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The Bessemer Giving Fund

Public charity
DBA: % BESSEMER TRUST COMPANY
Foundations · WOODBRIDGE, NJ · EIN 13-7111099

Money Out (latest fiscal year)

990 · FY ending 2024-12-31
Largest (approx.)
Total spending
$144.9M
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Grants paid
$144.0M
Program services
$143.3M

Top contractors (990 Part VII §B)

ContractorServiceStateCompensation
Patterson Belknap WEBB & TylerLegal—$416K
No lobbying expenditures disclosed in the latest filing.

Grants Made (Top 50 by amount)

10,000 grants · $2.9B total
RecipientStateIRC sectionCash grantPurpose
SCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND
EIN 311640316
CA501(C)(3)$56.5MGENERAL SUPPORT
WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE
EIN 134071318
NY501(C)(3)$11.7MGENERAL SUPPORT
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
EIN 110303001
KY501(C)(3)$8.1MCHARITABLE PURPOSE
ABILENE HERITAGE SQUARE INC
EIN 823454890
TX501(C)(3)$4.0MGENERAL SUPPORT
GOLDMAN SACHS PHILANTHROPY FUND
EIN 311774905
NY501(C)(3)$3.3MGENERAL SUPPORT
SHRINE OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE OF THE DIOCESE OF LA CROSSE INC
EIN 391982320
WI501(C)(3)$3.2MGENERAL SUPPORT, THE MARIAN CATECHIST CENTER FUND
POTOMAC SCHOOL
EIN 540562160
VA501(C)(3)$3.0MCAPITAL CAMPAIGN
TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
EIN 135598093
NY501(C)(3)$2.5MMEDICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS, GENERAL SUPPORT
BANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
EIN 046010342
MA501(C)(3)$2.4MGENERAL SUPPORT
ENGINEERING TOMORROW CO
EIN 472601470
VA501(C)(3)$2.0MGENERAL SUPPORT
ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE
EIN 561000633
NC501(C)(3)$2.0MGENERAL SUPPORT
BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY
EIN 237147797
UT501(C)(3)$2.0MGENERAL SUPPORT
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS
EIN 956102146
CA501(C)(3)$1.9MGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA
EIN 596150746
FL501(C)(3)$1.9MGENERAL SUPPORT
NATURE CONSERVANCY INC
EIN 530242652
OR501(C)(3)$1.8MGENERAL SUPPORT
TERRA NAAM RETREAT CHARITABLE TRUST
EIN 276011481
VT501(C)(3)$1.8MGENERAL SUPPORT