Funding search · EIN 276963832 · Wilmington, DE
The Linda and Lenny Bell 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.
- 71
- grants reported
- $7.7M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $25,000
- 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.
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- New Venture Fund5 grants · $1.6M
- America Votes Education Fund2 grants · $1.6M
- Secure Community Network3 grants · $850,000
- The Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven5 grants · $350,000
- Ezra Academy of Greater New Haven Incorporated2 grants · $310,000
- States United Democracy Center1 grant · $300,000
- Hopewell Fund1 grant · $300,000
- Prime Coalition1 grant · $263,509
- New York University1 grant · $250,000
- Conservation Law Foundation1 grant · $250,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 71 reported grants, largest first.
- $950,000
America Votes Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $600,000
America Votes Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $500,000
Secure Community Network · Chicago, IL · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $450,000
New Venture Fund · Baltimore, MD · 2022
America Votes Fund
- $400,000
New Venture Fund · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Voter Engagement Fund - Culture of Voting Initiative
- $300,000
Ezra Academy of Greater New Haven Incorporated · Woodbridge, CT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $300,000
Hopewell Fund · Baltimore, DC · 2022
Civic Resolve Fund
- $300,000
New Venture Fund · Baltimore, MD · 2022
America Votes Fund
- $300,000
New Venture Fund · Baltimore, MD · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $300,000
States United Democracy Center · Washington, DC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $263,509
Prime Coalition · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $250,000
Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $250,000
New York University · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
General support of the State Energy & Environmental Impact Center
- $250,000
Secure Community Network · Chicago, IL · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $200,000
American Independent Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $200,000
Fair Districts Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $150,000
American Friends of Magen David Adom · New York, NY · 2023
To purchase a Life Support Ambulance and for the balance for supplies
- $100,000
New Venture Fund · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Civic Responsibility Project
- $100,000
Secure Community Network · Chicago, IL · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $100,000
The Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven · Woodbridge, CT · 2023
New Haven Stands With Israel Fund
- $100,000
The Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven · Woodbridge, CT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $100,000
The Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven · Woodbridge, CT · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $75,000
Florida Alliance for Civic Engagement · Homestead, FL · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $60,000
Sheriffs Meadow Foundation · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $50,000
Congregation B'Nai Jacob · Woodbridge, CT · 2024
Building Fund
- $50,000
Friends of the Chilmark Pre-School · Chilmark, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $50,000
Foundation for Conservative Masorti-Judaism in Isr · New York, NY · 2023
Sderot October 2023 Emergency Campaign and Emergency fund for equipment and urgent needs of Israeli soldiers
- $50,000
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $50,000
Jewish Foundation of Greater New Haven · Woodbridge, CT · 2023
Linda and Lenny Bell Family PACE Fund
- $50,000
Congregation B'Nai Jacob · Woodbridge, CT · 2022
Building Fund
- $41,800
Marthas Vineyard Hebrew Center · Vineyard Hvn, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $30,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2023
Dietetic Intern Fund
- $25,000
Fair Haven Community Health Clinic · New Haven, CT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Greenburgh Hebrew Center · Dobbs Ferry, NY · 2024
General Fund and Campaign for GHC Fund
- $25,000
Hospice of Marthas Vineyard · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Marthas Vineyard Hospital · Oak Bluffs, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Parkinsons Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Sheriffs Meadow Foundation · West Tisbury, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
The Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven · Woodbridge, CT · 2024
Security Fund
- $25,000
White Plains Hospital Medical Center · White Plains, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Yale New Haven Hospital · New Haven, CT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Anti-Defamation League of Bnai Brith - Connecticut · Hamden, CT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Sea Education Association · Falmouth, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Community Foundation for Greater New Haven · New Haven, CT · 2022
Specifically for the Community Fund for Women & Girls
- $25,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Jewish Community of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2022
Support of victims of tornadoes in Kentucky
- $25,000
Jewish Family Service of Greater New Haven · New Haven, CT · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Kby Congregations Together · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
The Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven · Woodbridge, CT · 2022
Programs targeting the people of Ukraine
- $25,000
University of Connecticut Foundation Incorporated · Storrs, CT · 2022
Dodd Endowment
- $20,000
Marthas Vineyard Hebrew Center · Vineyard Hvn, MA · 2024
Annual Appeal
- $20,000
American Friends of the Kiev Jewish Community · Airmont, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $20,000
World Central Kitchen Incorporated · Washington, DC · 2022
support the refugees in and from Ukraine
- $17,300
Marthas Vineyard Hebrew Center · Vineyard Hvn, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $15,000
Marthas Vineyard Hebrew Center · Vineyard Hvn, MA · 2022
High Holiday Appeal
- $10,000
Mv Youth · Chilmark, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Hillel at Cornell · Ithaca, NY · 2023
to support the security and safety of the staff at hillel
- $10,000
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life · Providence, RI · 2023
Security and Safety of the Staff and members of Hillel
- $10,000
Marthas Vineyard Hospital · Oak Bluffs, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Sherwin B Nuland Foundation for Palliative Care in · Hamden, CT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Yale New Haven Hospital · New Haven, CT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Ezra Academy of Greater New Haven Incorporated · Woodbridge, CT · 2022
Charitable Event
- $10,000
Marthas Vineyard Hebrew Center · Vineyard Hvn, MA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Partners Healthcare System Inc - Marthas Vineyard · Oak Bluffs, MA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Yale New Haven Hospital · New Haven, CT · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Stratton Family Fund Limited · Stratton Mountain, VT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Save the Children Federation · Fairfield, CT · 2022
Save the Children's Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund
- $5,000
World Central Kitchen Incorporated · Washington, DC · 2022
Ukraine support
- $1,000
Sustainable Markets Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $1,000
Leadership Education and Athletics in Partnership · New Haven, CT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
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