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The Arnold & Jill Bellowe 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.

$84k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
43
Grants FY2025
51
Organizations funded FY2024
29%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$14,500
Organizations funded a year
37 to 53
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$1.4M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 29% of the organizations The Arnold & Jill Bellowe Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureInternationalEducationAnimalsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving42$82k24%
FY202451$69k29%
FY202351$67k16%
FY202253$65k15%
FY202147$68k21%
FY202037$40k24%
FY201939$55k28%
FY201846$59k39%
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$132kInternational$100kPhilanthropy$72kHealth$44kCrime & Legal$38kHuman Services$36kEducation$35kFood & Nutrition$14kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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CA
MO
VA
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 78 grantees
All grantees of The Arnold & Jill Bellowe Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Chautauqua Foundation Inc$57,80080%
Direct Relief$49,27290%
Robert H Jackson Center Inc$35,70091%
Women's Fund of Santa Barbara$24,25090%
Eden Peopleplanet$24,01580%
Sansum Clinic$23,00090%
Human Rights Watch Inc$22,50090%
Chautauqua Institution$18,80080%
Montecito Retirement Association$16,20040%
Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara Inc$15,35070%
The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College$14,50090%
City Year Inc$12,45030%
Global Conservation Force Inc$10,0001n/a
Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy Inc$9,50090%
Transition House$9,00090%
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc$9,00080%
The Ability Experience$5,00010%
Q Plus Collective$5,0001n/a
Kindred Films Inc$5,000133%
Santa Barbara Firefighters Alliance$5,00010%
National Urban League Inc$5,00050%
City Lacrosse$4,000174%
National Comedy Center Inc$3,95060%
Westside Food Bank$3,00030%
Chautauqua Lake Association Inc$2,75090%
Phil Simon Clinic Tanzania Project$2,57512%
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation$2,50060%
United Way of Santa Barbara County Inc$2,50050%
Venice Family Clinic$2,35060%
Lobero Theatre Foundation$2,00080%
Hope in a Suitcase$2,00040%
Path$2,00040%
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley$2,00020%
A Place Called Home$2,00030%
Diamond Peak Ski Education Foundation$2,00010%
Santa Barbara Club Preservation Foundation$1,75050%
Calm Inc$1,50060%
Seeds of Wisdom Inc$1,50020%
Anti-Defamation League$1,45070%
Youth Opportunities Unlimited$1,25050%
Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse$1,25040%
Montecito Firefighters Charitable Foundation$1,25020%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Children's Hospital Los Angeles$1,00010%
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$1,00010%
Blue Deer Center$1,0001n/a
State Street Ballet$1,00010%
Inspirational Triathlon Racing International Corp$1,00010%
United Way of Southern Chautauqua County Inc$1,00030%
Tahoe Fund$1,00010%
The University of Akron Foundation$1,00010%
Santa Barbara Zoological Foundation$70030%
Music Academy of the West$60020%
Santa Barbara Hillel$50010%
Trevor Project Inc$50010%
The Painted Turtle$50020%
Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network$50010%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$50010%
Rhode Island School of Design$50010%
Amazon Watch Inc$50010%
Santa Barbara South Coast Firefighter Foundation Inc$5001n/a
United States Fund for Unicef$26210%
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara$25010%
The Harry S Truman Library Institute National and International Affairs$25010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$25010%
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center$25010%
Homeboy Industries$25010%
Beloved Asheville$25010%
Ps Arts$25010%
Dignitymoves$20010%
Santa Barbara Rescue Mission$20010%
American Kidney Fund Inc$20010%
Friends of Breakthrough Schools$20010%
Northeast Ohio Food Allergy Network$1001n/a
World Central Kitchen Inc$10010%
Live Like Ally Foundation$10012%
NAMI National$10010%
Charity Navigator$5210%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 43 recipients with no EIN on record ($107k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Arnold & Jill Bellowe Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 73 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChautauqua Foundation Inc: $57,800 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetDirect Relief: $49,272 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetRobert H Jackson Center Inc: $35,700 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetWomen's Fund of Santa Barbara: $24,250 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetEden Peopleplanet: $24,015 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSansum Clinic: $23,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHuman Rights Watch Inc: $22,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetChautauqua Institution: $18,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMontecito Retirement Association: $16,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEnsemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara Inc: $15,350 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Foundation for Santa Barbara City College: $14,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCity Year Inc: $12,450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChautauqua Watershed Conservancy Inc: $9,500 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetTransition House: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFoodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc: $9,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Ability Experience: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKindred Films Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetSanta Barbara Firefighters Alliance: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNational Urban League Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCity Lacrosse: $4,000 over 1y, 74% of budgetNational Comedy Center Inc: $3,950 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWestside Food Bank: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChautauqua Lake Association Inc: $2,750 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetPhil Simon Clinic Tanzania Project: $2,575 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetSanta Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation: $2,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Santa Barbara County Inc: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVenice Family Clinic: $2,350 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLobero Theatre Foundation: $2,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHope in a Suitcase: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPath: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSecond Harvest of Silicon Valley: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetA Place Called Home: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDiamond Peak Ski Education Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSanta Barbara Club Preservation Foundation: $1,750 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCalm Inc: $1,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSeeds of Wisdom Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $1,450 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetYouth Opportunities Unlimited: $1,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCouncil on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse: $1,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMontecito Firefighters Charitable Foundation: $1,250 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCrohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArizona State University Foundation for a New American University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetState Street Ballet: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInspirational Triathlon Racing International Corp: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Way of Southern Chautauqua County Inc: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTahoe Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe University of Akron Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 73.

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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.

Santa Barbara FoundationCA34.3× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Santa Barbara Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · California Community Foundation · Manitou Fund · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · Giles 2000 Tr Dba Giles Family Foundation · The Turpin-Allebrand Family Charitable Foundation · Mosher Foundation · The Corwin D Denney Foundation · Williams-Corbett Foundation · The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation · Alice Tweed Tuohy 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.

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About The Arnold & Jill Bellowe Family Foundation

How much does The Arnold & Jill Bellowe Family Foundation give?
The Arnold & Jill Bellowe Family Foundation reported 43 grants totaling $84,148 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 37 and 53 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Arnold & Jill Bellowe Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (22%), International (17%), Philanthropy (12%).
Who are The Arnold & Jill Bellowe Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Chautauqua Foundation Inc ($58k), Direct Relief ($49k), Robert H Jackson Center Inc ($36k).
Does The Arnold & Jill Bellowe Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Arnold & Jill Bellowe 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 The Arnold & Jill Bellowe Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Santa Barbara Foundation, Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation, California Community Foundation.
Where is The Arnold & Jill Bellowe Family Foundation based?
The Arnold & Jill Bellowe Family Foundation is based in CA.

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 125 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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