Tiny Beam Fund Inc | Foundation Profile
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EIN: 83-3062276
Foundation Overview
Based in Boston, MA, Tiny Beam Fund Inc has awarded 143 grants totaling $2,201,917 to organizations in California, New York and 15 other states, plus international recipients. Individual grants range from $1,555 to $74,706, with a median award of $13,500.
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New Applicant Friendliness
4 of 17 recipients (24%) were new grantees. Foundation strongly favors organizations with proven track records. New partnerships develop slowly over time.
Geographic Focus
Grants are geographically diversified with 13% in international locations and funding distributed across 32 total locations. This foundation values broad geographic impact and diverse community partnerships. Internationally, funding concentrates in Ribeirao Pretosp (17%), Hatfield (17%), Lima (11%).
Funding Trajectory
Strong 103% growth in annual giving over 4 years indicates expanding philanthropic capacity and increasing opportunities for grant seekers. This upward trajectory suggests growing foundation resources and commitment.
Program Areas
Diversified giving across multiple program areas with primary emphasis on general purposes (69%). This broad approach suggests openness to various causes and innovative cross-sector solutions.
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Grants & Funding
Analyzing past grantees provides valuable insights into Tiny Beam Fund Inc's funding preferences, organizational priorities, and grant making patterns. This historical data helps potential applicants understand the foundation's strategic focus and identify successful funding approaches.
| Name | Amount | Location | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambarish Karamchedu | $20,000 | Foreign, LONDON, UK | 2024 Bqi Fellowship | 2024 |
| Andrew Bennie | $15,000 | Witkoppen, JOHANNESBURG, SF | Bqi Fellowship | 2024 |
| Animal Policy International (Players Philanthropy Fund Holding Account) | $15,540 | Towson, MD, US | Fueling Advocates Initiative | 2024 |
| Animal Welfare League Ghana | $11,600 | Apemso, KUMASI, GH | Fueling Advocates Initiative | 2024 |
| Aquatic Life Institute | $16,000 | Mamaroneck, NY, US | Fueling Advocates Initiative | 2024 |
| Asociacion Para El Rescate Y Bienestar | $9,300 | Lima, Foreign, PE | Fueling Advocates Initiative | 2024 |
| Brian Cook | $20,000 | Oxford, OXFORDSHIRE, UK | Bqi Fellowship | 2024 |
| Brighter Green Fbo Global Forest Coalition | $6,940 | Brooklyn, NY, US | Fai Initiative | 2024 |
| Divya Narain | $20,000 | Bandrawest, MUMBAI, IN | 2024 Bqi Fellowship | 2024 |
| Forum Nacional De Protecao E Defesa Animal | $6,600 | Sao Paulo, Foreign, BR | Fueling Advocates Initiative | 2024 |
| Global Feedback | $8,000 | Foreign, LONDON, UK | Fai Grant | 2024 |
| Institute For Agriculture And Trade Policy | $8,000 | Minneapolis, MN, US | Fueling Advocates Initiative | 2024 |
| Karen Hudlet Vazquez | $15,000 | Alburquerque, NM, US | Bqi Fellowship | 2024 |
| Mariann Molnar | $40,000 | Batthyany Utca, Foreign, HU | Bqi Fellowship | 2024 |
| New York University | $13,850 | New York, NY, US | Kindling Initiative | 2024 |
| Raisa Ramos De Pina | $30,000 | London, Foreign, UK | Bqi Fellowship | 2024 |
| The Royal Veterinary College | $74,706 | Hatfield, HERTFORDSHIRE, UK | Kindling Initiative | 2024 |
| Andrew Bennie | $15,000 | Witkoppen, JOHANNESBURG, SF | Bqi Fellowship | 2023 |
| Animal Charity Evaluator | $12,500 | Walnut, CA, US | Fueling Advocates Initiative | 2023 |
| Animal Policy International (Players Philanthropy Fund Holding Account) | $7,780 | Towson, MD, US | Fueling Advocates Initiative | 2023 |
| Animal Welfare League Ghana | $5,900 | Apemso, KUMASI, GH | Fueling Advocates Initiative | 2023 |
| Aquatic Life Institute | $8,000 | Mamaroneck, NY, US | Fueling Advocates Initiative | 2023 |
| Asociacion Para El Rescate Y Bienestar | $4,700 | Lima, Foreign, PE | Fueling Advocates Initiative | 2023 |
| Brian Cook | $20,000 | Oxford, OXFORDSHIRE, UK | Bqi Fellowship | 2023 |
| Dublin City University | $14,169 | Dublin, Foreign, EI | Bqi Research Planning Grant | 2023 |
| Forum Nacional De Protecao E Defesa Animal | $3,400 | Sao Paulo, Foreign, BR | Fueling Advocates Initiative | 2023 |
| Global Food Partners | $13,000 | Washington, DC, US | Fueling Advocates Initiative | 2023 |
| Humane League | $6,000 | Houston, TX, US | Fueling Advocates Initiative | 2023 |
| Institute For Agriculture And Trade Policy | $13,000 | Minneapolis, MN, US | Fueling Advocates Initiative | 2023 |
| Jesse A Robbins | $10,000 | Carlisle, IA, US | Bqi Fellowship Award | 2023 |
| Karen Hudlet Vazquez | $15,000 | Alburquerque, NM, US | Bqi Fellowship | 2023 |
| Leiden University | $15,000 | Leiden, Foreign, NL | Bqi Research Planning Grant | 2023 |
| Maggie Shanaham | $20,000 | Superior, CO, US | Bqi Fellowship | 2023 |
| Mariann Molnar | $20,000 | Batthyany Utca, Foreign, HU | Bqi Fellowship | 2023 |
| Marion Wood Dixon | $10,000 | Pittsburgh, PA, US | Bqi Fellowship Award | 2023 |
| New York University | $13,850 | New York, NY, US | Kindling Initiative | 2023 |
| Raisa Ramos De Pina | $15,000 | London, Foreign, UK | Bqi Fellowship | 2023 |
| Sdsn Association Inc | $6,500 | New York, NY, US | Fueling Advocates Initiative | 2023 |
| Technische Universitat | $14,945 | Berlin, Foreign, GM | Bqi Research Planning Grant | 2023 |
| The Humane League | $6,000 | Rockville, MD, US | Fueling Advocates Initiative | 2023 |
| The John Hopkins University | $12,500 | Baltimore, MD, US | Bqi Fellowship | 2023 |
| The Royal Veterinary College | $61,998 | Hatfield, HERTFORDSHIRE, UK | Kindling Initiative | 2023 |
| University Of Adelaide | $25,000 | Sa, Foreign, AS | Bqi Research Planning Grant | 2023 |
| Agriculture And Forestry | $27,000 | Thai Nguyen City, THAI NGUYEN, VM | Partner With Local Academic Researchers To Help Small-scale Ethnic Minority Female Chicken Farmers In The Northern Mountainous Region (Nmr) Of Vietnam Who Are Being Harmed Economically By New Industrial Chicken Operations. | 2022 |
| Alexandra Navarro | $20,000 | Departamento B Ringuelet, BUENOS AIRES, AR | Fellowship Award | 2022 |
| Animal Charity Evaluators | $18,500 | Berkeley, CA, US | Grant | 2022 |
| Animal Equality | $20,000 | Los Angeles, CA, US | Grant | 2022 |
| Ashleigh Bright | $20,000 | Foreign, WAIKATO, NZ | Fellowship Award | 2022 |
| Forum Nacional De Protecao E Defesa Animal | $13,000 | Ribeirao Pretosp, Foreign, BR | Grant | 2022 |
| Germano Glufke Reis | $20,000 | Foreign, CURITIBA - PR, 80, BR | Fellowship Award | 2022 |
| Global Food Partners | $13,500 | Wilmington, DE, US | Grant | 2022 |
| Humane American Animal Foundation | $2,500 | Claremont, CA, US | Membership Support For Farmed Animals Funders | 2022 |
| Jesse Robbins | $10,000 | Madison, WI, US | Fellowship Award | 2022 |
| Karen Hudlet Vazquez | $7,500 | Worcester, MA, US | Fellowship Award | 2022 |
| Maria Jose Hotzel | $25,000 | Foreign, SANTA CATARINA, BR | Fellowship Award | 2022 |
| Marion Wood Dixon | $10,000 | Pittsburge, PA, US | Fellowship Award | 2022 |
| New York University | $23,852 | New York, NY, US | Grant | 2022 |
| Peter Newton | $10,000 | Boulder, CO, US | Fellowship Award | 2022 |
| Philip Howard | $20,000 | East Lansing, MI, US | Fellowship Award | 2022 |
| President And Fellows Of Harvard University | $34,059 | Cambridge, MA, US | Harvard Law School, Animal & Policy Program | 2022 |
| Royal Veterinary College | $12,500 | Hatfield, Foreign, UK | Grant | 2022 |
| Sdsn Association Inc | $3,500 | New York, NY, US | Fueling Advocates Initiative | 2022 |
| Silvina Pezzetta | $20,000 | Caba Primer Piso, BUENOS AIRES, AR | Fellowship Award | 2022 |
| University Of British Columbia | $8,250 | Vancouver, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CA | Research Planning Grant | 2022 |
| Agriculture And Forestry | $27,000 | Thai Nguyen City, THAI NGUYEN, VM | Partner With Local Academic Researchers To Help Small-scale Ethnic Minority Female Chicken Farmers In The Northern Mountainous Region (Nmr) Of Vietnam Who Are Being Harmed Economically By New Industrial Chicken Operations. | 2022 |
| Alexandra Navarro | $20,000 | Departamento B Ringuelet, BUENOS AIRES, AR | Fellowship Award | 2022 |
| Animal Charity Evaluators | $18,500 | Berkeley, CA, US | Grant | 2022 |
| Animal Equality | $20,000 | Los Angeles, CA, US | Grant | 2022 |
| Ashleigh Bright | $20,000 | Foreign, WAIKATO, NZ | Fellowship Award | 2022 |
| Forum Nacional De Protecao E Defesa Animal | $13,000 | Ribeirao Pretosp, Foreign, BR | Grant | 2022 |
| Germano Glufke Reis | $20,000 | Foreign, CURITIBA - PR, 80, BR | Fellowship Award | 2022 |
| Global Food Partners | $13,500 | Wilmington, DE, US | Grant | 2022 |
| Humane American Animal Foundation | $2,500 | Claremont, CA, US | Membership Support For Farmed Animals Funders | 2022 |
| Jesse Robbins | $10,000 | Madison, WI, US | Fellowship Award | 2022 |
| Karen Hudlet Vazquez | $7,500 | Worcester, MA, US | Fellowship Award | 2022 |
| Maria Jose Hotzel | $25,000 | Foreign, SANTA CATARINA, BR | Fellowship Award | 2022 |
| Marion Wood Dixon | $10,000 | Pittsburge, PA, US | Fellowship Award | 2022 |
| New York University | $23,852 | New York, NY, US | Grant | 2022 |
| Peter Newton | $10,000 | Boulder, CO, US | Fellowship Award | 2022 |
| Philip Howard | $20,000 | East Lansing, MI, US | Fellowship Award | 2022 |
| President And Fellows Of Harvard University | $34,059 | Cambridge, MA, US | Harvard Law School, Animal & Policy Program | 2022 |
| Royal Veterinary College | $12,500 | Hatfield, Foreign, UK | Grant | 2022 |
| Sdsn Association Inc | $3,500 | New York, NY, US | Fueling Advocates Initiative | 2022 |
| Silvina Pezzetta | $20,000 | Caba Primer Piso, BUENOS AIRES, AR | Fellowship Award | 2022 |
| University Of British Columbia | $8,250 | Vancouver, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CA | Research Planning Grant | 2022 |
| Agriculture And Forestry | $27,000 | Thai Nguyen City, THAI NGUYEN, VM | Partner With Local Academic Researchers To Help Small-scale Ethnic Minority Female Chicken Farmers In The Northern Mountainous Region (Nmr) Of Vietnam Who Are Being Harmed Economically By New Industrial Chicken Operations. | 2022 |
| Alexandra Navarro | $20,000 | Departamento B Ringuelet, BUENOS AIRES, AR | Fellowship Award | 2022 |
| Animal Charity Evaluators | $18,500 | Berkeley, CA, US | Grant | 2022 |
| Animal Equality | $20,000 | Los Angeles, CA, US | Grant | 2022 |
| Ashleigh Bright | $20,000 | Foreign, WAIKATO, NZ | Fellowship Award | 2022 |
| Forum Nacional De Protecao E Defesa Animal | $13,000 | Ribeirao Pretosp, Foreign, BR | Grant | 2022 |
| Germano Glufke Reis | $20,000 | Foreign, CURITIBA - PR, 80, BR | Fellowship Award | 2022 |
| Global Food Partners | $13,500 | Wilmington, DE, US | Grant | 2022 |
| Humane American Animal Foundation | $2,500 | Claremont, CA, US | Membership Support For Farmed Animals Funders | 2022 |
| Jesse Robbins | $10,000 | Madison, WI, US | Fellowship Award | 2022 |
| Karen Hudlet Vazquez | $7,500 | Worcester, MA, US | Fellowship Award | 2022 |
| Maria Jose Hotzel | $25,000 | Foreign, SANTA CATARINA, BR | Fellowship Award | 2022 |
| Marion Wood Dixon | $10,000 | Pittsburge, PA, US | Fellowship Award | 2022 |
| New York University | $23,852 | New York, NY, US | Grant | 2022 |
| Peter Newton | $10,000 | Boulder, CO, US | Fellowship Award | 2022 |
| Philip Howard | $20,000 | East Lansing, MI, US | Fellowship Award | 2022 |
| President And Fellows Of Harvard University | $34,059 | Cambridge, MA, US | Harvard Law School, Animal & Policy Program | 2022 |
| Royal Veterinary College | $12,500 | Hatfield, Foreign, UK | Grant | 2022 |
| Sdsn Association Inc | $3,500 | New York, NY, US | Fueling Advocates Initiative | 2022 |
| Silvina Pezzetta | $20,000 | Caba Primer Piso, BUENOS AIRES, AR | Fellowship Award | 2022 |
| University Of British Columbia | $8,250 | Vancouver, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CA | Research Planning Grant | 2022 |
| Allison D Gray | $25,000 | London, ONTARIO, CA | Fellowship Award | 2021 |
| Animal Charity Evaluators | $27,560 | Berkeley, CA, US | Grant | 2021 |
| Animal Equality | $10,050 | Los Angeles, CA, US | Grant | 2021 |
| Brighter Green | $23,195 | Brooklyn, NY, US | Grant | 2021 |
| Christian Henderson | $20,000 | Leiden, N/A, NL | Fellowship Award | 2021 |
| Coalition Of African Animal Welfare Organisations | $6,000 | Somerset West, N/A, SF | Grant | 2021 |
| Emory University | $12,500 | Atlanta, GA, US | Grant | 2021 |
| Forum Nacional De Protecao E Defesa Animal | $7,000 | Ribeirao Pretosp, N/A, BR | Grant | 2021 |
| Global Food Partners | $13,500 | Wilmington, DE, US | Grant | 2021 |
| Institute For Agriculture And Trade Policy | $10,000 | Minneapolis, MN, US | Grant | 2021 |
| Karen Hudlet Vazquez | $7,500 | Worcester, MA, US | Fellowship Award | 2021 |
| Marina Cristina Yunes | $20,000 | Florianopolis, N/A, BR | Fellowship Award | 2021 |
| Maureen Khadiera Luvanda | $15,000 | Nairobi, N/A, KE | Fellowship Award | 2021 |
| Melanie Erin Sommerville | $12,500 | N/a, N/A, NO | Fellowship Award | 2021 |
| New York University | $19,995 | New York, NY, US | Grant | 2021 |
| Peter Newton | $10,000 | Boulder, CO, US | Fellowship Award | 2021 |
| Regents Of The University Of Colorado | $9,986 | Boulder, CO, US | Grant | 2021 |
| Royal Veterinary College | $22,486 | Hatfield, N/A, UK | Grant | 2021 |
| Timothy Clark | $25,000 | Durham, NC, US | Fellowship Award | 2021 |
| Wlodzimierz Gogloza | $12,500 | Warsaw, N/A, PL | Fellowship Award | 2021 |
| World Resources Institute | $11,669 | Washington, DC, US | Grant | 2021 |
| Ioulia Evgenyevna Fenton | $7,500 | Atlanta, GA, US | Fellowship Award | 2020 |
| Kate Hartcher | $10,000 | Holt, N/A, AS | Fellowship Award | 2020 |
| Rachel Mason | $10,000 | Mountain View, HI, US | Fellowship Award | 2020 |
| University Of Edinburgh | $2,500 | Edinburgh Scotland, N/A, UK | Grant | 2020 |
| Kristie O'neill | $20,000 | Toronto, ONTARIO, CA | Fellowship Award | 2020 |
| Kiara Winans | $25,000 | Davis, CA, US | Fellowship Award | 2020 |
| Grain | $3,000 | Barcelona, N/A, SP | Grant | 2020 |
| Institute For Agriculture And Trade Policy | $5,000 | Minneapolis, MN, US | Grant | 2020 |
| Animal Charity Evaluators | $22,560 | Berkeley, CA, US | Grant | 2020 |
| Animal Equality | $4,500 | Los Angeles, CA, US | Grant | 2020 |
| Mercy For Animals | $1,555 | Los Angeles, CA, US | Grant | 2020 |
| Wlodzimierz Gogloza | $12,500 | Warsaw, N/A, PL | Fellowship Award | 2020 |
| Brighter Green | $12,100 | Brooklyn, NY, US | Grant | 2020 |
| World Resources Institute | $7,000 | London, N/A, UK | Grant | 2020 |
| Melanie Sommerville | $12,500 | N/a, N/A, NO | Fellowship Award | 2020 |
| Serena Stein | $7,500 | Allentown, PA, US | Fellowship Award | 2020 |
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Contact Information
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| EIN | 83-3062276 |
| Website | http://tinybeamfund.org |
| Address | 10 BOWDOIN STREET 506 Boston, MA 02114-0000 |
Key People (8)
Board members, trustees, and key staff who oversee Tiny Beam Fund Inc's grant making decisions and strategic direction. Understanding leadership composition can provide insights into foundation priorities and potential networking opportunities.
| President | Carmen Lee |
|---|---|
| Treasurer | Edwin Lee |
| Clerk | Carmen Lee |
| Director | Carmen Lee |
| Director | Edwin Lee |
Forms 990-PF
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