Be A Mentor Inc
Funding Overview
From IRS Form 990 filings · 2018–2025
Total received
$387K
Foundation funders
13
Grants recorded
25
Years covered
2018–2025
Who funds Be A Mentor Inc?
Be A Mentor Inc is funded by 13 grantmakers, led by Kaiser Foundation Hospitals ($100K), Liberty Hill Foundation ($70K), Sustainable Grant Making Partners Fund ($42K). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $387K in grants to Be A Mentor Inc between 2018–2025.
| Funder | Total given | Grants | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser Foundation Hospitals | $100,000 | 1 | 2024 |
| Liberty Hill Foundation | $70,371 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sustainable Grant Making Partners Fund | $42,000 | 2 | 2020–2023 |
| Bosch Community Fund | $40,197 | 3 | 2022–2024 |
| Ross Stores Foundation | $40,000 | 2 | 2022–2023 |
| H & H Lee Charitable Foundation | $30,000 | 2 | 2018–2019 |
| Lowell Berry Foundation | $21,500 | 5 | 2019–2025 |
| The Nicholson Family Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 2023–2025 |
| Alaska Airlines Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 2022–2024 |
| The Intero Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 2024 |
| Charis Fund | $6,000 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Deville Foundation Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 2021–2022 |
| The James Joseph Ford Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 2023 |
Funding over time
Grant dollars and counts received per year
From 2018 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $12K (2021) to $129K (2024). In 2025 it made 3 grants totaling $86K.
What grants has Be A Mentor Inc received?
Individual grants from IRS Form 990 filings, newest first
| Year | Funder | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Liberty Hill Foundation | SUPPORT FOR CAPACITY BUILDING THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INCUBATION ACADEMY | $70,371 |
| 2025 | The Nicholson Family Foundation | GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES. MULTI-YEAR GRANT. EDUCATION PROGRAMS. | $10,000 |
| 2025 | Lowell Berry Foundation | Foster Youth Mentoring Initiative | $5,500 |
| 2024 | Kaiser Foundation Hospitals | Mentoring For Foster Youth | $100,000 |
| 2024 | Bosch Community Fund | STEM | $12,500 |
| 2024 | The Intero Foundation Inc | provide financial support to organization helping children and youth | $6,000 |
| 2024 | Alaska Airlines Foundation | Be A Mentor offers mentoring services to under-served youth in California. The programs offered by BAM are designed to improve academic performance, reduce risk factors, develop workforce skills, and provide guidance to underserved youth, including youth impacted by substance misuse, youth in foster care, and youth otherwise systems impacted. BAM recruits, trains, and oversees mentors who work with youth to improve academic, social, and career outcomes. BAM's Youth Mentoring Program focuses on creating supportive one-to-one relationships between youth from challenging circumstances and adult volunteers from the community. As a community-based mentoring program, mentors and mentees meet in person and participate in activities out in the community. | $5,000 |
| 2024 | Lowell Berry Foundation | Foster Youth Mentoring Initiative | $5,000 |
| 2023 | Ross Stores Foundation | YOUTH PROGRAM | $20,000 |
| 2023 | Sustainable Grant Making Partners Fund | Virtual Mentoring - Mentor Recruitment | $15,000 |
| 2023 | Bosch Community Fund | STEM | $13,620 |
| 2023 | The Nicholson Family Foundation | GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES. SOCIAL & EDUCATION PROGRAMS. | $5,000 |
| 2023 | The James Joseph Ford Foundation | TO STRENGTHEN MENTORS' CAPACITY TO HELP CHILDREN AND YOUTH WHO COME FROM CHALLENGING CIRCUMSTANCES TO DEVELOP THE ASSETS THEY NEED TO CREATE SUCCESSFUL LIVES FOR THEMSELVES. | $2,500 |
| 2022 | Ross Stores Foundation | YOUTH PROGRAM | $20,000 |
| 2022 | Bosch Community Fund | STEM | $14,077 |
| 2022 | Alaska Airlines Foundation | Be A Mentor offers mentoring services to under-served youth in the San Francisco Bay Area and throughout California. We are a leader in advancing and strengthening mentoring for at-promise and low-performing youth. Originally founded in 1992, we have managed numerous mentoring projects with cities, counties, and schools, providing direct mentoring services and pairing thousands of youth with caring adult role models. Our programs reduce gang violence, prevent alcohol and drug abuse, and improve academic performance, and have served marginalized youth including foster youth, children with parents in prison and transitional youth. Working with partners, we help to recruit, train, and oversee mentors as they work with youth to improve academic, social, and career outcomes. | $5,000 |
| 2022 | Lowell Berry Foundation | Foster Youth Mentoring Initiative | $5,000 |
| 2022 | The Deville Foundation Inc | UNRESTRICTED | $1,000 |
| 2021 | Charis Fund | MENTORING COLLABORATIVE PROJECT | $6,000 |
| 2021 | Lowell Berry Foundation | Foster Youth Mentoring Initiative | $3,000 |
| 2021 | The Deville Foundation Inc | UNRESTRICTED | $2,500 |
| 2020 | Sustainable Grant Making Partners Fund | Virtual Tutoring | $27,000 |
| 2019 | H & H Lee Charitable Foundation | MENTOR CHILDREN | $10,000 |
| 2019 | Lowell Berry Foundation | Foster Youth Mentoring Initiative | $3,000 |
| 2018 | H & H Lee Charitable Foundation | MENTOR CHILDREN | $20,000 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Who funds Be A Mentor Inc?
Be A Mentor Inc is funded by 13 grantmakers, led by Kaiser Foundation Hospitals ($100K), Liberty Hill Foundation ($70K), Sustainable Grant Making Partners Fund ($42K). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $387K in grants to Be A Mentor Inc between 2018–2025.
Who is Be A Mentor Inc's largest funder?
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals is the largest recorded funder of Be A Mentor Inc, with $100K across 1 grant (2024).
How much grant funding has Be A Mentor Inc received?
IRS 990 filings record $387K in grants to Be A Mentor Inc across 25 grants from 13 funders between 2018–2025. Filings are published on a delay, so recent grants may not appear yet.
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