Open Foundations · California

Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation

Irvine, California · EIN 953169713. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $25.0M across 248 grants in 2024, a median of $25K each.

All California foundations · All states

$25.0M
paid in 2024
248
grants paid
$25K
median grant
4%
to first-time recipients
$775.4M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
CATRINA BRYANT
Address
100 ACADEMY WAY, IRVINE, CA, 92617
Phone
9495600918
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
SEE OUR WEBSITE @ WWW.BECKMAN-FOUNDATION.ORG
Submission deadline
CONSIDERATION OF FUNDING IN FOLLOWING FISCAL YR.
Restrictions on awards
IN GENERAL, THE ARNOLD & MABEL BECKMAN FOUNDATION MAKES GRANTS TO PROGRAM-RELATED, NON-PROFIT RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS TO PROMOTE RESEARCH IN CHEMISTRY AND THE LIFE SCIENCES, BROADLY INTERPRETED, AND PARTICULARLY TO FOSTER THE INVENTION OF METHODS, INSTRUMENTS, AND MATERIALS THAT WILL OPEN UP NEW AVENUES OF RESEARCH IN SCIENCE. THE FOUNDATION DOES NOT CONSIDER PROPOSALS THAT FALL OUTSIDE OF THESE PROGRAMS. FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT WWW.BECKMAN-FOUNDATION.ORG.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202620629349100417. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

research education

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 248 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Beckman Institute at the University of IllinoisIL$3,681,000RESEARCH, GENERAL SUPPORT & EDUCATION
2Caltech Beckman InstituteCA$3,681,000RESEARCH, GENERAL SUPPORT & EDUCATION
3Stanford Beckman CenterCA$2,564,000RESEARCH, GENERAL SUPPORT & EDUCATION
4City of Hope Beckman Research InstituteCA$1,923,000RESEARCH, GENERAL SUPPORT & EDUCATION
5Uc San Diego FoundationCA$1,000,000RESEARCH, GENERAL SUPPORT & EDUCATION
6Uci Beckman Laser Institute and Medical ClinicCA$641,000RESEARCH, GENERAL SUPPORT & EDUCATION
7Research Corporation for Science AdvancementAZ$600,000RESEARCH, GENERAL SUPPORT & EDUCATION
8University of Wisconsin MadisonWI$334,585RESEARCH, GENERAL SUPPORT & EDUCATION
9Furman UniversitySC$326,685RESEARCH, GENERAL SUPPORT & EDUCATION
10California Institute of TechnologyCA$310,000RESEARCH, GENERAL SUPPORT & EDUCATION
11University of Illinois Urbana-champaignIL$310,000RESEARCH, GENERAL SUPPORT & EDUCATION
12Kids at ScienceCA$300,000RESEARCH, GENERAL SUPPORT & EDUCATION
13Beckman Institute at the University of IllinoisIL$240,000RESEARCH, GENERAL SUPPORT & EDUCATION
14University of WashingtonWA$211,392RESEARCH, GENERAL SUPPORT & EDUCATION
15Stanford UniversityCA$166,978RESEARCH, GENERAL SUPPORT & EDUCATION

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
20191$27.3M
20201$30.6M
2021223$30.3M
2022124$31.4M
2023225$23.9M
2024248$25.0M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
California30%
Massachusetts8%
New York5%
Illinois5%
Colorado4%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Andrew Lyon PhdCHAIRMAN · 2024
Dr Annaliese FranzDIRECTOR · 2024
Dr Anne HultgrenEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CEO · 2024
Dr Anne McneilDIRECTOR · 2024
Dr David ForbesDIRECTOR · 2024
Dr Deborah WuttkeDIRECTOR · 2024
Dr Jane BuchanDIRECTOR · 2024
Dr Jeffrey JohnstonVICE CHAIRMAN · 2024
Dr Ke HuDIRECTOR · 2024
Dr Kent HillDIRECTOR · 2024
Dr Peng JenDIRECTOR · 2024
Dr Phil LeducDIRECTOR · 2024
Dr Shiv HalasyyamaniDIRECTOR · 2024
Dr Susan WenteDIRECTOR · 2024
Heather HaworthDIRECTOR · 2024
Jacqueline Dorrance-tomlinsonSECRETARY · 2024
Kristen MonsonDIRECTOR · 2024
Lynn RahnTREASURER · 2024
Shlomi NachmanDIRECTOR · 2024
Steven PizulaDIRECTOR · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

Get matched against every grant these foundations actually paid

One foundation is a start. Civly Grant Matching reads your own filings, matches your programs against millions of paid grants by purpose, geography and grant size, and hands back every funder like this one with the deadline, the restrictions and the named trustees attached.

See Grant Matching