Texas · Nonprofit
BEACON STATE FUND
BEACON STATE FUND (Texas) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $53,925 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($14,525). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $735k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $54k
- Net assets
- $549k
What Beacon State Fund does
Mission
The Beacon State Fund was set up to engage in activities that educate and improve civic participation of Texas citizens by promoting community leadership and volunteerism; by fostering reading and literacy; and by holding one or more conferences annually and periodic seminars or gatherings to discuss, teach, encourage, recognize, or otherwise promote community leadership, volunteerism, reading, and literacy; and to recognize outstanding dedication and contributions to these goals by all Texans, especially by women and particularly women in the public sector.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Governor Greg Abbott, First Lady Cecilia Abbott, and the Texas Governor's Commission for Women announced in 2025 the inaugural Texas Women's Leadership Conference (TWLC) to promote the insights, skills, and professional networks that empower professional women to thrive in Texas.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Texas Women's Leadership Conference: The Texas Women's Leadership Conference, hosted by Cecilia Abbott, First Lady of Texas, and the Texas Governor's Commission for Women serves as a platform for empowering leaders in state government and business leadership. The conference equips participants with the knowledge, skills, and connections needed to lead with excellence and drive progress for Texas.
$196,970 spent$95,676 earned by the program53% of program spendingTexas Women's Hall of Fame: The Texas Women's Hall of Fame honors the state's most accomplished women in areas such as the arts, science, education, business, community service, health, sports, and more. The Hall of Fame ensures that the achievements and contributions of women across Texas are written into the state's legacy.
$77,862 spent$12,354 earned by the program21% of program spendingLegislative Luncheon: The Governor's Commission for Women hosts the Legislative Luncheon each session year. This event provides a unique opportunity to celebrate the leadership, vision, and contributions of women in the Texas Legislature. The luncheon goes beyond celebration, serving as a platform to highlight the pivotal role women legislators play in shaping Texas' future. Through unwavering dedication and service, these leaders address the diverse needs of communities statewide, driving policies that impact the lives of all Texans.
$32,448 spent9% of program spendingAdditional Program Services: Adoption & Foster Care, Commission for Women, Heart Galleries of Texas, Holiday Wishes Program and Women-Owned Business Series
$62,783 spent$531 earned by the program17% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $370,063.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $187k to $549k (+194%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
85% of BEACON STATE FUND’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Lesley Guthrie
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $12k → $12k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BEACON STATE FUND’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 6 of 7 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BEACON STATE FUND has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
27% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BEACON STATE FUND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 68% · 2023 57% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
95% of BEACON STATE FUND's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BEACON STATE FUND runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like BEACON STATE FUND
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BEACON STATE FUND: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BEACON STATE FUND?
- BEACON STATE FUND (Texas) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $53,925 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($14,525). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BEACON STATE FUND have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $53,925 in grants to BEACON STATE FUND, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BEACON STATE FUND?
- PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $14,525 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BEACON STATE FUND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 7 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing