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Berakah Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$81k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$159kHealth$110kYouth Development$103kHuman Services$60kPublic Safety & Disaster$50kEducation$36kRecreation & Sports$10kHousing & Shelter$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $31k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$2,800
Median grant
4
States reached
$87k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
National Disaster Search Dog Founda$50,000
CareNet Pregnancy Center$5,850
National Council on Bible Curriculu$5,000
Norman Moore Ministries$4,000
Community of Prayer$3,000
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$2,800
Christian Child Care Coalition$2,750
Family Care Network Inc$2,500
The Salvation Army$2,500
St Joseph's Society of the Sacred H$1,000
Pacific Christian Center$1,000
The Master's Program$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Orcutt Area Seniors In Service: $5k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$410k · 22 repeat orgs$134k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
19

Total granted

$410k
$83k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+28%

Still filing today

32%
26%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesReligionCivil RightsYouth DevelopmentEmploymentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • 1S
    17 STRONG
    7× · 2017–2023 · $48k · revenue +600%
  • NM
    NORMAN MOORE MINISTRIES
    8× · 2017–2024 · $28k · revenue +104%
  • FC
    FAMILY CARE NETWORK INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $20k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • MM
    Marian Medical Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • SF
    SPEAK FOR THE UNBORN
    one grant, 2021 · $7k · revenue -32%
  • CH
    Captive Hearts Ministry
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Destined for Victory Ministries Bay Area Inc

The ministry's purpose is to proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ and serve the spiritual needs of people throughout the United States via terrestrial radio, internet, podcast and other effective means of mass communications.

Religion
2
Milal Mission in Northern California American Wheat Mission Inc

Religious mission to preach the gospel of jesus christ to handicapped people.

Religion
3
Gomsc

Gathering men of partnering churches for activities and encouragement.

Religion
4
Freedom Teams Inc

To reach the North American continent with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, beginning with the local community of Freedom, CA. The vision is to see lives transformed through Christ in the local community, and then spread the ministry throughout…

Human Services
5
Testimony Gospel Brand Ministries

Advancing the Great Commission and advocating for gospel-centered justice in CA.

Religion
6
Jesus in Vietnam Ministries
Religion
7
Life Without Limbs

Our mission is to cross boundaries and break down barriers, to build bridges that bring people to the love and hope found in Jesus Christ.

Human Services
8
Northern California Christian Conference

The mission of the northern california christian conference center (ncccc) is to respond to god's desire to blend the body of christ together for the fulfillment of his eternal purpose as seen in 1 corinthians 12:24 and for the building up…

Religion
9
Hospice of the Valleys Sc Inc

We foster reverence for life, relief of suffering, and compassion in loss for the terminally ill residents and their families in the communities we serve.

Human Services
10
Coachella Valley Rescue Mission

To serve those in need by sharing the saving grace of jesus christ through the provision of food, shelter, clothing, and spiritual recovery. and a place where daily physical and spiritual needs may be met.

Human Services
11
Couples for Christ Mission Fdn California

The organizations conducts Christian Life Programs, marriage enrichment retreats and conferences to strengthen participants Catholic faith as it relates to family life including relationships between spouses and their children

Religion
12
Victory Mission

To operate and maintain a rescue mission at Salinas, California provide Job training

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rescue Mission Alliance; the most unlike its peers is Coast Valley Substance Abuse Treatment Center. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 43 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
11/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Pacific Christian School: $79,800 · OtherPacific Christian SchoolCareNet Pregnancy Center: $32,733 · OtherCareNet Pregnancy CenterNORMAN MOORE MINISTRIES: $28,000 · OtherNORMAN MOORE MINISTRIESMarian Medical Foundation: $25,000 · OtherMarian Medical FoundationNational Council on Bible Curriculm: $25,000 · OtherNational Council on Bible CurriculmST JOSEPH HIGH SCHOOL: $24,296 · OtherST JOSEPH HIGH SCHOOLFAMILY CARE NETWORK INC: $20,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY: $18,500 · OtherCOMMUNITY OF PRAYER INC: $17,025 · OtherCHRISTIAN CHILD CARE COALITION: $15,750 · OtherNational Council on Bible Curriculu: $15,000 · Other+21 more: $92,082 · Other+21 moreNATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $50,000 · HealthNATIONAL DISASTER SEARC…17 STRONG: $47,864 · Health17 STRONGChristian Discipleship Center: $9,000 · HealthChristian Discipleship …GOLDEN CIRCLE OF CHAMPIONS: $3,900 · Health+1 more: $1,200 · HealthRESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE: $9,600 · Human ServicesORCUTT AREA SENIORS IN SERVICE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesCOAST VALLEY SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTER: $9,500 · ReligionSPEAK FOR THE UNBORN: $7,000 · Civil RightsFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentVTC ENTERPRISES: $3,500 · Employment
Other$393,186Health$111,964Human Services$14,600Religion$9,500Civil Rights$7,000Youth Development$5,000Employment$3,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budget17 STRONG: $47,864 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetNORMAN MOORE MINISTRIES: $28,000 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetFAMILY CARE NETWORK INC: $20,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE: $9,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Discipleship Center: $9,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetSPEAK FOR THE UNBORN: $7,000 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetORCUTT AREA SENIORS IN SERVICE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetGOLDEN CIRCLE OF CHAMPIONS: $3,900 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetVTC ENTERPRISES: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEDDY BEAR CANCER FOUNDATION: $1,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds NATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds 17 STRONG ↗
  • Who funds NORMAN MOORE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY CARE NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds COAST VALLEY SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Christian Discipleship Center ↗
  • Who funds SPEAK FOR THE UNBORN ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN BRAILLE WORKERS INC ↗
  • Who funds ORCUTT AREA SENIORS IN SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds GOLDEN CIRCLE OF CHAMPIONS ↗
  • Who funds VTC ENTERPRISES ↗
  • Who funds TEDDY BEAR CANCER FOUNDATION ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Santa Barbara FoundationCA17.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Santa Barbara Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Berakah Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Berakah Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Berakah Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Berakah Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 43 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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