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The James E & Constance L Bell Foundation at a glance

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The James E & Constance L Bell 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.

$283k
Granted FY2024still arriving
37
Grants FY2024still arriving
14
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$259kPhilanthropy$148kHuman Services$64kEnvironment$56kHealth$54kAnimals$45kYouth Development$42kReligion$12kOther$0
02FY2024 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 37 grants below total $260,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $283,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $23,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k29 grants · $70k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $190k
$2,500
Median grant
14
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Moser Family Donor Advised Fund$35,000
The Ethel Walker School$35,000
YMCA of Western North Carolina$30,000
Hobe Sound Community Chest$22,000
Canine Companions For Independence$20,000
Rectory School$20,000
The Pilot School$15,000
Berkshire School$13,000
Jupiter Medical Center Foundation$9,000
Eagle Valley Behavioral Health$7,500
St. Annes Episcopal School$7,500
Jupiter Island Medical Clinic$5,500
The Conservation Fund$5,000
Treasure Coast Food Bank$4,000
The Guardians of Martin County$3,350
02Its 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.
$667k · 33 repeat orgs$42k to everyone else

33 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
12

Total granted

$667k
$34k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+42%

Still filing today

82%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’23’24
EducationEnvironmentPhilanthropyHealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • EW
    ETHEL WALKER SCHOOL INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $93k · revenue +35%
  • YM
    YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
    3× · 2021–2024 · $60k · revenue +52%
  • TP
    THE PILOT SCHOOL INCORPORATED
    3× · 2021–2024 · $47k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • MF
    Moser Family Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $19k · revenue +357%
  • HH
    HEARTS & HORSES INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +14%
  • TI
    TNTP INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +63%
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.

03Its 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
Hampshire Country School

Hampshire country school is a place of possibilities for high-ability, neurodiverse students enrolling in later elementary or middle school who have not found success in traditional educational environments. hampshire country school offers…

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2
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
3
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
4
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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5
Wheaton College

Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…

Education
6
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
7
Saint Andrew's School of Boca Raton Inc

Saint andrew's school is an independent school founded in the episcopal tradition. our mission is to build a community of learners, provide excellence in education, and nurture each student in mind, body, and spirit.

Education
8
Harvard Conservation Trust

To preserve the unique character and natural resources of harvard.

Environment
9
South Shore Charter School

The mission of south shore charter school is to cultivate students the tenacity, integrity, and curiosity needed to become innovative and socially responsible leaders, ready to face and solve the ever-changing challenges facing our…

Education
10
Hillbrook School

Hillbrook provides an extraordinary educational experience that fosters a love of learning in our students and helps them to develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to achieve their highest individual potential in school and in life.…

Education
11
Harvard-Westlake School

Harvard-westlake strives to be a diverse and inclusive community united by the joyful pursuit of educational excellence, living and learning with integrity, and purpose beyond ourselves.

Education
12
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Rectory School Inc; the most unlike its peers is Moser Family Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

41 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. 41 of the 53 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/41
Grantees still filing
34/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Moser Family Donor Advised Fund: $70,000 · OtherMoser Family Donor Advised FundYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: $60,000 · OtherYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WEST…THE PILOT SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $47,150 · OtherTHE PILOT SCHOOL INCORPORATEDBoys and Girls Club of Hendersonville: $38,500 · OtherBoys and Girls Club of HendersonvilleFELLOWSHIP OF CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: $17,500 · OtherFELLOWSHIP OF CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY STUDENT…Hobe Sound Community Presbyterian Church: $10,000 · Other+13 more: $15,550 · Other+13 moreETHEL WALKER SCHOOL INC: $92,500 · EducationETHEL WALKER SCHOOL INCTHE RECTORY SCHOOL INC: $40,000 · EducationTHE RECTORY SCHOOL INCTHE BERKSHIRE SCHOOL INC: $39,750 · EducationTHE BERKSHIRE SCHOOL INCST ANNE'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $17,500 · EducationST ANNE'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOLWALKING MOUNTAINS: $10,500 · EducationApollo School Foundation Inc: $7,500 · Education+8 more: $15,800 · Education+8 moreHOBE SOUND COMMUNITY CHEST INC: $57,500 · PhilanthropyHOBE SOUND COMMU…Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $22,000 · PhilanthropyJupiter Medical …Moser Family Foundation: $18,500 · PhilanthropyMoser Family Fou…+2 more: $2,750 · PhilanthropyTHE GUARDIANS OF MARTIN COUNTY INC: $12,850 · EnvironmentTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $10,000 · Environment1000 FRIENDS OF FLORIDA INC: $7,350 · EnvironmentNANTUCKET CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $6,500 · EnvironmentHOBE SOUND NATURE CENTER INC: $3,300 · EnvironmentEAGLE VALLEY LAND TRUST: $2,000 · EnvironmentJUPITER ISLAND GARDEN CLUBINC: $1,800 · Environment+2 more: $2,000 · EnvironmentCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $44,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesJUPITER ISLAND MEDICAL CLINIC INC: $16,000 · HealthEAGLE VALLEY MENTAL HEALTH: $9,500 · HealthHEARTS & HORSES INC: $5,000 · HealthTREASURE COAST FOOD BANK INC: $8,500 · Food & Nutrition
Other$258,700Education$223,550Philanthropy$100,750Environment$45,800Human Services$45,000Health$30,500Food & Nutrition$8,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetETHEL WALKER SCHOOL INC: $92,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHOBE SOUND COMMUNITY CHEST INC: $57,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTHE PILOT SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $47,150 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $44,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RECTORY SCHOOL INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BERKSHIRE SCHOOL INC: $39,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $22,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMoser Family Foundation: $18,500 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetST ANNE'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $17,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJUPITER ISLAND MEDICAL CLINIC INC: $16,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE GUARDIANS OF MARTIN COUNTY INC: $12,850 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetWALKING MOUNTAINS: $10,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEAGLE VALLEY MENTAL HEALTH: $9,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTREASURE COAST FOOD BANK INC: $8,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetApollo School Foundation Inc: $7,500 over 3y, 27% of budget1000 FRIENDS OF FLORIDA INC: $7,350 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNANTUCKET CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHEARTS & HORSES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOBE SOUND NATURE CENTER INC: $3,300 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetVERMONT ACADEMY: $3,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MARTIN COUNTY: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTNTP INC: $2,550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMYSTIC & NOANK LIBRARY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEAGLE VALLEY LAND TRUST: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJUPITER ISLAND GARDEN CLUBINC: $1,800 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetKiawah Cares Foundation: $1,750 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEDFORD FREE LIBRARY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE EVERGLADES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BANNER LAKE CLUB INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTONINGTON COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTONINGTON LAND TRUST INC: $1,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetOHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHERN WESTCHESTER HOSPITAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUPITER ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $700 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetINTERCOLLEGIATE STUDIES INSTITUTE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAVON OLD FARMS SCHOOL 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.

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.

Nelson Mead FundScott Family Foundati…The David and Elizabe…St Clair Charitable T…The Frederic C Hamilt…Legatus FoundationHugh and Patricia Oka…The Patton Charitable…CMB FoundationMadigan Family Founda…Ethel D Colket Founda…Colket Family Foundat…
Nelson Mead FundIL20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Nelson Mead Fund · Scott Family Foundation · The David and Elizabeth Long Foundation · St Clair Charitable Trust · The Frederic C Hamilton Family Foundation · Legatus Foundation · Hugh and Patricia Okane Foundation Co Hugh Okane · The Patton Charitable Foundation · CMB Foundation · Madigan Family Foundation · Ethel D Colket Foundation · Colket 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.

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 53 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $301k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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