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Carl & Tammy Birnberg Family Foundation at a glance

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Carl & Tammy Birnberg Family Foundation

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.

$18k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$62kEducation$56kReligion$54kPhilanthropy$12kArts & Culture$6kRecreation & Sports$3kInternational$3kHealth$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
$3,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST PAUL JEWISH FEDERATION$12,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
HEILICHER JEWISH DAY SCHOOL$2,500
SHOLOM COMMUNITY ALLIANCE$400
02The need
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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 (FY20–21, $51k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER: $100 → 6%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF THE DESERTS: $50k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF THE DESERTS: $126 → 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

MN
WI
NY
IA
PA
CA
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$179k · 9 repeat orgs$38k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
20

Total granted

$179k
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+25%

Still filing today

22%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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
HealthFood & NutritionHuman ServicesReligionInternationalCivil RightsOther
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

  • HJ
    HEILICHER JEWISH DAY SCHOOL
    2× · 2021–2024 · $53k
  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF THE DESERT
    2× · 2020–2021 · $50k · revenue +56%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA HILLEL
    2× · 2020–2021 · $41k

Funded once

  • TO
    TEMPLE OF AARON
    one grant, 2023 · $11k
  • HC
    HERZL CAMP FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue -25%
  • BI
    BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +67%
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
Minneapolis Jewish Federation

Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.

Philanthropy
2
Minnesota Jewish Community Center Foundation

The minnesota jcc foundation's sole purpose is to support the minnesota jcc.

Human Services
3
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
4
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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5
Jewish Family and Children's Service Inc

Strengthening the community by providing behavioral health, healthcare and social services to all ages, faiths and backgrounds.

Human Services
6
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
7
The Jewish Fund

The jewish fund is organized and operates exclusively for charitable, educational, and religious purposes. the fund's primary activities are: supporting a jewish health care mission in the greater detroit area and michigan; promotion of…

Philanthropy
8
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
9
Jewish Senior Life

To enhance the quality of life, health, and well-being of jewish older adults, their families, and others in our community, consistent with the values and traditions of our jewish heritage.

Religion
10
Beth Israel Medical Center

Since its founding, over 120 years ago, as a medical dispensary to meet the needs of the impoverished and underserved jewish community of the lower east side, beth israel medical center has been committed to the care of persons of all…

Health
11
Isabella Geriatric Center Inc

Operating as isabella center for rehabilitation and nursing care, isabella is a 705-bed not-for-profit organization that is a member of the mjhs health system family. isabella is committed to providing exceptional short-term, sub-acute…

Human Services
12
Jewish Federation of Omaha Inc

To build and sustain a strong and vibrant omaha jewish community and to support jews in israel and around the world.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Minnesota Jewish Community Center; the most unlike its peers is Children's Health Care. 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

14 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. 14 of the 31 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HEILICHER JEWISH DAY SCHOOL: $52,500 · OtherHEILICHER JEWISH DAY SCHOOLUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA HILLEL: $40,600 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA HILLELIndividual grant recipient: $13,354 · OtherIndividual grant recipientST PAUL JEWISH FEDERATION: $12,000 · OtherST PAUL JEWISH FEDERATIONTEMPLE OF AARON: $11,000 · OtherTEMPLE OF AARONSTPAUL JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $9,130 · OtherSTPAUL JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERMCCALLUM THEATER: $6,000 · Other+16 more: $13,106 · Other+16 moreJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF THE DESERT: $50,416 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF T…+1 more: $100 · Human ServicesHERZL CAMP FOUNDATION: $3,100 · ReligionBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $3,000 · InternationalALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $2,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE: $100 · HealthANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $500 · Civil RightsSHOLOM COMMUNITY ALLIANCE: $400 · Housing & Shelter
Other$157,690Human Services$50,516Religion$3,100International$3,000Health$2,100Civil Rights$500Housing & Shelter$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 budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF THE DESERT: $50,416 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetHERZL CAMP FOUNDATION: $3,100 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $2,150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHOLOM COMMUNITY ALLIANCE: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOrganic Acidemia Association Corporation: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTIFERETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCORNERHOUSE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVERY MEAL: $90 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 JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF THE DESERT ↗
  • Who funds HERZL CAMP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds SHOLOM COMMUNITY ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds Organic Acidemia Association Corporation ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND ↗
  • Who funds TIFERETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds CORNERHOUSE ↗
  • Who funds EVERY MEAL ↗

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.

Alex G & Mollie Tanke…Marshall & Elaine Sie…The Minneapolis Found…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Alex G & Mollie Tankenoff Family FoundationMN13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Alex G & Mollie Tankenoff Family Foundation · Marshall & Elaine Siegel Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Carl & Tammy Birnberg Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Carl & Tammy Birnberg Family Foundation. 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%1%3%4%5%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 · 0–5%
    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 31 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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