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Berman Family Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

$52k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$15k
Largest
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 FY20182025.

Health$208kEducation$101kYouth Development$20kAnimals$17kHuman Services$10kPhilanthropy$9kHousing & Shelter$6kInternational$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $39k
$4,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$335k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
STEPHEN SILLER - TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$15,000
SHRINERS HOSPITAL$12,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$12,000
HUMANE SOCIETY OF CHARLOTTE$4,500
GUIDE DOGS OF AMERICA$3,000
SAFE HOUSE PROJECT$3,000
INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS$1,000
PBG POLICE & FIRE RESCUE FOUNDATION$1,000
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.

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Your human-services grants (FY20–25, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GUIDE DOGS OF AMERICA: $3k → 14%GUIDE DOGS OF AMERICA: $1k → 14%GUIDE DOGS OF AMERICA: $1k → 14%GUIDE DOGS OF AMERICA: $1k → 14%GUIDE DOGS OF AMERICA: $1k → 14%GUIDE DOGS OF AMERICA: $1k → 14%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

NY
OH
NJ
CA
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
TX
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$334k · 11 repeat orgs$52k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +94% since the first grant, against +65% for the ones you funded once.

11 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
10

Total granted

$334k
$49k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+94%
+65%

Still filing today

64%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthPhilanthropyInternationalEducationArts & CultureAnimalsOther

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

  • SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN
    8× · 2018–2025 · $103k · revenue +94%
  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
    7× · 2019–2025 · $99k · revenue ×12
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $98k · revenue +125%

Funded once

  • YO
    YOUTH ON THE COURSE
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
  • SH
    SAFE HOUSE PROJECT
    one grant, 2023 · $6k
  • UC
    UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF GREATER CLEVELAND
    one grant, 2018 · $5k

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
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
2
Special Forces Foundation

The special forces foundation provides immediate and ongoing support to the special forces community and their families.

Philanthropy
3
Special Ops Survivors

Special ops survivors advances the mission "to embrace and empower surviving spouses of fallen special operations heroes to build healthy post-loss futures as they transition and rebuild their new lives." the foundation provides programs…

Human Services
4
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

5
Aerial Recovery

Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…

6
Secure Families Foundation

Our mission is to educate and engage military partners, family members, and concerned citizens on matters of foreign policy and national security as they impact the military community.

International
7
Open Security Alliance Inc

The organization's mission is to improve the security of emerging technology ecosystems.

Education
8
Dogs for Our Brave Inc
Public Benefit
9
American Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro Inc

The american friends of beit issie shapiro (afobis) is a national not for profit fundraising organization with regional offices in new york city, north miami beach, fl and los angeles, ca. afobis is dedicated to supporting beit issie…

Human Services
10
Ny Police and Fire Widows' & Children's Benefit Fund Inc

Brief description of the organization's mission the purpose of the fund is to provide assistance to the families of new york city police officers and firefighters who have been killed in the line of duty. after the events of september 11,…

Human Services
11
Foundation Stone Institute Inc

To promote a positive relationship between catholics and israelis.

12
Leashes of Valor

Our organization's mission is to raise awareness for and provide physical aid and support to disabled us military veterans. our program covers a crucial gap in the industry-a veteran operated organization, that can assist veterans with…

Public Benefit

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Hope Match. 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 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 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 23 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
13/15
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN — $103,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDRENST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $98,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC+1 more — $200 · HealthSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $99,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWE…YOUTH ON THE COURSE — $20,000 · OtherYOUTH ON THE COU…SAFE HOUSE PROJECT — $5,956 · OtherSAFE HOUSE PROJE…UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF GREATER CLEVELAND — $5,000 · OtherUNITED CEREBRAL …PBG POLICE & FIRE RESCUE FOUNDATION — $5,000 · OtherPBG POLICE & FIR…HSS FOUNDATION — $4,000 · OtherHSS FOUNDATIONUCP OF GREATER CLEVELAND — $3,000 · OtherFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC — $3,000 · OtherHENRY LODGE PRIMARY CARE ENDOWMENT FUND — $2,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC — $2,000 · OtherCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY — $2,000 · OtherNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC — $3,000 · OtherSAFE HOUSE PROJECT INC — $3,000 · OtherGARY SINISE FOUNDATION — $5,000 · PhilanthropyHOPE MATCH — $2,000 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF THE LONE SOLDIER INC — $1,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC — $1,000 · PhilanthropyHumane Society of Charlotte Inc — $8,500 · AnimalsInternational Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America — $8,000 · Human ServicesFREEDOM ALLIANCE — $3,000 · International
Health$201,200Education$99,000Other$57,956Philanthropy$9,000Animals$8,500Human Services$8,000International$3,000

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 budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN — $103,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $99,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $98,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Society of Charlotte Inc — $8,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America — $8,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFREEDOM ALLIANCE — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE MATCH — $2,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE LONE SOLDIER INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $200 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Berman Family Charitable Foundation Inc 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, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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, FY2025

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.

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 23 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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