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Berlanti Family Foundation at a glance

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Berlanti Family 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.

$1.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
44
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$2.1MRecreation & Sports$2.1MHealth$1.4MHuman Services$1.4MEducation$1.4MMembership Benefit$1.4MCivil Rights$799kReligion$458kOther$0
02FY2025 · 44 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $58k
  • $10k–50k22 grants · $330k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $635k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$4.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FCANCER$200,000
THE ACTORS FUND OF AMERICA$100,000
THE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA$100,000
MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND$75,000
BEST IS AHEAD FOUNDATION INC$60,000
YOUNG EISNER SCHOLARS$50,000
FCANCER$50,000
THE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA$25,000
THE ACTORS FUND OF AMERICA$25,000
JABALI ACADEMY$25,000
VILLAGE SCHOOL INC$25,000
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES$25,000
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC$20,000
THE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA$20,000
NYWICI FOUNDATION INC$15,000
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 (FY19–25, $1.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%YOU GOTTA BELIEVE THE OLDER CHILD ADOPTION & PERMA: $10k → 20%WAYOUT LGBTQ FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%WAYOUT LGBTQ FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%VISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 14%VISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF THE DESERT: $20k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF THE DESERT: $10k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF THE DESERT: $10k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF THE DESERT: $10k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF THE DESERT: $10k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF THE DESERT: $10k → 11%MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $150k → 14%MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $150k → 14%MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $100k → 14%MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $100k → 14%MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $100k → 14%MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $100k → 14%MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $75k → 14%MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $75k → 14%MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $50k → 14%MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $50k → 14%MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $40k → 14%MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $30k → 14%MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $30k → 14%MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $25k → 14%MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $20k → 14%MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $20k → 14%MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $15k → 14%MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $10k → 14%MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $10k → 14%THE GIVING SPIRIT: $35k → 14%THE GIVING SPIRIT: $25k → 14%THE GIVING SPIRIT: $25k → 14%THE GIVING SPIRIT: $25k → 14%THE GIVING SPIRIT: $15k → 14%THE GIVING SPIRIT: $15k → 14%THE GIVING SPIRIT: $15k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LOS ANGELES: $25k → 14%YOUNG EISNER SCHOLARS: $50k → 14%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

MN
IL
NY
OR
NV
IN
CT
CA
VA
MD
NC
DC
TX
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.8M · 45 repeat orgs$2.0M to everyone else

45 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

45
51

Total granted

$9.8M
$1.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+5%
+11%

Still filing today

96%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $175k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesCivil RightsEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • Northwestern University
    4× · 2019–2022 · $2.0M · revenue +34%
  • MP
    MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND
    7× · 2019–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +67%
  • TP
    THE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA
    6× · 2019–2025 · $603k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • TA
    THE ACTORS FUND OF AMERICA - ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNI
    one grant, 2023 · $783k
  • SA
    SCREEN ACTORS GUILD-AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TELEVISION AND RADIO ARTISTS FOUND
    one grant, 2020 · $160k · revenue -31%
  • AA
    ARRAY ALLIANCE INC
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue -51%
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
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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2
Los Angeles Opera Company

To serve the public by producing world-class opera that preserves, promotes and advances the art form while embodying the diversity, spirit and artistic sensibility unique to los angeles. we envision an engaged and enlightened community in…

Arts & Culture
3
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts North America Inc

The specific purposes for which bafta na is organized is to promote, maintain, improve and advance original and creative work among individuals employed professionally in film and television production and allied industries, to create and…

Arts & Culture
4
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
5
Los Angeles World Affairs Council and Town Hall

The organization is a non-partisan, membership based speakers' forum that connects business leaders, community members, and engaged individuals with shared interest in local, national, and global affairs. it provides an open and accessible…

International
6
Arts for La

Arts for la leads communities, artists and organizations to advocate for an equitable, healthy, and creative los angeles region through the arts.

Arts & Culture
7
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce

Chamber's mission: design and advance opportunities and solutions for a thriving regional economy that are inclusive and globally competitive. 1) advocacy - be a bold advocate for business as a driver of a strong economy that enables…

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8
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation

The elizabeth glaser pediatric aids foundation (egpaf) is a proven leader in the fight against pediatric hiv/aids and has reached over 33 million pregnant women with services to prevent transmission of hiv to their babies. to date, egpaf…

Health
9
The American Theatre Guild

The american theatre guild is dedicated to providing the experience of live theatre to foster passion, inspire creativity and empower youth within our communities.

Arts & Culture
10
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
11
Latino Theater Company

The latino theater company operates the los angeles theatre center, whose mission is to provide a world class arts center for those pursuing artistic excellence; a laboratory where both tradition and innovation are honored and honed; a…

Arts & Culture
12
Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists

Sag-aftra members work together to secure the strongest protections for media artists.

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles; the most unlike its peers is Academy of Scifi Fantasy & Horror. 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

100 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 100 of the 113 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
100/100
Grantees still filing
52/100
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE ACTORS FUND OF AMERICA - ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNI: $783,000 · OtherTHE ACTORS FUND OF AMERICA …TEMPLE ISRAEL OF HOLLYWOOD: $457,872 · OtherTEMPLE ISRAEL OF HOLLYWOODGLAAD INC: $160,000 · OtherGLAAD INCBABY2BABY: $105,000 · OtherCOACHELLA VALLEY REPERTORY: $100,000 · OtherYOUR KIDS OUR KIDS INC: $117,500 · Other+57 more: $1,190,500 · Other+57 moreNorthwestern University: $2,000,000 · Recreation & SportsNorthwestern Univer…GLSEN INC: $1,000,000 · Civil RightsGLSEN INCPEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY FOUNDATION: $300,000 · Civil RightsPEOPLE FOR THE…ACLU FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $145,000 · Civil RightsACLU FOUNDATIO…+6 more: $78,500 · Civil RightsMOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $1,150,000 · Human ServicesMOTION PICTURE…THE GIVING SPIRIT: $155,000 · Human ServicesTHE GIVING SPI…JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF THE DESERT: $70,000 · Human ServicesYoung Eisner Scholars: $50,000 · Human Services+5 more: $59,400 · Human ServicesTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $1,352,000 · Membership BenefitTHE ACTORS' …FCANCER: $950,000 · HealthFCANCERFRIENDS OF THE LOS ANGELES FREE CLINIC: $215,000 · HealthFRIENDS OF T…Children's Hospital Los Angeles: $90,000 · HealthChildren's H…+8 more: $62,500 · HealthTHE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA: $602,500 · Arts & CultureTHE PALEY C…SCREEN ACTORS GUILD-AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TELEVISION AND RADIO ARTISTS FOUND: $160,000 · Arts & CultureSCREEN ACTO…GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC: $105,000 · Arts & CultureGEFFEN PLAY…ARRAY ALLIANCE INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureARRAY ALLIA…WRITERS GUILD FOUNDATION: $65,000 · Arts & CultureTHE SECOND STAGE THEATRE INC: $50,000 · Arts & Culture+13 more: $166,000 · Arts & Culture+13 more
Other$2,913,872Recreation & Sports$2,000,000Civil Rights$1,523,500Human Services$1,484,400Membership Benefit$1,352,000Health$1,317,500Arts & Culture$1,248,500

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 budgetNorthwestern University: $2,000,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $1,352,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetMOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $1,150,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetGLSEN INC: $1,000,000 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetFCANCER: $950,000 over 3y, 29% of budgetTHE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA: $602,500 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY FOUNDATION: $300,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE LOS ANGELES FREE CLINIC: $215,000 over 7y, 3.3% of budgetGLAAD INC: $160,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSCREEN ACTORS GUILD-AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TELEVISION AND RADIO ARTISTS FOUND: $160,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE GIVING SPIRIT: $155,000 over 6y, 5.0% of budgetACLU FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $145,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetYOUR KIDS OUR KIDS INC: $117,500 over 3y, 69% of budgetGEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC: $105,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBABY2BABY: $105,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetARRAY ALLIANCE INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCOACHELLA VALLEY REPERTORY: $100,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $96,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $90,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF THE DESERT: $70,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetBIGHORN GOLF CLUB CHARITIES INC: $70,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetWRITERS GUILD FOUNDATION: $65,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetBPS FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSylvia Rivera Law Project Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetVILLAGE SCHOOL INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE SECOND STAGE THEATRE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLCREST COUNTRY CLUB CHARITABLE FUND: $50,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJABALI ACADEMY: $50,000 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetFAMILY EQUALITY: $45,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetETM-LA INC: $35,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetNEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT: $35,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetOur Childrens Earth Foundation: $30,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetSAFE SPACE PICTURES FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetGIRLS INC OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $30,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $28,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNational AIDS Memorial Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LOS ANGELES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHUMAN FAMILY EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTE: $22,500 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetTHE THIRST PROJECT: $22,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetTHE MAPLE COUNSELING CENTER: $21,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetINNER-CITY ARTS: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBURBANK YOUTH VOCAL ARTS FOUNDATION: $17,500 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS: $17,500 over 3y, 0.1% 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.

California Community …Jewish Community Foun…The Annenberg Foundat…Pledgeling FoundationThe Marilyn and Jeffr…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Tides FoundationJewish Community Foun…Cedars-Sinai Medical …American Gift FundBroadway Caresequity …The Ralph M Parsons F…
California Community FoundationCA35.6× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Annenberg Foundation · Pledgeling Foundation · The Marilyn and Jeffrey Katzenberg Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Tides Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · American Gift Fund · Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc · The Ralph M Parsons 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 Berlanti Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Berlanti Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Jhpiego Corporation: 65% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • National Black Justice Coalition Inc: 17% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
26report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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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How do I get to Berlanti Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Berlanti Family 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 113 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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