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Berenstein Family Foundation at a glance

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Berenstein Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$17k
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$55kPhilanthropy$29kHuman Services$16kFood & Nutrition$8kHealth$8kHousing & Shelter$6kCivil Rights$4kArts & Culture$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
3
States reached
$226k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONGREGATION BETH SHALOM$2,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN$2,000
CENTER FOR SIOUXLAND$1,500
GIRLS INC$1,300
SAFE PLACES$1,000
JUNE E NYLEN CANCER CENTER$1,000
UNITED WAY$1,000
SATURDAY IN THE PARK$1,000
KWIT$600
HOLOCAUST MUSEUM$500
HOPE STREET OF SIOUXLAND$500
NOAH'S HOPE$500
SIOUX CITY ART CENTER$500
WARMING SHELTER$270
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 (FY18–25, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CRITTENTON CENTER: $400 → 7%SIOUXLAND SENIOR CENTER: $600 → 13%SIOUXLAND SENIOR CENTER: $500 → 13%SIOUXLAND CENTER FOR ACTIVE GENERATIONS: $300 → 13%MID STEP SERVICES: $500 → 13%CAMP HIGH HOPES: $100 → 13%MID STEP SERVICES: $100 → 13%CRITTENTON CENTER: $100 → 13%CAMP HIGH HOPES: $100 → 13%CENTER FOR SIOUXLAND: $2k → 13%CENTER FOR SIOUXLAND: $1k → 13%CENTER FOR SIOUXLAND: $900 → 13%CENTER FOR SIOUXLAND: $900 → 13%CENTER FOR SIOUXLAND: $600 → 13%CENTER FOR SIOUXLAND: $500 → 13%CENTER FOR SIOUXLAND: $500 → 13%CENTER FOR SIOUXLAND: $360 → 13%WOMEN AWARE: $100 → 13%WOMEN AWARE: $100 → 13%WOMEN AWARE: $65 → 13%WOMEN AWARE: $50 → 13%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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$135k · 40 repeat orgs$13k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +13% since the first grant, against -7% for those funded once.

40 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
22

Total granted

$135k
$9k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
-7%

Still filing today

43%
23%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterEducationOther
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

  • FB
    FOOD BANK OF SIOUXLAND INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $8k · revenue +54%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR SIOUXLAND
    7× · 2019–2025 · $6k · revenue +11%
  • CA
    COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF SIOUXLAND
    2× · 2021–2022 · $2k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • CS
    CHILDRENS SCHOOL INC
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue -43%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
  • TW
    TOLERANCE WEEK
    one grant, 2024 · $1k
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
Siouxland Chamber of Commerce

Improve the quality of the siouxland area

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2
Southern Iowa Mental Health Center

Mental health care to those in need

Health
3
Sioux City Housing Trust Fund Inc

To act as the local governing board of sioux city housing trust fund by collecting and disbursing revenue for the purpose of encouraging the development and redevelopment of affordable housing for sioux city's income qualified residents.

Housing & Shelter
4
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Siouxland

Establish relationships between siouxland youth and mature, responsible screened adult volunteers.

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5
Siouxland Humane Society Inc

Provide services and programs that promote humane treatment of animals in the siouxland area. the organization operates a shelter, adopts animals to the public, promotes the spay/neuter of pets, provides educational programs and materials…

Animals
6
South Central Iowa Community Action Program Inc

To provide advocacy and services for disadvantaged persons and bring about institutional change for the benefit of the people we serve and the community at large. (see schedule o).to achieve this mission, scicap operates programs to…

Community Improvement
7
Sioux City Lewis & Clark Association
Arts & Culture
8
Siouxland Habitat for Humanity

To provide affordable housing for low-income families

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9
Sioux Falls Environmental Access Inc
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10
Heartland Senior Services Heartland of Story County

Heartland of Story County offers life-enriching opportunities for older adults and provides support for their families and caregivers.

Human Services
11
Siouxland Community Health Foundation

The foundation provides support for community health. it helps eliminate barriers and improves the health of the community.

Health
12
The Siouxland Initiative

To promote economic growth in the tri-state siouxland area

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Siouxland Regional Cancer Center; the most unlike its peers is Noahs Hope Animal Rescue Inc. 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

27 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. 27 of the 70 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
15/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CONGREGATION BETH SHALOM: $36,455 · OtherCONGREGATION BETH SHALOMFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $11,906 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHIndividual grant recipient: $11,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUNITED WAY: $8,500 · OtherUNITED WAYFOOD BANK OF SIOUXLAND INC: $7,560 · OtherFOOD BANK OF SIOUXLAND INCJEWISH FEDERATION OF SIOUXLAND: $7,000 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF SIOUXLANDST LUKE'S FOUNDATION: $4,500 · OtherSAFEPLACE: $4,500 · OtherWELCOME HOME: $4,490 · Other+44 more: $33,010 · Other+44 moreSIOUXLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $13,500 · PhilanthropySIOUXLAND…CENTER FOR SIOUXLAND: $6,260 · Human ServicesSIOUXLAND SENIOR CENTER: $1,400 · Human ServicesLILA MAE'S HOUSE: $1,250 · Human ServicesMID-STEP SERVICES INC: $600 · Human ServicesTHE CRITTENTON CENTER: $500 · Human Services+2 more: $515 · Human ServicesHEALTH INC HOSPICE: $2,725 · HealthSIOUXLAND REGIONAL CANCER CENTER: $2,000 · Health+2 more: $200 · HealthGIRLS INCORPORATED OF SIOUX CITY: $1,550 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SIOUXLAND INC: $100 · Youth DevelopmentSIOUXLAND YOUTH GOLF ASSOCIATION: $1,000 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OLYMPICS IOWA INC: $450 · Recreation & SportsIOWA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $1,200 · Education
Other$128,921Philanthropy$13,500Human Services$10,525Health$4,925Youth Development$1,650Recreation & Sports$1,450Education$1,200

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSIOUXLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $13,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK OF SIOUXLAND INC: $7,560 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR SIOUXLAND: $6,260 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetSAFEPLACE: $4,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDRENS SCHOOL INC: $3,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetHEALTH INC HOSPICE: $2,725 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF SIOUXLAND: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSIOUXLAND REGIONAL CANCER CENTER: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF SIOUX CITY: $1,550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSIOUXLAND SENIOR CENTER: $1,400 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLILA MAE'S HOUSE: $1,250 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetIOWA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $1,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNoahs Hope Animal Rescue Inc: $1,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSATURDAY IN THE PARK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMID-STEP SERVICES INC: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE STREET OF SIOUXLAND: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CRITTENTON CENTER: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS IOWA INC: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN AWARE: $315 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WARMING SHELTER INC: $270 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP HIGH HOPES: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED SPORTS ACADEMY: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SIOUXLAND INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROTEUS INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUNRISE MANOR: $50 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.

  • Who funds SIOUXLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF SIOUXLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR SIOUXLAND ↗
  • Who funds SAFEPLACE ↗
  • Who funds CHILDRENS SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds HEALTH INC HOSPICE ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF SIOUXLAND ↗
  • Who funds SIOUXLAND REGIONAL CANCER CENTER ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF SIOUX CITY ↗
  • Who funds SIOUXLAND SENIOR CENTER ↗
  • Who funds LILA MAE'S HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds IOWA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Noahs Hope Animal Rescue Inc ↗
  • Who funds SATURDAY IN THE PARK INC ↗
  • Who funds SIOUXLAND YOUTH GOLF ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds MID-STEP SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE STREET OF SIOUXLAND ↗
  • Who funds THE CRITTENTON CENTER ↗

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.

Missouri River Histor…The Chesterman Family…Siouxland Community F…Waitt FoundationPeterson Family Found…The Roth & Letch Fami…Food Bank of Siouxlan…Greenberg FoundationAalfs Family Foundati…Ronald B and Joan B K…United Way of Siouxla…Helios Foundation
Missouri River Historical Development IncIA48.9× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Missouri River Historical Development Inc · The Chesterman Family Foundation · Siouxland Community Foundation · Waitt Foundation · Peterson Family Foundation · The Roth & Letch Family Charitable Foundation · Food Bank of Siouxland Inc · Greenberg Foundation · Aalfs Family Foundation · Ronald B and Joan B Krage Foundation · United Way of Siouxland Inc · Helios Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely 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 70 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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