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Funding search · EIN 464173512 · Glen Mills, PA

Bissell Family Foundation

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: $614,864
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,500
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

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Top recipients

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Kalamazoo College5 grants · $146,000
Lantern Theater Company3 grants · $100,000
The Library Co of Phila2 grants · $60,000
Kalmazoo College1 grant · $50,200
Lantern Theater Co2 grants · $50,000
National Propane Gas Fdn Scholar2 grants · $45,000
Whyy4 grants · $20,000
Inheritance of Hope3 grants · $19,500
Roundabout Theater Company2 grants · $12,500
Cape Regional Foundation3 grants · $12,500

Giving over time

$107,395

2022

$110,169

2023

$289,500

2024

$107,800

2025

Grant history

All 85 reported grants, largest first.

$50,200
Kalmazoo College · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
General
$50,000
Kalamazoo College · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
General
$50,000
Lantern Theater Company · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General
$50,000
The Library Co of Phila · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General
$30,000
Kalamazoo College · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
General
$30,000
Kalamazoo College · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
General
$30,000
Kalamazoo College · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
General
$25,000
Lantern Theater Company · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General
$25,000
Lantern Theater Company · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General
$25,000
National Propane Gas Fdn Scholar · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$25,000
Lantern Theater Co · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General
$25,000
Lantern Theater Co · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General
$20,000
National Propane Gas Fdn Scholar · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$10,000
The Library Co of Phila · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General
$7,500
Roundabout Theater Company · New York, NY · 2024
General
$6,500
Inheritance of Hope · Newbrunswik, NJ · 2025
General
$6,500
Inheritance of Hope · New Brunswick, NJ · 2023
General
$6,500
Inheritance of Hope · New Brunswick, NJ · 2022
General
$6,000
Kalamazoo College · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
General
$5,000
Whyy · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General
$5,000
Carie · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General
$5,000
Whyy · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General
$5,000
Cape Regional Foundation · Cape May Cour, NJ · 2023
General
$5,000
Jefferson Univ · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General
$5,000
Philadelphia Zoo · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General
$5,000
Roundabout Theater Company · New York, NY · 2023
General
$5,000
Whyy · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General
$5,000
Cape Regional Foundation · Cape May Cour, NJ · 2022
General
$5,000
Jefferson Univ · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General
$5,000
Roudabout Theater Company · New York, NY · 2022
General
$5,000
Whyy · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General
$3,500
Philadelphia Zoo · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General
$3,334
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General
$3,333
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General
$3,000
The Barnes Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General
$3,000
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General
$3,000
The Barnes Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General
$3,000
Carie · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General
$3,000
The Barnes Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General
$2,827
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General
$2,500
Cape Regional Foundation · Cape May Court House, NJ · 2025
General
$2,500
Marietta College · Marietta, OH · 2025
General
$2,500
Trustees of the University of Penn · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General
$2,500
University of Pa · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General
$2,000
Emergency Assistance Foundation · West Palm Beach, FL · 2025
General
$2,000
Island Acad Intl Sch · Greenwhich, CT · 2025
General
$2,000
Penn State University · University Park, PA · 2024
General
$2,000
George'S House · Mullica Hill, NJ · 2023
General
$2,000
Island Academy International School · Greenwich, CT · 2023
General
$2,000
The Bee Foundation · Wayne, PA · 2023
General
$2,000
Harbaugh Hense · Pipe Creek, TX · 2022
General
$1,835
Marietta College · Marietta, OH · 2023
General
$1,835
Marietta College · Marietta, OH · 2022
General
$1,500
Tiny Dynamite · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General
$1,500
University of Pa · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General
$1,150
Impact 100 · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General
$1,000
National Gallery of Art · Washington, DC · 2025
General
$1,000
The Bee Foundation · Wayne, PA · 2025
General
$1,000
Travel for Better · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2025
General
$1,000
The Franklin Institute · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General
$1,000
Library of Phila · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General
$1,000
Old Road Fund · Greenwhich, CT · 2023
General
$1,000
Roudabout Theater Company · New York, NY · 2023
General
$1,000
The Bee Foundation · Wayne, PA · 2023
General
$1,000
Utd Ukranian Arc · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General
$1,000
Library of Phila · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General
$1,000
Old Road Fund · Greenwhich, CT · 2022
General
$1,000
Razom · New York, NY · 2022
General
$1,000
Uvarc · Orem, UT · 2022
General
$1,000
Willows Park Preserve · Villanova, PA · 2022
General
$500
Pa Museum of Art · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General
$300
Ceasefire Pa · Philaelphia, PA · 2023
Gneral
$250
Bryn Mawr Film Institute · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2023
General
$250
Shipley School · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2023
General
$250
Bryn Mawr Film Institute · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2022
General
$200
Mint Theater Co · New York, NY · 2022
General
$200
Shipley School · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2022
General
$200
West Theater Co · Clevland, OH · 2022
General
$150
Dvccc · West Chester, PA · 2022
General
$100
Stone Harbor Rescue Squad · Stone Harbor, NJ · 2025
General
$100
Ies Abroad · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$100
Windsor Historical Society · Windsor, CT · 2023
General
$100
American Visionary Arts Museum · Baltimore, MD · 2022
General
$100
Ies Abroad · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$50
Stone Harbor Rescue Squad · Stone Harbor, NJ · 2022
General

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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.