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Beckman Coulter Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$385k
Granted FY2022
64
Grants FY2022
10
States reached
$17k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your fieldRead
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01What you fund
0187% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2022.

Education$123kHealth$77kScience & Tech$53kArts & Culture$26kPhilanthropy$24kAnimals$15kYouth Development$12kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kOther$0
02FY2022 · 64 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 64 grants below total $367,699 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $385,199 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $17,500 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k44 grants · $161k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $207k
$5,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ACHW Rewards for Women Sciences, Inc.$16,500
CSULB 49er Foundation$10,000
Oak Crest Institute of Science$10,000
Harvey Mudd College$10,000
Association for Women in Science, Inc.$10,000
Zoological Society of San Diego$10,000
Friends of the Children's Museum at LH$10,000
Cal State Fullerton Philanthropic Fnd$10,000
American Red Cross of Orange County$10,000
Conner Prairie Museum, Inc.$10,000
Chapman University$10,000
Whittier College$10,000
Science Education Foundation of Indiana$10,000
Orange County Science & Engineering Fair$10,000
Page Education Foundation$10,000
02Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Scripps Research Institute

The scripps research institute ("tsri") performs high impact basic biomedical research, improves the human condition by fostering translation of its discoveries into useful products and engages in the highest quality graduate scientific…

Health
2
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
3
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
4
Society for Science & the Public

Society for science is a champion for science, dedicated to expanding scientific literacy, effective stem education and scientific research.

Science & Tech
5
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University

Stanford university is one of a select group of american universities that have achieved eminence in both undergraduate and graduate education and research - cont'd sch o.

Education
6
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
7
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

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8
William Marsh Rice University

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…

Education
9
National Science and Technology Medals Foundation Inc

The nstmf's mission is to build inclusive stem communities across the united states. fundamental to these communities are the significant, inspirational connections we foster between the individuals who have received national recognition…

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10
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
11
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

The mission of the institute has remained constant since its founding in 1953. as its restated articles of incorporation state the primary purpose and objective of the howard hughes medical institute shall be the promotion of human…

Health
12
The Graduate School of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research

The graduate school of the stowers institute for medical research ("gssimr") exempt purpose is to provide graduate education that will prepare scholars for scientific research in the biological sciences.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Tiger Woods Foundation Inc and the most unlike its peers is Whittier College. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Girls Stem Education Progra…College Foundation SupportChildhood Cancer SupportLocal History MuseumsPublic School District Foun…Community Hospital SystemsEnvironmental Advocacy and …
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 37 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%0%<5yr15%0%5–10yr20%14%10–20yr17%35%20–35yr11%17%35–55yr13%35%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%0%<5yr15%0%5–10yr20%12%10–20yr17%35%20–35yr11%9%35–55yr13%45%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/33
the rest of the field
14%
26,003/186,945

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

03the grantee network

33 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 33 of the 60 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
22/33
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ACHW Rewards for Women Sciences, Inc. — $16,500 · OtherACHW Rewards for Women Sciences, Inc.National Multiple Sclerosis Society -SD — $15,000 · OtherNational Multiple Sclerosis Society -SDFIRST — $15,000 · OtherFIRSTAmerican Red Cross of Orange County — $10,000 · OtherFriends of the Children's Museum at LH — $10,000 · OtherPAGE EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $10,000 · OtherSCIENCE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF INDIANA INC — $10,000 · OtherCal State Fullerton Philanthropic Fnd — $10,000 · OtherORANGE COUNTY SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR INC — $10,000 · OtherAssociation for Women in Science, Inc. — $10,000 · OtherTamahar Trust — $7,500 · Other+25 more — $80,726 · Other+25 moreScripps College — $10,000 · EducationScripps CollegeLONG BEACH STATE FOUNDATION — $10,000 · EducationLONG BEACH STATE FOUNDATIO…UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION — $10,000 · EducationUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATIONWhittier College — $10,000 · EducationWhittier CollegeHarvey Mudd College — $10,000 · EducationHarvey Mudd CollegeCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY — $10,000 · EducationCHAPMAN UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION — $10,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FO…SPARKPATH INC — $7,500 · EducationSPARKPATH INCFRIENDS OF FULLERTON COLLEGE — $5,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF FULLERTON COLLE…TIGER WOODS FOUNDATION INC — $4,750 · EducationTIGER WOODS FOUNDATION INCOAK CREST INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE — $10,000 · Science & TechELEMENTARY INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE — $5,000 · Science & TechBIOCOM INSTITUTE — $3,500 · Science & TechZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO — $15,000 · AnimalsConner Prairie Museum Inc — $10,000 · Arts & CultureSCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA — $5,000 · Arts & CultureHEART AND SOUL CLINIC INC — $5,000 · HealthJACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $2,573 · HealthMOVEMBER FOUNDATION — $2,500 · HealthATLANTA RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES INC — $2,500 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $1,650 · HealthST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 · PhilanthropyTHE HOPE CHEST FOR BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION — $5,000 · PhilanthropyJunior Achievement of Greater New Orleans Inc — $3,000 · International
Other$204,726Education$87,250Science & Tech$18,500Animals$15,000Arts & Culture$15,000Health$14,223Philanthropy$10,000International$3,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetScripps College — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConner Prairie Museum Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLONG BEACH STATE FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAGE EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWhittier College — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCIENCE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF INDIANA INC — $10,000 over 1y, 30% of budgetORANGE COUNTY SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR INC — $10,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetHarvey Mudd College — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOAK CREST INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPARKPATH INC — $7,500 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetPEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF ORANGE COUNTY — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEART AND SOUL CLINIC INC — $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetELEMENTARY INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOPE CHEST FOR BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF FULLERTON COLLEGE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBREA EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $4,999 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetTIGER WOODS FOUNDATION INC — $4,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMinnesota Academy of Science — $3,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBIOCOM INSTITUTE — $3,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCARLSBAD EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJunior Achievement of Greater New Orleans Inc — $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $2,573 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOVEMBER FOUNDATION — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $1,650 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SAN DIEGO INC — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Charities Aid Foundat…The Blackbaud Giving …Broadcom FoundationRite Aid Healthy Futu…Jewish Community Foun…United Way WorldwideOrange County Communi…The San Diego Foundat…Sempra FoundationEnterprise Holdings F…Mightycause Charitabl…Silicon Valley Commun…
Charities Aid Foundation AmericaVA15.6× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charities Aid Foundation America · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Broadcom Foundation · Rite Aid Healthy Futures · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · United Way Worldwide · Orange County Community Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

03Through Plinth

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How do I get to Beckman Coulter Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Beckman Coulter 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 60 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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