· Private foundation
Schoolbell 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.
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.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE CLEAR FUND DBA GIVEWELL | $2,250 |
| GIVE DIRECTLY | $2,250 |
| REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT ASSISTANCE CENT | $2,000 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER BOS | $2,000 |
| OXFAM AMERICA | $1,500 |
| CENTER STREET FOOD PANTRY | $1,500 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MA | $1,500 |
| AFRICIAN ARTISTS COMMUNITY DEV PROJ | $1,000 |
| ISLAND GROWTH INITIATIVE FOOD PANTR | $1,000 |
| THE TULGEY WOOD | $1,000 |
| VINEYARD CONSERVATION SOCIETY | $1,000 |
| HARBOR HOMES OF MARTHAS VINEYARD | $800 |
| MARTHA' VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES | $500 |
| FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF WEST | $200 |
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 (FY19–25, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.
19 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 2 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, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TTTHE TULGEY WOOD INC7× · 2019–2025 · $7k · revenue +97%
GIVEDIRECTLY INC3× · 2023–2025 · $7k · revenue +47%- TCTHE CLEAR FUND3× · 2023–2025 · $7k · revenue +23%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $2k
- TSTREMONT SCHOOLone grant, 2019 · $2k
- VCVINEYARD COMMITTE ON HUNGERone grant, 2022 · $1k
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 martha's vineyard agricultural society supports a resilient and sustainable agricultural community on martha's vineyard. we do this by:- offering services, education, marketing, and technical support for farmers and farmworkers on the…
The island food pantry of martha's vineyard, inc.'s mission is to improve and sustain the quality of life in dukes county, massachusetts through the operation of a food pantry to provide temporary food and personal items as needed to…
Expand philanthropy on Marthas Vineyard and support its nonprofit organizations through capacity building and advocacy.
Safeguarding martha's vineyard's fishing heritage and future by supporting the island's small-boat owner-operated fishing fleets and their sustainably harvested catch.
The martha's vineyard community foundation, inc., successor to the permanent endowment fund for martha's vineyard, the island's community foundation, puts charitable contributions to work for the people of martha's vineyard by making…
The organization's primary mission is to acquire, restore, and maintain the historic landmarks of martha's vineyard and to preserve the island's unique character, cultural history, and heritage for the community and it's visitors.
To strive for the lifelong independence, confidence, and happiness of autistic individuals and their families on martha's vineyard, through housing, life skills, enrichment, job training, and therapies.
To produce public, education, and governmental (peg) access programming for the residents and organizations of the six communities of the island of martha's vineyard. in addition, the organization allocates channel space and time to…
The martha's vineyard museum inspires all people to discover, explore, and strengthen their connections to this island and its diverse heritage.
Vineyard lands for our community inc. (the organization) is a charitable educational and community organization that is actively engaged in solving island-wide needs with sustainable and viable solutions to preserve the character and life…
Maha breaks down barriers facing first-time and first-generation home buyers and owners through education, counseling, advocacy, and grassroots organizing.
How this is measured
15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 27 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 OXFAM-AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds VINEYARD CONSERVATION SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds THE TULGEY WOOD INC ↗
- Who funds CENTRE STREET FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
- Who funds GIVEDIRECTLY INC ↗
- Who funds THE CLEAR FUND ↗
- Who funds ISLAND HOUSING TRUST CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds MARTHA'S VINEYARD SHELLFISH GROUP INC ↗
- Who funds REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT ASSISTANCE CENTER ↗
- Who funds YMCA of Martha's Vineyard Inc ↗
- Who funds MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds VINEYARD COMMITTE ON HUNGER ↗
- Who funds ISLAND GROWN INITIATIVE LTD ↗
- Who funds FEATHERSTONE CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds HARBOR HOMES OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD 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: Martha's Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · The Kohlberg Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Schoolbell Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Schoolbell Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Refugee & Immigrant Assistance Center: 8% of income from government
- Martha's Vineyard Community Services Inc: 3% of income from government
- Harbor Homes of Martha's Vineyard Inc: 1% of income from government
- Island Housing Trust Corporation: 1% of income from government
- Island Grown Initiative Ltd: 0% of income from government
- Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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