Washington, D.C. · Private foundation
James R and Linda Beers 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.
- $275k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 28
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations James R and Linda Beers Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 | 17 | $275k | 24% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $63k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $44k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $163k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $158k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $81k | 39% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $57k | 19% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $58k | 20% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friendship Place | $211,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Higher Achievement Program Inc | $104,754 | 2 | 0% |
| George Mason University Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $38,406 | 9 | 0% |
| National Archives Foundation | $37,476 | 8 | 0% |
| Caring for Military Families the Elizabeth Dole Foundation | $31,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the D of C | $28,756 | 9 | n/a |
| Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc | $27,000 | 9 | 0% |
| A Wider Circle Inc | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| National Gallery of Art | $21,325 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 47 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($225k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget James R and Linda Beers 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Inc · Latino Economic Development Corporation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
Compare James R and Linda Beers Foundation Inc with peer funders
About James R and Linda Beers Foundation Inc
- How much does James R and Linda Beers Foundation Inc give?
- James R and Linda Beers Foundation Inc reported 17 grants totaling $275,098 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does James R and Linda Beers Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (35%), Education (24%), Housing & Shelter (21%).
- Who are James R and Linda Beers Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Friendship Place ($211k), Higher Achievement Program Inc ($105k), George Mason University Foundation Inc ($100k).
- Does James R and Linda Beers Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James R and Linda Beers 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 R and Linda Beers Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, Ibm International Foundation, Clark-Winchcole Foundation.
- Where is James R and Linda Beers Foundation Inc based?
- James R and Linda Beers Foundation Inc is based in DC.
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