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Berkowitz Contemporary 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.

$230k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$1.7MPhilanthropy$1.0MEducation$304kHousing & Shelter$25kMembership Benefit$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $70k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $155k
$20,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$82M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS$100,000
Individual grant recipient$55,000
INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART$30,000
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI - LOWE ART MUSEUM$20,000
LOCUST PROJECTS$10,000
FRIENDS OF THE BASS MUSEUM$10,000
DESTIN CHARITY WINE AUCTION FOUNDATION$5,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 90% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%SKYSTONE FOUNDATION: $1.0M → 16%MASS MOCA: $10k → 12%MIAMI HERALD IMPACT: $55k → 12%THE PARRISH ART MUSEUM: $10k → 7%DIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $100k → 17%BROOKLYN MUSEUM: $25k → 20%WALTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $100k → 11%BAY ARTS ALLIANCE: $20k → 12%OOLITE ARTS: $75k → 15%ANDERSON RANCH ARTS: $50k → 6%UNITED STATES ARTISTS: $100k → 14%THE JOE CENTER OF THE ART: $10k → 10%DIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $75k → 17%THE ART COUNCIL: $10k → 20%DESTIN CHARITY WINE AUCTION FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%FRIENDS OF THE BASS MUSEUM: $50k → 15%DIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $54k → 17%CULTURAL ARTS ALLIANCE: $100k → 11%OOLITE ARTS: $10k → 15%DIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $50k → 17%CULTURAL ARTS ALLIANCE: $20k → 11%FRIENDS OF THE BASS MUSEUM: $10k → 15%DIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $50k → 17%DIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $38k → 17%YOUNG ARTS FOUNDATION: $135k → 15%WHITNEY MUSEUM: $50k → 17%INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $88k → 15%SKOWHEGAN: $25k → 17%INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $75k → 15%WHITNEY MUSEUM: $50k → 17%INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $30k → 15%SKOWHEGAN: $10k → 17%INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $25k → 15%WHITE COLUMNS INC: $10k → 17%INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $25k → 15%COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS: $15k → 17%INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $25k → 15%COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS: $10k → 17%YOUNG ARTS FOUNDATION: $10k → 15%STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM: $25k → 17%LOCUST PROJECTS: $75k → 15%ARTIST SPACE: $20k → 17%MIAMI LIGHT PROJECT: $16k → 15%INDEPENDANT CURATORS: $10k → 17%EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO: $50k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI - LOWE ART MUSEUM: $20k → 15%LOCUST PROJECTS: $10k → 15%PEREZ ART MUSEUM: $50k → 15%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.

41%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 10 repeat orgs$1.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +66% since the first grant, against +45% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
22

Total granted

$1.3M
$1.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+66%
+45%

Still filing today

80%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyMembership 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

  • DC
    DIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $367k · revenue +38%
  • IO
    INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART MIAMI INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $268k · revenue +169%
  • UO
    University of Miami
    2× · 2020–2022 · $125k · revenue +66%

Funded once

  • SF
    Skystone Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $1.0M · revenue -35%
  • YA
    YOUNG ARTS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $145k
  • WE
    WALTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION IN
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -21%
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
Kadist Collection Manager Inc
Arts & Culture
2
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
3
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
4
Art Explorium
—
5
Artpace Inc (Audit)

Artpace san antonio is a nonprofit residency program which supports texas, national, and international artists in the creation of new art. see schedule o for continuation.

Arts & Culture
6
The Neue Galerie New York
Arts & Culture
7
The Florence Center for Contemporary Music
Arts & Culture
8
Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation

Committed to innovation, the solomon r. guggenheim foundation (the "foundation") collects, (continued on schedule o)

Arts & Culture
9
Berggruen Institute
Education
10
California Institute of Contemporary Art
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11
International Contemporary Art Foundatio
Arts & Culture
12
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston

The museum of fine arts, houston serves as a welcoming and inclusive place for all people, connecting the communities of houston with diverse histories of art spanning 6,000 years and six continents. through our permanent collections,…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Artists Space Inc; the most unlike its peers is Skystone Foundation 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

25 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. 25 of the 35 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
20/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Skystone Foundation Inc: $1,000,000 · OtherSkystone Foundation IncYOUNG ARTS FOUNDATION: $145,000 · OtherYOUNG ARTS FOUNDATIONCULTURAL ARTS ALLIANCE: $120,000 · OtherCULTURAL ARTS ALLIANCEFLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY: $75,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $55,000 · Other+9 more: $185,850 · Other+9 moreDIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $366,700 · Arts & CultureDIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INCINSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART MIAMI INC: $268,300 · Arts & CultureINSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART MIAMI INCUnited States Artists Inc: $100,000 · Arts & CultureUnited States Artists IncWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $100,000 · Arts & CultureWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ARTLOCUST PROJECTS INC: $90,000 · Arts & CultureLOCUST PROJECTS INCSOUTH FLORIDA ART CENTER INC: $85,000 · Arts & CultureSOUTH FLORIDA ART CENTER INCFRIENDS OF THE BASS MUSEUM INC: $64,785 · Arts & CultureAMIGOS DEL MUSEO DEL BARRIO INC EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO: $50,000 · Arts & CultureJORGE M PEREZ ART MUSEUM OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY INC: $50,000 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $95,000 · Arts & Culture+6 moreUniversity of Miami: $125,000 · EducationWALTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION IN: $100,000 · EducationMASSACHUSETTS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $4,000 · EducationARTCOUNCIL INC DBA ARTADIA: $10,000 · PhilanthropyDESTIN CHARITY WINE AUCTION FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Membership Benefit
Other$1,580,850Arts & Culture$1,269,785Education$239,000Philanthropy$10,000Membership Benefit$5,000

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 budgetSkystone Foundation Inc: $1,000,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetDIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $366,700 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetINSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART MIAMI INC: $268,300 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $125,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWALTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION IN: $100,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetUnited States Artists Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLOCUST PROJECTS INC: $90,000 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA ART CENTER INC: $85,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE BASS MUSEUM INC: $64,785 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetAMIGOS DEL MUSEO DEL BARRIO INC EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetJORGE M PEREZ ART MUSEUM OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBAY ARTS ALLIANCE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetARTISTS SPACE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMIAMI LIGHT PROJECT INC: $15,750 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWHITE COLUMNS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTHE PARRISH ART MUSEUM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FOUNTAINHEAD RESIDENCY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDESTIN CHARITY WINE AUCTION FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 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.

The Miami Foundation …Jewish Communal FundArison Arts FoundationThe Cowles Charitable…John S and James L Kn…The Andy Warhol Found…Fifty Over Fifty IncAlbert H and Jane D N…Mightycause Charitabl…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…
The Miami Foundation IncFL20.7× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Miami Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Arison Arts Foundation · The Cowles Charitable Trust · John S and James L Knight Foundation · The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc · Fifty Over Fifty Inc · Albert H and Jane D Nahmad Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • The Fountainhead Residency Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
13report 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.
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Find your warmest path to Berkowitz Contemporary 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 35 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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