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BELL begins tutoring and mentoring program at the Agassiz school in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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BELL partners with the Tobin Elementary School in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and establishes itself as a non-profit organization. Co-Founder Earl Martin Phalen leads BELL, and Phalen's mentor, Harvard Law Professor Charles Ogletree, Jr. serves as Board Chair.
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BELL launches BELL Summer to impact children's academic and social achievements during the summer. By 2005 BELL Summer scholars gain an average of 6 months of reading, writing and math skills for the fifth consecutive summer.
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BELL expands to New York
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BELL receives the President's Service Award from Bill Clinton.
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BELL expands to Washington, D.C.
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100% of BELL Scholars move up and out of "Failing" category for the first of five consecutive years.
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BELL partners with venture philanthropy firm New Profit, Inc. BELL also partners with Monitor and Bridgespan Group to create its first strategic plan to expand its impact on children.
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BELL and the Boston Red Sox partner to create the Field of Dreams Gala and the Red Sox Scholars Program.
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BELL grows BELL After School in New York City from 300 scholars to more than 2,000 scholars, using philanthropic donations and sustainable government funding streams.
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BELL begins educating children in Baltimore, Maryland
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BELL educates over 8,000 children nationwide.
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BELL is recognized as one of the "top 25 organizations changing the world" by Fast Company and the Monitor Group.
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BELL's board approves a five-year strategic plan for the organization which outlines BELL's growth to 15,000 scholars and five regions by 2011..
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The Urban Institute and Mathematica Policy Research release the results of a two-year, independent evaluation of BELL Summer that finds scientific proof of BELL Summer significantly increasing children's reading skills. To read the Institute's report: http://www.urban.org/publications/411350.html
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BELL serves over 12, 650 scholars through its summer and after school programs in its fifteenth year.
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President George Bush signs the STEP UP Act into law as part of the American COMPETES Act, designating $100M to fund high quality summer learning programs modeled after BELL and Teach Baltimore of the Center for Summer Learning..
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BELL, the New England Patriots and Fidelity Investments host the first annual BELL Bowl flag football challenge at Gillette Stadium to benefit BELL Summer.
