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Berkshire Charitable Foundation

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.

$510k
Granted FY2024still arriving
43
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Health$710kEducation$370kHuman Services$370kFood & Nutrition$335kHousing & Shelter$300kArts & Culture$235kYouth Development$114kRecreation & Sports$110kOther$0
02FY2024 · 43 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $55k
  • $10k–50k32 grants · $455k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$9.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRADLEY FREE CLINIC OF ROANOKE VALLEY$35,000
HELPING HARVEST FRESH FOOD BANK$25,000
SAFE BERKS$25,000
MENS SECOND CHANCE LIVING A NON- PROFIT CORPORATIO$25,000
OPPORTUNITY HOUSE$25,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$25,000
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$25,000
READING HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$20,000
READING SCIENCE CENTER$20,000
MISS HALLS SCHOOL INC$10,000
HOSPITALITY HOUSE OF CHARLOTTE$10,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA INC$10,000
ROANOKE VALLEY SPEECH AND HEARING CENTER INC$10,000
CHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION$10,000
PTA NORTH CAROLINA CONGRESS$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $340k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SALEM MINISTERS CONFERENCE COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $10k → 8%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION CAMP BELKNAP: $5k → 9%SALEM MINISTERS CONFERENCE COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $10k → 8%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION CAMP BELKNAP: $5k → 9%SALEM MINISTERS CONFERENCE COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $10k → 8%SALEM MINISTERS CONFERENCE COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $10k → 8%SALEM MINISTERS CONFERENCE COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $10k → 8%RESCUE MISSION OF ROANOKE INC: $5k → 20%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $10k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $10k → 10%RESCUE MISSION OF ROANOKE INC: $10k → 20%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $10k → 10%RESCUE MISSION OF ROANOKE INC: $10k → 20%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $5k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $5k → 10%RESCUE MISSION OF ROANOKE INC: $5k → 20%RESCUE MISSION OF ROANOKE INC: $5k → 20%NOURISH UP: $10k → 10%NOURISH UP: $5k → 10%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF CHARLOTTE INC: $5k → 10%LOAVES & FISHES INC: $10k → 10%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF CHARLOTTE INC: $5k → 10%LOAVES & FISHES INC: $10k → 10%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF CHARLOTTE INC: $5k → 10%LOAVES & FISHES - FRIENDSHIP TRAYS INC: $10k → 10%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF CHARLOTTE INC: $5k → 10%LOAVES & FISHES - FRIENDSHIP TRAYS INC: $10k → 10%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF CHARLOTTE INC: $5k → 10%SAFE BERKS: $25k → 11%SAFE BERKS: $25k → 11%SAFE BERKS: $25k → 11%SAFE BERKS: $25k → 11%SAFE BERKS: $25k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

ME
NH
ID
MA
PA
VA
NC
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.6M · 47 repeat orgs$60k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +30% since the first grant, against +5% for the ones you funded once.

47 repeat relationships — 38 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

47
7

Total granted

$2.6M
$60k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+5%

Still filing today

85%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • BF
    BRADLEY FREE CLINIC OF ROANOKE VALLEY INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $175k · revenue +63%
  • SB
    SAFE BERKS
    5× · 2020–2024 · $125k · revenue +28%
  • OH
    OPPORTUNITY HOUSE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $120k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • SC
    ST CHRISTOPHERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN
    one grant, 2020 · $15k
  • GM
    GOVERNOR MIFFLIN AQUATICS CLUB
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • GW
    GOGGLE WORKS
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +5%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Berks Community Health Center

Berks community health center provides exceptional family-centered primary and preventive healthcare for all residents of berks county, regardless of economic status.

Health
2
Ymca of Reading & Berks County

The ymca of reading and berks county's mission is to put judeo-christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. the ymca of reading and berks county is a cause-driven organization that…

Human Services
3
Westminster Canterbury On Chesapeake Bay Foundation

To support the mission of westminster-canterbury on chesapeake bay

Health
4
Community Health Center of Richmond Inc

The organization's mission is to sustain a vibrant, healthy and strong community through affordable, culturally competent, quality primary health care.

Health
5
Reading Berks Association of Realtors Inc

The reading berks association of realtors promotes a high standard of professionalism, advocates for private property rights, and strives to improve the quality of life in our communities.

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6
Peterborough Retirement Community At Upland Farm Inc

Rivermead is a progressive not-for-profit continuing care retirement community that advocates for an enriched lifestyle with cultural and educational opportunities. continued on schedule "o".we continuously strive to provide high-quality,…

Human Services
7
Rogerson Communities Inc

Provide residential, recreational, health services and day care facilities for, and to otherwise assist, elderly or low income men and women.

Human Services
8
Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury Foundation

Primary mission is to extend the facilities and services of rw-c inc. to aid as many deserving individuals as can prudently be supported with the funds available to the foundation.

Education
9
Bridgewater Home Inc

Assisted Living and Nursing Care

Human Services
10
Westminster Canterbury On Chesapeake Bay

See schedule othe mission of westminster-canterbury on chesapeake bay is to establish, provide, maintain, operate, manage, control, or regulate one or more health care or residential services for older adults, including providing services…

Human Services
11
Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury Inc

Rappahannock westminster-canterbury is a church-related continuing care retirement community committed to providing the highest quality living experience for senior adults. rw-c provides independent living, assisted living and nursing home…

Human Services
12
Bridgton Hospital

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustfulenvironment through the expertise, commitment, and compassion ofour family of caregivers.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Opportunity House and the most unlike its peers is Squirrel Island Library. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyHealth Access Advocacy and …Christian Youth CampsFood Banks and PantriesAddiction Recovery ServicesAffordable Housing Developm…Youth Development CentersElementary Literacy TutoringAffordable Housing Construc…Public Library OperationsFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Youth Sports ProgramsDomestic Violence ServicesOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Community Arts CentersCommunity Foundations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 41 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%0%<5yr13%5%5–10yr19%3%10–20yr17%20%20–35yr15%40%35–55yr17%33%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%0%<5yr13%8%5–10yr19%3%10–20yr17%11%20–35yr15%49%35–55yr17%30%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 9% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/45
the rest of the field
9%
7,128/78,117

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

45 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 45 of the 54 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/45
Grantees still filing
36/45
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

BRADLEY FREE CLINIC OF ROANOKE VALLEY INC — $175,000 · OtherBRADLEY FREE CLINIC OF ROANOKE VALLEY INCTHE SALVATION ARMY — $125,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYHELPING HARVEST FRESH FOOD BANK — $105,000 · OtherHELPING HARVEST FRESH FOOD BANKPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY - PENN STATE BERKS — $75,000 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY - PENN STATE BERKSHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF BERKS COUNTY — $50,000 · OtherSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC — $50,000 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY — $50,000 · OtherREADING PUBLIC LIBRARY — $50,000 · OtherYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF VIRGINIAS BLUE — $50,000 · OtherWYOMISSING PUBLIC LIBRARY — $50,000 · OtherTHE FRIENDS OF READING HOSPITAL — $40,000 · OtherMEN'S SECOND CHANCE LIVING — $75,000 · OtherMEN'S SECOND CHANCE LIVINGSecond Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Inc — $45,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF BERKS COUNTY INC — $50,000 · Other+11 more — $185,000 · Other+11 moreCHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION — $105,000 · HealthCHARLOTTE RESCUE…READING HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $100,000 · HealthREADING HOSPITAL…ROANOKE VALLEY SPEECH & HEARING CENTER INC — $60,000 · HealthROANOKE VALLEY S…HANLEY CENTER FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 · HealthHANLEY CENTER FO…Dilworth Center for Chemical Dependency — $35,000 · HealthDilworth Center …HOSPITALITY HOUSE OF CHARLOTTE — $35,000 · HealthHOSPITALITY HOUS…SAFE BERKS — $125,000 · Human ServicesSAFE BERKSNourish Up — $55,000 · Human ServicesNourish UpSALEM MINISTERS CONFERENCE COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY — $50,000 · Human ServicesSALEM MINISTER…Crisis Assistance Ministry — $40,000 · Human ServicesCrisis Assista…THE RESCUE MISSION OF ROANOKE INC — $35,000 · Human ServicesTHE RESCUE MIS…Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc — $25,000 · Human ServicesRonald McDonal…+1 more — $10,000 · Human ServicesREADING SCIENCE CENTER — $80,000 · Arts & CultureREADING SCIE…THE YOCUM INSTITUTE FOR ARTS EDUCATION INC — $80,000 · Arts & CultureTHE YOCUM IN…HISTORIC PRESERVATION TRUST OF BERKS COUNTY — $40,000 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC PRE…ROOF ABOVE INC — $30,000 · Arts & CultureROOF ABOVE I…JEFFERSON CENTER FOUNDATION LTD — $25,000 · Arts & CultureJEFFERSON CE…FOUNDATION FOR THE READING PUBLIC MUSEUM — $20,000 · Arts & CultureFOUNDATION F…GOGGLE WORKS — $10,000 · Arts & CultureREADING SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION — $10,000 · Arts & CultureCREW BOOSTERS OF WINTER PARK INC — $60,000 · EducationROLLINS COLLEGE — $50,000 · EducationMISS HALL'S SCHOOL INC — $45,000 · EducationAMHERST COLLEGE TRUSTEES — $25,000 · EducationPTA North Carolina Congress Sharon Elementary — $25,000 · EducationOPPORTUNITY HOUSE — $120,000 · Housing & ShelterOLIVET BOYS' & GIRLS' CLUB OF READING AND BERKS COUNTY PA — $60,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA INC — $44,000 · Youth Development
Other$1,175,000Health$385,000Human Services$340,000Arts & Culture$295,000Education$205,000Housing & Shelter$120,000Youth Development$104,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetBRADLEY FREE CLINIC OF ROANOKE VALLEY INC — $175,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetSAFE BERKS — $125,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetOPPORTUNITY HOUSE — $120,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetHELPING HARVEST FRESH FOOD BANK — $105,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION — $105,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetREADING HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetREADING SCIENCE CENTER — $80,000 over 4y, 7.1% of budgetTHE YOCUM INSTITUTE FOR ARTS EDUCATION INC — $80,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetMEN'S SECOND CHANCE LIVING — $75,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetROANOKE VALLEY SPEECH & HEARING CENTER INC — $60,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetOLIVET BOYS' & GIRLS' CLUB OF READING AND BERKS COUNTY PA — $60,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCREW BOOSTERS OF WINTER PARK INC — $60,000 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetNourish Up — $55,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF BERKS COUNTY — $50,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetSALEM MINISTERS CONFERENCE COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY — $50,000 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC — $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetROLLINS COLLEGE — $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWYOMISSING PUBLIC LIBRARY — $50,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BERKS COUNTY INC — $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHANLEY CENTER FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMISS HALL'S SCHOOL INC — $45,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Inc — $45,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA INC — $44,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCrisis Assistance Ministry — $40,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHISTORIC PRESERVATION TRUST OF BERKS COUNTY — $40,000 over 4y, 18% of budgetDilworth Center for Chemical Dependency — $35,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetONAWAY CAMP TRUST — $35,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetTHE RESCUE MISSION OF ROANOKE INC — $35,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetHOSPITALITY HOUSE OF CHARLOTTE — $35,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetROOF ABOVE INC — $30,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Harvest Center of Charlotte Inc — $30,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetJEFFERSON CENTER FOUNDATION LTD — $25,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetEASY DOES IT INC — $25,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAMHERST COLLEGE TRUSTEES — $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPTA North Carolina Congress Sharon Elementary — $25,000 over 4y, 6.5% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc — $25,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetBAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOMES OF NORTH CAROLINA INCORPORATED — $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SUN CLUB INC — $20,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE READING PUBLIC MUSEUM — $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetYMCA CAMP BELKNAP INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGOGGLE WORKS — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetREADING SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTRACK SHACK YOUTH FOUNDATION INC AKA TRACK SHACK FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds BRADLEY FREE CLINIC OF ROANOKE VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds SAFE BERKS ↗
  • Who funds OPPORTUNITY HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds HELPING HARVEST FRESH FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds CHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds READING HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds READING SCIENCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE YOCUM INSTITUTE FOR ARTS EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MEN'S SECOND CHANCE LIVING ↗
  • Who funds ROANOKE VALLEY SPEECH & HEARING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds OLIVET BOYS' & GIRLS' CLUB OF READING AND BERKS COUNTY PA ↗
  • Who funds CREW BOOSTERS OF WINTER PARK INC ↗
  • Who funds Nourish Up ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF BERKS COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds SALEM MINISTERS CONFERENCE COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds ROLLINS COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds WYOMISSING PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF BERKS COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds HANLEY CENTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MISS HALL'S SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Inc ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA INC ↗
  • Who funds Crisis Assistance Ministry ↗
  • Who funds HISTORIC PRESERVATION TRUST OF BERKS COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Dilworth Center for Chemical Dependency ↗
  • Who funds ONAWAY CAMP TRUST ↗
  • Who funds THE RESCUE MISSION OF ROANOKE INC ↗
  • Who funds HOSPITALITY HOUSE OF CHARLOTTE ↗
  • Who funds ROOF ABOVE INC ↗
  • Who funds The Harvest Center of Charlotte Inc ↗
  • Who funds JEFFERSON CENTER FOUNDATION LTD ↗
  • Who funds EASY DOES IT INC ↗
  • Who funds AMHERST COLLEGE TRUSTEES ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Berks County Communit…The Breidegam Family …Henry Janssen Foundat…The Wyomissing Founda…Penn Entertainment Fo…Marlin Miller Jr Fami…Firstenergy FoundationThe Cynthia and Jim B…Blue Mountain Foundat…Hammel Family Foundat…The Catherine V and M…Community Foundation …
Berks County Community Foundation IncPA34.2× affinity14 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Berks County Community Foundation Inc · The Breidegam Family Foundation · Henry Janssen Foundation · The Wyomissing Foundation Inc · Penn Entertainment Foundation · Marlin Miller Jr Family Foundation · Firstenergy Foundation · The Cynthia and Jim Boscov Family Foundation · Blue Mountain Foundation · Hammel Family Foundation · The Catherine V and Martin Hofmann Foundation · Community Foundation Serving Western Virginia

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Berkshire Charitable Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Rollins College — 0% of income from government
  • Amherst College Trustees — 0% of income from government
  • Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Berkshire Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Berkshire Charitable Foundation 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 54 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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