· Private foundation
Mary Ellen Bell Charitable Tuw
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LEE'S JUNIOR COLLEGE | $3,906 |
| WESTMINSTER COLLEGE | $3,906 |
| DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE | $3,906 |
| CASA MATERNA SOCIETY | $3,906 |
| GENEVA COLLEGE | $3,906 |
| ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE | $3,906 |
| ST ANDREWS UNITED PRESBYTERIAN | $3,906 |
| DOGS FOR THE DEAF | $3,906 |
| AMERICAN WALDENSIAN AID SOCIETY | $3,906 |
| BUCKHORN CHILDREN'S CENTER | $3,906 |
| MASSACHUSETTS SPCA | $3,906 |
| NEW ALEXANDRIA UNION CEMETERY | $3,906 |
| INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL | $3,906 |
| SOUTHERN OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY | $3,906 |
| AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION | $3,906 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
20 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- GCGENEVA COLLEGE6× · 2020–2025 · $23k · revenue +3%
- AWAMERICAN WALDENSIAN SOCIETY6× · 2020–2025 · $23k · revenue +50%
- DODefenders of Wildlife6× · 2020–2025 · $23k · revenue +41%
Funded once
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.
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.
The washington humane society protects animals, supports families, and advocates for positive change to create a world where all animals can thrive. we enrich the humanity of our communities by promoting compassion and encouraging people…
A champion for animals since 1967, PAWS is a nationally recognized leader - rehabilitating injured and orphaned wildlife, sheltering and adopting homeless cats and dogs, and educating people to make a better world for animals and people.
Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.
Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.
As america's first animal shelter, founded in 1869, women's humane society dba women's animal center (wac), assists people in the community, saves the lives of animals, and improves the health of pets through its shelter and adoptions…
Wildearth guardians works to protect and restore the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the american west.
Danbury animal welfare society , inc.(daws) is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of animals in our community and beyond. we promote responsible pet guardianship and the humane treatment of animals, and work toward…
To bring animals out of crisis and strengthen the bond between people and animals through emergency sheltering, disaster relief services, financial assistance and education. redrover accomplishes its mission by engaging volunteers and…
IFAWs strategy focuses on improving the welfare of individual animals and the conservation status of wildlife populations in priority habitats through on-the-ground efforts community engagement and global advocacy. Our dual emphasis on…
To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.
Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 20 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds GENEVA COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN WALDENSIAN SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Defenders of Wildlife ↗
- Who funds IN DEFENSE OF ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds GREENPEACE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds WESTMINSTER COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds DOGS FOR THE DEAF INC DBA DOGS FOR BETTER LIVES ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds CASA MATERNA SOCIETY INC DBA ITALIAN CHILDREN'S MISSION ↗
- Who funds ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE ↗
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Mary Ellen Bell Charitable Tuw funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mary Ellen Bell Charitable Tuw. Bigger dots raise more.
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