Private foundation · EIN 27-0284495 · Wilmington, DE · Return for the year ending 2023-12-31
Where BESS Family Foundation's grants went
It reported $1.35M in grants paid across 36 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 88.1% of those dollars to 31 recipient organizations.
- Matched to an EIN $1.19M 31 lines
- No confident match $160K 5
What its filing says about applications
Preselected only It checked the 990-PF box saying it only gives to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.
Contact names and phone numbers are on the filing itself. WHOFUNDS doesn't republish them.
Grants paid 35 published lines
| Recipient | Paid | Purpose as filed | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin Foundation Madison, WI · EIN 39-0743975 | $150,000 | General & Unrestricted | Exact name 1.00 |
| Inquiring Systems Santa Rosa, CA · EIN 94-2524840 | $125,000 | General & Unrestricted | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Natural Dharma Fellowship Springfield, NH · EIN 26-3898758 | $125,000 | General & Unrestricted | Same address 1.00 |
| Mind & Life Institute Charlottesvle, VA · EIN 77-0284767 | $100,000 | General & Unrestricted | Same address 1.00 |
| Brown University Providence, RI · EIN 05-0258809 | $93,000 | General & Unrestricted | Known alias 1.00 |
| Shambhala USA Camden, CT · no confident EIN match | $75,000 | General & Unrestricted | Unmatched Help match |
| Insight Meditation Community of Washington Montgomry Vlg, MD · EIN 52-2016933 | $69,900 | General & Unrestricted | Same address 1.00 |
| Inward Bound Mindfulness Education Attleboro, MA · EIN 27-3029390 | $50,000 | General & Unrestricted | Same street 1.00 |
| Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism Escondido, CA · EIN 03-0356845 | $50,000 | General & Unrestricted | Same address 1.00 |
| Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Barre, MA · EIN 22-3058493 | $40,000 | General & Unrestricted | Same address 1.00 |
| Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute San Francisco, CA · EIN 80-0794674 | $40,000 | General & Unrestricted | Same address 1.00 |
| Sacred Mountain Sangha Sebastopol, CA · EIN 81-3238320 | $25,400 | General & Unrestricted | Same address 1.00 |
| Cambridge Insight Meditation Center Cambridge, MA · EIN 22-2622760 | $25,000 | General & Unrestricted | Same address 1.00 |
| The Lotus Institute Pataskala, OH · EIN 86-1053674 | $25,000 | General & Unrestricted | Same address 1.00 |
| Mountain Cloud Zen Center Santa Fe, NM · EIN 85-0319580 | $25,000 | General & Unrestricted | Same address 1.00 |
| Open Learning Exchange Cambridge, MA · EIN 26-0211816 | $25,000 | General & Unrestricted | Same address 1.00 |
| Prison Dharma Network S Deerfield, MA · EIN 04-3270385 | $25,000 | General & Unrestricted | Exact name 1.00 |
| Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center Niwot, CO · EIN 81-4344969 | $25,000 | General & Unrestricted | Exact name 1.00 |
| Saranaloka Foundation San Rafael, CA · EIN 42-1701612 | $25,000 | General & Unrestricted | Same address 1.00 |
| Sounds True Foundation Denver, CO · EIN 46-1236964 | $25,000 | General & Unrestricted | Exact name 1.00 |
| Upaya Zen Center Santa Fe, NM · EIN 85-0402649 | $25,000 | General & Unrestricted | Same address 1.00 |
| Regents of the University of California Davis, CA · no confident EIN match | $25,000 | General & Unrestricted | Unmatched Help match |
| Zen Peacemakers Sunderland, MA · no confident EIN match | $25,000 | General & Unrestricted | Unmatched Help match |
| Tricycle Foundation New York, NY · EIN 13-3589889 | $15,000 | General & Unrestricted | Same address 1.00 |
| Boundless in Motion Boulder, CO · EIN 87-3602885 | $10,000 | General & Unrestricted | Same address 1.00 |
| Buddhist Peace Fellowship Berkeley, CA · EIN 94-3011277 | $10,000 | General & Unrestricted | Same address 1.00 |
| Cambridge Health Alliance Foundation Malden, MA · EIN 01-0676306 | $10,000 | General & Unrestricted | Same street 1.00 |
| Durango Sangha Durango, CO · EIN 84-1390629 | $10,000 | General & Unrestricted | Same address 1.00 |
| Essex County Community Foundation Beverly, MA · EIN 04-3407816 | $10,000 | General & Unrestricted | Same address 1.00 |
| The Interdepence Project a Not for Profit Organization Brooklyn, NY · EIN 20-8840573 | $10,000 | General & Unrestricted | Same city 1.00 |
| Jubilee Justice Oakland, CA · EIN 84-3932961 | $10,000 | General & Unrestricted | Same address 1.00 |
| Opencollective Foundation Covina, CA · EIN 81-4004928 | $10,000 | General & Unrestricted | Same address 1.00 |
| Lineage Project New York, NY · no confident EIN match | $10,000 | General & Unrestricted | Unmatched Help match |
| Insight Meditation Society Barre, MA · EIN 51-0152810 | $320 | General & Unrestricted | Same address 1.00 |
| Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Saint Paul, MN · EIN 36-3501477 | $129 | General & Unrestricted | Same address 1.00 |
1 more line ($25K) isn't listed because the payee name as filed could identify a private person.
Foundations that fund the same organizations
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6 recipients in common - The Hershey Family Foundation Boston, MA
5 recipients in common - The Ford Foundation New York, NY
4 recipients in common - Dana Sila Foundation San Francisco, CA
3 recipients in common - The Owsley Brown III Philanthropic Found Louisville, KY
3 recipients in common - Kemmerer Family Foundation Chatham, NJ
3 recipients in common - Shell USA Company Foundation Houston, TX
3 recipients in common
Where this comes from
Grant lines are from Part XV of this foundation's Form 990-PF (XML). The filing names each payee but gives no tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched payees to the IRS Business Master File. Lines it couldn't match confidently are listed as filed. Method and limits.