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Berger Edwin L-Charitable Tr at a glance

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Berger Edwin L-Charitable Tr

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.

$292k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Animals$570kArts & Culture$200kPhilanthropy$175kReligion$133kHuman Services$132kHealth$124kCivil Rights$75kInternational$74kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k10 grants · $242k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$25,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$5.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INC$50,000
ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER$32,000
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND$25,000
PASADENA HUMANE SOCIETY$25,000
RED ROVER$25,000
AMERICA-ISRAEL CULTURE FOUNDATION$25,000
THE BLUE CARD$25,000
PAWS OF WAR$25,000
PETS FOR THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION$25,000
BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL$25,000
LONG ISLAND FELINE ADOPTION CENTER$10,000
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 (FY20–25, $214k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 47% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $32k → 6%THE BLUE CARD: $25k → 17%PETS FOR THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION: $25k → 17%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER: $32k → 6%SELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $50k → 17%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER: $32k → 6%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER: $18k → 6%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

NY
MA
OH
PA
CA
DE
NC
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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 12 repeat orgs$432k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against -7% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
11

Total granted

$1.1M
$307k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
-7%

Still filing today

83%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $125k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHuman ServicesArts & CultureInternationalPhilanthropyPublic BenefitOther
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

  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $125k · revenue +46%
  • UA
    UNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER
    5× · 2020–2025 · $125k · revenue +41%
  • IG
    ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND
    4× · 2020–2025 · $114k · revenue +90%

Funded once

  • IG
    ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR BLIND
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL FEDERATION OF JEWIS
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • MU
    MACCABI USA US COMMITTEE
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
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
Breeyah

Our mission is to build capacity to provide Animal Assisted Therapy and Animal Rescue in Israel. To date we have rescued neutered housed and fed over 50 stray cats.

Arts & Culture
2
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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3
The Israel Innovation Fund Inc

Our vision is to reignite the zionist spirit and meet the needs of jewish civilization in the twenty-first century by connecting people around the world through the vibrancy and creativity of contemporary israeli culture.

Arts & Culture
4
American Friends of Ish El Rayahu

To promote, benefit, and support Jewish religious, charitable & educational activities in Israel and the USA.

Religion
5
Israel 21c

Through its news service and public programs, Israel 21c educates individuals and groups about comtemporary life in Israel providing news and information on the people of Israel, its culture and business and scientific achievements.

Education
6
Israel Emergency Alliance

Standwithus is an international, education organization dedicated to informing the public about israel & combating extremism & anti-semitism. we believe education is the road to peace. (see continuation on schedule o)

International
7
Israel Venture Network

The Organization is at the forefront of the social business arena for fourth sector in Israel, nurturing and growing this emerging sector and generating sustainable social impact by providing Israel's social businesses with knowledge,…

Education
8
Adi Israel Foundation Inc

Aleh Israel Foundation, Inc.(The Foundation)is a Foundation that provides support to rehabilitative centers caring for most severely disabled children in Israel.

International
9
Idf Memorial Foundation
Philanthropy
10
Let the Animals Live

Let the Animals Live-Israel is a Non-profit organization which is set to provide help to animals in distress, rehabilitate them and find them homes. Over the years the organization has raised the awareness of the importance of animal…

Animals
11
World Jewish Relief Usa Inc

World jewish relief usa inc supports life-saving and life-changing action to assist and empower people in crisis around the world.

Religion
12
Dror for the Wounded Foundation Inc

To provide financial assistance to severely wounded veterans of the israel defense forces

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Animal Nations Dba Redrover; the most unlike its peers is Long Island Feline Adoption Center 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

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 28 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
12/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER: $125,000 · OtherUNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVERBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL: $107,500 · OtherBIRTHRIGHT ISRAELHOLOCAUST AND HUMAN RIGHTS: $75,000 · OtherHOLOCAUST AND HUMAN RIGHTSISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR BLIND: $50,000 · OtherISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR BLINDUNITED JEWISH APPEAL FEDERATION OF JEWIS: $50,000 · OtherUNITED JEWISH APPEAL FEDERATION OF JE…MACCABI USA US COMMITTEE: $25,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $25,000 · OtherISRAEL CANCER RESEARCH: $25,000 · OtherISRAEL CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC: $25,000 · OtherNORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC: $100,000 · AnimalsNORTH SHORE ANIMAL L…CATSKILL ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC: $75,000 · AnimalsCATSKILL ANIMAL SANC…LONG ISLAND FELINE ADOPTION CENTER INC: $30,000 · AnimalsLONG ISLAND FELINE A…PASADENA HUMANE: $25,000 · AnimalsPASADENA HUMANEPAWS OF WAR INC: $25,000 · AnimalsPAWS OF WAR INCINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $25,000 · AnimalsINTERNATIONAL FUND F…ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $114,000 · Human ServicesISRAEL GUIDE DOG …THE BLUE CARD INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesTHE BLUE CARD INCSELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesSELFHELP COMMUNIT…PETS FOR THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Human ServicesPETS FOR THE ELDE…AMERICA-ISRAEL CULTURAL FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICA-ISRAEL…FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF UNI…HOLOCAUST AND HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION CENTER: $25,000 · Arts & CultureHOLOCAUST AND …UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $125,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JE…FRIENDS OF YAD SARAH INC: $99,000 · HealthBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $25,000 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $25,000 · InternationalThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $24,000 · InternationalPets for Vets Inc: $8,000 · Public Benefit
Other$507,500Animals$280,000Human Services$239,000Arts & Culture$200,000Philanthropy$125,000Health$99,000International$74,000Public Benefit$8,000

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 budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $125,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER: $125,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICA-ISRAEL CULTURAL FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $114,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetNORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC: $100,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF YAD SARAH INC: $99,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCATSKILL ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC: $75,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetTHE BLUE CARD INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLONG ISLAND FELINE ADOPTION CENTER INC: $30,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOLOCAUST AND HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $24,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPets for Vets Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.8% 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.

Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA8.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Berger Edwin L-Charitable Tr funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Berger Edwin L-Charitable Tr. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%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 · 0–15%
    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 28 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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