Newton & Rochelle Becker Charitable Trus
Larkspur, CA · EIN 20-3822168. Reported 318 grants totalling $20.1M to 174 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Newton & Rochelle Becker Charitable Trus checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
5 of the organizations Newton & Rochelle Becker Charitable Trus funded make grants themselves, and it reported 16 grants totalling $7,950,800 to them. That is 47% of the $16.8M of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc | grantmaking organization | Colorado | $7,465,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| United Way of the Bay Area | federated giving programme | California | $260,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Jewish Community Federation of San | federated giving programme | California | $142,200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
| Jewish Funders Network | grantmaking organization | New York | $62,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest Nj | federated giving programme | New Jersey | $21,600 | 3 | 3 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $2,500,000.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schwab Charitable Fund | Orlando, FL | $7,465,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of Elnet | New York, NY | $1,054,313 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $745,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Electric Infrastructure Security Council | Washington, DC | $700,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Rescue Committee | New York, NY | $325,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bay Area Jewish Federation | San Francisco, CA | $280,400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Israel on Campus Coalition | Washington, DC | $280,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fairvote | Takoma Park, MD | $265,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| United Way Bay Area | San Francisco, CA | $260,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Jerusalem Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $254,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Foundation for the Defense of Democracies | Washington, DC | $225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $210,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Tel Aviv University | New York, NY | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Protect Democracy | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Israel Emergency Alliance | Los Angeles, CA | $180,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Center for Creative Change - Moment Magazine | Washington, DC | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Moment Magazine | Washington, DC | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 18DOORS | Natick, MA | $170,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| San Francisco-Marin Food Bank | San Francisco, CA | $170,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Politifact | St Petersburg, FL | $167,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sixpoint | Saint Petersburg, FL | $165,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Issue One | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Anti-Defamation League | New York, NY | $145,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jewish Family and Children's Services (san Francisco) | San Francisco, CA | $145,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $142,200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Venture Partners | Mill Valley, CA | $142,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Washington Institute for Near East Policy | Washington, DC | $136,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Foreign Policy Council | Washington, DC | $130,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Aspen Institute | Washington, DC | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Honest Reporting | New York, NY | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Community Relations Council Bay Area | San Francisco, CA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Millennial Action Project | Washington, DC | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Poynter Institute for Media Studies Inc - Politifact | St Petersburg, FL | $117,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Institute for National Security of America | Washington, DC | $110,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Artists 4 Israel | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Atlantic Council | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Center for Disaster Philanthropy | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Policy Center | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oshman Family Jewish Community Center | Palo Alto, CA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Western States Center | Portland, OR | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jewish Learningworks | San Francisco, CA | $96,100 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Moishe House | Encinitas, CA | $95,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brandeis University Schusterman Center for Israel Studies | Waltham, MA | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Mary's College of California | Moraga, CA | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| America-Israel Friendship League | New York, NY | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Congregation Beth Sholom | San Francisco, CA | $82,870 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Interdisciplinary Center (idc) | New York, NY | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| More in Common Inc | New York, NY | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis | Newton, MA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hackshackers | Washington DC, DC | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jewish Jumpstart | Santa Monica, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tel Aviv Institute | Seattle, WA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Nations Watch - USA | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rand Corporation | Santa Monica, CA | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewbelong | Summit, NJ | $63,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jewish Funders Network | New York, NY | $62,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Poynter Institute of Media Studies | Saint Petersburg, FL | $57,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Congregation Rodef Sholom of Marin | San Rafael, CA | $57,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Foundation for Jewish Camp | New York, NY | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| J Jewish News | San Francisco, CA | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Osher Marin Jewish Community Center | San Rafael, CA | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| San Francisco Jewish Community Publications | San Francisco, CA | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Temple Ner Tamid | Bloomfield, NJ | $53,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Friends of the Aladdin Project | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Israel Education Foundation | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chabad Lubavitch | Bklyn, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Common Ground Committee | Sherman, CT | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community of Writers | Nevada City, CA | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Equis Institute - Full Fact | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hillel International | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Imagination Productions Inc (dba Opendor Media) | Sunrise, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jcc Association of North America | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mediators Foundation Inc | Boulder, CO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Lehrhaus | Berkeley, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| One Table | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Onetable | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Opendor Media | Sunrise, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Poynter Institute for Media Studies Inc | St Petersburg, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Protect Our Power Inc | Organge, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Razom | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| To Be Honest Inc | Seattle, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Israaid | Palo Alto, CA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| San Francisco Symphony | San Francisco, CA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Community Center of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $42,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lick-Wilmerding High School | San Francisco, CA | $41,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harvard Business School | Boston, MA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy | Miami Beach, FL | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jimena | San Francisco, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Reut USA | Beverly Hills, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Syracuse University | Syracuse, NY | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Congregation Rodef Sholom | San Rafael, CA | $36,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sixteen Rivers Press | Santa Cruz, CA | $36,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| UC Berkeley Foundation | Berkeley, CA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of California Berkeley Foundation | Berkeley, CA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Team Program | Larkspur, CA | $34,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for New American Security | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Small Press Distribution | Berkeley, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| America Abroad Media | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| America-Israel Cooperative Enterprise | Chevy Chase, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Facing History and Ourselves | Brookline, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Israel Initiative | Miami, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hacks Hackers - Misinfocon | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Heart of a Nation | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Leading Edge | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mediawise | St Petersburg, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Philos Project | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Reboot | Longmeadow, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| San Francisco Jewish Comm Publications | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Standwithus | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Henry Jackson Society | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| California Film Institute | San Rafael, CA | $22,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest New Jersey | Whippany, NJ | $21,600 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Entrepreneurial Jewish Philanthropy | New Rochelle, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Council on Foreign Relations | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Education First Cambodia | Sausalito, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fjc - a Foundation of Donor Advised Funds | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Peninsula Temple Beth El | San Mateo, CA | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Stanford University Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies | Palo Alto, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Machne Israel | Bklyn, NY | $19,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy & Security Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Sierra Club Foundation | Oakland, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Equal Justice Initiative | Montgomery, AL | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bay Area Teacher Training Institute | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bnai Brith International | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brandeis University | Waltham, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| California Poets in the Schools | Santa Rosa, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Israeli Flying Aid Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Team Program | Larkspur, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Giving Back Fund Inc | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Harold Grinspoon Foundation - Pj Library | Agawam, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hillel at UCLA | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Israel-America Academic Exchange | Beverly Hills, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Marin Academy | San Rafael, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mount Tamalpais College | San Quentin, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pacific Institute | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pacific University | Forest Grove, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pj Library Bay Area Co Jewish Community Federation and Endowment | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stanford University | Palo Alto, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tiyul-Rihla | Boise, ID | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra | New York, NY | $9,200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chabad of Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Peninsula Temple Sholom | Burlingame, CA | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ucsf Benioff Children's Hospital Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lehigh University | Bethlehem, PA | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mercy Housing Californa | San Francisco, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Spirit Rock Meditation Center | Woodacre, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Topsham Public Library | Topsham, ME | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Syracuse University Hillel | Syracuse, NY | $7,200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Temple Emanu-El | San Francisco, CA | $6,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Marin Open Studios | Sausalito, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Miami - Miller Center for Jewish Studies | Coral Gables, FL | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs | Sacramento, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Blue Bear School of Music | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Youth Center San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mercy Housing California | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Francisco Lgbt Center | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Guardians of Los Angeles Jewish Health | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Miami | Coral Gables, FL | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chabad of Syracuse University | Syracuse, NY | $3,600 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Palm Beach Synagogue | Palm Beach, FL | $3,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Masorti Foundation | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Jewish University | Los Angeles, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Out Montclair | Montclair, NJ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Syracuse University (chabad) | Syracuse, NY | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Elnet | Skokie, IL | $1,342 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Prince of Peace Episcopal Church | Woodland Hills, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Luke Church - Toni's Kitchen | Montclair, NJ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
79 of 174 (45%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 47%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 213 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 106 | $5,384,708 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 85 | $5,145,912 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 80 | $5,926,910 | $30,000 |
| 2024 | 47 | $3,663,445 | $12,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
41% of its giving went to organizations in Florida.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Newton & Rochelle Becker Charitable Trus's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 700 Larkspur Landing Circle 199, Larkspur, CA, 94939. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 20-3822168 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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