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Berkshire Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Berkshire 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.

$554k
Granted FY2025still arriving
41
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$710kEducation$370kHuman Services$370kFood & Nutrition$335kHousing & Shelter$300kArts & Culture$235kYouth Development$114kRecreation & Sports$110kOther$0
02FY2025 · 41 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $45k
  • $10k–50k32 grants · $509k
$10,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$9.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HELPING HARVEST FRESH FOOD BANK$40,000
BRADLEY FREE CLINIC OF ROANOKE VALLEY$35,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$30,000
READING HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$30,000
SAFE BERKS$25,000
OPPORTUNITY HOUSE$25,000
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$25,000
HELPING HARVEST FRESH FOOD BANK$25,000
MENS SECOND CHANCE LIVING A NON- PROFIT CORPORATIO$20,000
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC$20,000
SUN VALLEY JUNIOR HOCKEY INC$15,000
SALEM MINISTERS CONFERENCE COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY$15,000
ONAWAY CAMP TRUST$14,000
HOSPITALITY HOUSE OF CHARLOTTE$10,000
UNITED WAY OF BERKS COUNTY$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, $415k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 84% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SALEM MINISTERS CONFERENCE COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $15k → 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%SALEM MINISTERS CONFERENCE COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $10k → 8%RESCUE MISSION OF ROANOKE INC: $5k → 20%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $10k → 10%RESCUE MISSION OF ROANOKE INC: $10k → 20%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $10k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $10k → 10%RESCUE MISSION OF ROANOKE INC: $10k → 20%RESCUE MISSION OF ROANOKE INC: $10k → 20%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $10k → 10%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: $10k → 10%NOURISH UP: $5k → 10%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF CHARLOTTE INC: $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 - 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%LOAVES & FISHES 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%SAFE BERKS: $25k → 11%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

ME
NH
ID
MA
PA
VA
NC
FL
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.1M · 47 repeat orgs$115k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

47 repeat relationships: 34 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

47
7

Total granted

$3.1M
$60k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+5%

Still filing today

85%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • BF
    BRADLEY FREE CLINIC OF ROANOKE VALLEY INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $210k · revenue +63%
  • HH
    HELPING HARVEST FRESH FOOD BANK
    6× · 2020–2025 · $170k · revenue +9%
  • SB
    SAFE BERKS
    6× · 2020–2025 · $150k · revenue +28%

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%
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
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
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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4
Hunterdon County Ymca

We are a charitable service organization founded upon christian values, committed to hunterdon county and helping people grow in spirit, mind and body. we strengthen our community through youthdevelopment, healthy living and social…

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5
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
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
Children's Home Society of North Carolina Inc

The Children's Home Society of North Carolina's mission is to promote the right of every child to a permanent, safe, and loving family.

Human Services
8
Buckley Country Day School

The school's mission is grounded in the belief expressed by b. lord buckley that opening the eyes and awakening the mind is the essence of education. guided by that mission for almost a century, buckley has purposely focused on developing…

Education
9
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
10
Bethlehem Area Public Library

To provide educational, informational, cultural, and recreational services to the public. services are provided in bethlehem, pennsylvania and its supporting communities.

Education
11
New Hampshire Historical Society

To educate a diverse public about the significance of New Hampshire's past and its relationship to our lives today. To this end, the Society collects, preserves, and interprets material pertaining to New Hampshire history.

Arts & Culture
12
Bridgton Hospital

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

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Opportunity House; 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.
04the grantee network

49 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. 49 of the 58 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
47/49
Grantees still filing
36/49
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BRADLEY FREE CLINIC OF ROANOKE VALLEY INC: $210,000 · OtherBRADLEY FREE CLINIC OF ROANOKE VALLEY INCHELPING HARVEST FRESH FOOD BANK: $170,000 · OtherHELPING HARVEST FRESH FOOD BANKTHE SALVATION ARMY: $155,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY - PENN STATE BERKS: $75,000 · OtherSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $70,000 · OtherWYOMISSING PUBLIC LIBRARY: $60,000 · OtherREADING PUBLIC LIBRARY: $60,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF BERKS COUNTY: $60,000 · OtherYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF VIRGINIAS BLUE: $60,000 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · OtherMEN'S SECOND CHANCE LIVING: $95,000 · OtherMEN'S SECOND CHANCE LIVINGSecond Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Inc: $55,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF BERKS COUNTY INC: $60,000 · Other+14 more: $304,000 · Other+14 moreREADING HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $140,000 · HealthREADING HOSPITAL…CHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION: $120,000 · HealthCHARLOTTE RESCUE…ROANOKE VALLEY SPEECH & HEARING CENTER INC: $70,000 · HealthROANOKE VALLEY S…HANLEY CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · HealthHANLEY CENTER FO…Dilworth Center for Chemical Dependency: $45,000 · HealthDilworth Center …HOSPITALITY HOUSE OF CHARLOTTE: $45,000 · HealthHOSPITALITY HOUS…SAFE BERKS: $150,000 · Human ServicesSAFE BERKSSALEM MINISTERS CONFERENCE COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $65,000 · Human ServicesSALEM MINISTER…Nourish Up: $65,000 · Human ServicesNourish UpCrisis Assistance Ministry: $50,000 · Human ServicesCrisis Assista…THE RESCUE MISSION OF ROANOKE INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesTHE RESCUE MIS…Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc: $30,000 · Human ServicesRonald McDonal…+1 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesREADING SCIENCE CENTER: $80,000 · Arts & CultureREADING SCI…THE YOCUM INSTITUTE FOR ARTS EDUCATION INC: $80,000 · Arts & CultureTHE YOCUM I…HISTORIC PRESERVATION TRUST OF BERKS COUNTY: $50,000 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC PR…ROOF ABOVE INC: $35,000 · Arts & CultureROOF ABOVE …JEFFERSON CENTER FOUNDATION LTD: $30,000 · Arts & CultureJEFFERSON C…FOUNDATION FOR THE READING PUBLIC MUSEUM: $20,000 · Arts & CultureFOUNDATION …+2 more: $20,000 · Arts & Culture+2 moreCREW BOOSTERS OF WINTER PARK INC: $60,000 · EducationMISS HALL'S SCHOOL INC: $55,000 · EducationROLLINS COLLEGE: $50,000 · EducationAMHERST COLLEGE TRUSTEES: $25,000 · EducationPTA North Carolina Congress Sharon Elementary: $25,000 · Education+1 more: $5,000 · EducationOPPORTUNITY HOUSE: $145,000 · Housing & ShelterOLIVET BOYS' & GIRLS' CLUB OF READING AND BERKS COUNTY PA: $70,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA INC: $54,000 · Youth DevelopmentThe Mustang Club: $5,000 · Youth Development
Other$1,484,000Health$470,000Human Services$415,000Arts & Culture$315,000Education$220,000Housing & Shelter$145,000Youth Development$129,000

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 budgetBRADLEY FREE CLINIC OF ROANOKE VALLEY INC: $210,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetHELPING HARVEST FRESH FOOD BANK: $170,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetSAFE BERKS: $150,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetOPPORTUNITY HOUSE: $145,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetREADING HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $140,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetCHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION: $120,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMEN'S SECOND CHANCE LIVING: $95,000 over 4y, 2.4% 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 budgetOLIVET BOYS' & GIRLS' CLUB OF READING AND BERKS COUNTY PA: $70,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetROANOKE VALLEY SPEECH & HEARING CENTER INC: $70,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $70,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSALEM MINISTERS CONFERENCE COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $65,000 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetNourish Up: $65,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWYOMISSING PUBLIC LIBRARY: $60,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BERKS COUNTY INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF BERKS COUNTY: $60,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetCREW BOOSTERS OF WINTER PARK INC: $60,000 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Inc: $55,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMISS HALL'S SCHOOL INC: $55,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA INC: $54,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetHANLEY CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetROLLINS COLLEGE: $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCrisis Assistance Ministry: $50,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHISTORIC PRESERVATION TRUST OF BERKS COUNTY: $50,000 over 5y, 18% of budgetONAWAY CAMP TRUST: $49,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetTHE RESCUE MISSION OF ROANOKE INC: $45,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetDilworth Center for Chemical Dependency: $45,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetHOSPITALITY HOUSE OF CHARLOTTE: $45,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetThe Harvest Center of Charlotte Inc: $35,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetROOF ABOVE INC: $35,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEASY DOES IT INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetJEFFERSON CENTER FOUNDATION LTD: $30,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc: $30,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetBAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOMES OF NORTH CAROLINA INCORPORATED: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SUN CLUB INC: $25,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetAMHERST COLLEGE TRUSTEES: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPTA North Carolina Congress Sharon Elementary: $25,000 over 4y, 6.5% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE READING PUBLIC MUSEUM: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSUN VALLEY JUNIOR HOCKEY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetBigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOGGLE WORKS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetYMCA CAMP BELKNAP INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetREADING SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Mustang Club: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAlexander Graham Middle School Parent Teacher Organization Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetTRACK SHACK YOUTH FOUNDATION INC AKA TRACK SHACK FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 5.6% 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 BRADLEY FREE CLINIC OF ROANOKE VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds HELPING HARVEST FRESH FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds SAFE BERKS ↗
  • Who funds OPPORTUNITY HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds READING HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds MEN'S SECOND CHANCE LIVING ↗
  • Who funds READING SCIENCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE YOCUM INSTITUTE FOR ARTS EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds OLIVET BOYS' & GIRLS' CLUB OF READING AND BERKS COUNTY PA ↗
  • Who funds ROANOKE VALLEY SPEECH & HEARING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds SALEM MINISTERS CONFERENCE COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds Nourish Up ↗
  • Who funds WYOMISSING PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF BERKS COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF BERKS COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds CREW BOOSTERS OF WINTER PARK INC ↗
  • Who funds Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Inc ↗
  • Who funds MISS HALL'S SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA INC ↗
  • Who funds HANLEY CENTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ROLLINS COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Crisis Assistance Ministry ↗
  • Who funds HISTORIC PRESERVATION TRUST OF BERKS COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds ONAWAY CAMP TRUST ↗
  • Who funds THE RESCUE MISSION OF ROANOKE INC ↗
  • Who funds Dilworth Center for Chemical Dependency ↗
  • Who funds HOSPITALITY HOUSE OF CHARLOTTE ↗
  • Who funds The Harvest Center of Charlotte Inc ↗
  • Who funds ROOF ABOVE INC ↗
  • Who funds EASY DOES IT INC ↗
  • Who funds JEFFERSON CENTER FOUNDATION LTD ↗
  • Who funds Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc ↗

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.

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

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%5%11%20%funder's 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
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.
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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 58 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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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