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Newton & Rochelle Becker Charitable Trust

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.

$5.4M
Granted FY2021
106
Grants FY2021
99
Organizations funded FY2021
32%
First-time grantees FY2021
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59% of Newton & Rochelle Becker Charitable Trust’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 34 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Newton & Rochelle Becker Charitable Trust named its own grantees at scale: 81 organizations, $5M. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

36
’17
58
’18
57
’19
61
’20
81
’21
60
’22
58
’23
34
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Median grant, FY2021
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2021
$940,000
Organizations funded a year
39 to 99
FY2017 to FY2021
States reached, FY2021
12
Total assets, FY2021
$157M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2021, 32% of the organizations Newton & Rochelle Becker Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $621k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21
InternationalEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesReligionCivil RightsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202199$4.0M32%
FY202082$3.1M29%
FY201979$3.0M51%
FY201865$1.9M57%
FY201739$1.6Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$17MInternational$8.2MReligion$2.3MEnvironment$2.2MEducation$1.6MArts & Culture$1.5MPublic Benefit$1.3MCivil Rights$1.0MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
ID
IL
NY
MA
OR
IN
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MD
NM
NC
DC
AL
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Newton & Rochelle Becker Charitable Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Friends of Elnet$1,460,65565%
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc$695,00051%
Middle East Media and Research Institute Inc$625,00026%
Israel on Campus Coalition Inc$530,00052%
International Rescue Committee INC$525,00050%
American Friends of Tel Aviv Univ$479,00070%
Jewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco Marin & Peninsula$411,00053%
Opendor Media Inc$410,00063%
Jerusalem Foundation Inc$359,00052%
Israel Emergency Alliance$352,00061%
Interfaithfamilycom Inc$340,00045%
American Foreign Policy Council$287,00053%
Fairvote$265,50033%
Jewish Learningworks$249,60072%
Washington Institute for Near East Policy$231,25060%
Honestreportingcom Inc$225,00034%
Jewish Institute for National Security of America$220,00061%
Community Venture Partners Inc$213,000641%
Art Over Hate Collective Inc F/K/N Artists 4 Israel Inc$200,000518%
San Francisco Food Bank$200,00050%
Foundation for Jewish Camp Inc$198,00050%
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies Inc$196,50051%
Center for Creative Change$185,000311%
Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc$175,00060%
Onetable Inc$175,00051%
Sixpoint Inc$165,00023%
United Nations Watch - USA$162,50035%
American Israel Education Foundation Inc$150,00060%
Aice Inc American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise$150,000515%
The Aspen Institute Inc$150,00040%
Issue One$150,00021%
Anti-Defamation League$145,00030%
Central Fund of Israel$138,00020%
America-Israel Friendship League Inc$135,00053%
Bernard Osher Marin Jewish Community Center$128,80070%
Jewish Funders Network$127,09780%
Millennial Action Project Dba Future Caucus$125,00023%
Hacks Hackers$125,00053%
Western States Center$125,00031%
Oshman Family Jewish Community Center$121,20080%
Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy$115,00046%
San Francisco Symphony$100,00070%
National Jewish Policy Center$100,00018%
Atlantic Council of the United States Inc$100,00010%
Moishe House$95,00030%
Saint Mary's College of California$90,00020%
The Rand Corporation$90,00060%
Jumpstart Labs Inc DBA Jewish JUMPSTART JSLABS$86,25035%
Jimena Inc$86,000213%
San Francisco Jewish Community Publications Inc$80,00022%
More in Common Inc$80,00022%
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco$77,45080%
Friends of Israel Initiative Inc$75,000327%
California School of Mechanical Arts$73,50060%
Community of Writers$70,00055%
Center for Entrepreneurial Jewish Philanthropy Inc$70,00023%
Jewbelong Inc$63,50021%
Sixteen Rivers Press Inc$61,0007n/a
Council on Foreign Relations Inc$60,00060%
Children's Hospital & Research Cntr Fndn$58,50030%
Congregation Rodef Sholom of Marin$57,0001n/a
American Jewish Committee$55,00020%
Lehrhaus Judaica dba HAMAQOM The Place$55,00023%
Temple Ner Tamid$53,0002n/a
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums$50,00050%
Common Ground Committee Inc$50,00012%
Jewish Community Centers Association of North America$50,00020%
Fuente Latina Inc$50,00014%
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$50,00020%
American Friends of the Aladdin Project Inc$50,000148%
First Draft News Inc$50,00011%
Alpha Epsilon Pi Foundation$50,00031%
Razom Inc$50,00010%
To Be Honest$50,00014%
New Lehrhaus The Bay Area Hub for Adult Jewish Learning$50,000122%
Leading Edge Allianceinc$50,00021%
American Friends of the College of Management Inc$50,000134%
Protect Our Power$50,0001n/a
Reut USA$50,00021%
Mediators Foundation Inc$50,00012%
Marin Academy$49,50040%
The News Literacy Project Inc$45,00012%
Syracuse University$40,00030%
Education First Cambodia$40,00087%
World Central Kitchen Inc$40,00010%
The Israel Project$40,00011%
California Film Institute$38,50070%
University of California Berkeley Foundation$35,00020%
Scholars for Peace in the Middle East$35,00022%
Sierra Club Foundation$30,00060%
Israel-America Academic Exchange$30,00031%
Hillel at Ucla$30,00021%
Small Press Distribution Inc$30,00031%
Center for a New American Security Inc$30,00010%
Union for Reform Judaism$30,0001n/a
Peninsula Temple Beth El$28,0006n/a
The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America$25,00010%
Reboot Inc$25,00011%
Center for Jewish Community Studies$25,00012%
The Henry Jackson Society Inc$25,00015%
Facing History & Ourselves Inc$25,00010%
American Friends of Reichman University Inc$25,00010%
The Philos Project Inc$25,00010%
Heart of A Nation$25,00016%
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$25,00010%
America Abroad Media Inc$25,00013%
Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles$20,00010%
Birthright Israel Foundation$20,00010%
Machne Israel Inc$19,0001n/a
Equal Justice Initiative$18,00050%
Friends of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy & Security Inc$15,00017%
Peninsula Temple Sholom$15,0007n/a
The Middle East Peace Dialogue Network Inc$15,00011%
Pacific Institute$15,0003n/a
Beyond Differences$15,00030%
American Friends of Israel Philharmonic Orchestra$14,00030%
Center for Israel Education Inc$13,00012%
Chabad of Carnegie Mellon University Inc$12,6006n/a
Friends of the Team Program$10,0002n/a
Lehigh University$10,00050%
American Friends of Yeshivat Hesder Sderotinc$10,00011%
Slingshot Fund Inc$10,00011%
The Contemporary Jewish Museum$10,00010%
Prison University Project Inc Dba Mount Tamalpais College$10,00010%
Pacific University$10,00010%
Center for Venture Education$10,00010%
Save The Children Federation Inc$10,00010%
Americans for Ben-Gurion University Inc$10,00010%
Bay Area Teacher Training Institute$10,00011%
California Poets in the Schools$10,00012%
Friends of Israeli Flying Aid Inc$10,0001n/a
Teatro Paraguas Inc$10,000111%
Research - Eval - Promoting Org Respon & Transparency - Report - Inc$10,00011%
Center for Emerging Futures Inc$10,00016%
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art$9,73510%
Spirit Rock Meditation Center$7,5001n/a
Topsham Public Library$7,50011%
Larkin Street Youth Services$6,92020%
Marin Open Studios$6,00013%
Mercy Housing California$5,00010%
BLUE BEAR SCHOOL of MUSIC$5,00010%
Chabad Student Center North Orange County$5,0001n/a
Community Youth Center of San Francisco$5,00010%
Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Inc$5,00010%
San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center$5,00010%
Marin Theatre Company$5,00010%
Duke University$5,00010%
University of Miami$4,00020%
Palm Beach Orthodox Synagogue Inc$3,6001n/a
Masorti Foundation for Conservative Judaism in Israel$3,0001n/a
American Jewish University$2,50010%
Assistance League of Los Angeles$2,50010%
Out Montclair Inc$2,50011%
A Wider Bridge$2,00020%
Brandeis School of San Francisco$1,80010%
Intersection for the Arts$1,00010%
Israeli-American Council$1,00010%
Oakland Parks and Recreation Foundation$1,00010%
Chabad at Lehigh Inc$5001n/a
Prince of Peace Episcopal Church$5001n/a
Chp 11-99 Foundation$5001n/a
Peak Grantmaking Inc$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 61 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Newton & Rochelle Becker Charitable Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 143 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFriends of Elnet: $1,460,655 over 6y, 5.3% of budgetFoundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc: $695,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetMiddle East Media and Research Institute Inc: $625,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetIsrael on Campus Coalition Inc: $530,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $525,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Tel Aviv Univ: $479,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetJewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco Marin & Peninsula: $411,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetOpendor Media Inc: $410,000 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetJerusalem Foundation Inc: $359,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetIsrael Emergency Alliance: $352,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetInterfaithfamilycom Inc: $340,000 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetAmerican Foreign Policy Council: $287,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetFairvote: $265,500 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetJewish Learningworks: $249,600 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetWashington Institute for Near East Policy: $231,250 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetHonestreportingcom Inc: $225,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetJewish Institute for National Security of America: $220,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetCommunity Venture Partners Inc: $213,000 over 6y, 41% of budgetArt Over Hate Collective Inc F/K/N Artists 4 Israel Inc: $200,000 over 5y, 18% of budgetSan Francisco Food Bank: $200,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Jewish Camp Inc: $198,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetThe Poynter Institute for Media Studies Inc: $196,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCenter for Creative Change: $185,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetCenter for Disaster Philanthropy Inc: $175,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetOnetable Inc: $175,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetSixpoint Inc: $165,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetUnited Nations Watch - USA: $162,500 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetAmerican Israel Education Foundation Inc: $150,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAice Inc American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise: $150,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetThe Aspen Institute Inc: $150,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetIssue One: $150,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $145,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCentral Fund of Israel: $138,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAmerica-Israel Friendship League Inc: $135,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetBernard Osher Marin Jewish Community Center: $128,800 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetJewish Funders Network: $127,097 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetMillennial Action Project Dba Future Caucus: $125,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetHacks Hackers: $125,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetWestern States Center: $125,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetOshman Family Jewish Community Center: $121,200 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetInstitute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy: $115,000 over 4y, 6.0% of budgetSan Francisco Symphony: $100,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNational Jewish Policy Center: $100,000 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetAtlantic Council of the United States Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMoishe House: $95,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSaint Mary's College of California: $90,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Rand Corporation: $90,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJumpstart Labs Inc DBA Jewish JUMPSTART JSLABS: $86,250 over 3y, 4.8% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 143.

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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.

The Newton D & Rochelle F Becker FoundationCA68.2× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Newton D & Rochelle F Becker Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Koret Foundation · The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation Dba Jim Joseph Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Milstein Family Foundation · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · The Marcus Foundation Inc · Fjc · Goodman Family Supporting Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago

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.

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How do I get to Newton & Rochelle Becker Charitable Trust?

Find your warmest path to Newton & Rochelle Becker Charitable Trust 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.

About Newton & Rochelle Becker Charitable Trust

How much does Newton & Rochelle Becker Charitable Trust give?
Newton & Rochelle Becker Charitable Trust reported 106 grants totaling $5,384,708 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 39 and 99 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
What does Newton & Rochelle Becker Charitable Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (44%), International (22%), Religion (6%).
Who are Newton & Rochelle Becker Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Friends of Elnet ($1.5M), Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc ($695k), Middle East Media and Research Institute Inc ($625k).
Does Newton & Rochelle Becker Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2021, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Newton & Rochelle Becker Charitable Trust 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 Newton & Rochelle Becker Charitable Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Newton D & Rochelle F Becker Foundation, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, Koret Foundation.
Where is Newton & Rochelle Becker Charitable Trust based?
Newton & Rochelle Becker Charitable Trust is based in CA.

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 238 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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