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Bethann Laign-Beeman at a glance

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Bethann Laign-Beeman

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.

$22k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0188% 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$64kAnimals$28kHousing & Shelter$15kPhilanthropy$10kHealth$10kEducation$7kEnvironment$5kFood & Nutrition$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$12,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$285k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MIDDLEBURG COMMUNITY CENTER$12,000
BLUE RIDGE WILDLIFE RESCUE$10,000
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 (FY18–18, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 4%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%SEVEN LOAVES SERVICES INC: $1k → 4%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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$111k · 6 repeat orgs$45k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +113% since the first grant, against +78% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
9

Total granted

$111k
$45k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+113%
+78%

Still filing today

83%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
PhilanthropyAnimalsHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesEducationHealthOther
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

  • MC
    MIDDLEBURG COMMUNITY CENTER INC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $64k · revenue +38%
  • MH
    MIDDLEBURG HUMANE FOUNDATION
    3× · 2018–2022 · $15k · revenue +139%
  • GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $10k · revenue +113%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +78%
  • FF
    FAUNA & FLORA INTERNATIONAL USA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +554%
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
Habitat for Humanity of Rutland County Inc

Provide affordable housing for low-income individuals and families.

Housing & Shelter
2
Mid-York Senior Homes Inc

Mid-york senior homes is a 72 unit housing complex that provides affordable housing to senior citizens.

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3
Historic Middlebrook Preservation T
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4
Mid Peninsula Seven Trees Inc

In conjuction with related organizations, mid-peninsula seven trees inc's mission is to provide safe, affordable housing of high quality to those in need; to establish stability and opportunity in the lives of residents; and to foster…

Housing & Shelter
5
Greater Fredericksburg Habitat for Humanity

Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope to realize our vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. greater fredericksburg habitat for humanity…

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6
Habitat for Humanity Greater Wenatchee Area

Our mission is to provide decent and affordable housing to eligible families in partnership with god, the families and our community.

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7
Habitat for Humanity International Albany Area

Habitat for humanity works in partnership with god and people everywhere, from all walks of life, to develop communities with people in need by building and renovating houses, so that there are decent houses in decent communities in which…

Housing & Shelter
8
Habitat for Humanity of the Tri-State Inc

Construction/repair of homes for qualified low-income individuals and families. homes are sold based on fair market value as established by a third-party, independent appraisal with no homebuyer paying more than 30% of their monthly income…

Housing & Shelter
9
Habitat for Humanity International Inc Coffee Co Alabama

To build humane habitats for disadvantaged people. construction of new homes for low income individuals/families.

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10
Habitat for Humanity Susquehanna Inc

As a reflection of god's love and in partnership with the community, habitat for humanity susquehanna seeks to create homeownership opportunity by building, renovating and repairing homes.

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11
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Watertown Region

Seek to put gods love into action by bringing people together to build homes, communities and hope. to make decent shelter a matter of conscience with people everywhere.

Housing & Shelter
12
Middlesex Habitat for Humanity of Connecticut Inc

Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope to realize our vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. middlesex habitat for humanity of…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Habitat for Humanity of Long Island Inc; the most unlike its peers is Grand Teton National Park Foundation. 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

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

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 15 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
8/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MIDDLEBURG COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $64,000 · OtherMIDDLEBURG COMMUNITY CENTER INCBLUE RIDGE WILDLIFE RESCUE: $13,000 · OtherBLUE RIDGE WILDLIFE RESCUEIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $5,000 · OtherWINDY HILL FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherSPROUT THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyGRAND TETO…FAUNA & FLORA INTERNATIONAL USA INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyFAUNA & FL…MIDDLEBURG HUMANE FOUNDATION: $14,500 · AnimalsMIDDLEBURG…MIDDLEBURG MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $7,100 · EducationST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 · HealthHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF LONG ISLAND INC: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterSeven Loaves Services Inc: $2,000 · Human Services
Other$107,000Philanthropy$15,000Animals$14,500Education$7,100Health$5,000Housing & Shelter$5,000Human Services$2,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMIDDLEBURG COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $64,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetMIDDLEBURG HUMANE FOUNDATION: $14,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMIDDLEBURG MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $7,100 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAUNA & FLORA INTERNATIONAL USA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWINDY HILL FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF LONG ISLAND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSeven Loaves Services Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.9% 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.

Frank Mangano Foundat…James Lessing Kleebla…The Anna McWane Chari…McGraw FoundationThe Luminescence Foun…Wise FoundationFauquier Health Found…The Community Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Fidelity Investments …
Frank Mangano FoundationOH15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Frank Mangano Foundation · James Lessing Kleeblatt Memorial Foundation Inc · The Anna McWane Charitable Foundation · McGraw Foundation · The Luminescence Foundation Inc · Wise Foundation · Fauquier Health Foundation Dba the Path Foundation · The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Bethann Laign-Beeman funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bethann Laign-Beeman. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.
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    How do I get to Bethann Laign-Beeman?

    Find your warmest path to Bethann Laign-Beeman 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 15 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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