Funding search · EIN 842387549 · Cincinnati, OH

The Bell Charitable Foundation

Name: The Bell Charitable Foundation 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.

91
grants reported: $4.8M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $20,000
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.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Hawaii Community Foundation3 grants · $3.0M
United Way of Greater Cincinnati2 grants · $63,284
Wesley Community Services1 grant · $50,000
E Kupaku Ka Aina1 grant · $42,500
Per Scholas1 grant · $40,000
Glad House2 grants · $40,000
Green Umbrella1 grant · $38,475
Hui O Hau'Ula1 grant · $35,000
Gateway Community and Technical College Foundation1 grant · $30,000
1n52 grants · $30,000

Giving over time

$283,243

2022

$1.2M

2023

$2.7M

2024

$591,016

2025

Grant history

All 91 reported grants, largest first.

$2.3M
Hawaii Community Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Operational support
$750,000
Hawaii Community Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General operations
$50,000
United Way of Greater Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
General operations
$50,000
Wesley Community Services · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
General operations
$42,500
E Kupaku Ka Aina · Wailuku, HI · 2025
Operational support
$40,000
Per Scholas · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
General operations
$38,475
Green Umbrella · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
General operations
$35,000
Hui O Hau'Ula · Hauula, HI · 2025
Operational support
$30,000
Gateway Community and Technical College Foundation · Florence, KY · 2025
Operational support
$30,000
Taking Root · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Operational support
$30,000
Hospice of Hilo Dba Hawaii Care Choices · Hilo, HI · 2023
General operations
$26,400
Tri-State Trails · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Operational support
$26,000
Life Learning Center · Covington, KY · 2024
Operational support
$25,000
3cdc · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Operational support
$25,000
Cincinnati Recycling and Reuse Hub · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Operational support
$25,000
Daybreak · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Operational support
$25,000
Dayton Equity Center · Dayton, OH · 2025
Operational support
$25,000
Dynamic Healing Center · Honolulu, HI · 2025
Operational support
$25,000
Freestore Foodbank · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Operational support
$25,000
Goodwill Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2025
Operational support
$25,000
Kamp Hawaii · Kapolei, HI · 2025
Operational support
$25,000
Mission of Mary · Dayton, OH · 2025
Operational support
$25,000
Mortar · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Operational support
$25,000
Avondale Development Corporation · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Operational support
$25,000
Cincinnati Cancer Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Operational support
$25,000
Found Village · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Operational support
$25,000
Groundwork Ohio River Valley · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Operational support
$25,000
Hawaii Science & Technology Museum · Hilo, HI · 2024
Operational support
$25,000
Joseph House · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Operational support
$25,000
La Soupe · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Operational support
$25,000
Partnership for Innovation in Educa · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Operational support
$25,000
The Nature Conservancy · Alrington, VA · 2024
Operational support
$25,000
50can Inc Dba Hawaiikidscan · Washington, DC · 2023
General operations
$25,000
Academy for Technologists Extraordinire · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General operations
$25,000
Affordable Living By Ers (Ersal) · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General operations
$25,000
Center for Tomorrows Leaders · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General operations
$25,000
Palama Settlement · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General operations
$25,000
Purple Maia Foundation · Aiea, HI · 2023
General operations
$25,000
St Mary Development Corporation · Dayton, OH · 2023
General operations
$25,000
Visionaries and Voices · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
General operations
$24,725
American Red Cross (Hawaii Red Cross) · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General operations
$24,000
Pcs for People · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Operational support
$23,771
Boys & Girls Clubs of America · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General operations
$20,000
Back2back · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Operational support
$20,000
Children'S Home of Northern Kentucky · Covington, KY · 2025
Operational support
$20,000
Cincinnati Youth Collaborative · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Operational support
$20,000
Friends of Kauai Wildlife Refuges · Kilauea, HI · 2025
Operational support
$20,000
Re-Use Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2025
Operational support
$20,000
1n5 · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Operational support
$20,000
Glad House · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Operational support
$20,000
Per Scholas · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Operational support
$20,000
Therapeutic Riding Institute · Spring Valley, OH · 2024
Operational support
$20,000
Hawaii Literacy · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General operations
$20,000
Special Olympics Hawaii · Ewa Beach, HI · 2023
General operations
$20,000
Uptown Consortium · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General operations
$20,000
Ywca of Greater Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General operations
$20,000
Corporation for Findlay Market · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
General operations
$20,000
Glad House · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
General operations
$18,000
Cincinnati Music & Wellness Coalition · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General operations
$17,778
Big Island Resource Conservation and Development Council · Hilo, HI · 2024
Operational support
$15,768
Westcare Ohio Dba East End Community Services · Dayton, OH · 2022
General operations
$15,000
Beech Acres Parenting Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Operational support
$15,000
Dress for Success · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Operational support
$15,000
Lighthouse Youth Services · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Operational support
$15,000
Samaritan Car Care Clinic · Covington, KY · 2025
Operational support
$15,000
Cincinnati Association for the Blind & Visually Impaired (Cabvi) · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General operations
$13,516
Keep Cincinnati Beautiful · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Operational support
$13,284
United Way of Greater Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Operational support
$12,402
Hawaii Community Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General operations
$11,720
Accessurf Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General operations
$11,287
Assistive Technology Resource Centr · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Operational support
$10,000
Citylink Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Operational support
$10,000
Humanity Hale · Kailuakona, HI · 2025
Operational support
$10,000
Pal Hawaii · Kapaa, HI · 2025
Operational support
$10,000
Adult Friends for Youth · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Operational support
$10,000
Back2back Ministries · Mason, OH · 2024
Operational support
$10,000
First Responders Bridge · Westerville, OH · 2024
Operational support
$10,000
Samaritan Car Care Clinic · Covington, KY · 2024
Operational support
$10,000
Your Store of the Queen City · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Operational support
$10,000
Acton Digital Academy · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General operations
$10,000
Bethany House Services · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General operations
$10,000
Center for Respite Care · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General operations
$10,000
1n5 · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
General operations
$9,000
Technology Outreach Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2022
General operations
$5,327
Artswave · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Cincinnati Observatory Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
General operations
$3,127
Lanakila Pacific · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Operational support
$1,609
Maui Food Bank · Wailuku, HI · 2024
Operational support
$1,507
Bethany House Services · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Operational support
$1,199
Hawaii Literacy · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Operational support
$903
Salvation Army · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Operational support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.