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Berlin Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Berlin Family 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.

$940k
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$150k
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, FY2021 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$850kHuman Services$810kHousing & Shelter$600kEducation$400kYouth Development$325kHealth$310kEnvironment$50kPublic Safety & Disaster$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $225k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $700k
$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CRADLE OF AVIATIONMUSEUMS$150,000
PLACE OF HOPE$100,000
URBAN YOUTH IMPACT$100,000
THE BENJAMIN SCHOOL INC$100,000
PLACE OF HOPE$100,000
CENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION$100,000
JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER$50,000
THE BENJAMIN SCHOOL INC$30,000
FORT FREEDOM INC$25,000
URBAN YOUTH IMPACT$25,000
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI$25,000
COMMUNITY GREENING CORP$25,000
PLACE OF HOPE$20,000
BAPTIST HEALTH OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC$20,000
FORT FREEDOM 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 (FY22–24, $810k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $100k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $100k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $100k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $100k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $100k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $100k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $35k → 11%FORT FREEDOM INC: $25k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $20k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $20k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $20k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $20k → 11%FORT FREEDOM INC: $15k → 11%FORT FREEDOM INC: $15k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $10k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $10k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $10k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $5k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $4k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $1k → 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.
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.3M · 13 repeat orgs$115k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

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

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
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Total granted

$3.3M
$80k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+13%

Still filing today

77%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyReligionArts & CultureOther
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

  • TB
    THE BENJAMIN PRIVATE SCHOOL INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $375k · revenue +47%
  • UY
    Urban Youth Impact Inc
    3× · 2022–2024 · $325k · revenue +12%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $250k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • JM
    Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +13%
  • HO
    HEART OF THE GAME INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • PROJECT K9 HEROgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +45%
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.

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Baptist Health Medical Group Inc

As part of the baptist health network, the mission of baptist health medical group inc is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist…

Health
2
Doctors Hospital Inc

As part of the baptist health network, the mission of doctors hospital, inc. is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist health is a…

Health
3
Miami Cancer Institute At Baptist Health Inc

As part of the baptist health network, the mission of miami cancer institute at baptist health, inc is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve.…

Health
4
Baptist Hospital of Miami Inc

As part of the baptist health network, the mission of baptist hospital of miami is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist health is a…

Health
5
South Miami Hospital Inc

As part of the baptist health network, the mission of south miami hospital is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist health is a…

Health
6
Mariners Hospital Inc

As part of the baptist health network, the mission of mariner's hospital is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist health is a…

Health
7
Homestead Hospital Inc

As part of the baptist health network, the mission of homestead hospital inc. is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist health is a…

Health
8
Boca Raton Regional Hospital Inc

As part of the baptist health network, the mission of boca raton regional hospital is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist health is…

Health
9
Baptist Health South Florida Foundation Inc

As part of the baptist health network, the mission of baptist health south florida foundation, inc is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve.…

Health
10
Baptist Outpatient Services Inc

As part of the baptist health network, the mission of baptist outpatient services is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist health is…

Health
11
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
12
Fishermens Health Inc

As part of the baptist health network, the mission of fishermen's health, inc. is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist health is a…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Urban Youth Impact Inc; the most unlike its peers is Big Heart Brigade 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

15 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. 15 of the 21 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
10/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF PALM BEACH: $600,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF PALM BEACHCRADLE OF AVIATIONMUSEUMS: $600,000 · OtherCRADLE OF AVIATIONMUSEUMSCommunity Greening Corp: $50,000 · Other+5 more: $40,206 · OtherPLACE OF HOPE INC: $755,436 · Human ServicesPLACE OF HOPE INCFORT FREEDOM INC: $55,000 · Human ServicesFORT FREEDOM INCTHE BENJAMIN PRIVATE SCHOOL INC: $375,000 · EducationTHE BENJAMIN …University of Miami: $25,000 · EducationUniversity of…+1 more: $5,000 · EducationUrban Youth Impact Inc: $325,000 · ReligionUrban Yout…Jupiter Medical Center Inc: $150,000 · HealthBaptist Health South Florida Inc: $60,000 · HealthNAMI PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $30,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $20,000 · HealthCENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION: $250,000 · Arts & CultureJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $50,000 · PhilanthropyBig Heart Brigade Inc: $10,000 · Philanthropy
Other$1,290,206Human Services$810,436Education$405,000Religion$325,000Health$260,000Arts & Culture$250,000Philanthropy$60,000

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 budgetPLACE OF HOPE INC: $755,436 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetTHE BENJAMIN PRIVATE SCHOOL INC: $375,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetUrban Youth Impact Inc: $325,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetCENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION: $250,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Inc: $150,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBaptist Health South Florida Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFORT FREEDOM INC: $55,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetCommunity Greening Corp: $50,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNAMI PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $30,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT K9 HERO: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBig Heart Brigade Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetStudent Aces Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

United Way of Palm Be…Community Foundation …The Berlin Family Fou…The Chamber of Nonpro…Lost Tree Village Cha…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
United Way of Palm Beach County IncFL15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Palm Beach County Inc · Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · The Berlin Family Foundation · The Chamber of Nonprofit Health and Human Agencies in Palm Beach County Inc · Lost Tree Village Charitable Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation 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 Berlin Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Berlin Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Community Greening Corp: 5% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Center for Creative Education: 2% of income from government
  • Jupiter Medical Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Place of Hope Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get 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 · 0–25%
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

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How do I get to Berlin Family Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Berlin Family 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 21 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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