Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

The Tinybell Charitable Fund

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Typical grant size
$3K – $10K – $23K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
24
Repeat grantees
8
funded 2+ years

Application procedures · from 2024 990-PF

Leadership · from 2024 990-PF

Maximilian Ibel
Dir, Pres, Sec, Treas
Lu Tian
Dir

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part VII. Officers, directors, and trustees as reported by the foundation.

Payout rate · TY 2024
2.9%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
55
Total grants awarded
$1.2M
Total amount
$22K
Average grant
$170K
Largest grant

Giving by year

2024
$453K
11 grants
2023
$371K
13 grants
2022
$242K
10 grants
2021
$103K
14 grants
2020
$66K
6 grants
2019
$2K
1 grants

Top recipients

5 grants · HI · ✓ Exact match
$285K
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
3 grants · RI
$284K
5 grants · CA · ✓ Exact match
$229K
1 grant · CA · ≈ likely match
$100K
4 grants · HI · ✓ Exact match
$85K
4 grants · CA · ✓ Exact match
$55K
1 grant · PA · ✓ Exact match
$50K
Bellingcat Fund
1 grant · NY
$25K
5 grants · CT · ✓ Exact match
$13K
2 grants · CA · ✓ Exact match
$11K

Recipient names are as reported on the 990-PF. ✓ Exact match = EIN matched to IRS records by exact name + state; ≈ likely match = EIN inferred from a closely similar name. The recipient EIN is never stated on the form — it is DoubleNine’s match.

Recent grants · most recent filings first

Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
Tinybell Charitable Fund
RI · TY 2024
$170K
Stanford University
Rural Education Action Program (REAP)
CA · TY 2024
$100K
Punahou School
For the Academy Learning Commons building
HI · TY 2024
$75K
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation
Tinybell/Zhu chair fund
CA · TY 2024
$62K
Mid-pacific Institute
General & Unrestricted
HI · TY 2024
$20K
California Institute of Technology
Professor K. Mani Chandy Innovations in Education Fund
CA · TY 2024
$10K
Netbsd Foundation
General & Unrestricted
NY · TY 2024
$9K
Tahirih Justice Center
Charitable Event
CA · TY 2024
$3K
Lokahi Tennis Corp
General & Unrestricted
HI · TY 2024
$2K
American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii Foundatio
General & Unrestricted
HI · TY 2024
$1K
Yuk Fut Temple
General & Unrestricted
HI · TY 2024
$1K
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
Tinybell Charitable Fund
RI · TY 2023
$80K
Punahou School
For the Academy Learning Commons building
HI · TY 2023
$75K
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation
General & Unrestricted
CA · TY 2023
$62K
Penn State Health
To support research into "Prediction of stroke risk in acute myeloid leukemia" as part of the oncology/stroke research a…
PA · TY 2023
$50K
Bellingcat Fund
General & Unrestricted
NY · TY 2023
$25K
California Institute of Technology
General & Unrestricted
CA · TY 2023
$20K
Mid-pacific Institute
General & Unrestricted
HI · TY 2023
$20K
The Freebsd Foundation
General & Unrestricted
CO · TY 2023
$10K
Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc
General & Unrestricted
CA · TY 2023
$10K
Free Software Foundation Inc
General & Unrestricted
MA · TY 2023
$10K
Arrl Foundation Inc
Spectrum Defense Fund
CT · TY 2023
$5K
Arrl Foundation Inc
Education and Technology Fund
CT · TY 2023
$3K
Netbsd Foundation
General & Unrestricted
NY · TY 2023
$1K
Punahou School
Academy Learning Commons at Punahou (remodeling the existing library)
HI · TY 2022
$90K
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation
For the Schauser/Ibel/Tian/Zhu Endowed Chair
CA · TY 2022
$80K
Mid-pacific Institute
General & Unrestricted
HI · TY 2022
$30K
Punahou School
General & Unrestricted
HI · TY 2022
$30K
Concord Review
General & Unrestricted
MA · TY 2022
$5K
Tahirih Justice Center - San Francisco Bay Area of
Charitable Event
CA · TY 2022
$3K
Arrl Foundation Inc
ARRL Education and Technology Program and Teachers Institutes
CT · TY 2022
$1K
Silicon Valley Tsinghua Network
Charitable Event
CA · TY 2022
$1K
Mo Hock Ke Lock Bo Mun Lun School
General & Unrestricted
HI · TY 2022
$1K
Hawaiian Humane Society
General & Unrestricted
HI · TY 2022
$500
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation
The Zhu Chair in Computer Science
CA · TY 2021
$15K
California Institute of Technology
General & Unrestricted
CA · TY 2021
$15K
Punahou School
General & Unrestricted
HI · TY 2021
$15K
Mid-pacific Institute
General & Unrestricted
HI · TY 2021
$15K
University of Saskatchewan
General & Unrestricted
TY 2021
$10K
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc - Doctors Without
General & Unrestricted
MD · TY 2021
$5K
Unicef USA Impact Fund for Children Inc
General & Unrestricted
NY · TY 2021
$5K
Silicon Valley International School
General & Unrestricted
CA · TY 2021
$5K
University of Hawaii Foundation
General & Unrestricted
HI · TY 2021
$5K
Arrl Foundation Inc
General & Unrestricted
CT · TY 2021
$3K
Internet Archive
General & Unrestricted
CA · TY 2021
$3K
Wikimedia Foundation Inc
General & Unrestricted
DC · TY 2021
$3K
Khan Academy Inc
General & Unrestricted
CA · TY 2021
$3K
Silicon Valley Tsinghua Network
Charitable Event
CA · TY 2021
$1K
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
The Tinybell Charitable Fund
RI · TY 2020
$34K
California Institute of Technology
General & Unrestricted
CA · TY 2020
$10K

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV. Up to 50 most recent grants shown.