The Becket Family Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The foundation is small, paying out $464,115 in its latest filing.
- Its filing states no geographic focus; its grants have mainly gone to Pennsylvania, District of Columbia, New York and the United States, but that is a pattern of past grants, not a rule about who may apply.
- Most of its grants fall between $1,000 and $10,000, with a median of $4,500, so a modest request in that range suits its usual practice, though its largest grant was $35,000 and that band is not a ceiling.
- It accepts applications, but the filing gives no deadlines, so you will need to check its website for timing; first confirm that you qualify under section 501(c)(3), since the filing says it does not fund organisations that do not.
- Because 83% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, existing relationships appear to count for a lot, though the filing does not say that new applicants are excluded.
Overview
The Becket Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Malvern, PA.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation's filings describe its grants as unrestricted, with no specific field named. Its recorded giving spans educational institutions, health charities, organisations addressing hunger and homelessness, animal welfare groups, environmental and humanitarian organisations, advocacy bodies, religious organisations and local community services. The grant recipients include schools and universities; medical and health organisations; food banks and hunger-relief charities; animal rescues; environmental groups; disaster-response and international-aid charities; civil-rights and other advocacy organisations; churches and community service providers. The application information asks for a letter describing the applicant's charitable or exempt purpose and requires the organisation to qualify under section 501(c)(3).
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Pennsylvania, District of Columbia, New York and the United States.
What They Don't Fund
- Organisations that do not qualify under IRC SECTION 501(C)3
How to apply
Submit the applicant's own letter describing its charitable or exempt purpose. The organisation must qualify under IRC section 501(c)(3).
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 83% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 or TY2024 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2023, TY2024 and TY2025 filings, half of its 235 grants to organisations were $4,500 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 17%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 8%
- The largest single recipient received 5% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2025, 83% of grant dollars went to organisations The Becket Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 2% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 88 grants in tax year 2025 by size
Median $5,000 (tax year 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Penn State Dance Marathon · Unrestricted$35,0002025 tax year
- Humane Society of Louisiana · Unrestricted$25,0002025 tax year
- Ocean Conservancy · Unrestricted$20,0002025 tax year
- Alzheimer's Association · Unrestricted$15,0002025 tax year
- Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation · Unrestricted$15,0002025 tax year
- American Friends of Magen David Adom · Unrestricted$15,0002025 tax year
- Brady United Against Gun Violence · Unrestricted$15,0002025 tax year
- Abbyfest · Unrestricted$10,0022025 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Scott Becket — Director
- Georgi Becket — Director
- Ann Barrie Fila — Secretary
- Alane Becket — President &
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 tax year | $520,162 | $430,000 | $8,908,475 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $389,911 | $321,000 | $9,415,839 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
| 2025 tax year | $566,106 | $464,115 | $9,799,672 | Filing for 2025 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- (610) 644-7800
- Malvern, PA