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The Newton D & Rochelle F Becker Foundation

Los Angeles, CA · EIN 95-4095134. Reported 147 grants totalling $13.7M to 83 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.

83organizations funded
$50,000median reported grant
$13.7Mgranted, 2021-2024
78%of grantees funded again the next year
18%of dollars to its largest recipient

Does this grantmaker accept applications?

Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.

Three things in the filing do bear on it:

  1. What kind of organization it is. For The Newton D & Rochelle F Becker Foundation, the IRS classifies it as a private independent foundation (NTEE T22Z).
  2. How spread out its giving is. 83 distinct organizations, with 18% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
  3. How much its list changes. 78% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% private foundations manage. This list is close to settled, so a newcomer has to displace someone rather than fill a gap.

How big are its grants?

The median reported grant is $50,000. Half of what it reported fell between $25,000 and $80,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $2,105,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.

Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.
$5,000 - $10,000
2 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
12 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
57 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
40 grants
$100,000 - $250,000
26 grants
$250,000 Or More
10 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
The Electric Infrastructure SecurityLos Angeles, CA$2,505,000332024
Jewish Community Fdn of the Jewish Federation Council of Greater LaLos Angeles, CA$2,355,000332024
Middle East Media and Research Institute IncWashington, DC$1,037,000442024
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies IncWashington, DC$850,000332024
Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA$625,000442024
Israel Emergency AllianceLos Angeles, CA$520,000442024
Fuente Latina IncHollywood, FL$414,000442024
Israel on Campus Coalition IncWashington, DC$365,000332024
Anti-Defamation LeagueNew York, NY$300,000332024
Jewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco Marin & PeninsulaSan Francisco, CA$210,000332024
American Foreign Policy CouncilWashington, DC$200,000222024
American Israel Education Foundation IncWashington, DC$200,000222024
Bipartisan Policy Center IncWashington, DC$180,000332024
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus LifeWashington, DC$175,000222024
Interfaithfamily Com IncBoston, MA$160,000222024
Opendor Media IncSunrise, FL$150,000332024
The Jewish Institute for National Security of AmericaWashington, DC$150,000332024
Center for Jewish Community StudiesPhiladelphia, PA$125,000222022
Los Angeles Jewish Home for the AgingReseda, CA$125,000442024
Atlantic Council of the U S IncWashington, DC$100,000112024
Custom and Craft Jewish Rituals IncLos Angeles, CA$100,000112024
FjcNew York, NY$100,000222024
Aice IncChevy Chase, MD$90,000332024
Leading Edge Alliance IncNew York, NY$90,000332024
Facing History & Ourselves IncBoston, MA$85,000332024
Jimena IncSan Francisco, CA$80,000222024
Moving TraditionsElkins Park, PA$80,000332024
Boundless Israel IncBelmont, MA$75,000332024
Institute for Curriculum ServicesBerkeley, CA$75,000112024
Institute for Jewish Spirituality IncNew York, NY$75,000222024
Israel-America Academic ExchangeBeverly Hills, CA$75,000332024
Jewish Kids Groups Foundation IncAtlanta, GA$75,000222024
Millennial Action Project Dba Future CaucusWashington, DC$75,000112024
Reboot IncLongmeadow, MA$75,000332024
The Aspen Institute IncWashington, DC$75,000222024
Honeymoon Israel Foundation IncDunwoody, GA$70,000222024
Institute for the Study of Global Anti-Semitism and Policy IncNew York, NY$70,000112022
Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America IncNewton, MA$65,000112022
Foundation for Jewish Camp IncNew York, NY$60,000222024
Honest Reporting Com IncDavie, FL$60,000112022
Jewish Family & Childrens ServicesSan Francisco, CA$60,000112024
Jumpstart Labs Inc Dba Jewish JumpstartSanta Monica, CA$60,000112022
Atid Movement IncNew York, NY$55,000222024
American UniversityWashington, DC$50,000112023
Artists 4 Israel IncLos Angeles, CA$50,000112023
Brown University of ProvidenceProvidence, RI$50,000222023
Hias IncSilver Spring, MD$50,000112022
Issue OneWashington, DC$50,000112024
Jewish Council for Public AffairsNew York, NY$50,000112024
Mediators Foundation IncBoulder, CO$50,000112024
More in Common IncNew York, NY$50,000112024
Onetable IncNew York, NY$50,000112024
Talkisrael FoundationEncino, CA$50,000112024
Washington Institute for Near East PolicyWashington, DC$50,000112024
Western States Center IncPortland, OR$50,000112024
Friends of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy & Security IncJacksonville, FL$40,000222023
JlensNew York, NY$40,000112024
Chabad of Noe ValleySan Francisco, CA$39,000112024
Brandeis UniversityWaltham, MA$30,000112024
Center for New American Security IncWashington, DC$30,000112024
Jewish LearningworksSan Francisco, CA$30,000112024
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterW Hollywood, CA$25,000112021
Global ImpactWashington, DC$25,000112024
Heart of a NationWashington, DC$25,000112022
Israel Education ResourceNorthbrook, IL$25,000112024
Jewish Studio ProjectBerkeley, CA$25,000112024
Middle East Peace Dialogue Network IncRehoboth Beach, DE$25,000112023
Moishe HouseEncinitas, CA$25,000112024
Music By HeartSan Francisco, CA$25,000112024
Peninsula Temple Beth ElSan Mateo, CA$25,000112024
Protect Democracy ProjectWashington, DC$25,000112024
San Francisco Jewish Comm PublicationsSan Francisco, CA$25,000112024
The UCLA FoundationLos Angeles, CA$25,000112021
Bernard Osher Marin Jewish Community Center 07-01-95San Rafael, CA$20,000112024
Council on Foreign Relations IncNew York, NY$20,000222024
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus LifeLos Angeles, CA$20,000222024
Tribetalk IncDedham, MA$20,000112024
University of California Berkeley FoundationBerkeley, CA$20,000112024
Corporation of the Fine Arts MuseumsSan Francisco, CA$10,000112024
Jewish Community Federation of S F Marin Peninsula & Sonoma CountiesSan Francisco, CA$10,000112024
San Francisco SymphonySan Francisco, CA$10,000112024
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityStanford, CA$10,000112024
Los Angeles Philharmonic AssociationLos Angeles, CA$5,000112024

38 of 83 (46%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.

What kind of organizations it funds

By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 78 of 83 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.

International Affairs
21 orgs
Religion
16 orgs
Education
12 orgs
Arts & Culture
7 orgs
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
4 orgs
Civil Rights
4 orgs
Public & Societal Benefit
4 orgs
Human Services
3 orgs

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants reportedTotalMedian grant
20219$814,000$75,000
202232$2,680,000$50,000
202337$3,247,000$50,000
202469$6,984,000$40,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.

Where its money goes

53% of its giving went to organizations in California. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.

California
$7.2M
District of Columbia
$3.7M
New York
$960K
Florida
$664K
Massachusetts
$510K
Pennsylvania
$205K
Georgia
$145K
Maryland
$140K

Down to the city

Los Angeles, CA
$6.2M
Washington, DC
$3.7M
New York, NY
$960K
San Francisco, CA
$499K
Hollywood, FL
$414K
Boston, MA
$245K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available that two funders have overlapping priorities -- and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund59 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc55 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program52 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust49 shared recipientsJewish Community Federation of San49 shared recipientsJewish Communal Fund44 shared recipients

How to approach this grantmaker

  1. Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
  2. Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $50,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
  3. Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in California.
  4. Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from The Newton D & Rochelle F Becker Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.

On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 69 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.

Address of record on the latest return: 6505 Wilshire Blvd 1200, Los Angeles, CA, 90048.

EIN 95-4095134 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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