Iowa · Private foundation
B E C K Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $26k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $641
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $11,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 13
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $48k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations B E C K Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $550 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $26k | 47% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $27k | 23% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $14k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $13k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $10k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $13k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Human Choice of Iowa | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| International Messengers | $7,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Above and Beyond Cancer Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Strands of Strength Inc | $2,400 | 5 | 0% |
| Compassion International Incorporated | $1,746 | 3 | n/a |
| Magnolia Bible Church Inc | $1,350 | 3 | n/a |
| Self-Help International | $1,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Global Outreach International Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Single Parent Provision | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lighthouse Family Retreat Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Human Choice of Iowa | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| International Messengers | $7,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Above and Beyond Cancer Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Strands of Strength Inc | $2,400 | 5 | 0% |
| Compassion International Incorporated | $1,746 | 3 | n/a |
| Magnolia Bible Church Inc | $1,350 | 3 | n/a |
| Self-Help International | $1,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Global Outreach International Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Single Parent Provision | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lighthouse Family Retreat Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Freedom for Youth Ministries | $205 | 1 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Calvary Chapel Chino Hills | $108 | 1 | n/a |
| Des Moines Refugee Support | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Ellipsis Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Dmacc Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($72k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget B E C K Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Mary K and Daniel M Kelly Family Foundation C/O Dan Kelly · The Merchants Bonding Company Foundation · Meredith Corporation Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · R & R Realty Group Foundation · EMC Insurance Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
About B E C K Foundation
- How much does B E C K Foundation give?
- B E C K Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $26,253 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 13 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does B E C K Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (61%), Health (23%), International (16%).
- Who are B E C K Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: The Human Choice of Iowa ($10k), International Messengers ($7k), Above and Beyond Cancer Inc ($5k).
- Does B E C K Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does B E C K Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as B E C K Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, The Blackbaud Giving Fund, Mary K and Daniel M Kelly Family Foundation C/O Dan Kelly.
- Where is B E C K Foundation based?
- B E C K Foundation is based in IA.
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