Beal Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- Beal Family Foundation funds a mix of universities, an academy, cultural organisations, youth and community organisations, social-service charities and a research institution, but its filings do not name a specific field of work or geographic priority, so weigh up whether your own work resembles its past recipients.
- Most grants are modest: half of its 32 grants to organisations were $2,500 or less, and about 8 in 10 fall between $1,500 and $1,200,000, so a modest request fits best, though it has also made one much larger grant of $4,000,000.
- The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests and operates by invitation only, so an unsolicited approach is not appropriate here.
- Its giving looks relationship-led, since 33% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded in its two preceding filings, suggesting it tends to keep supporting organisations it already knows.
- No application instructions are published, and while its grants have shown a particular concentration in Massachusetts, no geographic focus is formally stated.
Overview
Beal Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in New York, NY.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) 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 filing describes the foundation’s primary activity as making grants to charitable organisations. Its grant record includes universities and an academy, cultural organisations, youth and community organisations, social-service charities, and a research institution. The stated purpose grouped across the grants is annual contribution, rather than a more specific programme description. The filings thus show grants distributed among different kinds of charitable recipients, but do not name a field of work, geographic priority or eligibility criteria. Contributions are made to preselected charitable organisations, and the filing gives no public application instructions.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Massachusetts.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 33% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 32 grants to organisations were $2,500 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 48% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 33% of grant dollars went to organisations Beal Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- <1% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 22 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $2,250 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute · Annual contribution$4,000,0002024 tax year
- Harvard University · Annual contribution$2,000,0002024 tax year
- Shed Nyc Inc · Annual contribution$25,0002024 tax year
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · Annual contribution$20,0002024 tax year
- MorseLife Foundation · Annual contribution$10,0002024 tax year
- Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County · Annual contribution$6,0002024 tax year
- Louis D. Brown Peace Institute · Annual contribution$2,5002024 tax year
- Soccer Unity Project · Annual contribution$2,5002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Kathryn Beal — Trustee
- Bruce A Beal Jr — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $2,271,025 | $2,271,000 | $4,311 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $1,225,025 | $1,225,000 | $30,300 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $6,093,166 | $6,093,000 | $40,867 | Filing for 2024 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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Contact
- New York, NY