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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 86-2670898

Bell Family Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $57,000 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $57,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,277,126

  • Tax year 2024

    $49,608

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,285,512

  • Tax year 2023

    $30,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,293,282

  • Tax year 2022

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $1,369,339

  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $1,497,543

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Environmental Education Association of New MexicoAlbuquerque, NM

    General & Unrestricted

    $26,000
  2. Santa Fe Watershed AssociationSanta Fe, NM

    General & Unrestricted

    $26,000
  3. Environmental Education Association of New MexicoAlbuquerque, NM

    NM Outdoor Learning Summit

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $31,00054% of the total
  2. Environment1 grant $26,00046% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New Mexico3 grants $57,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Carolyn Seerley BellDir, VP Hours 0Pay $0
  • George Irving BellDir, VP Hours 0Pay $0
  • Esther Collison BradyVP Hours 0Pay $0
  • Kaitlin PrinceDir, Pres, Sec, Treas Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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