Grants awarded
Who does Cornelia Bessie Memorial Foundation fund?
Cornelia Bessie Memorial Foundation has awarded $1.6 million across 133 grants to 77 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $10,000, with most between $10,000 and $15,000.
Total awarded
$1.6M
Typical grant
$10K
Grantees
77
Grants
133
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 | Support |
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$110K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
Food Bank for New York City
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$85K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| H House of Bread | $60K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Words Without Borders INC
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$60K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$56K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | VT | |
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$55K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
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$50K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CT | |
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$50K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| D Doctors Without Borders USA INC | $45K | 2 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Public Theater | $45K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| P Peterborough Human Services Fund (aka Peterborough Food Pantry) | $42K | 3 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N New England Musicians Relief Fund | $40K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Harris Center for Conservation Education INC
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$39K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NH | |
| C Cityseed | $35K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Iris - Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services | $35K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Ray of Light Farm INC
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$30K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CT | |
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$30K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $30K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$27K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| A Anera (american Near East Refugee Aid | $25K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| F Friends of the Lymes Senior Center INC | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$24K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | MD | |
| P Peterborough Unitarian Universalist Congregation (puuc) | $24K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| L Leeway Foundation INC | $20K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$20K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CT | |
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$20K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | VT | |
| G Gmyc - Grand Monadnock Youth Choirs | $20K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$20K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NY | |
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$17K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NH | |
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$16K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NH | |
| C Care | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Oxfam-America INC
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$15K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MA | |
| S Shoreline Soup Kitchen & Pantries INC | $15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$15K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CT | |
| Z Zara Manzur Foundation | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| O Open Cupboard Food Pantry INC | $15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NJ | |
Human Appeal INC
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$15K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| G Gmyc - Gods Missionary Youth Camp | $15K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$15K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CT | |
| S Southern Poverty Law Center INC (teaching Tolerancelearning for Justice) | $15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
North Branch Nature Center INC
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$15K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | VT | |
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$15K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| I Individual recipient | $13K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Red Bull Theater INC
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$12K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| E Equality Health Center | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
World Central Kitchen Incorporated
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| H Homeward Bound Adoptions CT INC | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CT | |
Fractured Atlas INC
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| W Woodshed Arts | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Ray of Light Farm INC | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Broken Souls Rescue and Recovery INC
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| P Pen America | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T Tri Town Youth Services Bureau INC | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CO | |
| P Peterborough Folk Music Society | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Fcancer
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| P Pcrf - Palestine Childrens Relief Fund | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| V Visiting Nurse Association of Southeastern CT INC | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| H Harris Center for Conservation Education INC | $9K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Common Cause Education Fund | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W Words Without Borders | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Food Bank for New York City | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N New England Musicians Resource Fund | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Festival Celebration Choir INC (fcc) | $7K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Hartford Interval House INC | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Chester Community Coalition | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| K Keene Chamber Orchestra INC | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Digs with Dignity Corporation
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$5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IL | |
| H Hunts Point Alliance for Children | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Community Music Center | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $3K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Capital Community Voices | $2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY |
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