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Bernard Silver & Betty Silver at a glance

· Private foundation

Bernard Silver & Betty Silver

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.

$65k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Youth Development$298kAnimals$155kReligion$65kHuman Services$51kHealth$47kEducation$18kRecreation & Sports$18kPublic Safety & Disaster$14kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $15k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$5,275
Median grant
2
States reached
$905k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST LDS ASL$50,000
Individual grant recipient$6,900
GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER LA$5,275
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$2,500
BROWNIE SCOUNTS OF OWENSBORO$550
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 (FY17–23, $55k) 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%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%SAFEHOUSE OF THE DESERT: $5k → 11%NARROW DOOR: $20k → 11%NARROW DOOR: $8k → 11%NARROW DOOR: $8k → 11%NARROW DOOR: $5k → 11%COACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $5k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MA
CA
UT
MO
KY
DC
TX
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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$502k · 17 repeat orgs$184k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
28

Total granted

$502k
$183k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-12%
+14%

Still filing today

29%
21%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $550 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementHealthInternationalOther
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

  • CC
    CORNERSTONE CHURCH
    6× · 2018–2024 · $101k
  • CV
    Coachella Valley Mounted Rangers
    2× · 2023–2024 · $98k · revenue +13%
  • CO
    CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST LDS ASL
    3× · 2023–2025 · $72k

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • CO
    CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LDS
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
  • DC
    DAVIESS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
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
Armadillos Search and Rescue O

Search and rescue of migrants stranded in the dessert providing first aid and water for their survival and guidance for safe arrival

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2
Las Vegas Rescue Mission

Through feeding the hungry, support, and care, we provide redemption, recovery, and re-entry to the homeless, addicted, and those in need.

Human Services
3
Interval House

The mission of the organization is to ensure safety and stability for people who are battered, abused, homeless or at risk; to create public awareness about the epidemic of violence; and to mobilize the community to prevent violence and…

Human Services
4
Hope the Mission

To attract people/resources to assist the needs of every hungry homeless person in the valley.

Human Services
5
Sunshine Rescue Mission

Since 1957, SRM has provided safe emergency shelter, meals, and clothing to anyone in need. All participants are experiencing homelessness and living below the federal poverty line at intake. Located in Flagstaff, we have three facilities.…

Religion
6
Covenant House California

Covenant house is dedicated to serving all of god's children with absolute respect and unconditional love to help youth experiencing homelessness and to protect and safeguard all youth in need.

Human Services
7
The Midnight Mission

The midnight mission seeks to offer a bridge to self sufficiency for people experiencing homelessness through interim shelter, advocacy, education, training and job placement, make available the necessities of life, offer the 12-step…

Human Services
8
Covenant House Texas

Covenant house texas shelters, protects, and advocates on behalf of homeless, trafficked, and sexually exploited youth.

Human Services
9
Ranch Hands Rescue

To provide a sanctuary for people and animals, founded on hope and healing for the long-term recovery of trauma victims, special needs animals, and male survivors of sex trafficking.

Animals
10
Children's Haven of Southwest Misso

The mission of children's haven is to provide temporary shelter to children in a safe, secure environment while their parents resolve a family crisis. each year hundreds of children ages birth through 17 years receive the nurturing care of…

Youth Development
11
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa

Catholic charities creates access to opportunities for self-sufficiency by providing innovative and compassionate services to people of all backgrounds, beliefs, and cultures.

Human Services
12
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals

To boldly engage the world's greatest crises in partnership with the church.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Coachella Valley Mounted Rangers; the most unlike its peers is Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles. 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

13 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. 13 of the 46 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)
11/13
Grantees still filing
8/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CORNERSTONE CHURCH: $101,275 · OtherCORNERSTONE CHURCHCoachella Valley Mounted Rangers: $98,000 · OtherCoachella Valley Mounted RangersCHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST LDS ASL: $72,100 · OtherCHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST LDS ASLBARGAINS OF THE DESERT: $55,000 · OtherBARGAINS OF THE DESERTIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $28,170 · OtherCHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST LDS: $24,500 · Other+29 more: $167,825 · Other+29 moreNARROW DOOR: $40,000 · Human ServicesNARROW DO…OPERATION SAFE HOUSE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesOPERATION…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 · Human ServicesAmerican …COACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $5,000 · Human ServicesCOACHELLA…FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $13,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $10,275 · Youth DevelopmentRIVERPARK CENTER INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureIDYLLWILD HELP CENTER: $4,000 · Community ImprovementOwensboro Health Foundation Inc: $1,200 · HealthCorner of Love Ministries: $400 · International
Other$596,870Human Services$55,000Youth Development$23,275Arts & Culture$5,000Community Improvement$4,000Health$1,200International$400

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 budgetCoachella Valley Mounted Rangers: $98,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetNARROW DOOR: $40,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $13,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $10,275 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHEAVENLY HORSE HAVEN INC: $7,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetRIVERPARK CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBARGAINS THRIFT SHOP INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetOPERATION SAFE HOUSE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOwensboro Health Foundation Inc: $1,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCorner of Love Ministries: $400 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.

  • Who funds Coachella Valley Mounted Rangers ↗
  • Who funds NARROW DOOR ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds HEAVENLY HORSE HAVEN INC ↗
  • Who funds RIVERPARK CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BARGAINS THRIFT SHOP INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION SAFE HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds COACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds IDYLLWILD HELP CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Owensboro Health Foundation Inc ↗

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.

Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Network for GoodDC7.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving 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 Bernard Silver & Betty Silver funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bernard Silver & Betty Silver. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–30%
    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.

    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 46 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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