Massachusetts · Private foundation
Tiny Beam Fund Inc
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.
- $331k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 68%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $74,706
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 25
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $11M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 68% of the organizations Tiny Beam Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 63% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $233k 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 | $331k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $369k | 68% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $339k | 62% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $321k | 76% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $163k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Charity Evaluators | $81,120 | 4 | 1% |
| New York University | $71,547 | 4 | 0% |
| Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy | $36,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Brighter Green Inc | $35,295 | 2 | 4% |
| Animal Equality | $34,550 | 3 | 0% |
| Aquatic Life Institute Inc | $24,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Global Food Partners Inc | $13,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Emory University | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Humane League | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Resources Institute | $11,669 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Charity Evaluators | $81,120 | 4 | 1% |
| New York University | $71,547 | 4 | 0% |
| Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy | $36,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Brighter Green Inc | $35,295 | 2 | 4% |
| Animal Equality | $34,550 | 3 | 0% |
| Aquatic Life Institute Inc | $24,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Global Food Partners Inc | $13,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Emory University | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Humane League | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Resources Institute | $11,669 | 1 | 0% |
| Sdsn Association Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | $9,986 | 1 | n/a |
| Humane America Animal Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Mercy for Animals Inc | $1,555 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 52 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Tiny Beam Fund 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.
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How this is measured
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About Tiny Beam Fund Inc
- How much does Tiny Beam Fund Inc give?
- Tiny Beam Fund Inc reported 17 grants totaling $330,536 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 25 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Tiny Beam Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (29%), Health (24%), Food & Nutrition (7%).
- Who are Tiny Beam Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Animal Charity Evaluators ($81k), New York University ($72k), Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy ($36k).
- Does Tiny Beam Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 68% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Tiny Beam Fund 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 Tiny Beam Fund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Quinn Foundation, Effective Ventures Foundation USA Inc, Rsf Social Finance Inc.
- Where is Tiny Beam Fund Inc based?
- Tiny Beam Fund Inc is based in MA.
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