Tiny Beam Fund
A deliberately small private foundation that funds the hard upstream questions about industrial animal agriculture in the world's poorer economies, choosing to clear bottlenecks and seed research rather than chase whole solutions.
Financial profile
Tiny Beam Fund · EIN 83-3062276 · 501(c)(3)
| Fiscal year | Total revenue | Contributions | Program services | Total expenses | Net assets | Year end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $306,429 | $519,247 | $11,032,808 | Dec 2023 | ||
| FY2022 | $-803,831 | $442,042 | $11,235,073 | Dec 2022 | ||
| FY2021 | $10,103,093 | $367,205 | $12,476,144 | Dec 2021 | ||
| FY2020 | $1,988,854 | $213,185 | $2,733,527 | Dec 2020 | ||
| FY2019 | $1,126,872 | $169,483 | $957,362 | Dec 2019 |
Figures exactly as reported. A blank cell was blank on the form. The fiscal year links to the filing.
Peer societies
Five societies Tiny Beam Fund is read alongside.
CFHF
Conservation, Food and Health Foundation
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GF
Gaia Fund
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MF
Mayday Fund
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CF
Christensen Fund
A grantmaker supporting Indigenous Peoples in advancing their inherent rights, dignity, and self…
BF
Britton Fund
A fund that raises and grants money for arboriculture research and education so the field, and the trees it…
21 companies named
Who backs TBF
No public supporter list found as of September 2026.
Who backs Tiny Beam Fund's peers, but not Tiny Beam Fund
Companies named publicly by at least one of Tiny Beam Fund's five peer societies, and not found in Tiny Beam Fund's reviewed public records.
| Company | BF | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Aesculus Arboricultural Consulting, CA | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Alison Lancaster Consulting Arborists LLC, CA | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Anderson’s Tree Care Specialists, Inc, CA | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Arbor Global, HI | Named | 1 of 1 |
| B & M Land and Garden, CA | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Backyard Monkey LLC, HI | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Cal-Line Equipment Inc., CA | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Carl Mellinger Consulting LLC, CA | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Epicenter Management, CA | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Gerber Kawasaki, CA | Named | 1 of 1 |
| HortScience | Bartlett Consulting, CA | Named | 1 of 1 |
| John Crandell Tree Care, NV | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Mann Made Resources, CA | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Pacific Gas & Electric, CA | Named | 1 of 1 |
| RDO Equipment, CA | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Shigo and Trees, Associates LLC, WA | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Target Specialty Products, CA | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Tree Care Partners, AZ | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Treemasters, CA | Named | 1 of 1 |
| West Coast Arborists, Inc., CA | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Woodworks Tree Preservation, Inc., CA | Named | 1 of 1 |
The outside view
A deliberately small private foundation that funds the hard upstream questions about industrial animal agriculture in the world's poorer economies, choosing to clear bottlenecks and seed research rather than chase whole solutions.
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Their shape
The Frontier
At home at the edge of what comes next.
The Frontier is restless and pioneering, always testing what comes next. Its gift is innovation and adaptability, its challenge is focus, and not leaving its longtime members behind.
Also reads toward The Movement.
Strengths
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