Beckman Orange County, CA Community Grants

Program Overview & Eligibility

The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation’s Local Community Support Grants support organizations with innovative STEM/STEAM activities within the Orange County, California area.

Local Community Support Grants are awarded for community-based projects, activities or events that align with the Foundation’s aim of “supporting young scientists today for tomorrow’s breakthrough discoveries.”

Funding Priorities

• Proposed projects should be aligned with the Foundation’s aim of “supporting young scientists today for tomorrow’s breakthrough discoveries” and oriented toward achieving positive outcomes in at least one of the Foundation’s current funding priorities:
• Engaging youth in hands-on science and math activities to encourage curiosity and student-driven exploration and learning
• Using technology to engage youth in STEAM
• Discovering Orange County – looking closer at the science behind seismology, robotics, space, sustainability, or agriculture
• Promoting the Beckmans’ legacy of technology innovation and leadership in Orange County

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

• Requests (project proposals) must be submitted by a U.S. nonprofit 501(c)3, or equivalent, organization serving youth in Orange County, California community.
  • This program defines the terms “youth” and “youths” as individual(s) 17 years of age or younger.

Ineligibility

• As a matter of policy, the Foundation does not provide grants to non-U.S. organizations or institutions.