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BESSENT-FREEMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION

· CHARLESTON, SC · private_foundation · program funder

27recipients FY2016–24
$3Mgiving on file
2024latest grant year
noaccepts unsolicited
LocalLocal funder, 79% of giving in New York

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A local funder — 79% of its dollars go to NY. It is a candidate for organizations in the 6 states it has funded, whatever their cause: FL, MI, NC, NY, SC, VA.

Funders that fund the same organizations

FunderLocationChannelShared recipients
COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INCN CHARLESTON, SCprogram funder9
GUFFEY FAMILY FOUNDATIONPENNINGTON, NJprogram funder9
HENRY AND SYLVIA YASCHIK FOUNDATION INCCHARLESTON, SCprogram funder6
CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONCOLUMBIA, SCprogram funder5
JOHN AND KATHLEEN RIVERS FOUNDATION INCCHARLESTON, SCprogram funder5
JOHN WINTHROP CHARITABLE TRUSTCHARLESTON, SCprogram funder5
KIRBY FAMILY FOUNDATION INCAMHERST, NHprogram funder5
MARILYNN AND JOHN HILL FOUNDATION INCWADMALAW IS, SCprogram funder5
PATHFINDER FOUNDATION INCCHATTANOOGA, TNprogram funder5
RICHARD AND SUSAN LEADEM FAMILY FOUNDATION INCCHARLESTON, SCprogram funder5
SOUTH CAROLINA HUMANITES COUNCILCOLUMBIA, SCprogram funder5
Almeida Family Foundationprogram funder4
CLYDE B ANDERSON FAMILY FOUNDATIONBIRMINGHAM, ALprogram funder4
DAVID WALLACE SMITH AND JOAN STOWELL SMITH CHARITABLE FOUNDATIOWILMINGTON, DEprogram funder4
GAYLORD AND DOROTHY DONNELLEY FOUNDATIONCHICAGO, ILprogram funder4
HARVEY MCNAIRY FOUNDATION INCKINSTON, NCprogram funder4
HILLENBRAND FAMILY FOUNDATIONCHARLESTON, SCprogram funder4
JOANNA FOUNDATIONSULLIVANS IS, SCprogram funder4
POST & COURIER FOUNDATIONCHARLESTON, SCprogram funder4
WILBUR S SMITH FOUNDATION INCCHARLESTON, SCprogram funder4
CEDARHURST FOUNDATIONCHARLESTON, SCprogram funder3
CERES FOUNDATION INCCHARLESTON, SCprogram funder3
CHARLES A WEYERHAEUSER MEMORIAL FOUNDATIONSAINT PAUL, MNprogram funder3
DEWBERRY FOUNDATION INCATLANTA, GAprogram funder3
ELBRIDGE & EVELYN STUART FOUNDATION 26000118300JACKSON, WYprogram funder3

Recent recipients

OrganizationStateYearsLatestTotal
HARLEM CHILDRENS ZONE INCNY42024$1,300,000
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE UNION FOUNDATIONVA12024$100,000
CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE OF THE DISABLED IN NEW YORK INCNY22023$15,000
CHARLESTON LITERARY FESTIVAL INCSC22023$10,000
HEBREW ORPHAN SOCIETYSC12023$5,000
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON FOUNDATIONSC12023$5,000
BREVARD MUSIC CENTER INCORPORATEDNC12023$2,500
ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITYNY32022$250,000
MIDDLETON PLACE FOUNDATIONSC32022$160,000
FORDHAM PREPARATORY SCHOOLNY32022$125,000
FORDHAM UNIVERSITYNY32022$75,000
BRITISH SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES FOUNDATION INCNY12022$50,000
DEVELOPMENT NOW INITIATIVES CORPNY12022$48,772
ASHLEY HALL FOUNDATIONSC32022$40,000
M CLUB OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANMI12022$10,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE LOUVRE INCNY12022$5,000
CARDINAL HAYES HIGH SCHOOLNY12022$1,000
EPISCOPAL SCHOOL IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNY12022$1,000
PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF CHARLESTONSC12021$100,000
PORTER-GAUD SCHOOLSC12021$25,000
SOUTH CAROLINA AQUARIUMSC12021$10,000
HISTORIC CHARLESTON FOUNDATIONSC12021$10,000
CHARLESTON LIBRARY SOCIETYSC12021$2,500
SPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA INCFL12021$1,000
SPENCE SCHOOLNY12020$75,000
KIDS ON POINT INCSC12020$20,000
SOUTH CAROLINA COASTAL CONSERVATION LEAGUE INCSC12020$5,000