· Private foundation
Richard T Bell Foundation Inc
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, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k3 grants · $11k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $95k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PLUTA CANCER CENTER | $40,000 |
| LOLLYPOP FARM | $30,000 |
| BISHOP KEARNEY HIGH SCHOOL | $25,000 |
| ROCHESTER EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| FEDERATION OF SOCIAL WORKER | $500 |
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 (FY22–22, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- THTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER & MONROE COUNTY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO8× · 2017–2025 · $204k · revenue +101%
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER4× · 2018–2021 · $110k · revenue +65%- ESEDUCATION SUCCESS FOUNDATION INC5× · 2020–2024 · $76k · revenue +115%
Funded once
- RMRONALD MCDONALD HOUSEone grant, 2022 · $11k
- VMVANDERBILT MEDICAL CENTERone grant, 2021 · $10k
- HFHILLSIDE FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +134%
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 organization is organized and operated for the benefit of all of the affiliates within rochester regional health system. the organization supports and assists the affiliates by reviewing and monitoring their missions, objectives,…
To establish, erect and maintain a general hospital and dispensary in the county of monroe, ny for medical and surgical aid, care and treatment of persons in need thereof; to carry on and conduct a training school for nurses; to promote…
See schedule oto make a positive difference in the lives and health status of individuals in the city of rochester, ny and western monroe county. we will educate our community, our providers, and future health care professionals in order…
Our mission is to provide skilled, compassionate, cost-effective care that promotes wellness and meets the community's healthcare needs.
Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.
Healthcare on a nonprofit basis to promote the health of the community as a whole.
United memorial medical center is the only acute care hospital in genesee county, with 131 licensed acute care beds that provide the necessary healthcare services to a regional population of approximately 138,000 residents and operates the…
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
Joining together to raise every child's complete wellbeing.
The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…
Edceptional was created to help expand the number of high-quality k - 12 public education seats for all low-income children living in the city of rochester, ny, regardless of school type, charter or district. the mission includes…
We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 24 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 THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER & MONROE COUNTY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER ↗
- Who funds EDUCATION SUCCESS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds HUNTER'S HOPE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ROCHESTER EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds HILLSIDE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF ROCHESTER INC ↗
- Who funds MERCY FLIGHT INC ↗
- Who funds AUTISM SPEAKS INC ↗
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: Paychex Charitable Foundation Inc · Summers Foundation Inc · Charles J & Burton S August Family Foundation · Greater Rochester Health Foundation · United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc · Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc · Rochester Area Community Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Richard T Bell Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Richard T Bell Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
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