Beaumont Foundation of America
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What it says it does
SEE SCHEDULE O
- Income
- $10.6 million
- Spending
- $5.3 million
- Employees
- 3
- Highest pay
- $312,243, president &
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (6)
- $1.5 million spent. SEE SCHEDULE O
- $1.0 million spent. SEE SCHEDULE O
- $865,212 spent. SEE SCHEDULE O
- $1.8 million spent. CHILDREN AND YOUTH PROGRAMS CONSIST PRIMARILY OF PROVIDING CLOTHING FOR CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE PROGRAMS. CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE SELDOM HAVE NEW SCHOOL CLOTHES, AS BUDGETS ARE SO SPARCE THAT NEW SCHOOL CLOTHES BECOME A LUXURY. BUT FOR CHILDREN ALREADY FACING NEARLY INSURMOUNTABLE PROBLEMS OF IDENTITY AND WORTH, PEER PRESSURE, AND RIDICULE BASED ON OLD OR INAPPROPRIATE CLOTHING CAN BE DEVASTATING. BEAUMONT FOUNDATION GRANTS WORK IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH THE MAJOR FOSTER CARE PROVIDERS TO HELP OVERCOME THIS PROBLEM. FINALLY, OUR CHILDREN OF FALLEN HEROES PROGRAM IS A LEGACY OF OUR ORIGINAL MISSION TO PROVIDE TECHNOLOGY GRANTS. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES LAPTOP COMPUTERS TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN AND SPOUSES OF MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN IRAQ OR AFGHANISTAN.
- LINE 4A - FIRST ACHIEVEMENT SOCIAL SERVICES GRANTS SUPPORT BASIC NEEDS, SUCH AS FOOD, CLOTHING, SHELTER, AND OTHER AID FOR INDIGENT, LOW INCOME, AND OTHER UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS. THE PRIMARY AREA IS FOOD TO THE POOR THROUGH ORGANIZED FOOD BANK PROGRAMS. GRANTS TO ENHANCE TECHNOLOGY, ECONOMIES OF SCALE AND NEW PARTNERSHIPS HAVE ENABLED FOOD BANKS TO MEET INCREASED DEMAND FOR FOOD TO THOSE MOST IN NEED. SPECIAL ATTENTION HAS BEEN GIVEN TO CHILDREN THROUGH KIDS CAFE AND BACKPACK PROGRAMS AND TO THE RURAL POOR THROUGH RURAL PANTRY PROGRAMS. THE REMAINING GRANTS IN THIS AREA ARE FUND AWARDS FOR EMERGENCY CARE FOR AT RISK POPULATIONS SERVED BY CHURCHES. LINE 4B - SECOND ACHIEVEMENT HEALTHCARE PROGRAMS FALL INTO THREE MAIN CATEGORIES OF IMPROVED ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE FOR THE UNDERSERVED. ONE IS AN OUTREACH PROGRAM TO NATIVE AMERICANS IN WESTERN STATES. THIS ENDEAVOR, CONDUCTED AS PART OF THE HUNTSMAN CANCER OUTREACH PROGRAM, SEEKS TO ENLIST TRIBAL ELDERS IN ENCOURAGING SCREENING AND TREATMENT. OUTREACH IS CONDUCTED BY HEALTHCARE WORKERS WHO ARE NATIVE AMERICAN OR FAMILIAR WITH CUSTOMS OF POTENTIAL CLIENTS. THE SECOND IS A COMMUNITY CLINIC WHICH HELPS CREATE TREATING PHYSICIAN HOMES FOR UNDERSERVED FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS. LINE 4C - THIRD ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATION PROGRAMS INCLUDE GRANTS TO SUPPORT EXCEPTIONAL K-12 TEACHERS, GRANTS TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO FIRST GENERATION UNDERSERVED UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, AND GRANTS AND ENDOWMENTS FOR GRADUATE PROGRAMS, PARTICULARLY IN LAW. SPECIAL PROGRAMS ARE ALSO ORGANIZED AROUND INCREASING OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERSERVED STUDENTS. THE PRIMARY FOCUS ON K-12 IS IN RECOGNIZING AND SUPPORTING OUTSTANDING TEACHERS THROUGH 10,000 PER TEACHER GRANTS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND EAST TEXAS. BEAUMONT FOUNDATION COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS FOLLOW WELL ESTIABLISHED FORMATS AT MULTIPLE UNIVERSITIES TO PROVIDE STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS AND TO ENDOW LEADERSHIP, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND FACULTY POSITIONS. THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS A NUMBER OF UNIVERSITIES, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON LAMAR UNIVERSITY HERE IN BEAUMONT.
- CHILDREN AND YOUTH PROGRAMS CONSIST PRIMARILY OF PROVIDING CLOTHING FOR CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE PROGRAMS. CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE SELDOM HAVE NEW SCHOOL CLOTHES, AS BUDGETS ARE SO SPARCE THAT NEW SCHOOL CLOTHES BECOME A LUXURY. BUT FOR CHILDREN ALREADY FACING NEARLY INSURMOUNTABLE PROBLEMS OF IDENTITY AND WORTH, PEER PRESSURE, AND RIDICULE BASED ON OLD OR INAPPROPRIATE CLOTHING CAN BE DEVASTATING. BEAUMONT FOUNDATION GRANTS WORK IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH THE MAJOR FOSTER CARE PROVIDERS TO HELP OVERCOME THIS PROBLEM. FINALLY, OUR CHILDREN OF FALLEN HEROES PROGRAM IS A LEGACY OF OUR ORIGINAL MISSION TO PROVIDE TECHNOLOGY GRANTS. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES LAPTOP COMPUTERS TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN AND SPOUSES OF MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN IRAQ OR AFGHANISTAN.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(4) social welfare organization as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since February 2001.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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