· Private foundation
Bernard E & Alba Witkin 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k20 grants · $83k
- $10k–50k99 grants · $1.7M
- $50k–250k3 grants · $260k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LEGAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN | $110,000 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - GOLDMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY | $75,000 |
| ST VINCENT'S DAY HOME | $75,000 |
| BLUE SKIES FOR CHILDREN | $45,000 |
| BAY AREA COMMUNITY RESOURCES | $45,000 |
| INTERNATIONAL CHILD RESOURCE INSTITUTE | $40,000 |
| BAY AREA HISPANO INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCEMENT | $40,000 |
| YMCA OF THE EAST BAY | $35,000 |
| SOAR FOR YOUTH | $27,500 |
| EAST BAY CHILDREN'S LAW OFFICES | $27,500 |
| EAST BAY AGENCY FOR CHILDREN | $27,500 |
| TANDEM | $25,000 |
| MOUNT DIABLO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT | $25,000 |
| ALAMEDA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| BERKELEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FUND | $25,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $2.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 1% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against -4% for those funded once.
184 repeat relationships: 115 still active in FY2025, 69 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LSLEGAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN INC9× · 2017–2025 · $950k · revenue +77%
- SVST VINCENTS DAY HOME8× · 2018–2025 · $650k · revenue +84%
- BFBlueSkies for Children Inc8× · 2017–2025 · $507k · revenue +28%
Funded once
- ROREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - UC BOTANNICAL GARDENone grant, 2018 · $50k
- DSDAVIS STREET FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERone grant, 2018 · $25k
- ROREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - UC BERKELEY SCHOOL OF LAWone grant, 2020 · $25k
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.
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.
By advocating for quality early care and education, empowering families with information and financial support, and building the capabilities of educators, Children's Council of San Francisco ensures that every child in San Francisco has…
San Francisco CASA transforms the lives of children and youth traumatized and displaced in the foster care and related systems by providing one consistent, caring volunteer advocate, trained to address each childs needs in the court and…
The California School-Age Consortium (CalSAC) builds professional networks that provide training, leadership development and advocacy to ensure that all young people have access to high quality out-of-school time programs and to create a…
Legal Link removes legal barriers that prolong poverty by adding critically needed capacity to the legal ecosystem.
California Alliance of Caregivers represents the voices of relative and non-relative caregivers to promote the well-being of children in foster care. California Alliance of Caregivers provides training information support and advocacy for…
A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…
The mission of Oakland Kids First is to increase youth voice, leadership and power to create engaging and equitable public schools where all students learn and lead.
Improve the quality of life for individuals in Alameda County, Contra Costa County, Solano County, Monterey County, Sacramento County and the surrounding area in the State of California.
To create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.
Advocates for abused, neglected and other identified children within the court system, with the belief that every child is entitled to a safe and stable home.
All children need a childhood. Allies for Every Child brings together and strengthens families, cultivating conditions for children to succeed in life. (Continues on Schedule O)
CASA recruits, trains, and supports community volunteers who advocate for chidren and youth throughout their journey in foster care.
How this is measured
153 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. 153 of the 217 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 LEGAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds ST VINCENTS DAY HOME ↗
- Who funds BlueSkies for Children Inc ↗
- Who funds ADVOKIDS ↗
- Who funds BAY AREA COMMUNITY RESOURCES INC ↗
- Who funds Step One School ↗
- Who funds EAST BAY CHILDRENS LAW OFFICES INC ↗
- Who funds Center for Early Intervention on Deafness ↗
- Who funds East Bay Agency for Children ↗
- Who funds Berkeley Public Schools Fund ↗
- Who funds ST MARY'S CENTER ↗
- Who funds SOAR For Youth ↗
- Who funds BEYOND EMANCIPATION ↗
- Who funds We Care Services For Children ↗
- Who funds MILLS COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds Lincoln ↗
- Who funds SENECA FAMILY OF AGENCIES ↗
- Who funds Friends of Alameda County CASA Inc ↗
- Who funds Side By Side ↗
- Who funds Center For Youth Development Through Law ↗
- Who funds Court Appointed Special Advocates ↗
- Who funds SHELTER INC ↗
- Who funds Mindful Life Project ↗
- Who funds PROJECT AVARY INC ALTERNATIVE VENTURES FOR AT RISK YOUTH ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL CHILD RESOURCE INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds YOUNG MUSICIANS CHORAL ORCHESTRA ↗
- Who funds YOUTH ALIVE ↗
- Who funds CHILD ADVOCATES OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY ↗
- Who funds Kala Art Institute ↗
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.
Open a dossier: East Bay Community Foundation · Lowell Berry Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · The San Francisco Foundation · Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation · The Morris Stulsaft Foundation · Quest Foundation · Sunlight Giving · The Barrios Trust · Tipping Point Community · Marin Community Foundation · Chamberlin Family Philanthropy
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Bernard E & Alba Witkin Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bernard E & Alba Witkin Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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