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Private foundation (trust)EIN 270284495Est. 2009-07

BESS Family Foundation

Wilmington, DE 198091377

Total Assets

$2.0M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$1.3M

FY 2024

Grants Made

52

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$26K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$5K–$100K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

PhilanthropyVoluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$2.1M

Total Expenses

$1.5M

Qualifying Distributions

$1.5M

Distributable Amount

$68K

Min. Investment Return

$88K

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Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

52 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $5K through median $25K to maximum $100K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

3 years

Giving over time from 2022 to 2024. Peak $1.3M in 2024. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

122 grants

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION
$300K
2 grants
INQUIRING SYSTEMS INC
$285K
5 grants
BROWN UNIVERSITY
$193K
3 grants
NATURAL DHARMA FELLOWSHIP
$175K
3 grants
ROCKY MOUNTAIN ECODHARMA RETREAT CENTER
$133K
4 grants
BARRE CENTER FOR BUDDHIST STUDIES INC
$130K
4 grants
INSIGHT MEDITATION COMMUNITY OF WASHINGTON
$103K
2 grants
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
$100K
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

122 grants

<$10K
38
grants
$10–50K
70
grants
$50–250K
14
grants
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

17 states

California
$963K
25% of total
Massachusetts
$756K
20% of total
Wisconsin
$400K
10% of total
New York
$335K
9% of total
Colorado
$246K
6% of total
Virginia
$210K
5% of total
Rhode Island
$193K
5% of total
New Mexico
$150K
4% of total
New Hampshire
$150K
4% of total
Maryland
$103K
3% of total

+7 more states

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