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Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 95-3169713 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024

Total grants paid
$57.9M
Grants reported
580
Typical grant
$26K
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

$32.2M

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Contact
Catrina Bryant
Deadlines
Consideration of funding in following fiscal yr.
Application materials
See our website @ www.beckman-foundation.org
Restrictions
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.
Original filing text
Contact
CATRINA BRYANT
Address
100 ACADEMY WAY IRVINE, CA, 92617
Phone
9495600918
Deadlines
CONSIDERATION OF FUNDING IN FOLLOWING FISCAL YR.
Application materials
SEE OUR WEBSITE @ WWW.BECKMAN-FOUNDATION.ORG
Restrictions
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.

Reported organization name: ARNOLD AND MABEL BECKMAN FOUNDATION

Giving by tax year

Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.

Tax yearGrants paidAmount
2024294$30.2M
2023286$27.7M

Where Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois

URBANA, IL

$3.7MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Research, general support & education

Caltech Beckman Institute

PASADENA, CA

$3.7MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Research, general support & education

Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois

URBANA, IL

$3.5MTax year 2023

Grant purpose

Research, general support & education

Caltech Beckman Institute

PASADENA, CA

$3.2MTax year 2023

Grant purpose

Research, general support & education

Stanford Beckman Center

STANFORD, CA

$2.6MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Research, general support & education

Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (580 reported in all).

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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