North Carolina · Private foundation
Bell Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $530k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $185,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $11M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 22% of the organizations Bell Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $515k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $530k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $320k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $374k | 31% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $114k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $318k | 44% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $315k | 22% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $299k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Foundation Inc | $583,000 | 3 | n/a |
| High Point University | $485,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Greensboro Independent School Corp | $360,001 | 7 | 0% |
| Piedmont Triad Partnership | $175,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Greensboro Children's Museum Inc | $135,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Piedmont Triad Charitable Foundation D/B/A Wyndham Championship | $125,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Uncg Excellence Foundation Inc | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Natural Science Center of Greensboro Inc Dba Greensboro Science Center | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Downtown Greensboro Foundation | $32,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Greensboro College | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Foundation Inc | $583,000 | 3 | n/a |
| High Point University | $485,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Greensboro Independent School Corp | $360,001 | 7 | 0% |
| Piedmont Triad Partnership | $175,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Greensboro Children's Museum Inc | $135,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Piedmont Triad Charitable Foundation D/B/A Wyndham Championship | $125,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Uncg Excellence Foundation Inc | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Natural Science Center of Greensboro Inc Dba Greensboro Science Center | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Downtown Greensboro Foundation | $32,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Greensboro College | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| North Carolina Folk Festival | $20,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Union Square Campus Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Greensboro Police Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Greensboro Chamber Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Downtown Greensboro Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Nussbaum Center for Entrepreneurship Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($727k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bell Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Joseph M Bryan Foundation · The Cemala Foundation Inc · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Moses H Cone Memorial Hospital Operating Corporation · Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation Inc · Egerton Family Foundation Inc · The Edward M Armfield Sr Foundation I · Louis DeJoy & Aldona Z Wos Family Foundation Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · Duke Energy Foundation · The Griffin Endowment
How this is measured
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About Bell Foundation
- How much does Bell Foundation give?
- Bell Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $530,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Bell Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (41%), Philanthropy (31%), Community Improvement (18%).
- Who are Bell Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Community Foundation Inc ($583k), High Point University ($485k), Greensboro Independent School Corp ($360k).
- Does Bell Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bell Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bell Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Joseph M Bryan Foundation, The Cemala Foundation Inc, Amg Charitable Gift Foundation.
- Where is Bell Foundation based?
- Bell Foundation is based in NC.
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