· Private foundation
The Bessie Rattner Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k11 grants · $40k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $70k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GALA HISPANIC THEATRE | $50,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $45,432 |
| SAFE PASSAGE | $15,000 |
| CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK | $10,000 |
| NATIONAL BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| THE FOOD BANK WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS | $5,000 |
| PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION | $5,000 |
| NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIO | $5,000 |
| NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO | $3,650 |
| AMERICAN UNIVERSITY RADIO | $3,650 |
| WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN | $3,132 |
| SOUL FIRE FARM | $2,500 |
| THE TREVOR PROJECT | $2,500 |
| BLUEPRINT GENEVA | $2,500 |
| GLSEN | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–21, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
33 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CACAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC6× · 2018–2024 · $70k · revenue +30%
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC4× · 2021–2024 · $43k · revenue +167%
TREVOR PROJECT INC7× · 2018–2024 · $40k · revenue +570%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $10k
- CCALLISTOone grant, 2018 · $10k
- SBSUNFLOWER BAKERYone grant, 2018 · $10k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Fern seeks to make the food system more sustainable and equitable through powerful journalism and storytelling.
Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.
Free press was created to give people a voice in the crucial decisions that shape our media. we believe that positive social change, racial justice and meaningful engagement in public life require equitable access to technology, diverse…
To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse
To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.
The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.
The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…
Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.
Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…
Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…
How this is measured
18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 45 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds TREVOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds THE FOOD BANK OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds MULTIPLIER ↗
- Who funds SOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds GLSEN INC ↗
- Who funds SUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO ↗
- Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
- Who funds MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA ↗
- Who funds C&O CANAL TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds BLUEPRINT GENEVA INC ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Bessie Rattner Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bessie Rattner Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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