Alabama · Public charity
Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund
The fund is devoted to the benefit of mankind, the education of youth, the relief of human suffering, and propagation of the christian religion. This mission is carried out by awarding grants. No programs are conducted.
- $2.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 65
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 76
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 16%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.6M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $382,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 61 to 97
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $53M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 16% of the organizations Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $142k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 65 | $1.6M | 14% |
| FY2023 | 76 | $1.7M | 16% |
| FY2022 | 68 | $1.7M | 15% |
| FY2021 | 94 | $1.8M | 21% |
| FY2020 | 97 | $1.9M | 36% |
| FY2019 | 75 | $1.5M | 35% |
| FY2018 | 61 | $1.4M | 31% |
| FY2017 | 69 | $1.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ipc | $2,458,320 | 8 | n/a |
| Presbyterian Retirement Homes of Birmingham Inc | $922,935 | 8 | 1% |
| First Light Inc | $541,000 | 8 | 4% |
| Stair of Birmingham | $488,000 | 8 | 15% |
| Summer Adventures in Learning | $441,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Lift Up the Vulnerable Inc | $359,667 | 7 | 9% |
| Outreach Foundation of the Presbyterian Church Inc | $325,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Medical Missions Inc Attn Todd Garrett | $320,350 | 7 | 40% |
| Teach for America Inc | $300,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Living River a Retreat on the Cahaba Inc | $292,000 | 6 | 14% |
Show all 195 grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($84k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 164 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.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Protective Life Foundation · Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation · Robert R Meyer Foundation · The Joseph S Bruno Charitable Foundation · Altecstyslinger Foundation · United Way of Central Alabama Inc · Junior League of Birmingham Inc
How this is measured
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About Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund
- How much does Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund give?
- Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund reported 65 itemized grants totaling $1,642,440, out of $2,019,791 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 61 and 97 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (19%), Education (18%), Human Services (17%).
- Who are Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Ipc ($2.5M), Presbyterian Retirement Homes of Birmingham Inc ($923k), First Light Inc ($541k).
- Does Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, The Daniel Foundation of Alabama, Protective Life Foundation.
- Where is Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund based?
- Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund is based in AL.
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