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The Beir 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.

$597k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$3.2MArts & Culture$326kHealth$324kPhilanthropy$139kHuman Services$91kReligion$52kInternational$20kAnimals$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $7k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $40k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CALHOUN SCHOOL$500,000
BOWDOIN COLLEGE$50,000
THE CALHOUN SCHOOL$25,000
CHILDREN'S ACADEMY$15,000
COOKE SCHOOL AND INSTITUTE$7,000
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 (FY17–25, $308k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%THE JEWISH BOARD: $30k → 17%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $2k → 6%THE JEWISH BOARD: $30k → 17%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $2k → 6%THE JEWISH BOARD: $30k → 17%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $2k → 6%COOKE SCHOOL AND INSTITUTE: $10k → 17%COOKE SCHOOL AND INSTITUTE: $4k → 17%COOKE SCHOOL AND INSTITUTE: $4k → 17%COOKE SCHOOL AND INSTITUTE: $4k → 17%COOKE SCHOOL AND INSTITUTE: $2k → 17%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $1k → 6%THE JEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $30k → 17%THE JEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES: $30k → 17%THE JEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES: $30k → 17%THE JEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $30k → 17%COOKE SCHOOL AND INSTITUTE: $20k → 17%COOKE SCHOOL AND INSTITUTE: $20k → 17%COOKE SCHOOL AND INSTITUTE: $20k → 17%COOKE SCHOOL AND INSTITUTE: $7k → 17%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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.2M · 26 repeat orgs$52k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
8

Total granted

$4.2M
$52k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
0%

Still filing today

77%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyReligionOther
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

  • JB
    JEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $210k · revenue +5%
  • TY
    THE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION
    7× · 2017–2024 · $155k · revenue +31%
  • BC
    Bowdoin College
    3× · 2023–2025 · $103k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • IR
    International Rescue Committee INC
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue -2%
  • CA
    CHILDREN'S ACADEMY NYC
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
  • CC
    COOKE CENTER
    one grant, 2017 · $8k
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
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
2
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
3
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
4
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
5
Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust

The museum of jewish heritage - a living memorial to the holocaust is new york's contribution to the global responsibility to never forget. see schedule o for additional information.

Arts & Culture
6
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
8
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
9
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
10
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
11
Manhattan University

Manhattan university is an independent catholic instituion of higher learning that embraces qualified men and women of all faiths, cultures, and traditions. the mission of manhattan university is to provide a contemporary, person-centered…

Education
12
The Mount Sinai Hospital

Mount sinai is committed to the advancement of the art and science of medicine through clinical excellence. the central mission consists of high-quality patient care and teaching conducted in an atmosphere of social concern and scholarly…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Board of Family & Children's Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee 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

24 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. 24 of the 34 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
17/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CALHOUN SCHOOL INC: $3,038,500 · EducationTHE CALHOUN SCHOOL INC+3 more: $149,500 · EducationJEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $210,000 · Human ServicesCOOKE SCHOOL AND INSTITUTE: $91,000 · Human Services+1 more: $7,000 · Human ServicesUNITED JEWISH APPEAL: $105,000 · OtherUNITED JE…THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: $45,000 · OtherTHE METRO…THIRTEEN WNET: $40,000 · OtherTHIRTEEN …CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE: $30,000 · OtherCENTRAL S…Individual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherIndividua…JEWISH RESOURCE CENTER CHABAD OF: $22,000 · OtherJEWISH RE…CHILDREN'S ACADEMY NYC: $15,000 · OtherTHE NEW YORK TIMES COMMUNITIES FUND: $31,200 · OtherTHE NEW Y…International Rescue Committee INC: $20,000 · OtherInternati…+9 more: $31,900 · Other+9 moreTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $155,000 · ReligionThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $80,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $35,000 · HealthVISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK: $14,000 · HealthFOUNTAIN HOUSE INC: $11,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $6,000 · Health+1 more: $800 · HealthSHINING STARS FOUNDATION: $40,000 · Recreation & Sports
Education$3,188,000Human Services$308,000Other$370,100Religion$155,000Arts & Culture$81,000Health$66,800Recreation & Sports$40,000

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 budgetTHE CALHOUN SCHOOL INC: $3,038,500 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetJEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $210,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $155,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBowdoin College: $102,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOOKE SCHOOL AND INSTITUTE: $91,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $80,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Childrens Academy: $40,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSHINING STARS FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NEW YORK TIMES COMMUNITIES FUND: $31,200 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK: $14,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNTAIN HOUSE INC: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetETHICAL CULTURE FIELDSTON SCHOOL: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCHALLENGE ASPEN: $7,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ASPEN ANIMAL SHELTER: $5,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTHE HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL AND TOLERANCE CENTER OF NASSAU COUNTY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $3,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $3,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BUDDY PROGRAM INC: $1,900 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJAZZ AT ASPEN-SNOWMASS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASCENDIGO AUTISM SERVICES INC: $800 over 1y, 0.0% 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 THE CALHOUN SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Bowdoin College ↗
  • Who funds COOKE SCHOOL AND INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
  • Who funds The Childrens Academy ↗
  • Who funds SHINING STARS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE NEW YORK TIMES COMMUNITIES FUND ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds VISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds FOUNTAIN HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds ETHICAL CULTURE FIELDSTON SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CHALLENGE ASPEN ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ASPEN ANIMAL SHELTER ↗
  • Who funds THE HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL AND TOLERANCE CENTER OF NASSAU COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS ↗
  • Who funds ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE BUDDY PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds JAZZ AT ASPEN-SNOWMASS ↗
  • Who funds ASCENDIGO AUTISM SERVICES INC ↗

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.

Jewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY13.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Beir Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Beir 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%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 34 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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