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Cornelia Bessie Memorial Foundation

West Hartford, CT  ·  EIN 831183294  ·  Website (ProPublica) ↗  ·  990s on ProPublica ↗

Assets

$6.1M

Total Giving

$1.0M

Grants on File

74

Average Grant

$14K

Giving Radius

Where Cornelia Bessie Memorial Foundation Has Given

AK — no grants on file AL — $15K across 1 grant AR — no grants on file AZ — no grants on file CA — $20K across 2 grants CO — $10K across 1 grant CT — $185K across 13 grants DC — $25K across 2 grants DE — no grants on file FL — no grants on file GA — no grants on file HI — no grants on file IA — no grants on file ID — no grants on file IL — $25K across 4 grants IN — no grants on file KS — no grants on file KY — no grants on file LA — no grants on file MA — $55K across 4 grants MD — $24K across 3 grants ME — $118K across 7 grants MI — no grants on file MN — no grants on file MO — no grants on file MS — no grants on file MT — no grants on file NC — no grants on file ND — no grants on file NE — no grants on file NH — $150K across 11 grants NJ — no grants on file NM — no grants on file NV — no grants on file NY — $275K across 18 grants OH — $35K across 3 grants OK — no grants on file OR — no grants on file PA — $15K across 1 grant RI — no grants on file SC — no grants on file SD — no grants on file TN — no grants on file TX — no grants on file UT — no grants on file VA — no grants on file VT — $67K across 4 grants WA — no grants on file WI — no grants on file WV — no grants on file WY — no grants on file
Historical grants to 43 recipients across 14 states. Top concentrations: NEW YORK ($170K, 10 grants), PORTLAND ($118K, 7 grants), PETERBOROUGH ($69K, 5 grants), BROOKLYN ($65K, 5 grants), NEW HAVEN ($50K, 3 grants).

Section I

How to Apply

No application guidelines on file — check the foundation's website directly.

On Unsolicited Proposals no

Section IV

Recent Grants

Recipient Amount Year
Southern Poverty Law Center INC (Teaching Tolerancelearning for Justice) $15K 2021
New England Musicians Relief Fund $20K 2021
Covenant Soup Kitchen INC $15K 2021
Words Without Borders $15K 2021
Shoreline Soup Kitchen & Pantries INC $15K 2021
Nuday Syria $20K 2021
Classical Uprising $25K 2021
Harris Center for Conservation Education INC $20K 2021
Hunts Point Alliance for Children $20K 2021
Food Bank for New York City $25K 2021
Open Cupboard Food Pantry INC $15K 2021
Peterborough Human Services Fund (Aka Peterborough Food Pantry) $15K 2021
Justice Arts Coalition INC $10K 2022
Words Without Borders $15K 2022
Covenant Soup Kitchen INC $15K 2022
House of Bread $10K 2022
Anera (American Near East Refugee Aid $15K 2022
Food Bank for New York City $20K 2022
240 Strings $10K 2022
Pat Macs Pack INC $5K 2022
Classical Uprising $11K 2022
Iris - Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services $25K 2022
Covenant Soup Kitchen $10K 2024
New England Musicians Relief Fund $10K 2024
Pen America $10K 2024

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Section VI

Filing History

Year-by-year financial summary from IRS 990-PF filings. Total assets and qualifying distributions show the foundation's growth and giving trajectory.

Year Total Assets Qualifying Distributions Total Revenue Total Expenses
2024 $6.2M $287K $26K $499K
2023 $6.7M $293K $239K $383K
2022 $6.9M $330K $408K $156K
2021 $6.7M $260K $3.3M $258K
2020 $3.6M $58K $3.6M $7K
2019 $62K $2K $14K $11K

Section VII

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