Texas · Private foundation
Bell Trust
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $591k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $121k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 9
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $10M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 56% of the organizations Bell Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $94k 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 | 9 | $121k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $171k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $146k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $108k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $136k | 56% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $84k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Baton Rouge Church of Christ | $66,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Highland Church of Christ | $42,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Church of Christ in Sandtown | $41,400 | 2 | n/a |
| North Atlanta Church of Christ | $36,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Highland Oaks Church of Christ Inc | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Harpeth Hills Church of Christ | $32,511 | 2 | n/a |
| East Side Church of Christ | $28,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Riverside Church of Christ | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Woodland West Church of Christ | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Castle Rock Church of Christ | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Baton Rouge Church of Christ | $66,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Highland Church of Christ | $42,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Church of Christ in Sandtown | $41,400 | 2 | n/a |
| North Atlanta Church of Christ | $36,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Highland Oaks Church of Christ Inc | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Harpeth Hills Church of Christ | $32,511 | 2 | n/a |
| East Side Church of Christ | $28,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Riverside Church of Christ | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Woodland West Church of Christ | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Castle Rock Church of Christ | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hillcrest Church of Christ | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Griffin Road Church of Christ Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 6% |
| North Bronx Church of Christ | $12,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Kingdom Church of Christ | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Pointe Church of Christ | $8,400 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($360k), not named here.
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: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Bell Trust
- How much does Bell Trust give?
- Bell Trust reported 9 itemized grants totaling $121,400, out of $590,600 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 9 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Bell Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (23%).
- Who are Bell Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: South Baton Rouge Church of Christ ($66k), Highland Church of Christ ($42k), Church of Christ in Sandtown ($41k).
- Does Bell Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bell Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bell Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Bell Trust based?
- Bell Trust is based in TX.
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