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Beavers Charitable Trust

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.

$1.4M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
48
Grants FY2025
22
Organizations funded FY2024
41%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$250,000
Organizations funded a year
8 to 22
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
14
Total assets, FY2025
$38M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 41% of the organizations Beavers Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 56% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $850k 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
EducationCommunity ImprovementOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving29$1.4M45%
FY202422$1.5M41%
FY202322$1.6M55%
FY202215$650k73%
FY20218$255k25%
FY202022$1.5M32%
FY201915$1.3M33%
FY201816$1.4M63%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$11MRecreation & Sports$275kArts & Culture$200kPhilanthropy$100kScience & Tech$25kEmployment$25kCommunity Improvement$5k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
WA
ID
MT
MN
IL
NY
OR
SD
IA
IN
PA
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
VA
AZ
KS
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Pennsylvania State University$450,0002n/a
California State University Sacramento$415,0003n/a
University of Washington$367,5004n/a
University of the Pacific$228,50040%
University of Nebraska Foundation$203,50010%
Utah Valley University$200,0001n/a
South Dakota State University Foundation$200,00020%
Chico Cm Education Foundation$187,500320%
University of Colorado Foundation$182,50030%
Montana State University Foundation Inc$175,00030%
Show all 35 grantees
All grantees of Beavers Charitable Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Pennsylvania State University$450,0002n/a
California State University Sacramento$415,0003n/a
University of Washington$367,5004n/a
University of the Pacific$228,50040%
University of Nebraska Foundation$203,50010%
Utah Valley University$200,0001n/a
South Dakota State University Foundation$200,00020%
Chico Cm Education Foundation$187,500320%
University of Colorado Foundation$182,50030%
Montana State University Foundation Inc$175,00030%
Trustees of Purdue University$170,0005n/a
Oregon State University Foundation$150,00010%
The University Foundation at Sacramento State$150,00011%
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$148,13910%
University of Washington Foundation$80,00010%
Northern Arizona University Foundation$67,50020%
Boise State University Foundation Inc$65,00020%
Brigham Young University$65,0004n/a
Long Beach State Foundation$61,00010%
Kansas State University Foundation$60,00010%
University of California Berkeley Foundation$50,00010%
Washington State Univeristy$50,0001n/a
University of Arizona Foundation$50,00020%
Missouri Western State University Foundation Inc$50,00011%
Montana Technological University Foundation$45,00030%
California State University Long Beach Research Foundation$42,50020%
Agc Education and Research Foundation Inc$25,00012%
University of Alaska$25,0001n/a
University of Alaska Foundation$20,00020%
Cal Poly Pomona Philanthropic Foundation$15,00010%
University Foundation$15,0001n/a
University of California- Davis$15,0001n/a
Central Washington University Foundation$10,00010%
Clarkson University$5,00810%
Underground Contractors Association$5,00011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 52 recipients with no EIN on record ($6.9M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Beavers Charitable Trust supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of the Pacific: $228,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Nebraska Foundation: $203,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSouth Dakota State University Foundation: $200,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetChico Cm Education Foundation: $187,500 over 3y, 20% of budgetUniversity of Colorado Foundation: $182,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMontana State University Foundation Inc: $175,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetOregon State University Foundation: $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe University Foundation at Sacramento State: $150,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetArizona State University Foundation for a New American University: $148,139 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Washington Foundation: $80,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNorthern Arizona University Foundation: $67,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBoise State University Foundation Inc: $65,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLong Beach State Foundation: $61,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKansas State University Foundation: $60,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of California Berkeley Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMissouri Western State University Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMontana Technological University Foundation: $45,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCalifornia State University Long Beach Research Foundation: $42,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAgc Education and Research Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetUniversity of Alaska Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCal Poly Pomona Philanthropic Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCentral Washington University Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetClarkson University: $5,008 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnderground Contractors Association: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 25.

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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.

The Blackbaud Giving FundSC11.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Shell USA Company Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

Compare Beavers Charitable Trust with peer funders

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How do I get to Beavers Charitable Trust?

Find your warmest path to Beavers Charitable Trust 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.

About Beavers Charitable Trust

How much does Beavers Charitable Trust give?
Beavers Charitable Trust reported 48 grants totaling $1,441,639 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Beavers Charitable Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (94%), Recreation & Sports (2%), Arts & Culture (2%).
Who are Beavers Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Pennsylvania State University ($450k), California State University Sacramento ($415k), University of Washington ($368k).
Does Beavers Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Beavers Charitable Trust 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 Beavers Charitable Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Blackbaud Giving Fund, Shell USA Company Foundation, Enterprise Holdings Foundation.
Where is Beavers Charitable Trust based?
Beavers Charitable Trust is based in CA.

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 88 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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