California · Private foundation
The Beam 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.
- $374k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 17
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations The Beam Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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 | 18 | $374k | 56% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $278k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $256k | 7% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $285k | 19% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $325k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $298k | n/a |
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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana University Foundation | $260,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation | $235,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation | $205,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Alliance for Children's Rights | $145,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | $125,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Human Rights Watch Inc | $112,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Sierra Canyon School | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Teach Democracy | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Casa of Los Angeles | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Youth Orchestra | $18,000 | 5 | 1% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana University Foundation | $260,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation | $235,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation | $205,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Alliance for Children's Rights | $145,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | $125,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Human Rights Watch Inc | $112,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Sierra Canyon School | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Teach Democracy | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Casa of Los Angeles | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Youth Orchestra | $18,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Wespark Inc | $17,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Access Books | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Bradley Marc Ginsburg Scholarship Foundation Corp | $12,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Children's Tumor Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Sherman Oaks Nursery School | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Michigan Theater Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Actors' Fund of America | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Santa Monica Symphony Association | $2,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Nuzzles & Co | $507 | 1 | 0% |
| Tuesday Musical Association | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($478k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Beam Foundation 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: California Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Beam Foundation
- How much does The Beam Foundation give?
- The Beam Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $374,350 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 17 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Beam Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (22%), Education (20%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are The Beam Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Indiana University Foundation ($260k), Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation ($235k), Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation ($205k).
- Does The Beam Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Beam 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 The Beam Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is The Beam Foundation based?
- The Beam Foundation is based in CA.
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