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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 84-3119862

Bug and Bean Fund

A private foundation in Atlanta, GA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 18 grants and $3.9 million paid in grants.

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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

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $3,896,800

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $6,812,102

  • Tax year 2024

    $3,566,000

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $10,276,764

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,098,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $3,380,688

  • Tax year 2022

    $25,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $4,327,403

  • Tax year 2021

    $680,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $361,336

  • Tax year 2020

    $670,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,037,943

Grants paid in 2025

18 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Columbia University - Noriel Gift FundNew York, NY

    Noriel Gfit Fund

    $2,000,000
  2. Community Guilds Inc dba STEAM TruckAtlanta, GA

    Unrestricted

    $500,000
  3. The Paideia SchoolAtlanta, GA

    Annual Fund

    $255,000
  4. Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburg, PA

    Unrestricted

    $250,000
  5. Open Space Institute Land Trust IncNew York, NY

    Unrestricted

    $200,000
  6. RedefinED AtlantaAtlanta, GA

    Unrestricted

    $200,000
  7. Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburg, PA

    Richard M. Lackner Football Excellence Fund

    $150,000
  8. Center for Civic InnovationAtlanta, GA

    Unrestricted

    $100,000
  9. The Global Fund for ChildrenWashington, DC

    Unrestricted

    $100,000
  10. Highlands-Cashiers Land TrustHighlands, NC

    Unrestricted

    $50,000
  11. Special Forces FoundationFalcon, CO

    Unrestricted

    $25,000
  12. National Center for Civil and Human RightsAtlanta, GA

    Unrestricted

    $20,000
  13. HelpUsAdoptNew York, NY

    Unrestricted

    $10,000
  14. TADA FoundationAtlanta, GA

    Unrestricted

    $10,000
  15. The Praxis ProjectSan Francisco, CA

    Freedom University

    $10,000
  16. The TempleAtlanta, GA

    Unrestricted

    $10,000
  17. Anti-Defamation LeagueNew York, NY

    Unrestricted

    $5,000
  18. Atlanta Jewish CommitteeAtlanta, GA

    Unrestricted

    $1,800

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment3 grants $350,00049% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $200,00028% of the total
  3. Arts and culture3 grants $130,00018% of the total
  4. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $25,0003% of the total
  5. Health1 grant $10,0001% of the total
  6. Civil rights1 grant $5,000<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York3 grants $2,210,000
  2. Georgia9 grants $1,101,800
  3. Pennsylvania2 grants $400,000
  4. District of Columbia2 grants $110,000
  5. North Carolina1 grant $50,000
  6. Colorado1 grant $25,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Frank T WatersonPresident Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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