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Beacom Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$186k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$236kReligion$150kCivil Rights$140kHealth$121kEducation$64kArts & Culture$62kInternational$54kFood & Nutrition$49kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $46k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $140k
$6,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$3.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES$25,000
ST LAMBERT CATHOLIC CHURCH$25,000
ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH$25,000
SAN MARCO CATHOLIC CHURCH$25,000
PROGRESS UNITY FUND$20,000
THE TREVOR PROJECT$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
SIOUX FALLS CARES$6,000
HUNGRY HEARTS$6,000
MCCROSSAN BOYS RANCH$5,000
ROCKY MOUNTAIN DOWN SYNDROME$5,000
SD COALITION ENDING DOM VIOLENCE$5,000
BISHOP DUDLEY HOUSE$5,000
BLACK HILLS PARKS & FOREST ASSOC$5,000
CENTER OF HOPE$3,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $63k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 32% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PROGRESS UNITY FUND: $20k → 10%THE TIPI RAISERS: $14k → 7%HUNGRY HEARTS: $6k → 5%HUNGRY HEARTS INC: $10k → 5%DAKOTABILITIES: $10k → 9%CENTER OF HOPE: $3k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
SD
CA
CO
TN
DC
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

31%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$305k · 12 repeat orgs$680k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
44

Total granted

$305k
$552k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+32%

Still filing today

83%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $128k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsCivil RightsInternationalFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • LS
    LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF SOUTH DAKOTA
    4× · 2019–2024 · $64k · revenue +23%
  • SF
    SIOUX FALLS CARES INC
    3× · 2019–2024 · $21k · revenue +39%
  • TREVOR PROJECT INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $20k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • AC
    ALPHA CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +31%
  • SJ
    ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH SPEARFISH
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • SL
    ST LAMBERT CATHOLIC CHURCH SIOUX FALLS
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Feeding South Dakota

To eliminate hunger in south dakota.

Food & Nutrition
2
Great Plains Food Bank

End hunger together.

Food & Nutrition
3
South Dakota Voices for Peace

Sd voices for peace provides five programming areas to assist vulnerable communities access services throughout the state: legal services, multilingual outreach, training and education, advocacy and civic engagement and rapid response.

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4
Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

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5
Credit Union Association of the Dakotas

The association works to promote member credit unions as being safe and sound institutions for insured deposits, responsible lending, and the best place for consumers to receive financial services.

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6
Southeastern North Dakota Community Action Agency

Southeastern north dakota community action agency (sendcaa) was formed in 1965 to provide a range of services and activities in a six county area designed to alleviate poverty and give low-income people the opportunity to improve their…

Human Services
7
Sd Association of Healthcare Organizations

Advancing healthy communities through a unified voice across the health care continuum.

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8
Regional West Health Services

Health care services for the people of western nebraska and eastern wyoming.

Health
9
Senior Life Resources Northwest

To preserve and enhance the quality of life at home, with dignity and care.

Human Services
10
St Cloud Downtown Alliance Foundation

Enhancing and strengthening our community and our regional core.

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11
Catholic Charities North Dakota

Guided by our values, Catholic Charities North Dakota serves people in need and advocates for the common good of all.

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12
Minnesota Business Partnership

The minnesota business partnership's mission is to maintain a high quality of life for all minnesotans by ensuring that the state's economy remains strong, globally competitive and its prospects for growth bright by working with elected…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota; the most unlike its peers is Western Hills Humane Society. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

44 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 44 of the 68 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
44/44
Grantees still filing
35/44
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF SOUTH DAKOTA: $63,550 · OtherLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF SOUTH DAKOTAVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA INC: $50,000 · OtherVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA INCSAN MARCO CATHOLIC CHURCH: $25,000 · OtherST JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH SPEARFISH: $25,000 · OtherST LAMBERT CATHOLIC CHURCH: $25,000 · OtherST JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH: $25,000 · OtherST LAMBERT CATHOLIC CHURCH SIOUX FALLS: $25,000 · OtherSAN MARCO CATHOLIC CHURCH MARCO ISLAND: $25,000 · Other+36 more: $338,365 · Other+36 moreALPHA CENTER: $100,000 · Civil RightsALPHA CENTERTREVOR PROJECT INC: $20,000 · Civil RightsTREVOR PROJECT…SOUTH DAKOTA RIGHT TO LIFE COMMITTEE INC: $10,000 · Civil RightsSOUTH DAKOTA R…Progress Unity Fund: $20,000 · Human ServicesHUNGRY HEARTS INC: $16,000 · Human ServicesTHE TIPI RAISERS: $13,550 · Human ServicesDAKOTABILITIES INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesCENTER OF HOPE: $3,000 · Human ServicesSouth Dakota Ballet Co: $38,550 · Arts & CultureCRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $13,550 · Arts & CultureCOLORADO BALLET: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE LOST AND FOUND ASSOCIATION: $13,550 · HealthLIFESCAPE: $10,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 · HealthROCKY MOUNTAIN DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 · HealthGLOBAL DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthMCCROSSAN BOYS RANCH: $5,000 · HealthBLACK HILLS PARKS & FORESTS ASSOCIATION: $22,000 · Recreation & SportsHelping Kids Round First: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OLYMPICS SOUTH DAKOTA INC: $8,000 · Recreation & SportsDakota Alliance Soccer Club: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsSIOUX FALLS CARES INC: $21,000 · PhilanthropySANFORD HEALTH FOUNDATION: $13,550 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Other$601,915Civil Rights$130,000Human Services$62,550Arts & Culture$62,100Health$48,550Recreation & Sports$45,000Philanthropy$35,550

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetALPHA CENTER: $100,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF SOUTH DAKOTA: $63,550 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSouth Dakota Ballet Co: $38,550 over 2y, 25% of budgetBLACK HILLS PARKS & FORESTS ASSOCIATION: $22,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetSIOUX FALLS CARES INC: $21,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetProgress Unity Fund: $20,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF SIOUX FALLS: $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetKENADI JEAN WEIS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 42% of budgetTHE BANQUET: $17,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHUNGRY HEARTS INC: $16,000 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetHELPLINE CENTER INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE TIPI RAISERS: $13,550 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetCRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $13,550 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSANFORD HEALTH FOUNDATION: $13,550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LOST AND FOUND ASSOCIATION: $13,550 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetLIFESCAPE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOLORADO BALLET: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTH DAKOTA RIGHT TO LIFE COMMITTEE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetHelping Kids Round First: $10,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDAKOTABILITIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNDN COLLECTIVE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEMBE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS SOUTH DAKOTA INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNAMI Central Texas: $7,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBADLANDS NATIONAL PARK CONSERVANCY: $7,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MINNESOTA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAMERICAN NEAR EAST REFUGEE AID: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDakota Alliance Soccer Club: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWestern Hills Humane Society: $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Colorado: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMCCROSSAN BOYS RANCH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTRIDER EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $4,350 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCENTER OF HOPE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWEDONTWASTE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER URBAN GARDENS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetILLUMINATIVE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIOUX FALLS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Sioux Falls Area Comm…South Dakota Communit…Midcontinent Foundati…First Interstate Banc…Sanford Group ReturnAvera HealthLarson FoundationThe Mike Cindy and Ky…Sheldon F Reese Found…The Graco FoundationGreg and Pam Sands Fo…Levo Cares Foundation
Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation IncSD47.6× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc · South Dakota Community Foundation · Midcontinent Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Sanford Group Return · Avera Health · Larson Foundation · The Mike Cindy and Kylie Huether Family Foundation · Sheldon F Reese Foundation · The Graco Foundation · Greg and Pam Sands Foundation · Levo Cares Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Beacom Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Beacom Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 68 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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