Georgia · Private foundation
John & Nancy Bell Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $23k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 35%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $8,265
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 23
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $209k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 35% of the organizations John & Nancy Bell Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $23k | 21% |
| FY2024 | 23 | $23k | 35% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $14k | 24% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $15k | 47% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $24k | 64% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $14k | 77% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $19k | 31% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $22k | 53% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seminole Boosters Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Sandy Springs Society Inc | $13,945 | 9 | 2% |
| A Million Matters Inc | $9,375 | 6 | 2% |
| One Hundred Shares Inc | $9,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Peachtree Road Methodist Church | $5,815 | 1 | n/a |
| City Springs Theatre | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of Benson Inc | $4,160 | 3 | 1% |
| Holy Innocents Episcopal School Inc | $3,700 | 4 | n/a |
| Solidarity Sandy Springs Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Overcome Church Inc | $1,500 | 3 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seminole Boosters Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Sandy Springs Society Inc | $13,945 | 9 | 2% |
| A Million Matters Inc | $9,375 | 6 | 2% |
| One Hundred Shares Inc | $9,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Peachtree Road Methodist Church | $5,815 | 1 | n/a |
| City Springs Theatre | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of Benson Inc | $4,160 | 3 | 1% |
| Holy Innocents Episcopal School Inc | $3,700 | 4 | n/a |
| Solidarity Sandy Springs Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Overcome Church Inc | $1,500 | 3 | n/a |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Christian Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Art Sandy Springs Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Study Hall Inc | $850 | 1 | 0% |
| Agnes Scott College | $850 | 7 | 0% |
| Ncga Foundation | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Nam Knights Big Dawg Chapter | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Newnan First United Methodist Church | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| St John United Methodist Church | $385 | 4 | n/a |
| Morningside Presbyterian Church | $300 | 2 | n/a |
| Moving in the Spirit Inc | $300 | 3 | 0% |
| Newnan City Church Inc | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| RBM Ministries Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| I-58 Mission Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Mission to the World Pca Inc | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| The Bascom Corporation | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| National Charity League Inc | $175 | 1 | n/a |
| Global Partners in Life Inc | $175 | 1 | 0% |
| Phils Friends Inc | $150 | 2 | n/a |
| Father Flanagan's Boys' Home | $110 | 2 | 0% |
| Georgia Tennis Foundation Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Foundation of Wesley Woods Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| George West Mental Health Foundation Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Mt Bethel Church Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Alzheimers Research Foundation Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Midtown Assistance Center Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Winthrop University Foundation | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Wiregrass SpayNeuter Alliance Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| St Josephs Indian School | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| CaringBridge | $30 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 39 recipients with no EIN on record ($93k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John & Nancy Bell Family 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 Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Couchman & Noble Foundation Inc · Patterson Family Foundation Inc · Fraser-Parker Foundation · The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation Inc · J Bulow Campbell Foundation · Tull Charitable Foundation Inc · The Richard C Munroe Foundation Inc · Tw Marian W Ottley Atlanta Main · The Waterfall Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About John & Nancy Bell Family Foundation
- How much does John & Nancy Bell Family Foundation give?
- John & Nancy Bell Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $23,095 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does John & Nancy Bell Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (23%), Recreation & Sports (11%), Arts & Culture (8%).
- Who are John & Nancy Bell Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Seminole Boosters Inc ($20k), The Sandy Springs Society Inc ($14k), A Million Matters Inc ($9k).
- Does John & Nancy Bell Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John & Nancy Bell Family 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 John & Nancy Bell Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc, Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Inc, Georgia Power Foundation Inc.
- Where is John & Nancy Bell Family Foundation based?
- John & Nancy Bell Family Foundation is based in GA.
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