The Corella & Bertram F. Bonner Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 22-2316452 · since 1980bonner.org·New Jersey, United States·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$1.4M

Annual giving, 2024 tax year

From the Form 990-PF filing

Invitation only

Unsolicited applications are not accepted

This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.

Key takeaways

The Foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and works by invitation only, so a small charity should not send it a cold proposal.
Its giving is built around long-term partnerships, and the site gives no steps for submitting renewal requests, so the realistic route is through an existing connection or an invitation.
Its stated themes are educational opportunity and food security, and its food security grants buy food for anti-hunger initiatives, primarily in New Jersey and in communities where the Bonners lived, so work outside those areas and themes is unlikely to fit.
It paid out $1,391,233 in its latest reported year and states no grant range, so frame any request around your own budget and needs rather than an assumed size.

Overview

The Corella & Bertram F. Bonner Foundation is a US private foundation based in Princeton, NJ.

What they fund

Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The Foundation works through sustained partnerships with colleges and other organisations to improve lives by meeting basic needs in educational opportunity and food security. It provides ongoing funding and support for the Bonner Program, a college-based model linking access to higher education with community service and learning, and its network supports low-income students financially, academically and through service. Its Food Security grants support community-based hunger-relief programmes, primarily in New Jersey and in communities where the Bonners lived; that programme focuses on buying food for anti-hunger initiatives. The Foundation's approach is partnership-led, with student service and community engagement central to its work.

Themes

Educational opportunity
Food security

Geographic Focus

USA. Priority: New Jersey.

How to apply

The site describes continued support through a renewal grant process for organisations with which the Foundation has a long-term partnership; it gives no steps for submitting renewal requests.

Application success factors

What the foundation says:

Food Security funding focuses on buying food for anti-hunger initiatives.

Officers and directors

Shannon Maynard — Trustee
Bernard Flynn — Trustee
Anthony Richardson — Trustee
Elizabeth Paul — Trustee
Charles Goodfellow — Chairman
William Bush — Trustee
Robert Hackett — President

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

Year	Total expenses	Grants paid	Assets	Filing document
2022 tax year	$2,714,579	$1,184,951	$62,883,406	Filing for 2022 tax year
2023 tax year	$2,966,933	$1,325,041	$69,836,652	Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year	$3,156,132	$1,391,233	$74,450,185	Filing for 2024 tax year

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.