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Beal 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.

$6.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$4.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Science & Tech$6.0MSocial Science$4.0MEducation$3.0MArts & Culture$1.2MHealth$1.0MPhilanthropy$64kRecreation & Sports$38kPublic Benefit$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k17 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $55k
  • $250k+2 grants · $6.0M
$2,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$41k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CUMMINGS INSTITUTE$4,000,000
HARVARD UNIVERSITY$2,000,000
SHED NYC INC$25,000
WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION$20,000
MORSE LIFE FOUNDATION$10,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY$6,000
WILAHMENAS PLACE INC$2,500
SOCCER UNITY PROJECT$2,500
LOUIS D BROWN PEACE INSTITUTE$2,500
BOSTON LGBTQ MUSEUM OF ART HISTORY$2,500
CATHOLIC CHARITIES BOSTON$2,500
COURAGEOUS SAILING CENTER FOR YOUTH INC$2,000
PALM BEACH COUNTRY CLUB FOUNDATION$2,000
URBAN LEAGUE OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS$2,000
GIRL'S LEAP$2,000
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 (FY17–24, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $2k → 17%MORSE LIFE FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%URBAN LEAGUE OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS: $2k → 16%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.
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.

57%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.7M · 12 repeat orgs$4.3M to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
17

Total granted

$5.7M
$252k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+58%

Still filing today

58%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 1% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • CA
    CONCORD ACADEMY
    5× · 2018–2022 · $3.0M · revenue +17%
  • TI
    TEAM IMPACT INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $75k · revenue +181%
  • UC
    UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF NEW YORK CITY INC
    2× · 2018–2022 · $20k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • MM
    METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ARTgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $86k · revenue +58%
  • CH
    Children's Hospital Corporationgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +78%
  • AT
    APOLLO THEATER FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue -14%
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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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3
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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4
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
5
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
6
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
7
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
8
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
10
Trustees of Boston University

Organization's mission: boston university is an international, comprehensive, private research university, committed to educating students to be reflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world.…

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11
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Team Impact Inc; the most unlike its peers is Metropolitan Museum of Art. 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

38 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. 38 of the 51 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/38
Grantees still filing
22/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

President and Fellows of Harvard College: $6,000,000 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Harvard CollegeCONCORD ACADEMY: $3,000,000 · EducationCONCORD ACADEMY+4 more: $44,500 · EducationBENJAMIN FRANKLIN CUMMINGS INSTITUTE: $4,000,000 · OtherBENJAMIN FRANKLIN CUMMINGS INSTITUTENEW YORK - PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL: $910,000 · OtherNEW YORK - PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITALIndividual grant recipient: $600,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+25 more: $126,600 · OtherSHED NYC INC: $1,050,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $86,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $55,500 · Arts & CultureTEAM IMPACT INC: $75,000 · PhilanthropyENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $6,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $4,000 · PhilanthropyChildren's Hospital Corporation: $25,000 · HealthUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF NEW YORK CITY INC: $20,000 · HealthCHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $5,000 · HealthTEAM FIRST: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsLEAP SELF-DEFENSE INC: $2,000 · Recreation & SportsWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION: $20,000 · Science & Tech
Education$9,044,500Other$5,636,600Arts & Culture$1,191,500Philanthropy$110,000Health$50,000Recreation & Sports$27,000Science & Tech$20,000

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 budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $6,000,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCONCORD ACADEMY: $3,000,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetSHED NYC INC: $1,050,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $86,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM IMPACT INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAPOLLO THEATER FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTEAM FIRST: $25,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetCREATIVE TIME INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF NEW YORK CITY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPREP FOR PREP: $14,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIPP FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON HARBOR NOW INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD SPORTS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JIMI GUBELLI FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 2y, 29% of budgetEXPLORING THE ARTS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITABLE BUREAU OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOCCER UNITY PROJECT INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLOUIS D BROWN PEACE INSTITUTE CORP: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF EASTERN MASSCHUSETTS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLEAP SELF-DEFENSE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOURAGEOUS SAILING CENTER FOR YOUTH INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGAVIN FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPALM BEACH COUNTRY CLUB FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAPPIN FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FOP ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHALEY HOUSE INC & AFFILIATES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFONTAINEBLEAU ASSOCIATIONS: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL THEATRE IN AMERICA INC: $500 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.

Boston Foundation IncEastern Bank Foundati…Cummings Foundation G…Boston Charitable Tru…Arbella Insurance Fou…Combined Jewish Phila…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…National Philanthropi…The Pfizer Foundation…
Boston Foundation IncMA21.4× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Boston Charitable Trust Fund City of Boston Trust Office · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc

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 Beal Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Beal Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: 63% of income from government
  • Boston Harbor Now Inc: 45% of income from government
  • Louis D Brown Peace Institute Corp: 32% of income from government
  • Gavin Foundation Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Courageous Sailing Center for Youth Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Soccer Unity Project Inc: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Beal Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Beal Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 51 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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