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The Edward F and Barbara a Bell Family Foundation at a glance

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The Edward F and Barbara a Bell Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$80k
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$114kEducation$45kFood & Nutrition$45kHealth$40kYouth Development$29kReligion$22kPublic Benefit$15kHousing & Shelter$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$470k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK$7,500
FRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOLS$7,500
BUILDING HOPE IN THE CITY$7,500
SALVATION ARMY$7,500
PROVIDENCE HOUSE$7,500
Individual grant recipient$5,500
CATHOLIC CHARITIES$5,500
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF CLEVELAND$5,500
MALICHI HOUSE$5,500
THE WELSH ACADEMY$3,000
WOMANKIND$2,591
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
EDWIN'S LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE$2,500
CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION$2,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $26k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $6k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $5k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $5k → 17%HOMELESS HOOKUP: $3k → 17%Homeless Hookup: $3k → 17%HOMELESS HOOKUP: $3k → 17%Homeless Hookup: $500 → 17%Homeless Hookup: $500 → 17%Cleveland Sight Center: $1k → 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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$342k · 24 repeat orgs$21k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
15

Total granted

$342k
$18k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+14%

Still filing today

42%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesFood & NutritionEducationReligionPublic BenefitOther
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

  • PH
    PROVIDENCE HOUSE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $47k · revenue +201%
  • GC
    GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $36k · revenue +10%
  • MH
    MALACHI HOUSE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $27k · revenue +106%

Funded once

  • CS
    CWRU School of Medicine
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
  • AA
    ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS CLEVELAND DIST
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue +3%
  • SR
    ST RAPHAEL PARISH
    one grant, 2023 · $2k
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
Greater Cleveland Volunteers

Greater cleveland volunteers enriches the community and indivuduals through volunteer service. volunteers age 18 and older are recruited and placed in the agency's programs or referred to local nonprofit or public organizations to help…

Philanthropy
2
Global Cleveland

Global cleveland is dedicated to growing northeast ohio's economy by welcoming and connecting international people to opportunities and fostering a more inviting community for those seeking a place to call home.

Human Services
3
Hope for Cleveland's Children
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4
Grace Hospital

To serve as a center for excellence in the provision of specialized health care services and comfort for patients and families coping with catastrophic illness and injury.

Health
5
Diabetes Partnership of Cleveland

Diabetes partnership of cleveland works to provide relevant and sustainable programming, education, resources and supplies to the community in northeast ohio affected by diabetes.

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6
The Cleveland Foundation

Enhance the lives of all residents of greater cleveland, now and for generations to come, by working together with our donors to build community endowment, address needs through grantmaking, and provide leadership on key community issues.

Philanthropy
7
Digitalc

Empower the people of greater cleveland to achieve success through technology, innovation and connected community.

Community Improvement
8
Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati children's hospital medical center will be the leader in improving child health. cincinnati children's will provide child health and transform delivery of care through fully integrated, globally recognized research, education,…

Health
9
Cleveland Rape Crisis Center

The cleveland rape crisis center is a non-profit organization which supports survivors of sexual violence, promotes healing and prevention, and advocates for social change.

Health
10
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cleveland

Create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.

Youth Development
11
Adoption Network Cleveland

Adoption network cleveland's mission is to connect and empower individuals, organizations, and communities impacted by adoption, kinship, and foster care, and we provide a source of healing for those in need.

Human Services
12
Aids Taskforce of Greater Cleveland Inc

To provide a compassionate and collaborative response to the needs of people who are infected, affected and at risk of hiv/aids, through leadership in prevention, education supportive services and advocacy.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Promise of Greater Cleveland; the most unlike its peers is Geauga County Hunger Task Force. 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

19 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. 19 of the 41 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/19
Grantees still filing
13/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PROVIDENCE HOUSE INC: $46,500 · OtherPROVIDENCE HOUSE INCSALVATION ARMY: $29,500 · OtherSALVATION ARMYBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CLEVELAND: $28,500 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CLEVELANDIndividual grant recipient: $27,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMALACHI HOUSE INC: $26,500 · OtherMALACHI HOUSE INCIndividual grant recipient: $13,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE WELSH ACADEMY: $10,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $8,500 · Other+19 more: $42,500 · Other+19 moreGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $36,000 · Food & NutritionGREATER CLEV…GEAUGA COUNTY HUNGER TASK FORCE: $3,500 · Food & NutritionGEAUGA COUNT…FRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOLS: $32,500 · EducationFRIENDS OF…+1 more: $500 · EducationCATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $15,500 · Human ServicesHOMELESS HOOKUP: $9,000 · Human ServicesCLEVELAND SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND: $1,000 · Human ServicesBUILDING HOPE IN THE CITY: $15,500 · ReligionTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $8,500 · HealthWomankind Inc: $2,591 · HealthALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS CLEVELAND DIST: $2,500 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 · HealthUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $1,000 · InternationalAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC: $500 · Public Benefit
Other$233,500Food & Nutrition$39,500Education$33,000Human Services$25,500Religion$15,500Health$14,591International$1,000Public Benefit$500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPROVIDENCE HOUSE INC: $46,500 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $36,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOLS: $32,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CLEVELAND: $28,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMALACHI HOUSE INC: $26,500 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetBUILDING HOPE IN THE CITY: $15,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $15,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOMELESS HOOKUP: $9,000 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $8,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHAKING WITH LAUGHTER INC: $4,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetGEAUGA COUNTY HUNGER TASK FORCE: $3,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS CLEVELAND DIST: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCLEVELAND SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC: $500 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.

  • Who funds PROVIDENCE HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CLEVELAND ↗
  • Who funds MALACHI HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds BUILDING HOPE IN THE CITY ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds HOMELESS HOOKUP ↗
  • Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds SHAKING WITH LAUGHTER INC ↗
  • Who funds GEAUGA COUNTY HUNGER TASK FORCE ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER CLEVELAND ↗
  • Who funds Womankind Inc ↗
  • Who funds ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS CLEVELAND DIST ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds AMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS 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.

The Cleveland Foundat…Catholic Community Fo…The Reinberger Founda…The Swagelok Foundati…Thomas C&Sandra S Sul…The Reuter FoundationThe O'Neill Brothers …The Cyrus Eaton Found…The Helen F & Louis S…The Sk Wellman Founda…The Sam J Frankino Fo…Murphy Family Foundat…
The Cleveland FoundationOH19.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation · The Reinberger Foundation · The Swagelok Foundation · Thomas C&Sandra S Sullivan Foundation · The Reuter Foundation · The O'Neill Brothers Foundation · The Cyrus Eaton Foundation · The Helen F & Louis Stolier Family Foundation · The Sk Wellman Foundation · The Sam J Frankino Foundation · Murphy Family 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 The Edward F and Barbara a Bell Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Edward F and Barbara a Bell Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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.
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    Find your warmest path to The Edward F and Barbara a Bell Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 41 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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