Grants awarded
Who does Cornelia and Michael Bessie Foundation fund?
Cornelia and Michael Bessie Foundation has awarded $979,000 across 89 grants to 64 organizations between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $10,000, with most between $9,000 and $15,000.
Total awarded
$979K
Typical grant
$10K
Grantees
64
Grants
89
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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Flying Gravity Circus INC
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$81K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NH | |
Harris Center for Conservation Education INC
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$66K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NH | |
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$61K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
| N Nuday | $40K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Public Theater (new York Shakespeare Festival) | $35K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$30K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | CT | |
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$25K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NH | |
| P Peterborough Food Pantry (peterborough Area Community Aid) | $22K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | VT | |
| T Ten Directions INC (guest House Retreat & Co) | $20K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
St Vincent Depaul Place Middletown INC
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$20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CT | |
Green Mountain Horse Association INC
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$20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | VT | |
Ray of Light Farm INC
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$20K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | CT | |
| C Classical Uprising | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$20K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NH | |
| C Care | $20K | 2 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
A Little Compassion INC
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$15K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CT | |
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$15K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
| M Monadnock Summer Lyceum | $15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| N National Association of Police Athletic Leagues INC (hpal Division) | $15K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$15K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NY | |
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$15K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | VT | |
| C Cat Tails INC | $15K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| P Peterborough Unitarian Universalist Congregation (muusic 4 Uu) | $13K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| V Visiting Nurse Association of Southeastern Connecticut INC | $12K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| T The Blue Door Foundation | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NH | |
Reach Prep INC
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$10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | CT | |
| H Heal Palestine INC | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Pentacle Theatre INC
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$10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | OR | |
| U Unrwa USA (united Nations) | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Caring Cupboard INC (open Cupboard) | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| P Palistine Children's Relief Fund | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CT | |
| D Droplets of Mercy USA INC | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CT | |
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CT | |
| W World Poetry Books | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
World Central Kitchen Incorporated
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | DC | |
| R Red Bull Theater | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
United States Association for Unhcr
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | DC | |
| W World Food Program USA | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Ugly Duckling Presse Ltd
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | |
Digs with Dignity Corporation
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$10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | IL | |
| D Doctors Without Borders USA INC | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Inara | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Camp Hazen YMCA INC | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Entertainment Industry Foundation
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
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$9K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | ME | |
| P Pat Macs Pack INC | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Flying Gravity Circus | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Covenant Soup Kitchen | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Broken Souls Rescue and Recovery INC | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H House of Bread INC | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Harris Center for Conservation Education INC | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Simbas Pride | $7K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Literacy Volunteers of the Tri-Community INC | $7K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$7K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NH | |
| R Riley Farm Rescue INC | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| K Keene Chamber Orchestra INC | $4K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Peterborough Unitarian Universalist Congregation | $3K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| A ACLU Foundation INC | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$1K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NH |
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