· Private foundation
Berg Family Charitable Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k10 grants · $34k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $173k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $268k
- $250k+1 grant · $500k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| JACKSONVILLE SYMPHONY | $500,000 |
| JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY | $150,000 |
| THE UNF FOUNDATION | $68,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $50,000 |
| WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL | $35,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF NE FL | $35,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $30,000 |
| LEADING CHANGE INC | $25,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $13,600 |
| JACKSONVILLE SYMPHONY | $12,080 |
| THE UNF FOUNDATION | $12,000 |
| PRINCETON UNIVERSITY | $10,000 |
| THE ASPEN INSTITUTE | $9,000 |
| ACES | $7,000 |
| THE ASPEN INSTITUTE | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 93% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.
29 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $79k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC8× · 2017–2025 · $484k · revenue +243%- JUJacksonville University5× · 2019–2025 · $367k · revenue +49%
- UOUNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC2× · 2024–2025 · $100k · revenue +18%
Funded once
THE BETTER ANGELS SOCIETY INCone grant, 2020 · $500k · revenue -25%- WFWINSTON FAMILY YMCAone grant, 2018 · $150k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLone grant, 2017 · $74k
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.
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.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
Provide post-secondary education of excellence.
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…
Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…
Jewelers of america, the most trusted and influential voice of the jewelry industry, empowers and unites its members through expert guidance and advocacy, driving excellence, integrity, and success in an ever-changing marketplace.
American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.
How this is measured
21 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. 21 of the 75 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 THE BETTER ANGELS SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds Jacksonville University ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds The Trustees of Princeton University ↗
- Who funds LEADING CHANGE INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds ONEJAX INC ↗
- Who funds THEATRE ASPEN ↗
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.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc · The Haskell Foundation · Hicks Charitable Foundation · Winston Family Foundation · The Jim and Tabitha Furyk Foundation · The Gate Foundation Inc · Dubow Family Foundation Inc · The Maryellen S Willis Charitable Trust · Arthur V Davis Foundation Pf #3 · Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation Inc · Csx Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Berg Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Berg Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
- Jacksonville University: 3% of income from government
- Greenscape of Jacksonville Inc: 2% of income from government
- Cathedral Arts Project Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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