Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Beker 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.
- $2.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 141
- Grants FY2024
- 125
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 83 to 141
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $53M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations The Beker Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $149k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 136 | $2.1M | 24% |
| FY2023 | 125 | $1.8M | 17% |
| FY2022 | 141 | $1.8M | 30% |
| FY2021 | 136 | $1.6M | 52% |
| FY2020 | 83 | $1.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solomon Schechter Day School Inc | $626,293 | 5 | n/a |
| The Shalem Foundation | $357,800 | 5 | 1% |
| Metrowest Jewish Day School Inc Attn F David Rothkopf | $323,178 | 5 | 4% |
| Grub Street Inc | $316,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $305,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Keshet Inc | $243,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Social Innovation Forum Inc | $170,440 | 5 | 6% |
| Jewish Family & Children's Service Inc | $162,850 | 3 | 0% |
| Esplanade Association Inc | $158,000 | 5 | 2% |
| The Frisch School | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 175 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 74 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Beker Foundation 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: Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · The Klarman Family Foundation · The Cabot Family Charitable Trust · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund · Barr Foundation · Riley Mabel Louise Tr Uwill · The Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation · Boston After School & Beyond Inc
How this is measured
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About The Beker Foundation
- How much does The Beker Foundation give?
- The Beker Foundation reported 141 grants totaling $2,367,661 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 83 and 141 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Beker Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (30%), Arts & Culture (11%), Religion (8%).
- Who are The Beker Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Solomon Schechter Day School Inc ($626k), The Shalem Foundation ($358k), Metrowest Jewish Day School Inc Attn F David Rothkopf ($323k).
- Does The Beker Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Beker Foundation 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 Beker Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation, Boston Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Beker Foundation based?
- The Beker Foundation is based in MA.
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