Funding search · EIN 222786271 · Los Angeles, CA

The Beam Foundation

Name: The Beam Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

64
grants reported: $1.3M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

gift giftunrestricted

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

The Lustgarten Foundation4 grants · $190,000
Cedars Sinai Foundation3 grants · $160,000
UCLA Foundation3 grants · $150,000
Alliance for Childern'S Rights4 grants · $125,000
Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation3 grants · $110,000
Indiana University Foundation3 grants · $100,000
Cedars Sinai Medical Center1 grant · $75,000
Sierra Canyon School2 grants · $50,000
Human Rights Watch2 grants · $50,000
UCLA Foundation Botanical Garden1 grant · $50,000

Giving over time

$347,000

2021

$318,000

2022

$310,000

2023

$374,350

2024

Grant history

All 64 reported grants, largest first.

$75,000
Cedars Sinai Medical Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$60,000
Cedars Sinai Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$60,000
The Lustgarten Foundation · Woodbury, NY · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$60,000
Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$60,000
UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$60,000
UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Unrestricted gift
$50,000
Alliance for Childern'S Rights · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$50,000
The Lustgarten Foundation · Woodbury, NY · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$50,000
UCLA Foundation Botanical Garden · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$50,000
Cedars Sinai Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$50,000
The Lustgarten Foundation · Woodbury, NY · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$50,000
Cedars Sinai Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Unrestricted gift
$40,000
Indiana University Foundation · Bloomington, IN · 2021
Unrestricted gift
$30,000
Hfa Gift Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$30,000
Indiana University Foundation · Bloomington, IN · 2023
Unrestricted giftunrestricted gift
$30,000
UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$30,000
UCLA Movement Disorder Research · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$30,000
Indiana University Foundation · Bloomington, IN · 2022
Unrestricted giftunrestricted gift
$30,000
The Lustgarten Foundation · Woodbury, NY · 2021
Unrestricted gift
$25,000
Alliance for Childern'S Rights · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$25,000
Alliance for Childern'S Rights · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$25,000
Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$25,000
Sierra Canyon School · Chatsworth, CA · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$25,000
Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$25,000
Alliance for Childern'S Rights · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Unrestricted gift
$25,000
Constitution Rights Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Unrestricted gift
$25,000
Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2021
Unrestricted gift
$25,000
Sierra Canyon School · Chatsworth, CA · 2021
Unrestricted gift
$25,000
Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Unrestricted gift
$20,000
Blue Ribbon · Crownsville, MD · 2024
Unrestricted giftunrestricted gift
$20,000
UCLA Foundation Movement Disorder Research · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$20,000
UCLA Foundation Psychology Chairs Discretionary Fund · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$20,000
Will Rogers Motion Picture Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$10,000
Classical Kusc · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$10,000
The Children'S Tumor Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$10,000
Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
Collins and Katz Ymca · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
Los Angeles Youth Orchestra · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2024
Unrestricted giftunrestricted gift
$5,000
Collins and Katz Ymca · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
Access Books · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
Casa of Los Angeles · Monterey Park, CA · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
Collins and Katz Ymca · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
We Spark Cancer Support Center · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
Access Books · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
Casa of Los Angeles · Monterey Park, CA · 2021
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
Collins and Katz Ymca · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
Entertainment Community Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
We Spark Cancer Support Center · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2021
Unrestricted gift
$4,500
Sherman Oaks Nursery School · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$3,000
Los Angeles Youth Orchestra · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2023
Unrestricted giftunrestricted gift
$2,500
We Spark · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$2,500
Kusc · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$2,500
Sherman Oaks Nursery School · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$2,500
Kusc · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$2,500
Los Angeles Youth Orchestra · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2022
Unrestricted giftunrestricted gift
$2,500
Kusc · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Unrestricted gift
$2,500
Los Angeles Youth Orchestra · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2021
Unrestricted giftunrestricted gift
$2,000
Bradley Marc Ginsberg Scholarship · Boca Raton, FL · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$2,000
Bradley Marc Ginsberg Scholarship · Boca Raton, FL · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$2,000
Bradley Marc Ginsberg Scholarship · Boca Raton, FL · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$2,000
Bradley Marc Ginsberg Scholarship · Boca Raton, FL · 2021
Unrestricted gift
$1,000
Sherman Oaks Nursery School · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$250
Tuesday Musical Association · Akron, OH · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$100
Red Cross · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
Unrestricted gift

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.