025
General support
$4,600
Get in the Act Arts in Action · Dayton, NV · 2024
General support
$4,500
Learning Lab · Garden City, ID · 2024
General support
$4,440
Washoe County School District - Sky Ranch Middle School · Sparks, NV · 2024
General support
$3,620
North County Education Foundation · Encinitas, CA · 2025
General support
$3,600
Friends of the Eagle Public Library · Eagle, ID · 2024
General support
$3,500
Carrillo Elementary School · Carlsbad, CA · 2024
General support
$3,400
Escondido Public Library · Escondido, CA · 2024
For the escondido public library friends of literacy services
$3,359
Meridian Library District Foundation · Meridian, ID · 2025
General support
$3,222
Encinitas Union School District · Encinitas, CA · 2024
For the encinitas union school district farm lab
$3,219
El Camino Creek Pta · Carlsbad, CA · 2024
General support
$3,200
Richland Elementary School · San Marcos, CA · 2024
General support
$3,000
San Elijo Middle School · San Marcos, CA · 2025
General support
$3,000
Discovery Elementary · San Marcos, CA · 2024
General support
$3,000
Berry Creek Middle School · Edwards, CO · 2022
Raft trip to motivate 200 students to celebrate stem learning.
$3,000
Boys and Girls Club of Lake Tahoe · S Lake Tahoe, CA · 2022
Furniture and wall decoration for a dedicated learning center.
$3,000
College Outreach · Aspen, CO · 2022
To support middle school outreach program that will encourage students to consider steam educational and career opportunities & expenses
$3,000
Colorado Foundation for Agriculture · Westminster, CO · 2022
Illustration and development of a new book showing the importance of colorado's forests and their interaction w/livestock. Purchase of 150 books.
$3,000
Eagle Valley Elementary School · Eagle, CO · 2022
Teacher access reading material in both english and spanish.
$3,000
English in Action · Basalt, CO · 2022
Support of adult immigrants to complete learning english by matching individuals with volunteer tutors, books and computer needs.
$3,000
Friends of the Colby Public Library · Colby, WI · 2022
"remembering the past...understanding the present...envisioning the future" program to expand on the quantity and quality of the library materials in the local history/wisconsin history room.
$3,000
Friends of the Grand Country Library · Granby, CO · 2022
Summer reading/learning program of the grand county library district.
$3,000
Headwaters Science Institute · Soda Springs, CA · 2022
Teacher applicable "lunch with a scientist" video to prepare lesson plans.
$3,000
Integrated Community · Steamboat Springs, CO · 2022
Our study friends tutoring support program.
$3,000
Marine Research and Education · S Lake Tahoe, CA · 2022
Placed-based science program, on-land and on the water experience for students.
$3,000
Nevada Union High School Choral Boosters Club · Grass Valley, CA · 2022
Purchase of recording technology that will improve the digital literacy of 250 choir and music students.
$3,000
Pioneer (Alternative) High School · Carson City, NV · 2022
Build and install a "discovery block" program that would allow 130 students blocks of time to work on interdisciplinary projects.
$3,000
Roaring Fork Conservancy · Basalt, CO · 2022
"watershed pen pal" program setup, supplies and instructions, 16 classes
$3,000
Roaring Fork Valley Early Learning Fund · Glenwood Springs, CO · 2022
Super summer learning complete adventures camp.
$3,000
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Foundation · Grass Valley, CA · 2022
600 6-8 year olds read me a story books
$3,000
Summit Education Foundation · Breckenridge, CO · 2022
Purchase 2 low cost books every month during the school year for 150 children in the dillon valley & silverthorne schools
$3,000
Summit Historical Society · Dillon, CO · 2022
Continued expansion of a program that communicates how the ute people used science - to develop a travel module, training etc.
$3,000
Tahoe Truckee Unified School District · Truckee, CA · 2022
The writers workshops to strengthen students' writing skills.
$3,000
Together We Rise Corporation · Brea, CA · 2022
30 stem kit boxes for foster youth in nevada county, for youths of the 5-12 ages.
$2,900
Anderson Ranch Arts Foundation · Snowmass Vlg, CO · 2022
Equipment for the youthzone program that increases art access for teens of all backgrounds.
$2,800
Horizons Specialized Services · Steamboat Springs, CO · 2022
"literacy through language and movement" program for supplies to service families in routt, grand and moffat counties.
$2,787
Sierra Nevada Journeys · Reno, NV · 2025
General support
$2,787
Sierra Nevada Journeys · Reno, NV · 2024
General support
$2,750
Mountain Top Childrens Museum · Breckenridge, CO · 2022
Afternoon space club program to support attendance by those who would otherwise be unable to participate
$2,500
Boise Rescue Mission · Boise, ID · 2025
General support
$2,500
El Camino Creek Pta · Carlsbad, CA · 2025
General support
$2,500
Education Foundation of Eagle County · Edwards, CO · 2022
Purchase the raz-kids digital library licenses for one year.
$2,469
Tahoe Children'S Foundation · Incline Village, NV · 2024
General support
$2,171
Tahoe Childrens Foundation · Incline Village, NV · 2022
"our beautiful tahoe" program books and supplies
$2,000
San Elijo Middle School · San Marcos, CA · 2024
General support
$2,000
Adventure Risk Challenge · Oakhurst, CA · 2022
Equipment for writing, filming and editing of videos for a 34-day tahoe summer course.
$1,550
Park City Reads · Park City, UT · 2022
Purchase the 1 to 1 geodes tutor kit for a new lending library.
$1,500
San Marcos Unified School District · Oceanside, CA · 2025
General support
$1,500
Spencer Valley School District Preschool · Santa Ysabel, CA · 2024
General support
$1,500
Trailside Elementary School · Park City, UT · 2022
Chemist's carnival and cardboard carnival steam program supplies.
$1,000
Boise Rescue Mission · Boise, ID · 2024
General support
$1,000
Seven Hills Intermediate · Nevada City, CA · 2022
Physical support of a medieval feast historical immersive day project.
$986
City of Boise Foothills Learning Center · Boise, ID · 2024
General support
$857
Grand County Historical Association · Hot Springs, CO · 2022
Support the publication of a kindle/ebook about the contributions of women in building the state of colorado
$700
Boise Urdan Garden School · Boise, ID · 2024
General support
$500
Basalt Regional Library Foundation · Basalt, CO · 2022
Regional library baby gym program

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