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The Beamer Family Foundation

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.

$107k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Education$70kHealth$34kRecreation & Sports$25kHousing & Shelter$10kArts & Culture$10kPublic Safety & Disaster$5kYouth Development$2kReligion$400Other$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k16 grants · $37k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$1,800
Median grant
2
States reached
$50k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HAMMOND SCHOOL$50,012
SC FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME$20,000
SOUTH CAROLINA ETV$5,000
THE THERAPY PLACE$5,000
NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR$5,000
ALEX ENGLISH GOLF TOURNAMENT$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
CAYCE WEST COLUMBIA LIOIONS CLUB$2,250
Individual grant recipient$1,800
BOYS AND GRILS CLUB$1,000
WATKINS NANCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL$1,000
JACKSON CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL$1,000
CAYCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL$1,000
GADSDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL$1,000
LOWER RICHLAND SCHOOL$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%FAMILY PROMISE OF THE MIDLANDS: $5k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

29%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$47k · 4 repeat orgs$115k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +75% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
8

Total granted

$47k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+75%
+14%

Still filing today

75%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 11% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $95k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • PH
    PRISMA HEALTH MIDLANDS FOUNDATION F/K/A PALMETTO HEALTH FOUNDATION
    3× · 2021–2023 · $21k · revenue +132%
  • TT
    THE THERAPY PLACE INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $10k · revenue +75%
  • EE
    ETV Endowment of South Carolina Inc
    2× · 2023–2024 · $10k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • MS
    MEETING STREET SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +14%
  • FP
    FAMILY PROMISE OF THE MIDLANDS HOMELESS ASSISTANCE
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • FP
    FAMILY PROMISE OF THE MIDLANDS INC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +4%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Francis Parker School

To create and inspire a diverse community of independent thinkers whose academic excellence, global perspective, and strength of character prepare them to make a meaningful difference in the world.

Education
2
Springmont School Inc

Springmont provides a learning environment where diversity of thought and global perspective empower students to be inquisitive, knowledgeable, independent, compassionate and effective.

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3
The Philadelphia School

The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.

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4
Perry Street Preparatory Public Charter School

To develop socially responsible leaders while transforming public education.

Education
5
Presbyterian School

Family, School, and Church united in the education and support of each child - this is the founding premise upon which Presbyterian School nurtures and challenges its students. The school provides an educational program of the highest…

Education
6
Families Empowered

Families empowered is a texas-based non-profit with a vision that one day, all families will have access to schools that work for them. the organization is one of the pioneers of 'demand-side' parent engagement strategies and is the only…

Education
7
Family Partnership Home Study Charter School

To develop and implement a comprehensive framework to enable and support parents from a wide variety of educational levels to educate students in a k-12 home study environment. the school develops a full partnership with students, parents,…

Education
8
The Fund for Public Schools Inc

The fund for public schools is dedicated to supporting new york city's public schools with private, philanthropic investment from foundations, individuals, businesses, and other charitable partners.

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9
Providence Preparatory School

Providence preparatory school is a christian, classical, collaborative prek-12 school.

Education
10
Spartanburg Day School

The mission of the spartanburg day school is to provide a superior educational experience, in a community of trust, that prepares students for a life well lived. spartanburg day school is dually accredited by southern association of…

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11
Forest Park Montessori School

The mission of Forest Park Montessori School is to provide an authentic Montessori school in which the children develop a love of life and learning within a safe, peaceful, intimate setting.www.forestparkmontessori.org

Education
12
Eton School Foundation

In educating the whole child, eton school inspires creative, confident thinkers who have an enduring passion for learning and are poised to contribute to the world.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Prisma Health Midlands Foundation F/K/a Palmetto Health Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Therapy Place Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

8 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 8 of the 27 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
7/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SC FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME: $20,000 · OtherSC FOOTBALL HALL OF FAMEIndividual grant recipient: $6,300 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR: $5,000 · OtherNATIONAL MEDAL OF HONORALEX ENGLISH GOLF TOURNAMENT: $5,000 · OtherALEX ENGLISH GOLF TOURNAMENTFAMILY PROMISE OF THE MIDLANDS HOMELESS ASSISTANCE: $5,000 · OtherFAMILY PROMISE OF THE MIDLANDS HOMELESS A…UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA DANCE MARATHON: $2,500 · OtherCAYCE WEST COLUMBIA LIOIONS CLUB: $2,250 · Other+11 more: $8,863 · Other+11 moreHAMMOND SCHOOL: $50,012 · EducationHAMMOND SCHOOLMEETING STREET SCHOOLS: $5,000 · EducationMEETING STREET SCHOOLS+1 more: $400 · EducationPRISMA HEALTH MIDLANDS FOUNDATION F/K/A PALMETTO HEALTH FOUNDATION: $21,000 · HealthPRISMA HEALTH …THE THERAPY PLACE INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentETV Endowment of South Carolina Inc: $10,000 · Arts & CultureFAMILY PROMISE OF THE MIDLANDS INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesFISHER DEBERRY FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Other$59,913Education$55,412Health$21,000Youth Development$10,000Arts & Culture$10,000Human Services$5,000Philanthropy$1,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHAMMOND SCHOOL: $50,012 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPRISMA HEALTH MIDLANDS FOUNDATION F/K/A PALMETTO HEALTH FOUNDATION: $21,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE THERAPY PLACE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetETV Endowment of South Carolina Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEETING STREET SCHOOLS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF THE MIDLANDS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFISHER DEBERRY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFOREST LAKE ELEMENTARY: $400 over 1y, 2.0% of budget
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 HAMMOND SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds PRISMA HEALTH MIDLANDS FOUNDATION F/K/A PALMETTO HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE THERAPY PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds ETV Endowment of South Carolina Inc ↗
  • Who funds MEETING STREET SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF THE MIDLANDS INC ↗
  • Who funds FISHER DEBERRY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FOREST LAKE ELEMENTARY ↗

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.

Central Carolina Community FoundationSC13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Central Carolina Community Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Beamer Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Beamer Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 27 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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