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Berlin Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$20k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$49kFood & Nutrition$12kInternational$9kPublic Safety & Disaster$6kHuman Services$4kAnimals$2kEnvironment$2kArts & Culture$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $250
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
$20,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$323k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society$20,000
The Wild Animal Sanctuary$250
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 (FY20–24, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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%Sister Carmen Community Center: $2k → 12%Emergency Family Assistance Associa: $300 → 12%Center for People with Disabilities: $50 → 12%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
WI
NY
IA
PA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
DC
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.

55%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$49k · 20 repeat orgs$40k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
54

Total granted

$49k
$40k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+22%

Still filing today

85%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’20’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesInternationalHealthAnimalsFood & NutritionEnvironmentOther
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

  • DR
    DENVER RESCUE MISSION
    2× · 2020–2022 · $700 · revenue +26%
  • CITY HARVEST INC
    2× · 2020–2024 · $700 · revenue +3%
  • WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC
    2× · 2020–2022 · $600 · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • Feeding Americagraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $4k · revenue +40%
  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $4k · revenue +40%
  • CF
    COMMUNITY FOOD SHARE INC
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +18%
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
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
2
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
3
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
4
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
5
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
6
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
7
The Humane League

We exist to end the abuse of animals raised for food. this mission is executed by persuading companies and institutions to adopt animal welfare policies through negotiation and pressure campaigns, and then holding them accountable to their…

Animals
8
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
9
Wildaid Inc

Wildaid's mission is to inspire change and empower the world to protect wildlife and vital habitats from critical threats.

Animals
10
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
11
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
12
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mile High United Way Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mother House Dba Haven Ridge. 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

52 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. 52 of the 76 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
52/52
Grantees still filing
38/52
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $42,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INCPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $3,500 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC+4 more: $1,250 · HealthWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $3,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL …DIRECT RELIEF: $2,500 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEFMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS …COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $2,000 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FO…UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $1,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES …+3 more: $580 · InternationalFeeding America: $4,000 · Food & NutritionFeeding Ameri…COMMUNITY FOOD SHARE INC: $3,000 · Food & NutritionCOMMUNITY FOO…WELD FOOD BANK: $1,500 · Food & NutritionWELD FOOD BAN…WEDONTWASTE INC: $1,500 · Food & NutritionWEDONTWASTE I…CITY HARVEST INC: $700 · Food & NutritionCITY HARVEST …Humanity Inclusion: $1,000 · OtherHumanity Incl…American Jewish Joint Distribution: $1,000 · OtherAmerican Jewi…American Friends of Magen David Ado: $800 · OtherAmerican Frie…LONGMONT MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $550 · OtherMOTHER HOUSE DBA HAVEN RIDGE: $500 · OtherAmericares: $500 · OtherAmerican Jewish Committee: $500 · OtherColorado Dula Project: $500 · OtherWarrensburg Emergency Med Serv Inc: $350 · OtherWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $600 · OtherWORLD WILDLIF…FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $360 · Other+29 more: $3,784 · Other+29 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,500 · Human ServicesSISTER CARMEN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $1,500 · Human ServicesDENVER RESCUE MISSION: $700 · Human ServicesAARP FOUNDATION: $525 · Human ServicesTHE SEEING EYE INC: $400 · Human ServicesEMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $300 · Human Services+3 more: $300 · Human ServicesMILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC: $1,500 · PhilanthropyPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $1,000 · PhilanthropyTHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $450 · AnimalsGREENWOOD WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER: $250 · AnimalsTHE RAPTOR TRUST: $250 · AnimalsTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF BOULDER VALLEY INC: $100 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $100 · AnimalsLONGMONT HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $50 · Animals
Health$46,750International$11,080Food & Nutrition$10,700Other$10,444Human Services$6,225Philanthropy$2,500Animals$1,200

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 budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $42,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOOD SHARE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWELD FOOD BANK: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWEDONTWASTE INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSISTER CARMEN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER RESCUE MISSION: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLONGMONT MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAARP FOUNDATION: $525 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOTHER HOUSE DBA HAVEN RIDGE: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SEEING EYE INC: $400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBirds of Prey Foundation: $320 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENWOOD WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RAPTOR TRUST: $250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INN BETWEEN OF LONGMONT INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $180 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetADIRONDACK MOUNTAIN CLUB INC: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Navigator: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO HUMANITIES: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF BOULDER VALLEY INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPASSION & CHOICES: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALS UNITED GREATER NEW YORK INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE B'NAI B'RITH NON-PROFIT HOUSING CORPORATION-COVENANT HOUSE: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $100 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.

Colorado Gives Founda…The Denver FoundationCommunity Foundation …Xcel Energy FoundationLynn & Helen N Clark …Collins FoundationThe Longmont Communit…Anschutz Family Found…Mile High United Way …The Pfizer Foundation…American Online Givin…Network for Good
Colorado Gives FoundationCO22.7× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Community Foundation Boulder County · Xcel Energy Foundation · Lynn & Helen N Clark Crt · Collins Foundation · The Longmont Community Foundation · Anschutz Family Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Berlin Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Berlin 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 76 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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