· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k7 grants · $19k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $130k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $225k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER | $75,000 |
| UCLA FOUNDATION BOTANICAL GARDEN | $50,000 |
| THE LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| ALLIANCE FOR CHILDERN'S RIGHTS | $50,000 |
| HFA GIFT FUND | $30,000 |
| UCLA FOUNDATION MOVEMENT DISORDER RESEARCH | $20,000 |
| WILL ROGERS MOTION PICTURE FUND | $20,000 |
| UCLA FOUNDATION PSYCHOLOGY CHAIRS DISCRETIONARY FUND | $20,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| THE CHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| LOS ANGELES YOUTH ORCHESTRA | $5,000 |
| COLLINS AND KATZ YMCA | $5,000 |
| SHERMAN OAKS NURSERY SCHOOL | $4,500 |
| WE SPARK | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
US giving: 69% of grant dollars ($2.0M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 31% that went abroad ($906k) is mapped below.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $233k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 12% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
Beyond the US: 31% of all-years giving ($906k)
1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $180k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
Indiana University Foundation5× · 2020–2024 · $260k · revenue +162%- MLMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION5× · 2021–2025 · $205k · revenue +52%
- AFALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS6× · 2020–2025 · $145k · revenue +60%
Funded once
- UMUCLA MOVEMENT DISORDER RESEARCHone grant, 2024 · $30k
- TDTeach Democracygraduatedone grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +201%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $13k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…
Promotion and advancement of children's health through patient care, research, and education.
To serve the public by producing world-class opera that preserves, promotes and advances the art form while embodying the diversity, spirit and artistic sensibility unique to los angeles. we envision an engaged and enlightened community in…
The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…
The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.
The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.
The jonsson cancer center foundation is the single most important vehicle for raising private funds for cancer research at ucla and plays a key role in advancing cancer treatments and care. please see schedule o for additional information.
The scripps research institute ("tsri") performs high impact basic biomedical research, improves the human condition by fostering translation of its discoveries into useful products and engages in the highest quality graduate scientific…
Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.
The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.
The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.
The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…
How this is measured
24 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 24 of the 39 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds Indiana University Foundation ↗
- Who funds WILL ROGERS MOTION PICTURE PIONEERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS ↗
- Who funds CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC ↗
- Who funds SIERRA CANYON SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Teach Democracy ↗
- Who funds CASA OF LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds Los Angeles Youth Orchestra ↗
- Who funds WESPARK INC ↗
- Who funds ACCESS BOOKS ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds THE SHERMAN OAKS NURSERY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds MICHIGAN THEATER FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds SANTA MONICA SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds Nuzzles & Co ↗
- Who funds TUESDAY MUSICAL ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Beam Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Beam Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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