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The Beck Family Foundation at a glance

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The Beck 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.

$243k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$63k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$456kHealth$430kYouth Development$171kArts & Culture$100kPhilanthropy$100kEducation$62kCivil Rights$12kHousing & Shelter$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $130k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $113k
$40,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE UTAH$62,500
PEOPLE'S HEALTH CLINIC$50,000
PARK CITY COMMMUNITY FOUNDATION$40,000
BIG BROTHERS OF UTAH$35,000
CHILDREN'S CENTER$30,000
KIMBALL ART CENTER$25,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–19, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%NEW STORY: $10k → 13%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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 14 repeat orgs$55k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
5

Total granted

$1.3M
$55k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+47%

Still filing today

57%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationCivil 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S CENTER UTAH
    6× · 2019–2024 · $213k · revenue +175%
  • PH
    People's Health Clicnic
    3× · 2019–2024 · $145k · revenue +240%
  • Y
    YOUTHLINC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $6k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $30k
  • NS
    NEW STORY INC
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +0%
  • UA
    UTMD ANDERSON
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
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
Equality Utah Foundation

To secure equal rights and protections for lgbtq utahns and their families.

Civil Rights
2
Utah's Promise

Utah's promise (up) is committed to 100% of kids and families thriving. we unify leaders, partners, communities and systems to achieve that promise.

Philanthropy
3
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art

The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art believes in the power of the art of our time. Through programming, advocacy, and collaboration, we work with artists and communities to build a better world.

Arts & Culture
4
Utah Public Health Association

The Utah Public Health Association (UPHA) is a statewide membership organization dedicated to improving the health of Utah communities by supporting and representing the public health workforce. UPHA advances public health through…

Health
5
Girl Scouts of Utah

Girl scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place.

Youth Development
6
Utah World Trade Center

World trade center utah accelerates growth for utah companies through our global networks, programs, and services.

Community Improvement
7
Utah Humanities Council

Utah Humanities collaborates with libraries, museums, historical societies, schools, colleges, and cultural and civic groups; provides capacity-building opportunities for volunteers and professionals in the cultural sector; presents…

Arts & Culture
8
Utah Foundation

Utah foundation's mission is to produce objective, thorough and well- reasoned research and analysis that promotes the effective use of public resources, a thriving economy, a well-prepared workforce and a high quality of life for utahns.…

Public Benefit
9
The Community Foundation of Utah

We are utah's partner in philanthropy, pioneering innovation and collaboration to invest in our community today for a brighter tomorrow.

Philanthropy
10
Utah Center for Legal Inclusion

Advance fairness, opportunity, and inclusion in the legal profession.

Civil Rights
11
Utah Donor Collaborative

Democracy Means Equality, Freedom & Justice: It means having a representative government. UDC is here to transform Utah politics and ensure that every voice counts.

—
12
Women's Leadership Institute of Utah

We elevate women into leadership so they can elevate utah's families, businesses, and communities in return.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Equality Utah; the most unlike its peers is Z Girls Foundation. 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

11 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. 11 of the 20 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
7/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CHILDREN'S CENTER UTAH: $212,500 · OtherTHE CHILDREN'S CENTER UTAHINTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE UTAH: $190,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE UTAHBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS: $100,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERSWECHARITY: $75,000 · OtherWECHARITYBIG BROTHERS OF UTAH: $70,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS OF UTAHPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $62,500 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODWATERFORD SCHOOL: $40,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · Other+4 more: $25,000 · OtherWE CHARITY WILLIAM C MORAN & ASSOC PC: $260,000 · InternationalWE CHARITY WILLIAM C …+2 more: $10,500 · InternationalPeople's Health Clicnic: $145,000 · HealthPeople's He…PARK CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 · PhilanthropyKimball Art Center: $100,000 · Arts & CultureWESTMINSTER UNIVERSITY: $18,000 · EducationEQUALITY UTAH: $12,000 · Civil Rights
Other$805,000International$270,500Health$145,000Philanthropy$100,000Arts & Culture$100,000Education$18,000Civil Rights$12,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWE CHARITY WILLIAM C MORAN & ASSOC PC: $260,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S CENTER UTAH: $212,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetPeople's Health Clicnic: $145,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetPARK CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetKimball Art Center: $100,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetWESTMINSTER UNIVERSITY: $18,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEQUALITY UTAH: $12,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetNEW STORY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTHLINC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNITE TO LIGHT INC: $4,500 over 3y, 0.6% 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 WE CHARITY WILLIAM C MORAN & ASSOC PC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S CENTER UTAH ↗
  • Who funds People's Health Clicnic ↗
  • Who funds PARK CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Kimball Art Center ↗
  • Who funds WESTMINSTER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds EQUALITY UTAH ↗
  • Who funds NEW STORY INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTHLINC ↗
  • Who funds UNITE TO LIGHT INC ↗
  • Who funds Z GIRLS FOUNDATION ↗

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.

American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Endowment FoundationOH10.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Beck Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Beck Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 20 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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