Virginia · Private foundation
The Beck Foundation Inc
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $419k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 65
- Grants FY2026
- 61
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 48%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $115,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 35 to 61
- FY2020 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 20
- Total assets, FY2026
- $4.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 48% of the organizations The Beck Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $77k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 57 | $419k | 23% |
| FY2025 | 61 | $451k | 48% |
| FY2024 | 55 | $401k | 56% |
| FY2023 | 45 | $362k | 47% |
| FY2022 | 42 | $479k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 36 | $328k | 42% |
| FY2020 | 35 | $365k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2026.
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 FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas State University System Foundation Inc | $1,155,000 | 7 | 2% |
| George Mason University Foundation Inc | $627,975 | 3 | 0% |
| Uncw Corporation | $60,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Inova Health System Foundation | $25,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Eye Tumor Research Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Georgetown University | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Food Allergy Research & Education Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Shashamane Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 22% |
| Compassion & Choices | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 87 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 72 recipients with no EIN on record ($614k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Beck Foundation Inc 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: United Way of the National Capital Area · The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Give Lively Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation · Aetna Foundation Inc · America's Charities · Duke Energy Foundation · Mutual of America Foundation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Assurant Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Beck Foundation Inc
- How much does The Beck Foundation Inc give?
- The Beck Foundation Inc reported 65 grants totaling $418,840 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 35 and 61 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2025.
- What does The Beck Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (70%), Religion (11%), Health (8%).
- Who are The Beck Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2026: Arkansas State University System Foundation Inc ($1.2M), George Mason University Foundation Inc ($628k), Uncw Corporation ($60k).
- Does The Beck Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 48% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Beck Foundation Inc 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 Beck Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of the National Capital Area, The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc, Ge Aerospace Foundation.
- Where is The Beck Foundation Inc based?
- The Beck Foundation Inc is based in VA.
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