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Bell Family Foundation

Name: Bell Family 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.

103
grants reported: $1.9M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $7,000
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

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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.

Computer History Museum4 grants · $325,000
Carnege Mellon University4 grants · $250,000
Association for Computer Machinery4 grants · $130,000
The Nature Conservancy2 grants · $120,000
Woodwell Climate Research Center2 grants · $120,000
Earthwatch Institute2 grants · $120,000
University of Colorado Foundation for Cs Dept3 grants · $92,000
Stanford Medical Center2 grants · $80,000
The Ocean Cleanup North Pacific Foundation4 grants · $76,000
University of Colorado2 grants · $70,000

Giving over time

$423,500

2022

$407,000

2023

$395,000

2024

$651,000

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 103 grants.

$100,000
Carnege Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
$100,000
Computer History Museum · Mountain View, CA · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
$100,000
Computer History Museum · Mountain View, CA · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
$80,000
Earthwatch Institute · Newton, MA · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
$80,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
$80,000
Woodwell Climate Research Center · Falmouth, MA · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
$75,000
Computer History Museum · Mountain View, CA · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$60,000
Association for Computer Machinery · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$50,000
Clark University · Worcester, MA · 2025
Unrestriced contribution
$50,000
The Ocean Cleanup North Pacific Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
$50,000
Carnege Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
$50,000
Carnege Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$50,000
University of Colorado · Boulder, CO · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$50,000
Carnege Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$50,000
Computer History Museum · Mountain View, CA · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$50,000
University of Colorado Foundation for Cs Dept · Boulder, CA · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$45,000
Stanford Medical Center · Stanford, CA · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$40,000
Association for Computer Machinery · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
$40,000
Earthwatch Institute · Newton, MA · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
$40,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
$40,000
Woodwell Climate Research Center · Falmouth, MA · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
$35,000
Stanford Medical Center · Stanford, CA · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$30,000
University of Colorado Foundation for Cs Dept · Boulder, CA · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
$24,000
The Ocean Cleanup North Pacific Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
$22,500
Smash · Oakland, CA · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$22,500
Level Playing Field Institute Smash Scholarship · Oakland, CA · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$20,000
University of Colorado · Boulder, CO · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
$17,000
Calgary Arts Summer School Cassa · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
$17,000
Internet Archive Co Robert Miller · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$17,000
Internet Archive Co Robert Miller · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$15,000
Association for Computer Machinery · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
$15,000
Association for Computer Machinery · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$15,000
Foundation Fighting Blindness · Denver, CO · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$15,000
Usc Viterbi School of Engineering · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$15,000
Usc Viterbi School of Engineering · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$12,000
University of Colorado Foundation for Cs Dept · Boulder, CA · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
$11,000
Calgary Arts Summer School Cassa · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$10,000
National Academy of Engineering Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
$10,000
Cancer Commons · Los Altos, CA · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$10,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$10,000
National Academy of Engineering Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$10,000
Year Up National Office · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$10,000
Cancer Commons · Los Altos, CA · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$10,000
Foundation Fighting Blindness · Denver, CO · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$10,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$10,000
National Academy of Engineering Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$10,000
Year Up National Office · Boston, MA · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$9,000
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
$8,500
Calgary Arts Summer School Cassa · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
$7,500
Clark Fund for School of Geography · Worcester, MA · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$7,500
Clark Fund for School of Geography · Worcester, MA · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$7,000
Clark Fund for School of Geography · Worcester, MA · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
$7,000
California Council On Science and Technology · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$6,000
New England Conservatory of Music Annual Fund · Boston, MA · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
$5,000
Cape May Jazz Festival · West Cape May, NJ · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
$5,000
Mason Gross School of Arts · New Brunswick, NJ · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
$5,000
University of Colorado Foundation for Atlas Scholarship Fund · Denver, CO · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
$5,000
Berkeley School of Engineering · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$5,000
California Council On Science and Technology · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$5,000
Exploratorium · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$5,000
National Academy of Science · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$5,000
Paul G Allen School of Computer · Seattle, WA · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$5,000
The Tech Museum of Innovation · San Jose, CA · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$5,000
Berkeley School of Engineering · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$5,000
Calgary Arts Summer School Cassa · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$5,000
Exploratorium · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$5,000
National Academy of Science · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$5,000
Paul G Allen School of Computer · Seattle, WA · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$5,000
The Tech Museum of Innovation · San Jose, CA · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$4,500
Pacific Animal Welfare Society (Paws of Coronado) · Coronado, CA · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$4,000
Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music · Sullivan, NH · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
$4,000
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
$3,500
New England Conservatory of Music Annual Fund · Boston, MA · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$3,000
New England Conservatory of Music Annual Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
$3,000
Ieee Foundation · Piscataway, NJ · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$3,000
New England Conservatory of Music Annual Fund · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$2,500
Cape May Jazz Festival · West Cape May, NJ · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
$2,500
Mason Gross School of Arts · New Brunswick, NJ · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
$2,500
Cape May Jazz Festival · West Cape May, NJ · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$2,500
Mason Gross School of Arts · New Brunswick, NJ · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$2,500
Mason Gross School of Arts · New Brunswick, NJ · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$2,000
Westbrick Music Academy · Princeton Junction, NJ · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
$2,000
Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music · Sullivan, NH · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
$2,000
Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music · Sullivan, NH · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$2,000
University of Minnesota Foundation Charles Babbage Institute · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$2,000
Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music · Sullivan, NH · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$2,000
Ieee Foundation · Piscataway, NJ · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$2,000
University of Minnesota Foundation Charles Babbage Institute · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$2,000
Westbrick Music Academy · Princeton Junction, NJ · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$1,000
Princeton Symphony Orchestra · Princeton, NJ · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
$1,000
Westbrick Music Academy · Princeton Junction, NJ · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
$1,000
Princeton Symphony Orchestra · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$1,000
Starlight Chorale · Belle Mead, NJ · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$1,000
The Ocean Cleanup North Pacific Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$1,000
Westbrick Music Academy · Princeton Junction, NJ · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$1,000
Cape May Jazz Festival · West Cape May, NJ · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$1,000
Central Jersey Symphony Orchestra · Neshanic Station, NJ · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$1,000
Montgomery Elementary Schools Pta · Skillman, NJ · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$1,000
Princeton Symphony Orchestra · Princeton, NJ · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$1,000
The Ocean Cleanup North Pacific Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted contribution

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