Delaware · Private foundation
The Tinybell Charitable Fund
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.
- $371k
- Granted FY2023
- 13
- Grants FY2023
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 55%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
54% of The Tinybell Charitable Fund’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 10 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The Tinybell Charitable Fund named its own grantees at scale: 10 organizations, $371k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $80,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 14
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 8
- Total assets, FY2023
- $18M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 55% of the organizations The Tinybell Charitable Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $106k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 11 | $291k | 55% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $242k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $103k | 71% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $32k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $2k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Punahou School | $345,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Uc Santa Barbara Foundation | $337,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Mid-Pacific Institute | $145,000 | 5 | 0% |
| California Institute of Technology | $65,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Penn State Health | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Arrl Foundation Inc | $17,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Silicon Valley International School | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Free Software Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Netbsd Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 18% |
Show all 29 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($51k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Tinybell Charitable Fund supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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: The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About The Tinybell Charitable Fund
- How much does The Tinybell Charitable Fund give?
- The Tinybell Charitable Fund reported 13 grants totaling $370,500 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 14 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Tinybell Charitable Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (60%), Philanthropy (23%), Science & Tech (9%).
- Who are The Tinybell Charitable Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Punahou School ($345k), Uc Santa Barbara Foundation ($338k), Mid-Pacific Institute ($145k).
- Does The Tinybell Charitable Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 55% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Tinybell Charitable Fund 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 Tinybell Charitable Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Blackbaud Giving Fund, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Verizon Foundation.
- Where is The Tinybell Charitable Fund based?
- The Tinybell Charitable Fund is based in DE.
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