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.
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.
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.
Additional SupportERS
Additional support for BEAM is provided by:
2024-2025 Honor Roll
BEAM would like to thank the following individuals, foundations, and companies who have supported the program.
Contributors Above $250,000
Anonymous (x4)
Alan Deckelbaum and Beth Zweig*
In honor of BEAM (Anonymous)*
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*
Arbor Rising*
Charles Hayden Foundation*
Ken and Deborah Baron*
Glenn W Bailey Foundation*
Prashant and Saira Lal*
Modern Markets Initiatives
Takeda*
W. M. Keck Foundation*
CONTRIBUTORS FROM $25,000-$99,999
Anonymous (x6)
N. Nelson Elhage and Kate Rudolph*
Five Rings LLC*
Google*
Ichigo Foundation*
Tomislav Kundic*
The Lapan Family*
Robert Lourie*
Magnitude Capital LLC*
Gustavo Palazzi and Marina Niceta*
Pinkerton Foundation*
James Posen*
Quantedge*
Richard and Vanessa Rusczyk*
Susan Schwartz Wildstrom*
Mason Smith*
CONTRIBUTORS FROM $10,000-$24,999
Anonymous (x5)
Adobe
American Mathematical Society*
Ellen Brunsberg*
Ann and John Doerr*
Elbaz Family Foundation*
Foundation To Be Named Later*
Evan Goldberg and Family*
Joan Herman and Richard Rasiej*
Jeffrey Hoffman and Leslie Buller*
IAC Charitable Foundation*
Munir and Deepa Javeri*
Jonathan and Robert Niles-Weed*
David Patrick*
Ariel Rabkin and Sophie Litschwartz*
Alex and Reina Rampell*
Carla Sereny*
Barbara and Robert Staffaroni*
STEM PUSH Network*
Liliya and Spyros Svoronos*
Tower Research Capital*
Vera R. Campbell Foundation*
VRCares*
Rufus Williams and Paytre, Cleo and Lilian Topp*
Contributors From $5,000-$9,999
Anonymous (x3)
Sam Balinghasay*
Sergei Bernstein and Robin Dahan*
Nanayaa Dadson*
Tim Davis and Carol Critchlow*
Richard Dore*
Monty Essid*
In honor of William Herber Dailey*
JetPens*
Sergey Levin, in memory of Marina Levin*
Matthew McGann*
Nellie Mae Foundation*
Two Sigma*
Contributors from $1,000-$4,999
Anonymous (x12)
B. Alan and Sharon Gillis, in honor of Melissa Gillis*
Jonathan Armstrong*
Aaron Anderson*
Venu and Melissa Angara*
Joanna Barsh and David Garbasz*
Maury and Joseph Bohan*
Jane Boon and Norman Pearlstine*
Molly Brethauer*
Matthew Broussard*
Ruthie Byers*
Greg Burnham*
Betsy and Andrew Cadel*
Chevron Phillips Chemical*
Evan Chen*
Craig Chu and Charley Mills*
Edith Cohen and Alexander Wang*
The Cordeiro Family*
Stephen Curran and Vidya Venkateswaran*
Glen and Cyndi Dawson*
Joanne Dillon*
DL*
Eve and Richard Egelhof*
Joshua Ehrlich*
Electronic Arts*
Aaron Goldberg*
Andrew Grider*
Grist Labs, Inc (https://www.getgrist.com)*
Shira and Lawrence Helft*
Jim and Robin Herrnstein*
A J Hildebrand*
Nikki Ho-Shing*
Verine Ho-Shing*
Madison Ihrig*
Thomas Lawler*
J.M. Kaplan Fund*
Kiran Kedlaya and Alina Bucur*
Robert Konigsberg*
KQR Charitable Fund*
Ben Kraft*
Paul Krikorian and Sophie Chheang*
Louis and Allison Kural*
Kathy Lin and Jacob Fox*
Winston and Rachel Luo*
Francisco Luongo*
Jan-Willem Maessen and Andrea Humez*
MBI, Inc.*
Amber and CW McCullagh*
Letitia Naigles, in memory of Mark Naigles*
Allie Obermeyer and John Mrkonic*
Paula J. Olsiewski and John H. Healey*
PDT Partners*
Philip Pham*
Benjamin Segal and Jacqueline Mahal*
Chris Shabsin and Dana Scott*
Gaurav Singh*
Rajdeep and Jasjeet Singh*
Andy and Tiffany Smith*
Tara Smith and Patrick McSwiggen*
Noah Snyder and Malia Jackson*
Lori Thomas*
Brett and Louisa Wickard*
Matthew Wright*
Jo Wright*
David Wu*
Xiaoqi Zhu*
Sisi Zhu and YinFeng Shao*
Simon Zhuang*
Contributors from $200-$999
Anonymous (x30)
Shin Adachi*
Carolyn Aler*
Matthew Ando*
Justin Barnett*
Adrian Baur*
BlackRock*
Ranu and Ravi Boppana*
Michael Budiansky and Alisa Golden Budiansky*
Kaitlin Carr*
Fernando Carrillo*
Laura and Rafael, in honor of Lynn Cartwright-Punnett*
Keilani Caruso*
Adriana Castilla*
Lillian Chin*
Robert and Sara Coe*
Chris M. Conrad*
James Dai in honor of Vivian Dai*
Lisa Danz*
Alex Dehnert*
Doty Family Foundation*
Jordan Ellenberg*
The Florin Family*
Joyce Farnsworth and Cliff Young*
Andrew Godfrey*
Golden Key Enrichment and Main Line Classical Academy*
Ethan Hall*
Robert Henderson and Martina Brosnahan*
Darryl Hill*
Lindsay Hirschhorn*
Lisa Ho, in honor of Sally Lipsey*
In honor of Adrian Baur*
In honor of Chinese Community Center Math Club at Albany NY*
In honor of Cory Colbert*
In memory of M. Stuart Grace*
Sinkari Kassim*
Robert Kohn*
Srisaidhruti Kuchibhotla*
Sheng Li*
Allyson and Don Laackman, in honor of Don Laackman III*
Marc-Paul Lee*
Marcus*
Tasha McGahee-Shangvi*
Robert and Nancy McCullough*
Yair Minsky and Ada Fenick*
Jonathan Love*
Jayson Lynch*
James McFadden*
Casey McNamara and David Farhi*
Ariel and Chris Meave-Ohrt*
Jennie Orr Thomas and Daniel Thomas*
Krisha Neighbors*
David Ng*
Grace Pan*
Greg Price*
Deirdre Quillen*
Jennie and Jeremy Redburn Family Fund*
David Reiley and Jill Sazama*
Katherine Rorschach and David Savitt*
David A. Rosen*
Tim Roughgarden*
Simon Rubinstein-Salzedo*
Sophia Russell*
Adam Sealfon*
Michael Sheard*
Simsbury High School*
Mia Smith*
Judith Tytel*
Hannah Wensel*
Yang Xu*
Boon-Lock Yeo*
Dian Yu*
Kathleen and David Zehender*
Contributors Up to $199
Anonymous (x61)
S. Agarwal
Fabio Amendola*
Lorraine, Lennin and Angel Antunish; Gladis Paucar; Dennys and Romel Antunish*
Anna de Bakker*
Ryan Bardach*
Bee-Decked, LLC
Yasha Berchenko-Kogan*
Ashli Black
Haley Block*
Anna Blinstein
Katherine Booth*
Calista Brill
Julie Bustrum*
Francis Butler*
Amanda Cade
Becky Charous
Christopher Chilas*
Laura Crowley*
Nandan Das*
Marisa Debowsky*
Dell*
Huaizhang Deng*
Amadou and Hassatou Diallo Household
Isaac Dinner*
Brian Edwards
Sukanya Ellendulla*
Everence Foundation, Inc.*
Anthony Fante
D. Kent Freeman*
Benjamin Friedenson
Holman Gao*
Suman Ganguli*
Jon Gallagher*
David Gayheart*
Natalia Gelfand*
Janneke van Geuns*
Richard Gottesman*
Josh Goldman*
Alisha Hagelberg
David and Lynne Hamrick*
Chris Heisel and Erica Endicott*
Hibbert Hill Family*
Daniel Hrabovcak*
In honor of 21st Century Mathematics class given by Justin Lanier*
In honor of Owen Cardwell*
In honor of Sylvia Carlisle & William Green*
In honor of Rick Elderkin*
In Honor of Owen Foster*
In honor of Thomas Francis Lord*
In honor of Parker Giarretto Duong*
In honor of Jeff Hoffman*
In honor of Nkenge Ho-Shing*
In honor of Tom James IV*
In honor of Tom James IV*
In honor of Tom James* (x2)
In honor of Jim Morrow*
In honor of Todd Nelling*
In honor of Tammy and Keith Passwater*
In honor of Jim Posen for his 32nd Birthday*
In honor of Zach Walsh*
In memory of Raymond Brunsberg*
Alexander Irpan*
Reva Kasman*
Andy Kelsall*
Dan Kinch*
Brook King*
Irina Kogan*
Scott Duke Kominers*
Weiwei Kong*
Tanya Koshy*
Sheila Krilov*
Krishna Family*
Alexander Krol*Marlena Kudej*
The Kuroyamas*
Greg Lev*
Karina Josephine Livingston*
Robert Lo*
Dennis Loo*
YQ Lu*
Maia McCormick*
Ashwin Mishra*
Alex Ness*
Elizabeth Often*
Apoorva Panidapu*
Richard Prodgers*
Ramji Raghavan and Vanitha Narasimhan*
Emily Riehl*
Danielle Rodriguez*
David and Allison Roe*
Natalie Ryan*
Shyam Sabhaya*
Bob Sachs*
Charles T. Sebens*
Elina Shirolkar*
Michael, Megan, Arthur and Rena Shulman*
Oscar Steinhardt*
Sreenisha Sukumaran*
Jordan Sullivan*
Toast.org*
UKOGF*
VISA*
Michael Von Korff*
Lee-kai Wang*
WeiWei Wang*
Jay Watt*
Darren Williams*
Jennifer Wilson*
Woodrow Wilson Math Competition Team, Edison, NJ*
Ray Yang*
Ping Zhu*
Joshua Zucker*
In Kind Contributions
*Repeat Donor