THE B E L L FOUNDATION INC: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: THE B E L L FOUNDATION INC (EIN 04-3182053)
Tax period: 2011-07-01 to 2012-06-30
Filed: 2013-01-03
IRS object ID: 201300079349300200
Schema version: 2011v1.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule J
Schedule L
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2013-01-03T07:52:46-06:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2012-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SANDBERG & CREEDEN PC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	331 PAGE ST STE 2	AddressLine1
City	STOUGHTON	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	020721172	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2011-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	043182053	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE BELL FOUNDATION INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	BELL	NameControl
Phone	6172821567	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	60 CLAYTON STREET	AddressLine1
City	DORCHESTER	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	02122	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	ANTONIO BATTAGLIA	Name
Title	TREASURER	Title
Phone	6172821567	Phone
Date Signed	2012-12-17	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	THERESA J CREEDEN	Name
Phone	7813440850	Phone
Date Prepared	2013-01-03	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2011	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-03-07 17:11:31Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	ANTONIO BATTAGLIA	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	60 CLAYTON STREET	AddressLine1
City	DORCHESTER	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	02122	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	28457002	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	WWW.EXPERIENCEBELL.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1993	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	MA	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	BELL EXISTS TO TRANSFORM THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS, SELF-CONFIDENCE, AND LIFE TRAJECTORIES OF CHILDREN LIVING IN UNDER-RESOURCED, URBAN COMMUNITIES.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	16	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	14	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	2335	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	21839059	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	28307758	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	79916	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	21637	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	1486	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	505	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	111046	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	-187684	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	22031507	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	28142216	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	14803265	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	17143874	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	803972	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	6529792	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	6880155	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	21333057	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	24024029	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	698450	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	4118187	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	13178333	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	17433501	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	2354205	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	2491186	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	10824128	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	14942315	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Info In Schedule O Part III	X	InfoInScheduleOPartIII
Mission Description	BELL EXISTS TO TRANSFORM THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS, SELF-CONFIDENCE, AND LIFE TRAJECTORIES OF CHILDREN LIVING IN UNDER-RESOURCED, URBAN COMMUNITIES.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	9063956	Expense
Description	BELL AFTER SCHOOL OPERATES 3-5 DAYS PER WEEK, 2.5-3 HOURS PER DAY IN SCHOOL-BASED SITES. BELL PROGRAMS SET HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR SCHOLARS AND INCLUDE ELEMENTS THAT ARE PROVEN TO INCREASE THEIR TIME-ON-TASK AND ACCELERATE LEARNING, INCLUDING ACADEMIC TUTORING IN LITERACY AND MATH; MENTORSHIP FROM TEACHERS AND COLLEGE STUDENTS; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING THROUGH CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, FIELD TRIPS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE; PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT; AND ONGOING TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR STAFF. EACH YEAR, BELL HELPS THOUSANDS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN MAKE SIGNIFICANT ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL GAINS. ON AVERAGE: "SCHOLARS GAIN AT LEAST THREE MONTHS OF GRADE-EQUIVALENT READING AND MATH SKILLS; "SCHOLARS OUTPACE NATIONAL NORMS IN ACQUIRING NEW ACADEMIC SKILLS AND NARROW THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP BETWEEN THEM AND THEIR HIGHER-INCOME PEERS; "THE MAJORITY OF BELL PARENTS AGREE THAT BELL PROGRAMS HELP INCREASE THEIR CHILD'S SELF-ESTEEM AND MOTIVATION TO LEARN. PARENTS ALSO REPORT THAT THEY FEEL MORE ENGAGED IN THEIR CHILD'S EDUCATION AS A RESULT OF BELL. THE CONSISTENT ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL GAINS ACHIEVED BY CHILDREN IN BELL PROGRAMS HAVE LED TO CONSIDERABLE NATIONAL ACCLAIM AND OPENED UP PATHWAYS FOR THE ORGANIZATION TO EXPAND ITS IMPACT. OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, INCLUDING BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SPRINGFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT, WINSTON-SALEM / FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOLS, DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AUTHORITY OF MICHIGAN, AND SPARTANBURG DISTRICT 7 PARTNERED WITH BELL TO PROVIDE THE BELL SUMMER PROGRAM MODEL IN PLACE OF TRADITIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL. THIS PARTNERSHIP MODEL IS LEADING SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY TO RETHINK THE ROLE OF SUMMER LEARNING IN TURNING AROUND LOW-PERFORMING SCHOOLS AND HELPING ALL CHILDREN EXCEL. BELL IS WORKING TO DEEPEN AND EXPAND ITS IMPACT. GUIDED BY ITS 2012 - 2014 STRATEGIC PLAN, BELL IS BUILDING NEW PARTNERSHIPS TO REACH MORE CHILDREN AND COMMUNITIES. IT IS PURSUING A NEXT-GENERATION INDEPENDENT EVALUATION TO TIE PARTICIPATION IN BELL SUMMER TO INCREASED STUDENT PERFORMANCE AND ATTENDANCE IN SCHOOLS. THROUGH ITS WORK, BELL IS HELPING ESTABLISH HIGH- QUALITY EXTENDED LEARNING PROGRAMS LIKE BELL SUMMER AS STANDARD ELEMENTS OF EDUCATION REFORM IN AMERICA.	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	12295532	Expense
Description	BELL SUMMER OPERATES 5 DAYS PER WEEK, 6.5-8 HOURS PER DAY, FOR 5-6 WEEKS. IN THE SUMMER OF 2011, BELL SERVED ROUGHLY 9,252 SCHOLARS - IN A TOTAL OF 11 CITIES - THANKS TO PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND FEDERAL AGENCIES.	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expense	21359488	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	true	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	true	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	true	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
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School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
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Fundraising Activities	true	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	true	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	true	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	true	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	35	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	2335	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	true	NonDeductibleContributions
Non Deductible Disclosure	true	NonDeductibleDisclosure
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	true	QuidProQuoContributions
Quid Pro Quo Disclosure	true	QuidProQuoDisclosure
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Form8899 Filed	false	Form8899Filed
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiled
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	16	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	14	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	true	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	true	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	true	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	true	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	true	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	CT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	FL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	MD	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	MI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	NC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	NJ	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	SC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Other Website	X	OtherWebsite
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	THE CORPORATION	NamePerson
Telephone Number	6172821567	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	60 CLAYTON STREET	AddressLine1
City	DORCHESTER	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	02122	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (20 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployee
TIFFANY C GUEYE
PRES/CEO	40.00	X	X	243467	0	2028
LAURENE SPERLING
CHAIR	5.00	X	X	0	0	0
JOHN KIM
VICE CHAIR	5.00	X	X	0	0	0
CHRISTOPHER PIELA
SECRETARY	5.00	X	X	0	0	0
NICHOLAS BOGARD
DIRECTOR	5.00	X		0	0	0
GENE GUILL
DIRECTOR	5.00	X		0	0	0
KATHLEEN KELLEY
DIRECTOR	5.00	X		0	0	0
DEBRA KNEZ
DIRECTOR	5.00	X		0	0	0
SOREN OBERG
DIRECTOR	5.00	X		0	0	0
DONALD MANEKIN
DIRECTOR	5.00	X		0	0	0
JUSTIN SADRIAN
DIRECTOR	5.00	X		0	0	0
DOUG MILLER
DIRECTOR	5.00	X		0	0	0
LAUREN SMITH
DIRECTOR	5.00	X		0	0	0
GARRET SMITH
DIRECTOR	5.00	X		0	0	0
PAULA ARROJO
DIRECTOR	5.00	X		0	0	0
ANTONIO BATTAGLIA
TREAS/CLERK/	40.00		X	192958	0	11233
MATTHEW BRADLEY
VP FIELD OPS	40.00			208197	0	13526	X
MARITZA ARROYO
REGIONAL DIR	40.00			121043	0	11792	X
DAVID JONES
VP HUMAN RES	40.00			117847	0	12487	X
ANDREW MORSE
CONTROLLER	40.00			103456	0	12325	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	986968	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Other Compensation	63391	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	6	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	true	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensation (3 entries)

Address Line1AddressOfContractor/AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/City	StateAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/ZIPCode	Description Of ServicesDescriptionOfServices	CompensationCompensation
ECRATCHIT
625 GROVE STREET	BRAINTREE	MA	02184	FINANCIAL CON	149289
SKYROPE
60 LOWELL STREET	ANDOVER	MA	02476	HOST APPLIC	130975
SOLOMON MCCOWN & COMPANY
177 MILK STREET	BOSTON	MA	02109	PUBLIC RELATION	120600

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	3	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Fundraising Events	530000	FundraisingEvents
Government Grants	12273452	GovernmentGrants
All Other Contributions	15504306	AllOtherContributions
Noncash Contributions	247735	NoncashContributions
Total Contributions	28307758	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	MISC FEES	Description
Total Revenue Column	21637	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	21637	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	21637	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	505	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$505	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Fundraising Events	127102	GrossIncomeFundraisingEvents
Cntrbtns Rprtd Fundraising Events	530000	CntrbtnsRprtdFundraisingEvents
Fundraising Direct Expenses	314786	FundraisingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-187684	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	-$187,684	ExclusionAmount

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	28142216	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	21637	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Exclusion	-$187,179	ExclusionAmount

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	365750	Total
Management And General	365750	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	14712133	Total
Program Services	13133640	ProgramServices
Management And General	1005417	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	573076	Fundraising

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	18046	Total
Program Services	15950	ProgramServices
Management And General	1478	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	618	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	614494	Total
Program Services	492974	ProgramServices
Management And General	86289	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	35231	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1433451	Total
Program Services	1258326	ProgramServices
Management And General	120527	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	54598	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	13910	Total
Management And General	13910	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	979855	Total
Program Services	967869	ProgramServices
Management And General	11986	ManagementAndGeneral

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	263652	Total
Program Services	263652	ProgramServices

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2682616	Total
Program Services	2534143	ProgramServices
Management And General	83072	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	65401	Fundraising

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	581287	Total
Program Services	541291	ProgramServices
Management And General	29088	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	10908	Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	580926	Total
Program Services	511750	ProgramServices
Management And General	49115	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	20061	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	593064	Total
Program Services	521187	ProgramServices
Management And General	39307	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	32570	Fundraising

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	227592	Total
Program Services	227592	ProgramServices

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	26908	Total
Management And General	26908	ManagementAndGeneral

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	238602	Total
Program Services	210881	ProgramServices
Management And General	19550	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	8171	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	149076	Total
Program Services	137566	ProgramServices
Management And General	8172	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	3338	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices
CAPACITY BUILDING	316211	316211
FIELD TRIPS & EVENTS	226456	226456

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	24024029	Total
Program Services	21359488	ProgramServices
Management And General	1860569	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	803972	Fundraising

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5907987	BOY
EOY	11590873	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3050262	BOY
EOY	2095414	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2201509	BOY
EOY	1698109	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1502157	BOY
EOY	1584567	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	2304966	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	2002836	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	355588	BOY
EOY	302130	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	160830	BOY
EOY	162408	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	13178333	BOY
EOY	17433501	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1393195	BOY
EOY	2158686	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	961010	BOY
EOY	332500	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2354205	BOY
EOY	2491186	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4386858	BOY
EOY	4761616	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	6437270	BOY
EOY	10180699	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	10824128	BOY
EOY	14942315	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	13178333	BOY
EOY	17433501	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Consolidated	X	FinancialStatementConsolidated
Federal Grant Audit Required	true	FederalGrantAuditRequired
Federal Grant Audit Performed	true	FederalGrantAuditPerformed

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	13617441	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	16374848	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	21839059	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	28307758	CurrentTaxYear
Total	104926511	Total

Value Srvc Fclts Furnished By Govt ValueSrvcFcltsFurnishedByGovt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	425360	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	3299650	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	1667018	CurrentTaxYear
Total	5392028	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	13617441	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	16800208	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	25138709	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	29974776	CurrentTaxYear
Total	110318539	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	4463236	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	105855303	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	10340	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	8116	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	2163	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	1486	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	505	CurrentTaxYear
Total	22610	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	358833	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	126119	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	320003	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	131185	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	127102	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1063242	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	111404391	TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc	21637	GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.95020	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.89610	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed4955 Tax	false	Form4720Filed4955Tax
Correction Made	false	CorrectionMade
Form1120 Pol Filed	false	Form1120PolFiled
Form4720 Filed	false	Form4720Filed
Volunteers	false	Volunteers
Paid Staff Or Management	true	PaidStaffOrManagement
Media Advertisements	false	MediaAdvertisements
Mailings Members	false	MailingsMembers
Publications Or Broadcast	false	PublicationsOrBroadcast
Grants Other Organizations	false	GrantsOtherOrganizations
Direct Contact Legislators	false	DirectContactLegislators
Rallies Demonstrations	false	RalliesDemonstrations
Other Activities	true	OtherActivities
Other Activities	$105,988	OtherActivitiesAmount
Total Lobbying Expenditures IIB	105988	TotalLobbyingExpendituresIIB
Not Described In501c3	false	NotDescribedIn501c3
Form4720 Filed4912 Tax	false	Form4720Filed4912Tax
Substantially All Dues Nondeduct	false	SubstantiallyAllDuesNondeduct
Only In House Lobbying	false	OnlyInHouseLobbying
Agree To Carryover Prior Year	false	AgreeToCarryoverPriorYear

Form990 Schedule C Part IV Form990ScheduleCPartIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Reference	SCHEDULE C, PART II-B, LINE 1	ReturnReference
Explanation	THE ORGANIZATION UTILIZED THE SERVICES OF TWO VENDORS DURING THE YEAR.	Explanation

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Disclosed Orgs Legal Control	false	DisclosedOrgsLegalControl
Disclosed For Charitable Purposes	false	DisclosedForCharitablePurposes
Written Policy Monitoring	false	WrittenPolicyMonitoring
Sect170h Requirements Satisfied	false	Sect170hRequirementsSatisfied
Solicited Assets For Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsForSale
Agent Trustee Etc	false	AgentTrusteeEtc
Included On FS	false	IncludedOnFS
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Are Related Orgs Listed Schedule R	false	AreRelatedOrgsListedScheduleR

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	153494	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	87712	Depreciation
Book Value	65782	BookValue

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	2151472	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	1915124	Depreciation
Book Value	236348	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	302130	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Total Revenue	28142216	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	24024029	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	4118187	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	4118187	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	29798984	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Srvc And Use Of Facilities	1656768	DonatedSrvcAndUseOfFacilities
Revenue Not Rptd F990	1656768	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	28142216	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	28142216	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	25680797	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Services Use Of Facilities	1656768	DonatedServicesUseOfFacilities
Expenses Not Rptd F990	1656768	ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal	24024029	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	24024029	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Events Information EventsInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1	BELL TALENT SHO	NameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event1	657102	GrossReceiptsEvent1
Charitable Contributions Event1	530000	CharitableContributionsEvent1
Gross Revenue Event1	127102	GrossRevenueEvent1
Other Direct Expenses Event1	314786	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1
Gross Receipts Total	657102	GrossReceiptsTotal
Charitable Contributions Total	530000	CharitableContributionsTotal
Gross Revenue Total Events	127102	GrossRevenueTotalEvents
Other Direct Expenses Total Events	314786	OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents
Direct Expense Summary Events	314786	DirectExpenseSummaryEvents
Net Income Summary	-187684	NetIncomeSummary

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Committee	X	CompensationCommittee
Board Or Committee Approval	X	BoardOrCommitteeApproval
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement	false	EquityBasedCompArrangement
Comp Based On Revenue Of Filing Org	true	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFilingOrg
Comp Based On Revenue Related Orgs	false	CompBasedOnRevenueRelatedOrgs
Comp Based Net Earnings Filing Org	true	CompBasedNetEarningsFilingOrg
Comp Based Net Earnings Relate Orgs	false	CompBasedNetEarningsRelateOrgs
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPayments
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractException

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII (3 entries)

Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrg	Deferred Comp Filing OrgDeferredCompFilingOrg	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrg	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrg
TIFFANY C GUEYE
243467	2028	245495	220013
ANTONIO BATTAGLIA
192958	11233	204191	179737
MATTHEW BRADLEY
208197	13526	221723	189279

Form990 Schedule J Part III Form990ScheduleJPartIII (2 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
COMPENSATION CONTINGENT UPON REVENUES OF ORGANIZATION	SCHEDULE J, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 5A	BELL OFFERS ANNUAL BONUS INCENTIVES TO MANAGMENT STAFF BASED ON AGREED UPON LEVELS OF STUDENTS SERVED AND OUTCOMES OF THOSE STUDENTS SERVED TIED TO ACHIEVING OPERATING REVENUE AND OPERATIONAL SURPLUSES AT INDICATED IN THE BOARD-APPROVED BUDGET.
COMPENSATION CONTINGENT UPON NET EARNINGS OF ORGANIZATION	SCHEDULE J, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 6A	BELL OFFERS ANNUAL BONUS INCENTIVES TO MANAGMENT STAFF BASED ON AGREED UPON LEVELS OF STUDENTS SERVED AND OUTCOMES OF THOSE STUDENTS SERVED TIED TO ACHIEVING OPERATING REVENUE AND OPERATIONAL SURPLUSES AT INDICATED IN THE BOARD-APPROVED BUDGET.

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Form990 Schedule L Part IV Form990ScheduleLPartIV (2 entries)

RelationshipRelationship	Amount Of TransactionAmountOfTransaction	Description Of TransactionDescriptionOfTransaction	Sharing Of RevenuesSharingOfRevenues
SMALL POINT LLC
BOD OWNER INTER	27492	RENTAL SPACE	false
J NICHOLAS ARTHUR
BOD OWNER INTER	10208	DIR DEV SEARCH	false

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Books And Publications BooksAndPublications

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	X	NonCashCheckbox
Noncash Contribs Rptd F990	196735	NoncashContribsRptdF990

Clothing And Household Goods ClothingAndHouseholdGoods

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	X	NonCashCheckbox
Noncash Contribs Rptd F990	51000	NoncashContribsRptdF990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeld
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	false	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGifts
Third Parties Used	false	ThirdPartiesUsed

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (7 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
FIRST ACCOMPLISHMENT DESCRIPTION	FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A	"SCHOLARS GAIN AT LEAST THREE MONTHS OF GRADE-EQUIVALENT READING AND MATH SKILLS; "SCHOLARS OUTPACE NATIONAL NORMS IN ACQUIRING NEW ACADEMIC SKILLS AND NARROW THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP BETWEEN THEM AND THEIR HIGHER-INCOME PEERS; "THE MAJORITY OF BELL PARENTS AGREE THAT BELL PROGRAMS HELP INCREASE THEIR CHILD'S SELF-ESTEEM AND MOTIVATION TO LEARN. PARENTS ALSO REPORT THAT THEY FEEL MORE ENGAGED IN THEIR CHILD'S EDUCATION AS A RESULT OF BELL. THE CONSISTENT ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL GAINS ACHIEVED BY CHILDREN IN BELL PROGRAMS HAVE LED TO CONSIDERABLE NATIONAL ACCLAIM AND OPENED UP PATHWAYS FOR THE ORGANIZATION TO EXPAND ITS IMPACT. OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, INCLUDING BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SPRINGFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT, WINSTON-SALEM / FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOLS, DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AUTHORITY OF MICHIGAN, AND SPARTANBURG DISTRICT 7 PARTNERED WITH BELL TO PROVIDE THE BELL SUMMER PROGRAM MODEL IN PLACE OF TRADITIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL. THIS PARTNERSHIP MODEL IS LEADING SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY TO RETHINK THE ROLE OF SUMMER LEARNING IN TURNING AROUND LOW-PERFORMING SCHOOLS AND HELPING ALL CHILDREN EXCEL. BELL IS WORKING TO DEEPEN AND EXPAND ITS IMPACT. GUIDED BY ITS 2012 - 2014 STRATEGIC PLAN, BELL IS BUILDING NEW PARTNERSHIPS TO REACH MORE CHILDREN AND COMMUNITIES. IT IS PURSUING A NEXT-GENERATION INDEPENDENT EVALUATION TO TIE PARTICIPATION IN BELL SUMMER TO INCREASED STUDENT PERFORMANCE AND ATTENDANCE IN SCHOOLS. THROUGH ITS WORK, BELL IS HELPING ESTABLISH HIGH- QUALITY EXTENDED LEARNING PROGRAMS LIKE BELL SUMMER AS STANDARD ELEMENTS OF EDUCATION REFORM IN AMERICA.
RELATED PARTY INFORMATION AMONG OFFICERS	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 2	DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COUNCIL DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COUNCIL CEO MANAGING DIR MANAGER REPORTS TO CEO
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	THE ORGANIZATION DISTRIBUTES A COPY OF THE 990 TO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND INVITES COMMENTS FROM THEM PRIOR TO FINALIZING THE FORM 990.
ENFORCEMENT OF CONFLICTS POLICY	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C	ANNUALLY, EACH BORD MEMBER DISCUSSES CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WITH BELL LEADERSHIP AND SUBMITS UPDATES TO RELATED PARTY QUESTIONNAIRE DISCLOSURES.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR TOP OFFICIAL	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE REVIEWS COMPENSATION PACKAGES OF BELL OFFICERS AND APPROVES COMPENSATION CHANGES ANNUALLY.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR OFFICERS	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B	THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE REVIEWS COMPENSATION PACKAGES OF BELL OFFICERS AND APPROVES COMPENSATION CHANGES ANNUALLY.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON WRITTEN REQUEST.