Bella Charitable Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The Bella Charitable Foundation supports education and youth in the San Francisco Bay Area in California.
IP TAKE: This family foundation is all about helping students attend and succeed in K-12 school and in college, and it tends to work with the same partner organizations year after year.
PROFILE: The Bella Charitable Foundation (BCF) is a private family foundation based in Burlingame, California, which is in the San Francisco Bay Area. A husband and wife team, Juan Jaen and Anita Galeana, created this foundation to pursue their philanthropic interests. Juan Jaen grew up in Spain and met Anita Galeana while attending school in Michigan. The couple moved to the San Francisco Bay Area so that Juan could pursue his biotechnology career. He co-founded Flexus Biosciences and has been leading research and development for cancer immunotherapies at Arcus Biosciences, which he also co-founded. Anita pursued a nursing career, stayed at home to raise the couple’s children, pursued piano studies at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and has worked with various education-related nonprofits. BCF funds local efforts for education and youth.
Grants for Youth in San Francisco and Nepal
The Bella Charitable Foundation’s focus in the San Francisco Bay Area is underserved youth. It supports well-vetted nonprofits with grants also has various scholarship programs that involve student workshops and mentorships. With its education funding, BCF looks to create more equity and social justice in the world. Past support has gone towards summer abroad programs for high school students, student internships, career days, after-school programs, mindfulness and yoga trainings at high schools and individualized learning structures.
In addition to local grants, BCF is also interested providing youth with opportunities, a safe environment and education in Nepal.
Grants range between about $100 and $50,000. Learn more about this funder’s local giving by examining its recent tax records. Grantmaking focuses on the San Francisco Bay Area of California and Nepal. Past local grantees include Niroga Institute, Project Wayfinder at Independence High School and June Jordan School for Equity.
This foundation does not accept unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits. Direct general questions to the staff at bellacharitable@gmail.com or 650-703-7478.
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