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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 47-4349225

Bella Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Hillsborough, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 18 grants and $271,206 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $271,206

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $6,717,507
  • Tax year 2024

    $272,262

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $6,541,984
  • Tax year 2023

    $143,743

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $6,346,628
  • Tax year 2022

    $107,917

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $5,965,146
  • Tax year 2021

    $147,414

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $6,890,971
  • Tax year 2020

    $216,233

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $6,328,191
  • Tax year 2019

    $292,032

    Grants listed
    39
    Assets, end of year
    $6,189,247
  • Tax year 2018

    $324,629

    Grants listed
    45
    Assets, end of year
    $5,356,970

Grants paid in 2025

18 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Commun (barton Institute for Community Action)Denver, CO

    Capital campaign

    $75,000
  2. Peninsula BridgeMenlo Park, CA

    Student programs

    $50,000
  3. Curiodyssey MuseumSan Mateo, CA

    Conservation trail and education gardenconservation trail & education garden

    $20,000
  4. HappiMenlo Park, CA

    Happi homes program

    $20,000
  5. BlinknowMendham, NJ

    Futures scholarships and hef

    $15,000
  6. Changing PerspectivesMontpelier, VT

    Sel programming and workshops

    $15,000
  7. Columbia UniversityNew York, NY

    Scholarship

    $15,000
  8. Sunsar MayaSan Francisco, CA

    School programs

    $15,000
  9. Rocky Mountain PBSDenver, CO

    2026 be my neighbor

    $10,000
  10. University of California Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA

    Scholarships

    $10,000
  11. University of California BerkeleyBerkeley, CA

    Scholarships

    $9,000
  12. Refugee & Immigrant TransitionsSan Francisco, CA

    Refugees and asylum seekers programs

    $5,000
  13. University of California Agriculture and Natural ResourcesBerkeley, CA

    Master gardeners grant

    $3,090
  14. Nature in the City (earth Island Institute)Berkeley, CA

    Environmental education and community eventsartist and school programming

    $3,000
  15. University of California RiversideRiverside, CA

    Scholarships

    $2,000
  16. UC Regentsmaster Gardeners of SMSFOakland, CA

    Master gardeners program

    $1,500
  17. University of California MercedMerced, CA

    Scholarships

    $1,500
  18. University of California MercedMerced, CA

    Scholarships

    $1,116

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Human services2 grants $35,00042% of the total
  2. Education5 grants $28,61634% of the total
  3. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $15,00018% of the total
  4. Youth development1 grant $5,0006% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California13 grants $141,206
  2. Colorado2 grants $85,000
  3. New Jersey1 grant $15,000
  4. New York1 grant $15,000
  5. Vermont1 grant $15,000

Officers, directors and trustees

9 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Anita GaleanaPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Juan C JaenSECRETARY AND TREASURER Hours 1Pay $0
  • John David JaenDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Marie Elizabeth JaenDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Grace Alexandra JaenDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Katherine Emily JaenDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Alyson Duffy JaenDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Travis PazinDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Joe HoganDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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