Delaware · Private foundation
Fred Beans Charitable Foundation
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.
- $100k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $11M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Fred Beans Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $100k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $200k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $200k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $200k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salute 2 Service | $100,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Veterans Multi-Service Center Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Alpha Bravo Canine | $50,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Atheletes Helping Atheletes Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 36% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bucks County Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Meals on Wheels of Central Bucks Co | $50,000 | 1 | 46% |
| A Woman's Place | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Chester County Food Bank | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bucks County Heroes Scholarship Fund | $40,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Bucks County Intermediate Unit Education Foundation | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salute 2 Service | $100,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Veterans Multi-Service Center Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Alpha Bravo Canine | $50,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Atheletes Helping Atheletes Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 36% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bucks County Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Meals on Wheels of Central Bucks Co | $50,000 | 1 | 46% |
| A Woman's Place | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Chester County Food Bank | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bucks County Heroes Scholarship Fund | $40,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Bucks County Intermediate Unit Education Foundation | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bucks for Kids | $40,000 | 1 | 57% |
| Bucks County Opportunity Council Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bucks County Free Library | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Twilight Wish Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Next Step Programs Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Abington Police Pal Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Fred Beans Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Fred Beans Charitable Foundation
- How much does Fred Beans Charitable Foundation give?
- Fred Beans Charitable Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $100,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Fred Beans Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (55%), Food & Nutrition (15%), Education (13%).
- Who are Fred Beans Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Salute 2 Service ($100k), Veterans Multi-Service Center Inc ($100k), Alpha Bravo Canine ($50k).
- Does Fred Beans Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Fred Beans Charitable Foundation 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 Fred Beans Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Fred Beans Charitable Foundation based?
- Fred Beans Charitable Foundation is based in DE.
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