Delaware · Private foundation
The Beta 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.
- $486k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations The Beta Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k 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 | 17 | $336k | 47% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $341k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $1.2M | 53% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $1.5M | 20% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $378k | 54% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $147k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $85k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Children's Hospital | $1,500,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | $600,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lifespan Research Institution | $260,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Ichor Research Institute Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Fractured Atlas Inc | $190,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Oshman Family Jewish Community Center | $133,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pension Rights Center | $130,000 | 6 | 3% |
| American Federation for Aging Research Inc | $110,000 | 2 | 1% |
| American Indian College Fund | $100,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Heritage Projects Foundation | $75,000 | 2 | 28% |
Show all 28 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($151k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Beta Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 28 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Jewish Communal Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Verizon Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good
How this is measured
About The Beta Foundation
- How much does The Beta Foundation give?
- The Beta Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $485,700 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does The Beta Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (68%), Arts & Culture (8%), International (4%).
- Who are The Beta Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Texas Children's Hospital ($1.5M), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center ($600k), Lifespan Research Institution ($260k).
- Does The Beta Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Beta 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 Beta Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Verizon Foundation.
- Where is The Beta Foundation based?
- The Beta Foundation is based in DE.
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