Funders › DE › Bess Family Foundation › 2024
Grants paid by Bess Family Foundation, tax year 2024
EIN 27-0284495 · Manchester, DE · Form 990-PF, Part XV · NTEE T90
In tax year 2024, Bess Family Foundation (EIN 27-0284495) reported 52 grants paid totaling $1,348,832. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2024
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | University of Wisconsin Green Bay, WI | U | $100,000 | paid | the Loka Initiative | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Inquiring Systems Inc Santa Rosa, CA | B | $100,000 | paid | One Earth Sangha | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Inward Bound Mindfulness Education Inc Attleboro, MA | B | $50,000 | paid | integration of earth awareness practices into existing programs | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | University of California San Francisco Foundation San Francisco, CA | C | $50,000 | paid | Climate Resilience course/Epel | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Our Lady of the Resurrection Monastery Inc C O Ben Cold Springs, NY | D | $50,000 | paid | Capital improvements fund | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Insight Meditation Society Inc Barre, MA | B | $50,000 | paid | integrating earth awareness practices into new and existing programs | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Sati Center for Buddist Studies Redwood City, CA | B | $50,000 | paid | the Buddhist Eco-Chaplaincy Program | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Garrison Institute Garrison, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | a project to map and grow the field of interconnected people and organizations leading Earth-based mindfulness and meditation practices | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Beloved Community Circles Belmont, MA | B | $40,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Inc Barre, MA | B | $35,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Big Springs Garden Retreat Center Inc Sierra City, CA | B | $33,333 | paid | a series of three ecodharma retreats | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center Niwot, CO | B | $33,333 | paid | a series of three Ecodharma nature retreats to be held at RMERC | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Inc Barre, MA | B | $33,333 | paid | a series of three ecodharma retreats to be held at BCBS | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Insight Meditation Community of Washington Montgomry Vlg, MD | B | $33,333 | paid | a series of three ecodharma retreats to be held at the seven oaks retreat center | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Dharmadatta Community Peekskill, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | Damcho and Karya's project on earth awareness practices | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Brown University Providence, RI | U | $25,000 | paid | travel expenses associated with the 2024 Indigenous mindfulness coalition retreat led by Dr Jeffrey Proulx | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Cambridge Insight Meditation Center Inc Cambridge, MA | B | $25,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Mindful Living Revolution Los Angeles, CA | B | $25,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Upaya Zen Center Inc Santa Fe, NM | B | $25,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Saranaloka Foundation San Rafael, CA | B | $25,000 | paid | the work led by Ayya Santacitta at the Aloka Earth room | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Inquiring Systems Inc Santa Rosa, CA | B | $25,000 | paid | Mindful of Nature Fund | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center Niwot, CO | B | $25,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Shambhala USA Camden, CT | C | $25,000 | paid | Touching the Earth's Hivemind Eco Assembly Project | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Natural Dharma Fellowship Springfield, NH | B | $25,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Inquiring Systems Inc Santa Rosa, CA | B | $25,000 | paid | Work that Reconnects Network | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Zen Peacemakers Inc Sunderland, MA | U | $25,000 | paid | program offerings focused on climate, environment, and Earth care | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Upaya Zen Center Inc Santa Fe, NM | B | $25,000 | paid | reviewing, indexing and cataloging teachings on eco-dharma in the vast Upaya audio and video archives | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Lotus Institute Inc Pataskala, OH | B | $25,000 | paid | Integrating earth awareness practices into new and existing programs | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Mindful Living Revolution Los Angeles, CA | B | $25,000 | paid | Hurricane Relief | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Mountain Cloud Zen Center Inc Santa Fe, NM | B | $25,000 | paid | 2024 Indigenous Mindfulness Coalition retreat | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Inc Barre, MA | B | $22,000 | paid | September, 2024 ecodharma retreat | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Insight Meditation Center of the Mid-Peninsula Redwood City, CA | B | $15,000 | paid | a BIPOC retreat at Big Springs | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Dharma Gates Inc Brooklyn, NY | B | $15,000 | paid | an eight-week online series "How to Love In A Damaged World" | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Boundless in Motion Boulder, CO | B | $15,000 | paid | Indigenous Women's Retreat at Rocky Mountain Ecodharma retreat center | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Durango Sangha Durango, CO | B | $12,500 | paid | establishing a new practice group that will gather in nature, on the land, particularly in the Durango community and surrounding areas | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Inquiring Systems Inc Santa Rosa, CA | B | $10,000 | paid | One Earth Sangha - website for Earth Awareness Community retreat program | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Northwest Zen Sangha Portland, OR | B | $10,000 | paid | coordinating across Buddhist sanghas for energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements to temple buildings and offerings events that focus on ecological awareness | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Sounds True Foundation Lafayette, CO | C | $10,000 | paid | "We Are The Great Turning" podcast | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | San Francisco Zen Center San Francisco, CA | B | $10,000 | paid | Tassajara Wildland Firefighter Retreat | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Firefighters United for Safety Ethics and Ecology Eugene, OR | B | $10,000 | paid | Great Vow Wildland Firefighter Mindfulness Retreat | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Sky Mind Retreats Moab, UT | B | $10,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Myriad USA Inc New York, NY | B | $10,000 | paid | the Wellbeing Project | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Fractured Atlas Inc Hartsdale, NY | C | $10,000 | paid | Triptych Journey | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Vallecitos Mountain Refuge Durango, CO | B | $10,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Interdependence Project Brooklyn, NY | B | $10,000 | paid | a year long ecodharma project with 6 outdoor events | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Tergar International Minneapolis, MN | B | $10,000 | paid | integrating ecodharma into programming | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Spirit Rock Meditation Center Woodacre, CA | B | $10,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Tricycle Foundation Inc New York, NY | B | $10,000 | paid | 2024 Buddhism and Ecology Gathering | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Braided Wisdom Inc San Francisco, CA | B | $10,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Insight Meditation Community of Western Massachuse Easthampton, MA | C | $10,000 | paid | Rebecca Bradshaw's retreat "Down to Earth Dharma: healing our relationship with ourselves and the Earth" | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Saranaloka Foundation San Rafael, CA | B | $6,000 | paid | translation of Fang einfach an! to English | 202523219349107562 |
| 2024 | Genx Buddhist Teachers Sangha Boston, MA | B | $5,000 | paid | a plenary session to explore the effects of climate change and biodiversity loss on GenX Buddhist teachers, as well as on students with a focus on what support could help cope with those effects | 202523219349107562 |
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