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Berek Scholarship Foundation Inc at a glance

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Berek Scholarship Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$6k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$850
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$14kCivil Rights$8kEnvironment$6kEducation$5kHealth$4kFood & Nutrition$4kAnimals$2kReligion$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
5
States reached
$111k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE RAPTOR TRUST$850
ACLU$750
COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF NEW JERSEY$700
DOCTORS WO BORDERS$500
AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND$500
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND$500
MALALA FUND$500
HIAS$500
THE CARTER CENTER$500
NEW JERSEY NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO$330
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 (FY17–22, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%COVENANT HOUSE: $900 → 17%GIRLS WHO CODE: $550 → 17%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MD
DC
AL
GA
TX
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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$37k · 17 repeat orgs$13k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
17

Total granted

$37k
$11k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+18%

Still filing today

82%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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
InternationalCivil RightsEducationEnvironmentFood & NutritionHuman ServicesOther
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

  • TC
    THE CARTER CENTER INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $4k · revenue +25%
  • AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND
    5× · 2020–2024 · $3k · revenue +36%
  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED
    5× · 2019–2024 · $3k · revenue +139%

Funded once

  • TI
    THE INSTITUTE FOR BIRD POPULATIONSgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue +33%
  • Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue +5%
  • AF
    ALLIANCE FOR INT'L REFORESTATION
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue +18%
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
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
2
International Development Enterprises

See schedule o for a more detailed description of ide's mission statement and achievements.

International
3
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
4
Indigenous Peoples Rights Inc

To lead and coordinate the global initiative to address and prevent criminalization, violence, and impunity against indigenous peoples towards strengthening their collectives, solidarity, and actions.

Human Services
5
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
6
Counterpart International Inc

For over 60 years, counterpart international has partnered with communities worldwide to turn local ideas into lasting solutions, connecting local vision with global opportunity. (continued on schedule o)we believe people closest to the…

International
7
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
8
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
9
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
10
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
11
International Crisis Group

Crisis group works to prevent and resolve deadly conflict around the world by informing and influencing the perceptions and actions of policymakers and other key conflict actors. to this end, we endeavour to talk to all sides and provide…

International
12
The Global FoodBanking Network

To nourish the world's hungry through uniting and advancing food banks.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Immigration Law Center; the most unlike its peers is The Malala Fund. 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

29 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. 29 of the 39 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
22/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CARTER CENTER INC: $3,950 · InternationalTHE CARTER CENTER INCInternational Rescue Committee INC: $2,250 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee…Save The Children Federation Inc: $1,650 · InternationalSave The Children Federation I…HIAS INC: $1,600 · InternationalHIAS INCMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,050 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA I…WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $1,000 · InternationalWOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONALDIRECT RELIEF: $1,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEFWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $600 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $500 · InternationalACLU: $4,125 · OtherACLUHEART TO HEART INITIATIVE: $2,050 · OtherHEART TO HEART INITIATIVEFAIR FIGHT: $1,500 · OtherFAIR FIGHTFAMILY PROMISE OF MORRIS COUNTY INC: $1,000 · OtherFAMILY PROMISE OF MORRIS COUNTY INCNARAL: $700 · OtherTHE INSTITUTE FOR BIRD POPULATIONS: $1,000 · OtherTHE INSTITUTE FOR BIRD POPULATIONSTHE RAPTOR TRUST: $850 · OtherCOVENANT HOUSE: $900 · OtherWoodwell Climate Research Center Inc: $1,000 · OtherWoodwell Climate Research Center Inc+9 more: $4,230 · Other+9 moreENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $3,375 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENT…ALLIANCE FOR INT'L REFORESTATION: $1,000 · EnvironmentALLIANCE FO…GLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUND: $550 · EnvironmentGLOBAL GREE…AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $3,400 · EducationAMERICAN I…SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC: $600 · EducationSPONSORS F…THE MALALA FUND: $500 · EducationTHE MALALA…Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $2,200 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $1,650 · Food & NutritionPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $3,175 · HealthEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $2,000 · Civil RightsNATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $600 · Civil RightsREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $500 · Civil Rights
International$13,600Other$17,355Environment$4,925Education$4,500Food & Nutrition$3,850Health$3,175Civil Rights$3,100

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 budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $3,950 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $3,400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $3,375 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $3,175 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $2,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $2,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $1,650 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,650 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHIAS INC: $1,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INSTITUTE FOR BIRD POPULATIONS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF MORRIS COUNTY INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWoodwell Climate Research Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE FOR INT'L REFORESTATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RAPTOR TRUST: $850 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUND: $550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS WHO CODE INC: $550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFARESTART: $525 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MALALA FUND: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

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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 Berek Scholarship Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Berek Scholarship Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Family Promise of Morris County Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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.

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 39 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home