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Berns Team Blessings Inc at a glance

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Berns Team Blessings Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$224k
Granted FY2024still arriving
25
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$43k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0183% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

International$290kHealth$134kYouth Development$115kHousing & Shelter$80kHuman Services$69kEducation$58kPhilanthropy$50kReligion$42kOther$0
02FY2024 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k18 grants · $61k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $163k
$4,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$32k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OPERATION SATURATION$43,300
KERSHAW'S CHALLENGE$41,100
LCFEF$20,000
MONTE VISTA GROVE HOMES$19,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE FOOTHILLS$15,250
MISCELLANEOUS$14,450
Individual grant recipient$10,100
DOOR OF HOPE$9,000
ONCE UPON A ROOM$4,000
CITY OF HOPE$4,000
THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION$4,000
RIDE ON$4,000
YOUNG LIFE - LA CANADA$4,000
CORE CONNECTIONS & OPERATIONS (PASADENA WATER POLO)$4,000
ST JOHN'S BOSCO BASKETBALL$4,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $39k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CATCH: $5k → 8%CREATIVE HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $1k → 14%THE DREAM CENTER FOUNDATION: $2k → 14%IMMIGO: $1k → 14%A STABLE OF SPACE: $2k → 14%RIDE ON: $9k → 14%RIDE ON: $4k → 14%RIDE ON: $4k → 14%RIDE ON LA: $3k → 14%RIDE ON: $1k → 14%OPERATION WALK LOS ANGELES: $7k → 14%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

NH
ID
IL
NY
OR
NV
PA
CA
MO
VA
MD
TX
FL
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$845k · 30 repeat orgs$250k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +55% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
23

Total granted

$845k
$219k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+25%

Still filing today

53%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentEducationPhilanthropyInternationalOther
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

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE FOOTHILLS
    5× · 2020–2024 · $109k · revenue +189%
  • KC
    KERSHAW'S CHALLENGE
    4× · 2020–2024 · $68k · revenue +37%
  • DO
    DOOR OF HOPE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $44k · revenue +83%

Funded once

  • KC
    KERSHAW'S CHALLENGE
    one grant, 2022 · $45k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF INDIA XIAN MINISTRIES
    one grant, 2020 · $32k
  • KP
    KNOX PRESBYTERIAN
    one grant, 2021 · $30k
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
All for Kids Organization

This year, all for kids provided 70,000 at-risk children and parents living in los angeles and orange counties with services that include school readiness, parenting classes, family resource centers, support groups, mental health…

Human Services
2
Children's Hospital Los Angeles Medical Group

To be the preeminent pediatric, multispecialty medical group in the nation, dedicated to providing the highest quality medical care to infants, children and adolescents; and supporting the finest teaching and research endeavors of our…

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3
Children of the Nations

To provide holistic, christ-centered care for orphaned and destitute children, enabling them to create positive and lasting change in their nations.

Human Services
4
Mercy House Living Centers

Mercy house's most significant exempt activities focus on ending homelessness and providing comprehensive housing and support services. the organization offers homeless prevention, rapid rehousing, permanent supportive housing, and…

Housing & Shelter
5
Los Angeles Mission Inc

The los angeles mission breaks the cycle of homelessness and poverty, by stabilizing people in a safe and spiritual environment, connecting them to solutions and walking with them on their journey.

Housing & Shelter
6
Childrens Hope Foster Family Agency

Children's hope is a source of love and light, empowering individuals to create a life filled with purpose, hope and joy.

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7
California Children's Academy

Cca is committed to preparing young children to be global citizens who are developmentally well-rounded, emotionally literate, and environmentally conscious.

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8
Los Angeles Christian Health Centers

The mission of los angeles christian health centers is to follow christ by loving and serving our neighbors through the provision of comprehensive quality healthcare. our vision is the healing and restoration of homeless and underserved…

Health
9
Chariots for Hope Inc

Chariots for hope shares the hope of christ by loving kenyan children through christian discipleship and long-term physical, emotional, and educational care and provision. the vision of chariots for hope is to create a transformed future…

International
10
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles

The make-a-wish foundation of greater los angeles creates life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.

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11
Children's Dental Foundation

To deliver oral health education and comprehensive treatment for economically disadvantaged children, including those with complex medical considerations, while also providing premier training in pediatric and multi-specialty dentistry.

Health
12
Providence Trinitycare Hospice

As expressions of god's healing love, witnessed through the ministry of jesus, we are steadfast in serving all, especially those who are poor and vulnerable.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Creative Hope International Inc. 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

30 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. 30 of the 64 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
22/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OPERATION SATURATION INC: $165,185 · OtherOPERATION SATURATION INCMISCELLANEOUS: $93,525 · OtherMISCELLANEOUSKERSHAW'S CHALLENGE: $45,150 · OtherKERSHAW'S CHALLENGEDOOR OF HOPE: $43,504 · OtherDOOR OF HOPEIndividual grant recipient: $43,015 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLCFEF: $42,500 · OtherLCFEFFRIENDS OF INDIA XIAN MINISTRIES: $31,800 · OtherMONTE VISTA GROVE HOMES: $31,000 · OtherKNOX PRESBYTERIAN: $30,350 · OtherLA CANADA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $26,545 · Other+33 more: $199,840 · Other+33 moreBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE FOOTHILLS: $108,525 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS …ONCE UPON A ROOM INC: $17,500 · Youth DevelopmentONCE UPON A R…BALL GIRL BASEBALL CORPORATION: $5,500 · Youth DevelopmentKERSHAW'S CHALLENGE: $68,200 · PhilanthropyJUSTIN TURNER FOUNDATION: $3,350 · PhilanthropyMERCYWORLDWIDE INC: $24,000 · Human ServicesRIDE ON LA RIDE ON THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP: $20,750 · Human ServicesOPERATION WALK OF LOS ANGELES INC: $7,000 · Human ServicesCATCH INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesDREAM CENTER FOUNDATION: $2,250 · Human Services+3 more: $3,750 · Human ServicesTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $15,000 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 · HealthTEAMSMILE INC: $4,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $3,750 · HealthODYSSEY CHARTER SCHOOLS: $24,500 · EducationPRECIOUS LAMB PRESCHOOL INC: $6,200 · EducationFULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $2,000 · EducationKELLER WILLIAMS REALTY CARES: $10,000 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$752,414Youth Development$131,525Philanthropy$71,550Human Services$62,750Health$34,750Education$32,700Public Safety & Disaster$10,000

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 budgetOPERATION SATURATION INC: $165,185 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE FOOTHILLS: $108,525 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetKERSHAW'S CHALLENGE: $68,200 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetDOOR OF HOPE: $43,504 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMONTE VISTA GROVE HOMES: $31,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetODYSSEY CHARTER SCHOOLS: $24,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMERCYWORLDWIDE INC: $24,000 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetRIDE ON LA RIDE ON THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP: $20,750 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetLA CANADA FLINTRIDGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $20,700 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFOSTERALL: $20,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFive Acres The Boys and Girls' Aid Society of Los Angeles County: $20,365 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetONCE UPON A ROOM INC: $17,500 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKELLER WILLIAMS REALTY CARES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOPERATION WALK OF LOS ANGELES INC: $7,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetPRECIOUS LAMB PRESCHOOL INC: $6,200 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCATCH INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTEAMSMILE INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $3,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLA CANADA BASEBALLSOFTBALL ASSOCIATION: $3,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetJUSTIN TURNER FOUNDATION: $3,350 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetKINGS CARE FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDREAM CENTER FOUNDATION: $2,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA STABLE SPACE: $1,500 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetIMMIGO: $1,250 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTHE WATER PROJECT INC: $1,000 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 OPERATION SATURATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE FOOTHILLS ↗
  • Who funds KERSHAW'S CHALLENGE ↗
  • Who funds DOOR OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds MONTE VISTA GROVE HOMES ↗
  • Who funds ODYSSEY CHARTER SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds MERCYWORLDWIDE INC ↗
  • Who funds RIDE ON LA RIDE ON THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP ↗
  • Who funds LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FOSTERALL ↗
  • Who funds Five Acres The Boys and Girls' Aid Society of Los Angeles County ↗
  • Who funds ONCE UPON A ROOM INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY CARES ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION WALK OF LOS ANGELES INC ↗
  • Who funds PRECIOUS LAMB PRESCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds BALL GIRL BASEBALL CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds CATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds TEAMSMILE 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.

California Community …Pasadena Community Fo…Crawford Family Found…Orange County Communi…Enterprise Holdings F…Sempra FoundationAmerican Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Charities Aid Foundat…Donor Advised Charita…Natl Christian Charit…
California Community FoundationCA19× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Pasadena Community Foundation · Crawford Family Foundation · Orange County Community Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Sempra Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc

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 Berns Team Blessings Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Berns Team Blessings Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 Berns Team Blessings Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Berns Team Blessings Inc 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 64 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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