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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “beam”
Where the money went
Largest: $500,000 to Yale University — in support of scientific research by dr. ivan bozovic on the synthesis of cuprate superconductors, two-dimensional topological quantum materials, and metal hydrides by atomic-layer…
Largest: $400,000 to THE LOUDOUN EDUCATION FOUNDATION — support to pilot beam discovery for rising lcps 7th graders.
Largest: $50,000 to THE ART OF PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE INC — to support the beam discovery and beam summer away programs which provide underrepresented young people access to intensive instruction in conceptual math
Largest: $2.0M to U OF WI FOUNDATION — medical research - proton beam radiation program
Largest: $15,000 to BEAM CENTER INC — beam center enterprises - project production
Largest: $412,725 to CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY — for a molecular beam spin precession experiment searching for the cp-violating nuclear magnetic quadrupole moment (mqm)
Largest: $5,000 to BEAM MINISTRIES — greatest need
Largest: $75,000 to THE ART OF PROBLEM SOLVING FOUNDATION-BEAM — educational improvement and other general charitable purposes
Expanded SchoolsNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $172,925 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to BEAM CENTER INC — expanded learning time
Largest: $20,000 to BEAM CENTER — funding for general charitable operations
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $90,000 · through 2023Largest: $45,000 to BEAM Kenya — general support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
Orca NetworkFreeland, WACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $540,000 · through 2024Largest: $180,000 to BEAM REACH SPC — orcasound moa
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →