Our Supporters
BEAM's programs are provided at no cost to students and families. We rely on the support of the following foundations, companies, and individuals to continue achieving our mission of creating a pathway to STEM opportunities for underrepresented students.
Core Supporters
BEAM is supported by Carina Initiatives. Their mission is to send more kids from more communities to the frontiers of science and technology.
BEAM is supported by The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation. They elevate organizations, initiatives and leaders that boldly address the challenges of our time and expand opportunity for Los Angeles’ historically marginalized communities.
This project is supported by Hudson River Trading (HRT). HRT is an automated trading firm based in New York, with offices worldwide. HRT’s trading is guided by mathematical rigor, well-designed engineering, and a responsibility towards transparent and well-functioning markets.
BEAM is supported by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is dedicated to advancing the education of exceptionally promising students who have financial need.
This project is supported by Jane Street. Jane Street is a global trading firm and market maker trading a wide range of financial products. As a firm of collaborative problem solvers, Jane Street leverages quantitative analysis, technology, and expertise to provide consistent liquidity across market conditions.
This project is supported by the Polynera Fund. Talent is everywhere. Opportunity is not. The Polynera Fund supports pathways for exceptional students to reach the frontiers of math and science.
BEAM is supported by the Simons Foundation. The mission of the Simons Foundation is to advance the frontiers of research in mathematics and the basic sciences. Since its founding in 1994 by Jim and Marilyn Simons, the foundation has been a champion of basic science through grant funding, support for research and public engagement.
XTX Markets is a leading algorithmic trading firm that uses machine learning to produce price forecasts for more than 53,000 financial instruments. Mathematics is central to their work, and the company is strongly committed to supporting exceptional mathematical talent worldwide and accelerating breakthrough research.
Additional Supporters
Additional support for BEAM is provided by:
2025-2026 Honor Roll
BEAM would like to thank the following individuals, foundations, and companies who have supported the program.
Contributors Above $250,000
Anonymous (x5)
Jason Carroll
Alan Deckelbaum and Beth Zweig*
In honor of BEAM*
La Vida Feliz Foundation*
The Lehoczky Escobar Family*
Alex Schwendner and Aakanksha Sarda*
Abigail and Adam Winkel*
Contributors from $100,000-$249,000
Anonymous (x2)
Ann Theodore Foundation*
Ken and Deborah Baron*
Charles Hayden Foundation*
Glenn W Bailey Foundation*
Amit Khetan
Prashant and Saira Lal*
W. M. Keck Foundation*
Contributors from $25,000-$99,999
Anonymous (x7)
Arbor Rising
Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation
Edwin Gould Foundation*
Elbridge Stuart Foundation (Dwight Stuart Youth Fund)
Google*
Joan Herman and Richard Rasiej*
Ichigo Foundation*
Tomislav Kundic*
The Lapan Family*
Magnitude Capital LLC*
Nelson Elhage and Kate Rudolph*
Gustavo Palazzi and Marina Niceta*
Pinkerton Foundation*
James Posen*
Richard and Vanessa Rusczyk*
Mason Smith*
Daniel Tierney
Eric and Anna Vishria
Contributors from $10,000-$24,999
Anonymous (x2)
Adobe*
Sam Balinghasay*
Sergei Bernstein and Robin Dahan*
Ellen Brunsberg*
Janel Callon*
Nanayaa Dadson*
Ann and John Doerr*
Elbaz Family Foundation*
Evan Goldberg and Family*
Jeffrey Hoffman and Leslie Buller*
Munir and Deepa Javeri*
Matt Kraning
Samuel Lessin
Sergey Levin, in memory of Marina Levin*
Benjamin Lewis
Jonathan and Robert Niles-Weed*
Adam Nunes
David Patrick*
Quantedge*
Alastair, Reina, and Cameron Rampell*
Susan Schwartz Wildstrom*
Carla Sereny*
Theodore Singer*
Barbara and Robert Staffaroni*
Susquehanna International Group
Tuck Elise Giving Fund
Vera R. Campbell Foundation*
VRCares*
Christine Woodin*
Contributors from $5,000-$9,999
Anonymous (x4)
American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) Better World Foundation
Charities Aid Foundation America (CAF America)
Edith Cohen and Alexander Wang*
Richard Dore*
Andrew Grasso
JetPens*
JP Morgan Chase
Paul Krikorian and Sophie Chheang*
Louis and Allison Kural*
LA Lakers Foundation
Michael Ma
Casey McNamara and David Farhi*
Nellie Mae Foundation*
Philip Pham*
Ariel Rabkin and Sophie Litschwartz
Russell Investments*
The Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation
Gaurav Singh*
Matthew McGann*
Two Sigma*
Glenn Willen
Contributors from $1,000-$4,999
Anonymous (x15)
American Mathematical Society*
Venu Angara*
John Armitage
Jane Boon and Norman Pearlstine*
Evan Broder
Matthew Broussard*
Gregory Burnham and Courtney Yadoo*
Katilin Carr*
Evan Chen*
Chevron Phillips Chemical*
Craig Chu and Charley Mills*
The Cordeiro Family*
Stephen Curran and Vidya Venkateswaran*
Cybergrants
Tim Davis and Carol Critchlow*
Glen and Cyndi Dawson*
Joanne Dillon*
Yuliya Dovzhenko
Eve and Richard Egelhof*
Joshua Ehrlich*
Electronic Arts*
David Garbasz and Joanna Barsh*
Gayle Lois Kinnison Charitable Fund
B. Alan and Sharon Gillis, in honor of Melissa Gillis*
Aaron Goldberg*
Grant Imahara STEAM Foundation
Larry Guth and Amy Pasternack*
Shira and Lawrence Helft*
Brian and Karen Hennigan
James and Robin Herrnstein*
A J Hildebrand*
Darryl Hill*
Nikki Ho-Shing*
John Hueston
In honor of William Herber Dailey*
Karen Johnston*
Moez Kaba
Kiran Kedlaya and Alina Bucur*
Liliana Kleyman
KQR Charitable Fund*
Ben Kraft*
Thomas Lawler*
Little Stream Foundation
Winston and Rachel Luo*
Jan-Willem Maessen and Andrea Humez*
Mathematics Foundation of America
MBI, Inc.*
Amber and CW McCullagh*
James McFadden*
Microsoft
Alison Mori
Allie Obermeyer and John Mrkonic*
Paula J. Olsiewski and John H. Healey*
Jennie Orr Thomas and Daniel Thomas*
Alex and David Robbins
Dmtriy Sagalovskiy*
Chris Shabsin and Dana Scott*
Rajdeep and Jasjeet Singh*
Andy and Tiffany Smith*
Tara Smith and Patrick McSwiggen*
Noah Snyder and Malia Jackson*
Andrew Spann
Synchrony
Kathryn Walder
Perrin Wheeler
Brett and Louisa Wickard*
Jo Wright*
Matthew Wright*
David Wu*
Ellie Yuan
Simon Zhuang*
Joshua Zucker*
Contributors from $200-$999
Anonymous (x27)
Shin Adachi*
Aysha Ansari
Apple
Ivan Barrientos
Adrian Baur*
Jaclyn Berkin
BlackRock*
Katherine Booth*
Ranu and Ravi Boppana*
Michael Budiansky and Alisa Golden Budiansky*
Meryam Bukhari
Marshall Camp
Mary Campbell
Keilani Caruso*
Adriana Castilla*
Lillian Chin*
Robert and Sara Coe*
Elizabeth and Gerald Cohen
Lisa Danz*
David Reiley and Jill Sazama*
Alex Dehnert*
Doty Family Foundation*
The Early College at Guilford Math Team
Jordan Ellenberg*
Thomas and Katherine Ewald*
Anthony Fante*
Joyce Farnsworth and Cliff Young*
Benjamin Friedenson*
Frances Gaver
Enze Ge
Golden Key Enrichment and Main Line Classical Academy*
Jennifer Granito
Daniel Gulotta
Guru Guruganesh
Debbie and Rick Hoffman
Kaillin Husayko and Brian Alexander
In honor of Adrian Baur*
In honor of Cory Colbert*
In honor of Jeff Hoffman*
Benjamin Irey
Sinkari Kassim*
Robert Kohn*
Robert Konigsberg*
Sheila Krilov*
Alexander Krol*
James McFadden*
Sheng Li*
Kathy Lin and Jacob Fox*
Jonathan Love*
YQ Lu*
Brad Lytle
Robert and Nancy McCullough*
Tasha McGahee-Shangvi*
Ariel and Chris Meave-Ohrt*
Preye Okah
Ralph S. Pantozzi*
James Parinella
Greg Price*
Hope Punnett
Jennie and Jeremy Redburn Family Fund*
Jessica Resnick-Ault and Chad Wolfsheimer*
Emily Riehl*
Chase Robins
Katherine Rorschach and David Savitt*
David A. Rosen*
George and Mimi Ross
Tim Roughgarden*
Benjamin Segal and Jacqueline Mahal
Michael, Megan, Arthur and Rena Shulman*
Mia Smith*
Sara Toborowsky
Chelsea Wierbonski
Japheth Wood and Mariel Fiori*
Boon-Lock Yeo*
Kathleen and David Zehender*
Contributors up to $199
Anonymous (x30)
Jason, Catherine, and Matthew Alonso
Kashyap Amin
Matthew Ando*
Lennin Antunish
Aubreyna Archer
Alaina Baum Erlin
Bee-Decked, LLC*
Robert Benun
Yakov Berchenko-Kogan*
Anna Blinstein*
Sarah Bradley
Rachel Brenner-Goldstein
Julie Bustrum*
Fernando Carrillo*
Felicia Cheng
Cynthia Correa
Jasper DeAntonio
Anna de Bakker*
Patrick De Man*
Dell*
Scott Duke Kominers*
Brian Edwards*
Jacob Elder
Everence Foundation, Inc.*
Krishna Family*
Gregory Felder
Sorel Fitz-Gibbon
Daisy and Ken Florin*
Zhamilya Gafur-Shaw
Holman Gao*
Michelle Giles
David Goldman
Josh Goldman*
Michelle Hall
David and Lynn Hamrick*
Chris Heisel and Erica Endicott*
Lisa Ho, in honor of Sally Lipsey*
The Hudson School
In honor of Jim Morrow*
In Honor of Owen Foster*
In honor of Sylvia Carlisle and William Green*
In honor of Thomas Francis Lord*
In honor of Todd Nelling*
In honor of Tom James* (x2)
In honor of Tom James IV* (x2)
Tng Japheth
Kristen Kaliski
Jerome Kaplan
Reva Kasman*
Dr. Kent Freeman*
Elizabeth Klein
Irina Kogan*
Weiwei Kong*
Divya Kumar
The Kuroyamas*
Ilona, Mila, and Anatol Lameka Household
Brandon and Deanna Lazarcheck
Maria Leon Chu
Charles Liang
Maorong Liu
Marcus*
Maia McCormick*
Gayle McDowell
Martina Meijer
Avnish Miduthuri
Andreea Minca
Yair Minsky and Ada Fenick*
Alex Ness*
Jeff Nussbaum
Toluwalope Ojelade
Justin Perl
Spencer Perry
Richard and Jeanette Prodgers
Deirdre Quillen*
Danielle Rodriguez*
James and Janet Rosenbaum
Michael Rourke
RTX
Salesforce
Paolo Scarpat
Sameer Shah*
Mingyu Shi
Elina Shirolkar*
Yue Shui
Jordan Sullivan*
Asya Takken
Yiyong Tan
Sarah Taylor
UKOGF*
Janneke van Geuns*
Michael Von Korff*
Lee-kai Wang*
Woodrow Wilson Math Competition Team, Edison, NJ*
Fengmei Zhan*
Laura Zharmukhametova
In-kind contributions
*Repeat Donor