The Beal Foundation

• The Beal Foundation funds education, health, humanities and welfare work, with its priority geographic focus being the Midland area, so this is the fit to check before approaching it.
• Most grants to organisations fall between $10,000 and $120,000, with a median grant of $30,000, so a request in that range is realistic, though the largest grant recorded was about $1,600,000.
• It works to fixed deadlines rather than rolling review: winter applications open on 1 January and close on 15 February for an April meeting, while autumn applications open on 1 August and close on 15 September for a November meeting, so plan your approach around these windows.
• Most of its grant dollars go to organisations it has funded before, and it says it weighs its history with each applicant alongside the organisation's mission, need and other support, which points to a relationship-led process; it also encourages applicants to review its stated areas of interest first.
• It does not fund individuals or lobbying organizations.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Midland Athletic Syndicate · Operating funds and capital funds
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• First Presbyterian Church Midland · Operating funds
  $550,0002024 tax year
• Basin Dream Center for Orphans · Operating funds
  $405,0002024 tax year
• Mission Agape · Operating expenses
  $391,0002024 tax year
• YMCA of Midland · Operating funds
  $200,0002024 tax year
• Bynum School · Operating funds and capital funds
  $190,0002024 tax year
• Midland Rape Crisis Center & Cac · Operating funds
  $185,0002024 tax year
• Trinity School of Midland · Operating funds and capital funds
  $150,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

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.