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Betty and Leo Balzereit Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Betty and Leo Balzereit Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$530k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Human Services$1.6MHousing & Shelter$512kCrime & Legal$369kFood & Nutrition$351kEducation$224kCommunity Improvement$12kReligion$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k19 grants · $480k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$25,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$3.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Family Crisis Center of Baltimore County$50,000
Susan B Anthony Project Inc$40,000
Sanctuary for Families Inc$40,000
Family Promise Montco PA$40,000
The Center for Empowerment and$35,000
Lancaster County Food Hub$33,000
Children's Aid Society$30,000
Friends in Service to Humanity of$26,000
Little Sisters of the Assumption Family$25,000
Center for Family Services of Palm Beach$25,000
Domestic Violence Center of Chester$23,000
Women in Transition Inc$20,000
Veterans Multi-Service Center Inc$20,000
Olney High School Alumni Association$20,000
The Center for Family Justice$20,000
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 (FY21–25, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%Children's Advocacy Center of Delaware: $20k → 11%Good Samaritan Services: $15k → 6%Drueding Center: $30k → 22%Jesus House of Hope: $30k → 10%Center for Family Services of Palm Beach: $25k → 11%Children's Home Society of Florida Inc: $15k → 13%The Refuge Ranch Inc: $19k → 20%Women's Support Services: $12k → 9%The Center for Family Justice: $20k → 9%Children's Advocacy Center of Delaware: $15k → 11%Good Samaritan Services: $15k → 6%Drueding Center: $25k → 22%Jesus House of Hope: $25k → 10%Center for Family Services of Palm Beach: $25k → 11%Children's Home Society of Florida Inc: $15k → 13%The Refuge Ranch Inc: $19k → 20%Women's Support Services: $12k → 9%The Center for Family Justice: $20k → 9%Drueding Center: $25k → 22%Center for Family Services of Palm Beach: $25k → 11%Children's Home Society of Florida Inc: $15k → 13%Project Sage: $15k → 9%The Center for Family Justice: $20k → 9%Milagro House: $20k → 9%Drueding Center: $25k → 22%Center for Family Services of Palm Beach: $25k → 11%Women's Support Services: $15k → 9%The Center for Family Justice: $20k → 9%Milagro House: $14k → 9%Drueding Center: $20k → 22%Center for Family Services of Palm Beach: $18k → 11%Project Sage: $15k → 9%Susan B Anthony Project Inc: $40k → 9%Family Promise Montco PA: $40k → 7%Susan B Anthony Project Inc: $40k → 9%People's Emergency Center: $20k → 22%Susan B Anthony Project Inc: $40k → 9%Family Promise Montco PA: $33k → 7%Dawns Place: $15k → 22%People's Emergency Center: $18k → 22%Family Promise Montco PA: $33k → 7%Family Promise Montco PA: $20k → 7%Susan B Anthony Project Inc: $20k → 9%Family Promise Montco PA: $15k → 7%Women in Transition Inc: $20k → 22%Susan B Anthony Project Inc: $19k → 9%Women in Transition Inc: $20k → 22%Women in Transition Inc: $20k → 22%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.
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.
$3.9M · 34 repeat orgs$163k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

34 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
13

Total granted

$3.9M
$148k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+9%

Still filing today

76%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterPublic BenefitYouth DevelopmentReligionOther
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

  • FC
    FAMILY CRISIS CENTER OF BALTIMORE COUNTY INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $185k · revenue +55%
  • SB
    SUSAN B ANTHONY PROJECT INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $177k · revenue +77%
  • FP
    FAMILY PROMISE MONTCO PA
    6× · 2020–2025 · $155k · revenue +212%

Funded once

  • FI
    Friends in Service to Humanity of Northwestern Connecticut Inc.
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
  • TY
    THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF YORK PA
    one grant, 2021 · $17k · revenue -12%
  • CA
    Community Action Partnership of
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
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
Women Against Abuse Inc

The mission of women against abuse is to provide quality, compassionate, and nonjudgmental services in a manner that fosters self-respect and independence in persons experiencing intimate partner violence and to lead the struggle to end…

Human Services
2
Capital Area Family Violence Intervention Center Inc

To end domestic violence in the capital area through serving victims of domestic violence, educating the public about domestic violence, and working to eliminate economic, social and cultural conditions and attitudes that contribute to…

Human Services
3
Safehouse Denver Inc

Safehouse denver assists adult, children, and youth in reclaiming their right to a life free from domestic violence. the agency provides a broad spectrum of culturally competent, trauma-informed services, including but not limited to,…

Human Services
4
Womens Resource Center of Newport and Bristol Counties

The women's resource center empowers survivors by providing trauma-informed services with equity and compassion while working collaboratively with the community to eliminate the root causes of interpersonal abuse.

Human Services
5
Lake County Crisis Center

A safe place is the leading advocate for eliminating domestic violence & human trafficking in northern illinois.

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6
Clackamas Women's Services

Breaking the isolation of domestic and sexual violence.

Human Services
7
Grace Smith House Inc

Provide comprehensive services to victims of domestic violence.

Human Services
8
The San Francisco Particular Council of the Society of St Vincent De Paul

The mission of the st. vincent de paul society of san francisco (svdp-sf) is to offer hope and service on a direct person-to-person basis, working to break the cycles of homelessness and domestic violence.

Human Services
9
Family and Children's Services of Centra

To transform the lives of children and adults by providing opportunities to build self-confidence, resilience and hope.

Human Services
10
Hubbard House Inc

Safety, empowerment, and social change for victims of domestic violence and their families. to that end we offer a full compendium of services for victims of domestic violence.

Human Services
11
Safe Nesttemporary Assistance for

Safe nest's mission is to provide comprehensive, collaborative, and innovative services for everyone affected by domestic and sexual violence while passionatley working to end this shared epidemic.

Human Services
12
People's Place Ii Inc

People's place ii, inc. is dedicated to becoming the agency of choice to help people find their path to growth and independence. to this end, people's place ii, inc. identifies the social and mental health needs of delaware residents and…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Safespace Inc; the most unlike its peers is Center for Family Services of Palm Beach County 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

35 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. 35 of the 48 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/35
Grantees still filing
28/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VARIOUS CHARITIES: $963,000 · OtherVARIOUS CHARITIESFAMILY CRISIS CENTER OF BALTIMORE COUNTY INC: $185,000 · OtherFAMILY CRISIS CENTER OF BALTIMORE COUNTY INCOLNEY HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $165,000 · OtherOLNEY HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONThe Center for Empowerment and: $128,000 · OtherThe Center for Empowerment andLittle Sisters of the Assumption Family: $108,000 · OtherLittle Sisters of the Assumption FamilyDomestic Violence Services of Cumberland: $70,000 · Other+13 more: $271,000 · Other+13 moreSUSAN B ANTHONY PROJECT INC: $177,000 · Human ServicesSUSAN B ANTHONY PROJECT INCFAMILY PROMISE MONTCO PA: $155,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMISE MONTCO PADRUEDING CENTER: $145,000 · Human ServicesDRUEDING CENTERSANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC: $134,000 · Human ServicesSANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INCCenter for Family Services of Palm Beach County Inc: $131,000 · Human ServicesCenter for Family Services of Palm Beach Count…Domestic Violence Center of Chester County: $128,000 · Human ServicesDomestic Violence Center of Chester CountyLAUREL HOUSE: $103,000 · Human ServicesLAUREL HOUSETHE CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE INC: $102,000 · Human ServicesTHE CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE INCPROJECT SAGE INC: $78,000 · Human ServicesJESUS HOUSE OF HOPE INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $70,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN IN TRANSITION: $60,000 · Human ServicesThe Refuge Ranch Inc: $56,400 · Human Services+11 more: $243,000 · Human Services+11 moreCORNERSTONE YOUTH HOME: $140,000 · Housing & ShelterFISHFRIENDS IN SERVICE TO HUMANITY OF: $120,000 · Housing & ShelterVeterans Multi-Service Center Inc: $125,000 · Public BenefitLANCASTER COUNTY FOOD HUB: $89,000 · ReligionHUNTS POINT ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN: $59,000 · Youth Development
Other$1,890,000Human Services$1,657,400Housing & Shelter$260,000Public Benefit$125,000Religion$89,000Youth Development$59,000

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 budgetFAMILY CRISIS CENTER OF BALTIMORE COUNTY INC: $185,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetSUSAN B ANTHONY PROJECT INC: $177,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE MONTCO PA: $155,000 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetDRUEDING CENTER: $145,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetCORNERSTONE YOUTH HOME: $140,000 over 6y, 19% of budgetSANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC: $134,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Family Services of Palm Beach County Inc: $131,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetDomestic Violence Center of Chester County: $128,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetVeterans Multi-Service Center Inc: $125,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetFISHFRIENDS IN SERVICE TO HUMANITY OF: $120,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetLAUREL HOUSE: $103,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE INC: $102,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetLANCASTER COUNTY FOOD HUB: $89,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetPROJECT SAGE INC: $78,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetJESUS HOUSE OF HOPE INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $70,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN IN TRANSITION: $60,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetHUNTS POINT ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN: $59,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetThe Refuge Ranch Inc: $56,400 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetHOPEPHL: $51,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF DELAWARE: $49,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF THE MAIN LINE: $40,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetMILAGRO HOUSE INC: $34,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetA WOMAN'S PLACE: $32,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES: $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe Center For Empowerment And Education Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWOMEN'S CENTER OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY: $22,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTHE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF YORK PA: $17,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF LANCASTER COUNTY INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLITTLE SISTERS OF THE ASSUMPTION FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE INC: $11,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTRAVELERS AID SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES OF CUMBERLAND & PERRY COUNTIES: $9,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSAFESPACE INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLOVE AND HOPE IN ACTION INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.6% 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 FAMILY CRISIS CENTER OF BALTIMORE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds SUSAN B ANTHONY PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE MONTCO PA ↗
  • Who funds DRUEDING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CORNERSTONE YOUTH HOME ↗
  • Who funds SANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Center for Family Services of Palm Beach County Inc ↗
  • Who funds Domestic Violence Center of Chester County ↗
  • Who funds Veterans Multi-Service Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds FISHFRIENDS IN SERVICE TO HUMANITY OF ↗
  • Who funds LAUREL HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE INC ↗
  • Who funds LANCASTER COUNTY FOOD HUB ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT SAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds JESUS HOUSE OF HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN IN TRANSITION ↗
  • Who funds HUNTS POINT ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds The Refuge Ranch Inc ↗
  • Who funds HOPEPHL ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF DELAWARE ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF THE MAIN LINE ↗
  • Who funds MILAGRO HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds A WOMAN'S PLACE ↗
  • Who funds GOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds The Center For Empowerment And Education Inc ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S CENTER OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF YORK PA ↗
  • Who funds DAWN'S PLACE ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF LANCASTER COUNTY 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.

Leo C Balzereit Tr Uu…The Philadelphia Foun…W W Smith Charitable …The Gordon Charter Fo…United Way of Greater…Pennsylvania Coalitio…Connelly FoundationGenuardi Family Found…Phillies Charities IncHenry Dolfinger 2 Tru…Chubb Charitable Foun…Independence Foundati…
Leo C Balzereit Tr UunitrustPA30.6× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Leo C Balzereit Tr Uunitrust · The Philadelphia Foundation · W W Smith Charitable Trust · The Gordon Charter Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence · Connelly Foundation · Genuardi Family Foundation · Phillies Charities Inc · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Independence 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 Betty and Leo Balzereit Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Betty and Leo Balzereit Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • The Center for Family Justice Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Fishfriends in Service to Humanity of: 39% of income from government
  • Family Crisis Center of Baltimore County Inc: 21% of income from government
  • Children's Advocacy Center of Delaware: 10% of income from government
  • The Children's Home Society of Florida: 6% of income from government
  • Jesus House of Hope Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Susan B Anthony Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
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Find your warmest path to Betty and Leo Balzereit Foundation 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 48 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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