Funding search · EIN 474349225 · Hillsborough, CA

Bella Charitable Foundation

Name: Bella 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.

85
grants reported: $795,128
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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

scholarships education gardeners scholarship school campaign capital futures

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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.

Peninsula Bridge4 grants · $140,000
Blinknow4 grants · $86,400
Changing Perspectives4 grants · $77,000
Commun (Barton Institute for Community Action)1 grant · $75,000
Barton Institute for Community Action1 grant · $50,000
Curiodyssey Museum3 grants · $45,000
Happi2 grants · $35,000
Columbia University2 grants · $30,000
Sunsar Maya4 grants · $26,500
University of California Berkeley4 grants · $21,125

Giving over time

$107,917

2022

$143,743

2023

$272,262

2024

$271,206

2025

Grant history

All 85 reported grants, largest first.

$75,000
Commun (Barton Institute for Community Action) · Denver, CO · 2025
Capital campaign
$50,000
Peninsula Bridge · Menlo Park, CA · 2025
Student programs
$50,000
Barton Institute for Community Action · Denver, CO · 2024
Capital campaign
$50,000
Peninsula Bridge · Menlo Park, CA · 2024
Building bridges program
$41,400
Blinknow · Mendham, NJ · 2024
Futures program and college loan programs
$30,000
Peninsula Bridge · San Mateo, CA · 2023
General support
$22,000
Changing Perspectives · Bradford, VT · 2024
General support
$20,000
Curiodyssey Museum · San Mateo, CA · 2025
Conservation trail and education gardenconservation trail & education garden
$20,000
Happi · Menlo Park, CA · 2025
Happi homes program
$20,000
Curiodyssey Museum · San Mateo, CA · 2024
General supportconservation trail & education garden
$20,000
Blinknow · Mendham, NJ · 2023
General support
$20,000
Changing Perspectives · Bradford, VT · 2023
General support
$20,000
Changing Perspectives · Bradford, VT · 2022
General support
$15,000
Blinknow · Mendham, NJ · 2025
Futures scholarships and hef
$15,000
Changing Perspectives · Bradford, VT · 2025
Sel programming and workshops
$15,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2025
Scholarship
$15,000
Sunsar Maya · San Francisco, CA · 2025
School programs
$15,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024
Scholarship
$15,000
Happi · Menlo Park, CA · 2024
Homie internship program
$10,000
Rocky Mountain Pbs · Denver, CO · 2025
2026 be my neighbor
$10,000
University of California Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
Scholarships
$10,000
University of California Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Scholarships
$10,000
Blinknow · Mendham, NJ · 2022
General support
$10,000
Peninsula Bridge · San Mateo, CA · 2022
General support
$9,167
University of California Davis · Davis, CA · 2022
Scholarships
$9,000
University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2025
Scholarships
$9,000
University of California Riverside · Riverside, CA · 2022
Scholarships
$7,743
College of San Mateo · San Mateo, CA · 2023
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$7,500
University of California Davis · Davis, CA · 2023
Scholarships
$7,000
University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Scholarships
$6,250
California State University East Bay · Hayward, CA · 2022
Scholarships
$6,000
University of California Riverside · Riverside, CA · 2024
Scholarships
$5,559
University of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Scholarships
$5,000
Refugee & Immigrant Transitions · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Refugees and asylum seekers programs
$5,000
Mission Action · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Rocky Mountain Pbs · Denver, CO · 2024
Dia de los abuelos program
$5,000
Sunsar Maya · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Educational program in nepal
$5,000
Uc Regentsmaster Gardeners of Smsf · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Artogether · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
$5,000
California State University East Bay · Hayward, CA · 2023
Scholarships
$5,000
Curiodyssey Museum · San Mateo, CA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Sun Valley Youth Center · Denver, CO · 2023
General support
$5,000
Sunsar Maya · Burlingame, CA · 2023
General support
$5,000
University of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Scholarships
$5,000
Raices · San Antonio, TX · 2022
General support
$4,000
San Diego State University · San Diego, CA · 2024
Scholarship
$4,000
San Diego State University · San Diego, CA · 2023
General support
$4,000
University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Scholarships
$4,000
University of California Riverside · Riverside, CA · 2023
Scholarships
$4,000
University of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Scholarships
$3,090
University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources · Berkeley, CA · 2025
Master gardeners grant
$3,000
Nature in the City (Earth Island Institute) · Berkeley, CA · 2025
Environmental education and community eventsartist and school programming
$3,000
Music at Kohl Mansion · Burlingame, CA · 2024
Artist and school programmingartist and school programming
$3,000
University of California Davis · Davis, CA · 2024
Scholarships
$3,000
University of California Merced · Merced, CA · 2024
Scholarships
$3,000
Uc Regentsmaster Gardeners of Smsf · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
$3,000
University of California Merced · Merced, CA · 2023
Scholarships
$3,000
University of California Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023
Scholarships
$3,000
Cal State Poly University Humboldt · Arcata, CA · 2022
Scholarships
$3,000
San Jose State University · San Jose, CA · 2022
Scholarships
$3,000
University of California Merced · Merced, CA · 2022
Scholarships
$3,000
University of California Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
Scholarships
$2,500
Northern Arizona University · Flagstaff, AZ · 2023
Scholarships
$2,500
Music at Kohl Mansion · Burlingame, CA · 2022
General support
$2,500
Northern Arizona University · Flagstaff, AZ · 2022
Scholarships
$2,500
Sun Valley Youth Center · Denver, CO · 2022
General support
$2,000
University of California Riverside · Riverside, CA · 2025
Scholarships
$2,000
Sophia University Tokyo · 2024
Scholarships
$2,000
Sophia University Tokyo · 2023
Scholarships
$2,000
Sophia University Tokyo · 2022
Scholarships
$2,000
University of California Irvine · Irvine, CA · 2022
Scholarships
$1,500
Uc Regentsmaster Gardeners of Smsf · Oakland, CA · 2025
Master gardeners program
$1,500
University of California Merced · Merced, CA · 2025
Scholarships
$1,500
Cal State Poly University Humboldt · Arcata, CA · 2023
Scholarships
$1,500
San Jose State University · San Jose, CA · 2023
Scholarships
$1,500
Sunsar Maya · Burlingame, CA · 2022
General support
$1,125
University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Scholarships
$1,116
University of California Merced · Merced, CA · 2025
Scholarships
$1,000
Clark Atlanta College · Sw Atlanta, GA · 2022
Scholarships
$1,000
San Francisco State University · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Scholarships
$1,000
Uc Regentsmaster Gardeners of Smsf · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
$578
Yeti Co · San Jose, CA · 2024
Masters gardeners program
$500
Moms Against Poverty · Burlingame, CA · 2024
General support
$100
Climate Reality Project · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$-500
Merritt College · Oakland, CA · 2022
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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.