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Millicent and Eugene Bell Foundation 0751260 at a glance

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Millicent and Eugene Bell Foundation 0751260

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.

$283k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$1.0MHealth$455kAnimals$200kScience & Tech$110kReligion$50kYouth Development$46kPublic Safety & Disaster$25kInternational$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $83k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $200k
$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL$100,000
AMERICAN THEATRE WING$50,000
WHEREVER WE GO LLC$50,000
Individual grant recipient$46,000
RED BULL THEATRE$24,000
COLLEGE LIGHT OPERA COMPANY$13,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 88% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY: $60k → 8%WILLIAMSTOWN THEATER FESTIVAL: $25k → 12%BOCH CENTER - WANG THEATER: $10k → 16%RED BULL THEATRE: $34k → 17%GOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $20k → 7%NEWPORT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $20k → 7%MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY: $30k → 8%BOCH CENTER - WANG THEATER: $10k → 16%RED BULL THEATRE: $25k → 17%GOODSPEED MUSICALS: $10k → 7%NEWPORT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 7%MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY: $10k → 8%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $200k → 16%RED BULL THEATRE: $25k → 17%GOODSPEED MUSICALS: $6k → 7%MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY: $10k → 8%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $100k → 16%RED BULL THEATRE: $24k → 17%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $100k → 16%RED BULL THEATRE: $10k → 17%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $25k → 16%ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY: $85k → 17%WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $25k → 16%ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY: $25k → 17%ALI FORNEY CENTER: $10k → 17%NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR MUSICAL THEATRE: $10k → 17%NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR MUSICAL THEATRE: $5k → 17%DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: $25k → 17%BELMONT THEATER: $3k → 17%NEW YORK CITY CENTER INC: $25k → 17%NEW YORK CITY CENTER INC: $8k → 17%WOMEN'S PROJECT AND PRODUCTIONS INC: $25k → 17%WILD ABOUT YOU LLC: $200k → 17%AMERICAN THEATRE WING: $125k → 17%AMERICAN THEATRE WING: $78k → 17%AMERICAN THEATRE WING: $65k → 17%AMERICAN THEATRE WING: $50k → 17%WHEREVER WE GO LLC: $50k → 17%LDK PRODUCTIONS: $46k → 17%AMERICAN THEATRE WING: $40k → 17%BROADWAY CARES: $25k → 17%THEATER ROW: $6k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 11 repeat orgs$440k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
9

Total granted

$1.5M
$344k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+17%

Still filing today

82%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $96k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureScience & TechInternationalHousing & ShelterHealthOther
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

  • AT
    AMERICAN THEATRE WING INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $358k · revenue +3%
  • TC
    THE COLLEGE LIGHT OPERA COMPANY INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $236k · revenue +128%
  • RB
    RED BULL THEATER INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $118k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • WA
    WILD ABOUT YOU LLC
    one grant, 2023 · $200k
  • WP
    WOMEN'S PROJECT & PRODUCTIONS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +57%
  • WGBH Educational Foundation
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +9%
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.

04Its 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
Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Inc
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2
Transport Group Inc Dba Transport Group Theatre Company

Producing and developing plays and musicals.

Arts & Culture
3
The Royal National Theatre

Theatre can lead to extraordinary moments of shared imagination. it enables us to stand in anothers shoes to better understand ourselves and the world around us. it shows us who we are, who we have been, who we could be. the nt delivers on…

Arts & Culture
4
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Inc

To create rousing, visceral, enlightening theatre experiences that galvanize diverse artists and audiences to engage with our world in unexpected and often challenging ways.

Arts & Culture
5
Manhattan Theatre Club Inc

Mtc's work includes producing and developing new work on and off-broadway, nurturing artists throughout their careers, and positively impacting the lives of many through innovative education programs. we are committed to equity, diversity…

Arts & Culture
6
Theatre for a New Audience Inc

The mission of theatre for a new audience is to develop and vitalize the performance and study of shakespeare and classic drama. the theatre is dedicated to the language and ideas of writers - to a dialogue over centuries between…

Arts & Culture
7
Atlantic Theater Company

At Atlantic, our aim is singular: to empower simple and honest storytelling that fosters greater understanding of our shared world. Across our work, we are a family of artists dedicated to exploring essential truths onstage, be it a show…

Arts & Culture
8
New York Theatre Workshop Inc

To provoke, produce and cultivate the work of artists whose visions inspire and challenge all of us.

Arts & Culture
9
The Center for International Theatre Development
Arts & Culture
10
Bow Street Theatre Trust
—
11
West End Players
Arts & Culture
12
The New Group Inc

The new group is an artist-driven company with a commitment to developing and producing powerful, contemporary theater. while constantly evolving, we maintain an ensemble approach to all our work and an articulated style of emotional…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Theatre Wing Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wgbh Educational Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

14 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. 14 of the 22 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
12/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN THEATRE WING INC: $357,500 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN THEATRE WING INCTHE COLLEGE LIGHT OPERA COMPANY INC: $235,810 · Arts & CultureTHE COLLEGE LIGHT OPERA COMPANY INCRED BULL THEATER INC: $118,000 · Arts & CultureRED BULL THEATER INCROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $110,000 · Arts & CultureROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INCGOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $36,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK CITY CENTER INC: $32,500 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $65,000 · Arts & Culture+3 moreMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $425,000 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITALWILD ABOUT YOU LLC: $200,000 · OtherWILD ABOUT YOU LLCWHEREVER WE GO LLC: $50,000 · OtherWHEREVER WE GO LLCIndividual grant recipient: $46,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+5 more: $79,023 · Other+5 moreMARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY: $110,000 · Science & TechNewport Hospital Foundation: $30,000 · HealthMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $25,000 · InternationalALI FORNEY CENTER INC: $10,000 · Housing & Shelter
Arts & Culture$954,810Other$800,023Science & Tech$110,000Health$30,000International$25,000Housing & Shelter$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 budgetAMERICAN THEATRE WING INC: $357,500 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetTHE COLLEGE LIGHT OPERA COMPANY INC: $235,810 over 3y, 16% of budgetRED BULL THEATER INC: $118,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $110,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY: $110,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $36,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNEW YORK CITY CENTER INC: $32,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNewport Hospital Foundation: $30,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetWOMEN'S PROJECT & PRODUCTIONS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetWGBH Educational Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR MUSICAL THEATRE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetALI FORNEY CENTER INC: $10,000 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 Howard Gilman Fou…The Shubert Foundatio…Morgan Stanley Global…The Lucille Lortel Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Howard Gilman Foundation IncNY15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc · The Shubert Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Lucille Lortel Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Millicent and Eugene Bell Foundation 0751260 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Millicent and Eugene Bell Foundation 0751260. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Marine Biological Laboratory: 20% of income from government
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Goodspeed Opera House Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 22 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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