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Jennifer & Thomas Bell Family Foundation at a glance

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Jennifer & Thomas Bell Family 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.

$621k
Granted FY2024still arriving
27
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0181% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$179kEducation$164kReligion$143kHealth$140kFood & Nutrition$54kYouth Development$26kArts & Culture$10kRecreation & Sports$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 27 grants below total $584,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $621,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $36,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $191k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $360k
$10,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Peachtree Presbyterian Church$100,000
CWC Alliance Inc$60,000
Purposity Foundation Inc$50,000
Christian Brothers High School$50,000
Purposity Foundation Inc$50,000
Purposity Foundation, Inc.$50,000
Peachtree Presbyterian Church$25,000
United Way of Atlanta$25,000
Shepherd Center Foundation$25,000
Grady Health Foundation Inc$25,000
Peachtree Presbyterian Church$25,000
Atlanta Community Food Bank$23,894
George West Mental Health Foundation Inc$12,500
Turning Point for God$10,000
Masters Tournament Foundation Inc$10,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

49%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$395k · 5 repeat orgs$415k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
8

Total granted

$395k
$86k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
-1%

Still filing today

60%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $329k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’24
PhilanthropyHealthReligionEducationFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • PF
    Purposity Foundation Inc
    2× · 2022–2024 · $200k · revenue -28%
  • CB
    Christian Brothers High School
    2× · 2022–2024 · $100k
  • AC
    ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $50k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • HI
    HOLY INNOCENTS EPISCOPAL SCHOOL INC
    one grant, 2022 · $34k
  • BG
    Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue -29%
  • TU
    The University Of Tennessee Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
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.

03Its field

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.

1
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
2
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc

Atlanta is #1 for income inequality in the nation. as such, the needs in our community are pressing and we need to move with the urgency of now to address those needs. the community foundation has unequivocally embraced equity as our #1…

Philanthropy
3
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc

To make kids better today and healthier tomorrow.

Health
4
Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Inc

The corporation is a voluntary association of individuals and organizations the purposes of which are to upgrade and advance the atlanta metropolitan area in population, commerce and finance; to effect civic and social improvements; to…

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5
The Georgia Center for Nonprofits

Our mission is to create thriving communities by helping nonprofits succeed. our work revolves around four primary areas of focus.1. we are a hub for social innovation 2. we are a capacity accelerator for organizations and their people3.…

Community Improvement
6
Carolina Meadows Foundation Inc

To solicit and receive gifts, grants, bequests and contributions for the support of carolina meadows, inc. in order to enhance or extend its mission, programs, services, and facilities.

Human Services
7
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
8
Conway Hospital Community Services

Conway hospital community services provides outpatient health care services to horry county and the surrounding community in conjunction with conway hospital, inc., a non-profit acute care hospital system.

Health
9
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
10
Moral Compass Federation Inc

Moral compass federation facilitates collaboration among multiple veteran-led nonprofit organizations, individuals, and businesses who came together during the fall of kabul, afghanistan to evacuate and resettle afghan allies who were in…

Public Benefit
11
Gaston Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc

To engage and inspire our community to support caromont health in providing compassionate, exceptional and highly reliable care.

Health
12
Acfb Charitable Investments Inc

Acfb charitable investments, inc., is operated exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, or to carry out the purposes and/or activities of atlanta community food bank, inc., a georgia nonprofit corporation.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Grady Health Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Masters Tournament Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

19 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. 19 of the 29 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/19
Grantees still filing
11/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Peachtree Presbyterian Church: $150,000 · OtherPeachtree Presbyterian ChurchChristian Brothers High School: $100,000 · OtherChristian Brothers High SchoolHOLY INNOCENTS EPISCOPAL SCHOOL INC: $33,667 · OtherHOLY INNOCENTS EPISCOPAL SCHOOL INCThe University Of Tennessee Foundation: $15,000 · Other+11 more: $41,750 · Other+11 morePurposity Foundation Inc: $200,000 · PhilanthropyPurposity Foundation IncTHE GRADY HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · PhilanthropyTHE GRADY HEALTH FOUNDATION INCSHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropySHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION INCUNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC+3 more: $17,500 · Philanthropy+3 moreCWC ALLIANCE INC: $60,000 · HealthCWC ALLIAN…GEORGE WEST MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 · HealthGEORGE WES…ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $50,000 · Food & NutritionBoys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentTurning Point for God: $10,000 · ReligionIN TOUCH MINISTRIES INC: $2,500 · ReligionFernbank Inc: $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$340,417Philanthropy$307,500Health$72,500Food & Nutrition$50,000Youth Development$20,000Religion$12,500Arts & Culture$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPurposity Foundation Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetCWC ALLIANCE INC: $60,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GRADY HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGE WEST MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFernbank Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMASTERS TOURNAMENT FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE LOWCOUNTRY INC: $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY CARE CLINIC OF HIGHLANDS-CASHIERS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITIES OF COASTAL GEORGIA FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHELTERING ARMS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDRENS SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

The Community Foundat…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Blackbaud Giving …Raymond James Charita…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA16.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
04Through Plinth

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How do I get to Jennifer & Thomas Bell Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Jennifer & Thomas Bell Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 29 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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