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.

 

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.

 

Major Supporters

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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.

Additional SupportERS

Additional support for BEAM is provided by:

2023-2024 Honor Roll

BEAM would like to thank the following individuals, foundations, and companies who have supported the program. 

Contributors Above $250,000 

Contributors from $100,000-$249,000

CONTRIBUTORS FROM $25,000-$99,999

  • Anonymous (x6) 

  • Dwight Stuart Youth Fund 

  • Elbaz Family Foundation 

  • Elizabeth Loewenberg* 

  • Five Rings LLC* 

  • Glenn W. Bailey Foundation 

  • Google* 

  • Gustavo Palazzi and Marina Niceta* 

  • James Posen* 

  • The Lapan Family

  • John N. Calley Foundation

  • Loewenberg Foundation Incorporated* 

  • Magnitude Capital LLC* 

  • Mason Smith* 

  • N. Nelson Elhage and Kate Rudolph 

  • Pinkerton Foundation* 

  • Quantedge* 

  • Richard and Vanessa Rusczyk* 

  • Robert Lourie 

  • Tomislav Kundic

CONTRIBUTORS FROM $10,000-$24,999

  • Anonymous (x7) 

  • Alex Rampell 

  • American Mathematical Society* 

  • Ann and John Doerr* 

  • Ariel Rabkin and Sophie Litschwartz* 

  • Barbara and Robert Staffaroni* 

  • BlackRock* 

  • David Patrick* 

  • Evan Goldberg and Family* 

  • Foundation To Be Named Later

  • Glenn Willen* 

  • IAC Charitable Foundation 

  • Janel Callon 

  • Jeffrey Hoffman and Leslie Buller* 

  • Joan Colello, in memory of Victor Meyers* 

  • Joan Herman and Richard Rasiej* 

  • Jonathan and Robert Niles-Weed 

  • Katharine and Thomas Ewald* 

  • Marina and Sergey Levin* 

  • Rufus Williams and Paytre Topp* 

  • Shira and Lawrence Helft* 

  • Susan Schwartz Wildstrom* 

  • The Tudor Foundation* 

  • Tim Davis and Carol Critchlow* 

  • Tower Research Capital

  • VR Capital Group* 

  • Vera R Campbell Foundation* 

Contributors From $5,000-$9,999

  • Anonymous (x6) 

  • Edith Cohen and Alexander Wang* 

  • Gaurav Singh* 

  • In honor of William Herber Dailey* 

  • John Mrkonic and Allie Obermeyer* 

  • Max Stone 

  • Nellie Mae Foundation* 

  • Paula J. Olsiewski and John H. Healey* 

  • Point72, L.P.* 

  • Richard Dore* 

  • Sisi Zhu and YinFeng Shao* 

  • Theodore Singer* 

  • Tony Valderrama* 

  • Two Sigma*

Contributors from $1,000-$4,999

  • Anonymous (x14) 

  • Aaron Goldberg* 

  • Adriana Castilla* 

  • Andrew Grider* 

  • BDT & Company* 

  • Ben Kraft* 

  • Benjamin Irey* 

  • Benjamin Segal and Jacqueline Mahal* 

  • Brett and Louisa Wickard* 

  • Brian and Cindy Handy 

  • Caroline and Danny Shaw* 

  • Catherine Havasi and Jason Alonso* 

  • Chan Zuckerberg Initiative* 

  • Chevron Phillips Chemical 

  • Chris Shabsin and Dana Scott* 

  • Cordeiro Family* 

  • Craig Chu and Charley Mills* 

  • David Thompson 

  • David Wu* 

  • Doty Family Foundation* 

  • Electronic Arts* 

  • Evan Chen* 

  • Eve and Richard Egelhof* 

  • Gabriella Garbasz* 

  • Glen and Cyndi Dawson* 

  • Greg Burnham* 

  • Grist Labs, Inc (https://www.getgrist.com)* 

  • James McFadden 

  • Jan-Willem Maessen and Andrea Humez* 

  • Jane Boon and Norman Pearlstine* 

  • JetPens PCOW* 

  • Jo Wright* 

  • Joanne Dillon* 

  • John Moosemiller 

  • Joshua Ehrlich* 

  • Juliet Garbasz* 

  • Justin Venezuela 

  • KQR Charitable Fund*

  • Kaitlin Carr* 

  • Kiran Kedlaya* 

  • Larry Guth and Amy Pasternack* 

  • Liliya and Spyros Svoronos 

  • Lori Thomas* 

  • Louis and Allison Kural* 

  • MBI, Inc.* 

  • Madison Ihrig* 

  • Matthew Wright* 

  • Maury and Joseph Bohan* 

  • McKinsey* 

  • Ming-I Huang and Jonathan Roberts* 

  • Mira Bernstein, in memory of Alfonso Gracia Saz* 

  • Nanayaa Dadson* 

  • Niki Huhn* 

  • Noah Snyder and Malia Jackson* 

  • Philip Pham 

  • Rajdeep and Jasjeet Singh* 

  • Robert Konigsberg* 

  • Robert O'Connor 

  • Ruthie Byers* 

  • STEM PUSH Network* 

  • Sameer Shah* 

  • Sergei Bernstein and Robin Dahan* 

  • Sophie Vulpe* 

  • Stephen Curran and Vidya Venkateswaran 

  • Tara Smith and Patrick McSwiggen* 

  • The Provincial Foundation* 

  • Theo Epstein 

  • Thomas Lawler* 

  • Venu and Melissa Angara* 

  • Winston Luo and Rachel Jiang* 

  • Yofay Lee* 

  • Youlian Simidjiyski* 

  • Zoheri Logue Giving Fund*

Contributors from $200-$999

  • Anonymous (x49) 

  • Aaron Anderson* 

  • Adam Sealfon 

  • Adrian Baur* 

  • Alex Dehnert* 

  • Alexander Hoff 

  • Alexander Krol 

  • Amy Estersohn* 

  • Andrew Lo 

  • Andy Smith* 

  • Anurag Agarwal 

  • Ariel and Chris Meave-Ohrt* 

  • B. Alan and Sharon Gillis, in honor of Melissa Gillis* 

  • Benjamin Friedenson* 

  • Betsy and Andrew Cadel* 

  • Bryant Yik 

  • Caleb and Kali Das* 

  • Charles T. Sebens* 

  • Darryl Hill* 

  • David A. Rosen 

  • David Reiley and Jill Sazama* 

  • Deirdre Quillen* 

  • Dennis Emge 

  • Derek Newsom 

  • Don and Allyson Laackman* 

  • Emily Dryden and Peter McNamara* 

  • Emily Riehl* 

  • Frances Gaver* 

  • Greg Price* 

  • Hannah Wensel 

  • Haoyun Cui* 

  • Holman Gao* 

  • In fond memory of Ray Brunsberg 

  • In honor and appreciation of Harold Reiter 

  • In honor of Adrian Baur* 

  • In honor of Chinese Community Center Math Club at Albany NY* 

  • In honor of Cory Colbert* 

  • In honor of Diana Strauss 

  • In honor of Sylvia Carlisle & William Green* 

  • In memory of Thomas Lord* 

  • Ipek Ozil 

  • Japheth Wood and Mariel Fiori* 

  • Jayson Lynch* 

  • Jennie Orr Thomas and Daniel Thomas* 

  • Jennie and Jeremy Redburn Family Fund 

  • Jonathan Love* 

  • Jordan Ellenberg* 

  • Joseph Shochet* 

  • Joyce Farnsworth and Cliff Young* 

  • KLA Corporation 

  • Katherine Rorschach and David Savitt* 

  • Kathleen and David Zehender* 

  • Kathy Lin and Jacob Fox* 

  • Kenneth Abbott 

  • Laura and Rafael, in honor of Lynn Cartwright-Punnett* 

  • Lauren Taralli* 

  • Lisa Danz* 

  • Marc-Paul Lee* 

  • Matthew Ando* 

  • Mia Smith* 

  • Michael Budiansky and Alisa Golden Budiansky* 

  • Michael, Megan, Arthur and Rena Shulman* 

  • Neal Moorthy and Julietta Garbasz 

  • Patrick Haun 

  • Paul Deubel 

  • Qualcomm* 

  • Raj Jayanthan and Leah Abraham* 

  • Ranu and Ravi Boppana* 

  • Rich Dooley and Marie Martinez* 

  • Robert Kohn* 

  • Robert and Nancy McCullough* 

  • Robert and Sara Coe* 

  • Sally Quinn* 

  • Sanjay Nandipaku* 

  • Sean Markan* 

  • Simon Zhuang* 

  • Simsbury High School* 

  • Sinkari Kassim* 

  • Tasha McGahee-Shangvi* 

  • Tim Roughgarden* 

  • Tom James and Dustin Ngo* 

  • Uchechukwu Adegbite 

  • Valya Barboy* 

  • YQ Lu* 

  • Yvonne Chou

Contributors Up to $199

  • Anonymous (x64) 

  • Adder Oaks 

  • Alexander Irpan* 

  • Alisha Bhimji 

  • Amadou and Hassatou Diallo 

  • Amanda L Bennett* 

  • Anderson Isaac 

  • Andy Kelsall 

  • Anna Berlanga* 

  • Anna Blinstein 

  • Anna de Bakker* 

  • Anthony Mollengarden 

  • Aritra Basuroy 

  • Asahi Kasei Bioprocess, Inc.* 

  • Ashlie Chan 

  • Bee-Decked, LLC* 

  • Bob Sachs* 

  • Brayden Zhang 

  • Brian Edwards* 

  • Bryce Frost 

  • Caleb S. 

  • Cboe Global Markets 

  • D. Kent Freeman* 

  • Dagmawi Haile 

  • David D. Wang* 

  • David and Lynne Hamrick* 

  • Emily Ross 

  • Erik and Sara Nadeau* 

  • Ethan Weker 

  • Everence Foundation, Inc.* 

  • Florence Galvani* 

  • Grace Pan 

  • Haley Block* 

  • Harrison Okun and Sitara Persad 

  • Hayley Newman-Petryshen 

  • In honor of 21st Century Mathematics class given by Justin Lanier 

  • In honor of Joseph Quinn, Ph. D 

  • In honor of Kate & Nelson’s wedding 

  • In honor of Richard Doty 

  • In honor of Sir Isaac Newton 

  • In honor of Todd Nelling* 

  • In honor of Tom James IV* 

  • In honor of Tom James IV* 

  • In honor of Tom James* 

  • In honor of Tom James* 

  • In honor of Zach Walsh 

  • Jake Intrater* 

  • Janice Herbert 

  • Janneke van Geuns* 

  • Jerome Kaplan* 

  • Jessie Oehrlein* 

  • Jordan Sullivan* 

  • Josh Alman 

  • Julie Bustrum*

  • Jun Han 

  • Kailin Husayko and Brian Alexander 

  • Katherine and James Cronn* 

  • Krishna Family* 

  • Kristin Cimini 

  • Laura Crowley 

  • Lee-kai Wang* 

  • Lillian Chin* 

  • Lisa Dekis* 

  • Lisa Ho, in honor of Sally Lipsey* 

  • Madalina Persu* 

  • Maia McCormick* 

  • Matthew Trudeau* 

  • Ramji Raghavan and Vanitha Narasimhan* 

  • Reva Kasman* 

  • Rob Forler 

  • Ryan Williams* 

  • Sarah Tran 

  • Saurabh Malhotra 

  • Scott Duke Kominers* 

  • Sophia Orlov 

  • Spencer Bullinger 

  • Susan Berman Drews* 

  • Susan Grover 

  • The Kuroyamas* 

  • Treon Verdery* 

  • Weiwei Kong* 

  • Woodrow Wilson Math Competition Team, Edison, NJ* 

  • Yasha Berchenko-Kogan*