New York · Private foundation
James A Beha Foundation Inc
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.
- $10k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $196k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations James A Beha Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 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 | 12 | $10k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $7k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $17k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $14k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $14k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $6k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $8k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York Law School | $12,000 | 9 | 0% |
| St Marys Church | $11,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Sts Peter & Paul Preservation Corp | $10,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Part of the Solution | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $2,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Sco Family of Services | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Inner City Scholarship Fund Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Cornelia Connely Center for Education | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Windham Community Food Pantry | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Action of Greene County Inc | $750 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York Law School | $12,000 | 9 | 0% |
| St Marys Church | $11,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Sts Peter & Paul Preservation Corp | $10,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Part of the Solution | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $2,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Sco Family of Services | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Inner City Scholarship Fund Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Cornelia Connely Center for Education | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Windham Community Food Pantry | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Action of Greene County Inc | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Homefront Inc | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Come to Believe Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($37k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget James A Beha Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About James A Beha Foundation Inc
- How much does James A Beha Foundation Inc give?
- James A Beha Foundation Inc reported 12 grants totaling $9,750 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does James A Beha Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (42%), Religion (34%), Human Services (17%).
- Who are James A Beha Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: New York Law School ($12k), St Marys Church ($11k), Sts Peter & Paul Preservation Corp ($10k).
- Does James A Beha Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James A Beha Foundation Inc 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 James A Beha Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is James A Beha Foundation Inc based?
- James A Beha Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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