Funding search · EIN 843119862 · Atlanta, GA

Bug and Bean Fund

Name: Bug and Bean Fund grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

48
grants reported: $8.6M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

campaign excellence football gfit hurricane lackner noriel relief

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Columbia University - Noriel Gift Fund2 grants · $3.5M
Community Guilds Inc Dba Steam Truck2 grants · $1.0M
Carnegie Mellon University3 grants · $650,000
The Paideia School2 grants · $505,000
The Guild1 grant · $250,000
Georgia Resilience and Opportunity Fund1 grant · $250,000
Carnegie Mellon University1 grant · $250,000
Possibility Labs Fbo the Guild1 grant · $250,000
Open Space Institute Land Trust1 grant · $200,000
Summit Charter School Foundation1 grant · $200,000

Giving over time

$25,000

2022

$1.1M

2023

$3.6M

2024

$3.9M

2025

Grant history

All 48 reported grants, largest first.

$2.0M
Columbia University - Noriel Gift Fund · New York, NY · 2025
Noriel Gfit Fund
$1.5M
Columbia University - Noriel Gift Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Noriel Gfit Fund
$500,000
Community Guilds Inc Dba Steam Truck · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Unrestricted
$500,000
Community Guilds Inc Dba Steam Truck · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Unrestricted
$255,000
The Paideia School · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Annual Fund
$250,000
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburg, PA · 2025
Unrestricted
$250,000
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburg, PA · 2024
Athletics Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Fund
$250,000
Possibility Labs Fbo the Guild · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$250,000
The Paideia School · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Annual Fund
$250,000
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$250,000
Georgia Resilience and Opportunity Fund · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Unrestricted
$250,000
The Guild · San Fransisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$200,000
Open Space Institute Land Trust · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$200,000
Redefined Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Unrestricted
$200,000
Redefined Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Unrestricted
$200,000
Summit Charter School Foundation · Cashiers, NC · 2023
Unrestricted
$150,000
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburg, PA · 2025
Richard M. Lackner Football Excellence Fund
$150,000
Carnegie Mellon University - Richard M Lackner Football Excellence Fund · Pittsburg, PA · 2024
Richard M. Lackner Football Excellence Fund
$125,000
Boys and Girls Club of Brevardtransylvania County · Brevard, NC · 2024
"Bulding a Place to Belong" Campaign
$125,000
Boys & Girls Club of Transylvania County · Brevard, NC · 2023
Unrestricted
$100,000
Center for Civic Innovation · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Unrestricted
$100,000
The Global Fund for Children · Washington, DC · 2025
Unrestricted
$100,000
Village Micro Fund · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Unrestricted
$50,000
Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust · Highlands, NC · 2025
Unrestricted
$50,000
Community Foundation - Hurricane Relief Efforts · Asheville, NC · 2024
Hurricane Relief Efforts
$50,000
Highlands Performing Arts Center · Highlands, NC · 2024
Capital Campaign
$50,000
Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust · Highlands, NC · 2024
Unrestricted
$40,000
The Housing Assistance Corporation Fbo Plat Heal Rvs for Hurricane Relief · Hendersonville, NC · 2024
Plat Heal RVs for Hurricane Relief
$25,000
Special Forces Foundation · Falcon, CO · 2025
Unrestricted
$20,000
National Center for Civil and Human Rights · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Unrestricted
$20,000
Highlands Biological Foundation · Highlands, NC · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Helpusadopt · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Tada Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
The Praxis Project · Washington, DC · 2025
Freedom University
$10,000
The Temple · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Helpusadopt · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
The Temple · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Helpusadoptorg · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
The Temple · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
National Network of Abortion Foundation · Beaverton, OR · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
The Brigid Alliance · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Anti-Defamation League · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
Generic Theatre Fbo Indecent · Norfolk, VA · 2024
Underwriting and Production of Indecent
$5,000
The Paideia School - Annual Fund · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Annual Fund
$5,000
Pass Network Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Unrestricted
$3,000
The Paideia School · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,800
Atlanta Jewish Committee · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Unrestricted
$1,000
Camp Ramah Galim · Foster City, CA · 2024
Unrestricted

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