The Beagle Charitable Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 77-0529181 · since 2000beaglecharitablefoundation.org·Canada, United States·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$2.6M

Annual giving, 2024 tax year

From the Form 990-PF filing

$25,000 to $235k

Grant range

From grants in the 990-PF filings

$50,000

Typical grant (median)

24 grants in the latest filing

Invitation only

Unsolicited applications are not accepted

This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.

Key takeaways

The foundation's priority areas are the Yellowstone to Yukon corridor and the American Southeast, so your work fits best if it is conservation, climate, biodiversity or habitat work in those places.
The filing says it makes contributions only to preselected organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests, so an organisation without an invitation should not send an application.
Most of its grants fall between $25,000 and $235,000, with a median of $50,000, so a request near that level suits its typical grant.
Its grant dollars go overwhelmingly to organisations it has already funded, which suggests that existing relationships matter far more than a first approach.

Overview

The Beagle Charitable Foundation is a US private foundation based in Redwood City, CA.

What they fund

Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The Beagle Charitable Foundation supports and raises awareness for global environmental issues through conservation, preservation and restoration of climate, biodiversity and habitat. It supports conservation organisations working in the Yellowstone to Yukon corridor and the American Southeast. Its vision is a world where people live sustainably in harmony with their environment, allowing lands, waters and wildlife to thrive. Its stated giving is centred on conservation organisations and environmental work in these named areas, within a broader global environmental outlook. It links this work to people living sustainably in harmony with their environment.

Themes

Environmental conservation
Climate
Biodiversity
Habitat

Geographic Focus

Priority: Yellowstone to Yukon corridor; American Southeast.

How to apply

The filing says contributions are made only to preselected charitable organisations; it gives no steps for organisations to request consideration.

Application success factors

Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 92% 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 65 grants to organisations were $50,000 or less.

What the foundation says:

It supports conservation organisations working in the Yellowstone to Yukon corridor and the American Southeast.

Where grants go

From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.

Grant dollars by state

California40%

Maryland25%

Montana9%

District of Columbia5%

Massachusetts5%

Utah3%

6 other states: 12%

Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 1%

The largest single recipient received 25% of grant dollars to organisations.
In tax year 2024, 92% of grant dollars went to organisations The Beagle Charitable Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
1% of grant dollars went directly to organisations outside the US (Canada).
23% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.

Grants

24 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $50,000

How much do they typically give?

Share of 24 grants in tax year 2024 by size

$25k–$50k29%

$50k–$100k38%

$100k–$250k25%

$250k–$500k4%

$500k–$1M4%

Median $50,000 (tax year 2024)

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

Natural Resources Defense Council · Natrue programs ($500,000) and vista fellowship ($120,000)
$620,0002024 tax year
Wildlife Conservation Network · Save the elephants ($50,000), elephant crisis fund ($200,000), grevy's zebra trust ($5,000), rhino recovery fund ($20,000), saiga conservation alliance ($5,000), niassa lion project ($20,000), maralliance (sharks & rays)($10,000), lion recovery fund ($40,000), pangolin crisis fund ($20,000), okapi conservation program ($10,000), proyecto titi (cotton-top tamarin)($5,000), conservation through public health (gorillas) ($15,000), and rwanda wildlife conservation association (grey crowned cranes)($15,000), marecet (dolphins & dugongs)($20,000), california wildlife program ($15,000), us-based rising wildlife leaders ($20,000), general support ($20,000)
$475,0002024 tax year
Nature Conservancy · Blackfeet conservation program ($90,000), great salt lake conservation program ($120,000), and clinch river ($25,000)
$235,0002024 tax year
OneReef Worldwide Stewardship · General charitable purposes
$125,0002024 tax year
Earth Island Institute · Plastic pollution coalition
$124,0002024 tax year
Harvard Law School · Beagle/harvard law school fellowship
$120,0002024 tax year
Western Rivers Conservancy · General charitable purposes
$100,0002024 tax year
Yellowstone Forever · Yellowstone wolf project ($75,000); native fish conservation ($25,000)
$100,0002024 tax year

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

Officers and directors

Ann Luskey — Secretary
Victoria Burwell — Chair And President
Charles Knowles — Vice Chair, Treasurer, CFO

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

Year	Total expenses	Grants paid	Assets	Filing document
2022 tax year	$3,016,151	$2,301,005	$47,949,973	Filing for 2022 tax year
2023 tax year	$3,215,404	$2,575,002	$51,439,218	Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year	$3,329,417	$2,609,001	$57,079,127	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.