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

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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.

 
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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 

  • Abigail and Adam Winkel* 

Contributors from $100,000-$249,000

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