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2 funders with a record of paying for “ecodharma”

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Bess Family Foundation → Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center: $133K across 4 grants, latest 2024The Adam J Weissman Foundation → Bodhi Tree Ecodharma Sanctuary: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024Bess Family Foundation → Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Inc: $55K across 2 grants, latest 2024Bess Family Foundation → Insight Meditation Community of Washington: $33K across 1 grant, latest 2024Bess Family Foundation → Big Springs Garden Retreat Center Inc: $33K across 1 grant, latest 2024Bess Family Foundation → Boundless in Motion: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024Bess Family Foundation → Interdependence Project: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Bess Family Foundation → Tergar International: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Bess Family Foundation: $290K on this topic. Open the funder.Bess Family Foundation$290KThe Adam J Weissman Foundation: $20K on this topic. Open the funder.The Adam J Weissman Foundation$20KRocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center: received $133K on this topicRocky Mountain Ecodharma Retrea…$133KBarre Center for Buddhist Studies Inc: received $55K on this topicBarre Center for Buddhist Studi…$55KInsight Meditation Community of Washington: received $33K on this topicInsight Meditation Community of…$33KBig Springs Garden Retreat Center Inc: received $33K on this topicBig Springs Garden Retreat Cent…$33KBodhi Tree Ecodharma Sanctuary: received $20K on this topicBodhi Tree Ecodharma Sanctuary$20KBoundless in Motion: received $15K on this topicBoundless in Motion$15KInterdependence Project: received $10K on this topicInterdependence Project$10KTergar International: received $10K on this topicTergar International$10K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →