Funding search · EIN 900432743 · Creston, CA

The Belle Jar Foundation

Name: The Belle Jar Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

58
grants reported: $2.5M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

asia california city community district durham east environmental

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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.

The Education Alliance - Business and Community Fo2 grants · $450,000
Nc East Alliance1 grant · $400,000
Watervliet City School District3 grants · $266,054
Local Enterprise Assistance Fund1 grant · $250,000
Catholic Charities Santa Clara County1 grant · $250,000
Stanford University2 grants · $194,086
Ron Brown Scholar Fund2 grants · $150,000
Ten Strands3 grants · $150,000
North Carolina East Alliance1 grant · $75,000
North Carolina State University3 grants · $73,000

Giving over time

$278,749

2022

$975,304

2023

$1.3M

2024

Grant history

All 58 reported grants, largest first.

$400,000
Nc East Alliance · Edenton, NC · 2024
Unstricted
$400,000
The Education Alliance - Business and Community Fo · Charleston, WV · 2023
unrestricted
$250,000
Catholic Charities Santa Clara County · San Jose, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$250,000
Local Enterprise Assistance Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$169,086
Stanford University · Redwood City, CA · 2023
unrestricted
$161,968
Watervliet City School District · Watervliet, NY · 2023
unrestricted
$75,000
Ron Brown Scholar Fund · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
unrestricted
$75,000
Ron Brown Scholar Fund · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
unrestricted
$75,000
North Carolina East Alliance · Charleston, WV · 2022
To support the stem east network
$54,837
Watervliet City School District · Watervliet, NY · 2024
unrestricted
$50,000
Ten Strands · San Rafael, CA · 2024
unrestricted
$50,000
The Education Alliance - Business and Community Fo · Charleston, WV · 2024
unrestricted
$50,000
Ten Strands · San Rafael, CA · 2023
unrestricted
$50,000
Ten Strands · San Rafael, CA · 2022
To support the program of california environmental literacy initiative
$49,249
Watervliet City School District · Watervliet, NY · 2022
To support the pivot program
$29,500
North Carolina State University · Raleigh, NC · 2022
To support the kenan fellows program
$25,000
College Track · Oakland, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Stanford University · Redwood City, CA · 2024
unrestricted
$25,000
Teach for America · Baltimore, MD · 2023
unrestricted
$25,000
Teach for America · Baltimore, MD · 2022
unrestricted
$21,750
North Carolina State University · Raleigh, NC · 2024
unrestricted
$21,750
North Carolina State University · Raleigh, NC · 2023
unrestricted
$15,000
Teach for America · Baltimore, MD · 2024
unrestricted
$12,500
Alamance Community Foundation · Burlington, NC · 2023
unrestricted
$10,000
Krause Center for Innovation · Los Altos, CA · 2024
unrestricted
$10,000
Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula · Menlo Park, CA · 2023
unrestricted
$10,000
Volunteers in Asia · Stanford, CA · 2023
unrestricted
$10,000
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Raleigh · Raleigh, NC · 2022
To support the durham community food pantry
$10,000
Krause Center for Innovation · Los Altos, CA · 2022
unrestricted
$10,000
Volunteers in Asia · Stanford, CA · 2022
To support the asia programs
$9,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2022
unrestricted
$7,500
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Raleigh · Raleigh, NC · 2023
unrestricted
$6,000
Burton Band Boosters · San Francisco, CA · 2023
unrestricted
$6,000
California Native Plant Society · Sacamento, CA · 2023
unrestricted
$5,000
Aim High for High School · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula · Menlo Park, CA · 2024
unrestricted
$5,000
Breakthrough Silicon Valley · San Jose, CA · 2024
Unresticted
$5,000
Cristo Rey San Jose High School · San Jose, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Inplay Learning Network · San Mateo, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Onegoal · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Silicon Valley Education Foundation · San Jose, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Volunteers in Asia · Stanford, CA · 2024
unrestricted
$5,000
Krause Center for Innovation · Los Altos, CA · 2023
unrestricted
$5,000
Naacp Legal Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2023
unrestricted
$3,500
Engaging Schools · Cambirdge, MA · 2022
To support the syracuse city school district
$3,500
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2022
unrestricted
$3,000
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Raleigh · Raleigh, NC · 2024
unrestricted
$3,000
Burton High School Ptsa · San Francisco, CA · 2023
unrestricted
$3,000
Safe Passage Project Corporation · New York, NY · 2022
unrestricted
$2,500
Kennedy'S Disease Foundation · Coarsegold, CA · 2023
unrestricted
$2,000
Alamance Community Foundation · Burlington, NC · 2024
unrestricted
$2,000
Global Inheritance · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
unrestricted
$1,000
Parent Institute for Quality Education · National City, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Summer Search · Oakland, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Colts Drum and Bugle · Dubuque, IA · 2023
unrestricted
$1,000
Song for Charlie · Pasadena, CA · 2023
unrestricted
$1,000
Wildlife Center Silicon Valley · San Jose, CA · 2023
unrestricted
$1,000
South Skyline Firefighters · Los Gatos, CA · 2022
unrestricted

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