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Bella Charitable Foundation: 17 grants to organizations, $221,206 (tax year ended December 2025)

Bella Charitable Foundation, a private foundation in Hillsborough, CA, paid 17 grants to organizations totaling $221,206 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on May 15, 2026. The largest was $75,000 to Commun (barton Institute for Community Action) in Denver, CO for capital campaign.

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EIN
474349225
Based in
Hillsborough, CA
Assets
$6,717,507
Grants paid
$271,206
Tax year ended
December 2025

Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025

From the Form 990-PF filed May 15, 2026, IRS object ID 202631359349103468. It reported $271,206 in grants paid; 17 grants to organizations are listed.

RecipientLocationPurposeCauseAmountSource
Commun (barton Institute for Community Action)Denver, COCapital campaign$75,000apps.irs.gov
Curiodyssey MuseumSan Mateo, CAConservation trail and education gardenconservation trail & education garden$20,000apps.irs.gov
HappiMenlo Park, CAHappi homes program$20,000apps.irs.gov
BlinknowMendham, NJFutures scholarships and hef$15,000apps.irs.gov
Changing PerspectivesBradford, VTSel programming and workshops$15,000apps.irs.gov
Columbia UniversityNew York, NYScholarship$15,000apps.irs.gov
Sunsar MayaSan Francisco, CASchool programsPhilanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations$15,000apps.irs.gov
Rocky Mountain PBSDenver, CO2026 be my neighbor$10,000apps.irs.gov
University of California Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CAScholarships$10,000apps.irs.gov
University of California BerkeleyBerkeley, CAScholarships$9,000apps.irs.gov
Refugee & Immigrant TransitionsSan Francisco, CARefugees and asylum seekers programsYouth development$5,000apps.irs.gov
University of California Agriculture and Natural ResourcesBerkeley, CAMaster gardeners grant$3,090apps.irs.gov
Nature in the City (earth Island Institute)Berkeley, CAEnvironmental education and community eventsartist and school programming$3,000apps.irs.gov
University of California RiversideRiverside, CAScholarships$2,000apps.irs.gov
Uc Regentsmaster Gardeners of SMSFOakland, CAMaster gardeners program$1,500apps.irs.gov
University of California MercedMerced, CAScholarships$1,500apps.irs.gov
University of California MercedMerced, CAScholarships$1,116apps.irs.gov

Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024

From the Form 990-PF filed May 14, 2025, IRS object ID 202501349349104485. It reported $272,262 in grants paid; 23 grants to organizations are listed.

RecipientLocationPurposeCauseAmountSource
Barton Institute for Community ActionDenver, COCapital campaignPhilanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations$50,000apps.irs.gov
Peninsula BridgeMenlo Park, CABuilding bridges program$50,000apps.irs.gov
BlinknowMendham, NJFutures program and college loan programs$41,400apps.irs.gov
Changing PerspectivesBradford, VTGeneral support$22,000apps.irs.gov
Curiodyssey MuseumSan Mateo, CAGeneral supportconservation trail & education garden$20,000apps.irs.gov
Columbia UniversityNew York, NYScholarship$15,000apps.irs.gov
HappiMenlo Park, CAHomie internship program$15,000apps.irs.gov
University of California Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CAScholarships$10,000apps.irs.gov
University of California RiversideRiverside, CAScholarships$6,000apps.irs.gov
University of San FranciscoSan Francisco, CAScholarshipsEducation$5,559apps.irs.gov
Mission ActionSan Francisco, CAGeneral supportHousing and shelter$5,000apps.irs.gov
Rocky Mountain PBSDenver, CODia de los abuelos program$5,000apps.irs.gov
Sunsar MayaSan Francisco, CAEducational program in nepalPhilanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations$5,000apps.irs.gov
Uc Regentsmaster Gardeners of SMSFOakland, CAGeneral support$5,000apps.irs.gov
San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, CAScholarship$4,000apps.irs.gov
Music at Kohl MansionBurlingame, CAArtist and school programmingartist and school programmingArts, culture and humanities$3,000apps.irs.gov
University of California DavisDavis, CAScholarshipsAnimal-related$3,000apps.irs.gov
University of California MercedMerced, CAScholarships$3,000apps.irs.gov
Sophia University TokyoChiyoda City, JAScholarships$2,000apps.irs.gov
University of California BerkeleyBerkeley, CAScholarships$1,125apps.irs.gov
Yeti CoSan Jose, CAMasters gardeners program$578apps.irs.gov
Moms Against PovertyBurlingame, CAGeneral supportHuman services$500apps.irs.gov
Climate Reality ProjectWashington, DCGeneral support$100apps.irs.gov

Causes funded

From grants whose recipient has a cause.

States funded

Recipient stateGranted
California$227,968
Colorado$140,000
New Jersey$56,400
Vermont$37,000
New York$30,000
District of Columbia$100

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Updated May 15, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.