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Bernau Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Bernau Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$139k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$285kHealth$181kYouth Development$121kReligion$114kPublic Benefit$80kPhilanthropy$64kAnimals$48kArts & Culture$33kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $105k
$10,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALICE LLOYD COLLEGE$15,000
HILLSDALE COLLEGE$10,000
STAND TOGETHER AGAINST RACISM AND RADICALISM IN THE SERVICES$10,000
COMMUNITY SCHOOL THE ARTS$10,000
NOAH WEBSTER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$10,000
LEGACY MINISTRIES$10,000
THE FAMILY FOUNDATION OF VA$10,000
HOPE TO WALK$10,000
NEW HUMAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE$10,000
NEIGHBORING MOVEMENT$10,000
CENTER OF ENRICHED LIVING$5,000
PARKER COUNTY CENTER OF HOPE$5,000
CAMPFIRE FIRST TEXAS$5,000
BROOK HILL FARM$5,000
RENEWANATION$5,000
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 (FY17–24, $58k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PARKER COUNTY CENTER OF HOPE: $5k → 8%EASTERN APPALACHIAN TEEN CHALLENGE: $10k → 8%PARKER COUNTY CENTER OF HOPE: $5k → 8%EASTERN APPALACHIAN TEEN CHALLENGE: $10k → 8%EASTERN APPALACHIAN TEEN CHALLENGE: $10k → 8%EASTERN APPALACHIAN TEEN CHALLENGE: $8k → 8%EASTERN APPALACHIAN TEEN CHALLENGE: $5k → 8%EASTERN APPALACHIAN TEEN CHALLENGE: $5k → 8%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
IL
MI
IA
CT
CO
KY
VA
KS
TN
DC
OK
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$957k · 25 repeat orgs$43k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
7

Total granted

$957k
$39k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+23%

Still filing today

60%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesReligionAnimalsCommunity ImprovementPublic BenefitOther
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

  • AL
    ALICE LLOYD COLLEGE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $115k · revenue +152%
  • SN
    SOCE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $75k · revenue +475%
  • R
    RENEWANATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $70k · revenue +52%

Funded once

  • AS
    America SCORES Chicago
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +23%
  • MW
    MISSIONAL WISDOM FOUNDATION SOUTH LAKE MINISTRY
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $6k
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
Colleyville Covenant Christian

The mission is to provide a biblically based classical college preparatory education that inspires a passion for excellence a heart of grace and the character of Christ.

Education
2
The Woodlands Christian Academy

TWCA is an independent, Christ-centered college preparatory school that integrates learning with biblical faith and challenges our students to reach their highest potential - intellectually, creatively, physically, and socially - for the…

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3
Arborbrook Christian Academy

Arborbrook Christian Academy partners with parents to equip, empower, and encourage students to cultivate godly character, pursue life-long learning, and love the Lord Jesus Christ.

Education
4
Providence Christian Academy

In dependence upon Almighty God, for His glory alone, and together with family and church, the mission of Providence Christian Academy is to provide exemplary education for the vulnerable in the light of God's Word for time and eternity.

Education
5
Landmark Christian School

Landmark christian school partners with christian families by equipping college-bound students to embrace a christ-centered worldview, grow as servant leaders, and steward god's unique purpose for their lives.

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6
Whitefield Academy Association

The mission of whitefield academy is to support parents by providing students with a top-tier academic foundation in a joyful, christ-centered community of classical learning.

Education
7
Christian Academy of Lawrenceburg

Education preschool-12th grade, religious, general

Education
8
Highland Christian Academy

Education, K-5 through 12th grade

Education
9
Whitefield Academy Inc

Whitefield academy is a christ-centered college preparatory school that bolsters christian families in rearing young people who go on to college and life with a passion for learning, for putting others ahead of self, and for the living and…

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10
Wellington Christian Academy Inc

Operate a private school.

Education
11
Manhattan Christian School

Education - private school grades preschool through twelfth

—
12
Kingsway Christian School

Private Christian School Grades K - 12

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Freedomworks Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is New Human Research and Development Institute. 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

21 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. 21 of the 35 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/21
Grantees still filing
14/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY SCHOOL THE ARTS: $70,500 · OtherCOMMUNITY SCHOOL THE ARTSTHE FAMILY FOUNDATION OF VA: $64,000 · OtherTHE FAMILY FOUNDATION OF VAIGNATIA HOUSE: $40,700 · OtherIGNATIA HOUSESTAND TOGETHER AGAINST RACISM AND RADICALISM IN THE SERVICES: $30,000 · OtherSTAND TOGETHER AGAINST RACISM AND RADICALISM IN THE …Noah Webster Educational Foundation: $30,000 · OtherNoah Webster Educational FoundationSMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE CHRISTIAN: $27,000 · OtherSMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE CHRISTIANTHE CENTER FOR ENRICHED LIVING INC: $25,000 · OtherGAYLORD SPECIALTY HEALTHCARE: $20,000 · OtherNew Human Research and Development Institute: $30,000 · OtherNew Human Research and Development InstituteCAMP FIRE FIRST TEXAS: $27,500 · OtherCAMP FIRE FIRST TEXASCHICAGO CARES INC: $25,000 · Other+12 more: $80,980 · Other+12 moreALICE LLOYD COLLEGE: $115,000 · EducationALICE LLOYD COLLEGERENEWANATION: $70,000 · EducationRENEWANATIONSmith Mt Lake Christian Academy Inc: $25,000 · EducationSmith Mt Lake Christian Ac…HILLSDALE COLLEGE: $20,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE+1 more: $5,000 · EducationSOCE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION FOUNDATION: $75,000 · Public BenefitLEGACY MINISTRIES INC: $35,000 · ReligionMISSIONAL WISDOM FOUNDATION: $33,500 · ReligionHOPE TO WALK INC: $65,000 · HealthEASTERN APPALACHIAN TEEN CHALLENGE INC: $48,000 · Human ServicesPARKER COUNTY CENTER OF HOPE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesBROOK HILL RETIREMENT CENTER FOR HORSES INC: $47,500 · Animals
Other$470,680Education$235,000Public Benefit$75,000Religion$68,500Health$65,000Human Services$58,000Animals$47,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetALICE LLOYD COLLEGE: $115,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSOCE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetRENEWANATION: $70,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetHOPE TO WALK INC: $65,000 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetEASTERN APPALACHIAN TEEN CHALLENGE INC: $48,000 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetBROOK HILL RETIREMENT CENTER FOR HORSES INC: $47,500 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetLEGACY MINISTRIES INC: $35,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetMISSIONAL WISDOM FOUNDATION: $33,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetNew Human Research and Development Institute: $30,000 over 3y, 45% of budgetNoah Webster Educational Foundation: $30,000 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetCAMP FIRE FIRST TEXAS: $27,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSmith Mt Lake Christian Academy Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCHICAGO CARES INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR ENRICHED LIVING INC: $25,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerica SCORES Chicago: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetParkway Christian Academy: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPARKER COUNTY CENTER OF HOPE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetProvidence St Mel School: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFREEDOMWORKS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 ALICE LLOYD COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds SOCE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RENEWANATION ↗
  • Who funds HOPE TO WALK INC ↗
  • Who funds EASTERN APPALACHIAN TEEN CHALLENGE INC ↗
  • Who funds BROOK HILL RETIREMENT CENTER FOR HORSES INC ↗
  • Who funds LEGACY MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds MISSIONAL WISDOM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds New Human Research and Development Institute ↗
  • Who funds Noah Webster Educational Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CAMP FIRE FIRST TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds Smith Mt Lake Christian Academy Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO CARES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR ENRICHED LIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds America SCORES Chicago ↗
  • Who funds Parkway Christian Academy ↗
  • Who funds PARKER COUNTY CENTER OF HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds Providence St Mel School ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST YOUTH MUSIC ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOMWORKS 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.

Charities Aid Foundat…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Charities Aid Foundation AmericaVA8.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Bernau Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bernau Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 35 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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