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· Private foundation

Edwin L Berger Co-Tuw FBO Charities

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.

$301k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What you fund
0194% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Animals$664kPhilanthropy$562kReligion$294kInternational$128kEnvironment$117kCivil Rights$103kHousing & Shelter$42kHuman Services$28kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$15,027
Median grant
4
States reached
$5.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HILLEL INTERNATIONAL$15,027
JEWISH COMMTY CENTR OF GREAT BUFFALO$15,027
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$15,027
HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES$15,027
AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE$15,027
NATL JEWISH OUTREACH PROGRAM$15,027
JEWISH COMM RELATIONS COUNCIL OF NY$15,027
THE JEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY &$15,027
ANIMAL HAVEN$15,027
NEW YORK CITY BIRD ALLIANCE INC$15,027
NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION$15,027
NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE$15,027
INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIA$15,027
MET COUNCIL$15,027
ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE$15,027
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY21–21, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%The Jewish Board: $12k → 17%MARLENE MEYERSON JCC MANHATTAN: $12k → 17%MET COUNCIL ON JEWISH POVERTY: $12k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.3M · 26 repeat orgs$153k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +13% since the first grant, against -10% for the ones you funded once.

26 repeat relationships — 18 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
12

Total granted

$1.3M
$153k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
-10%

Still filing today

65%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsEnvironmentHuman ServicesReligionInternationalPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $90k · revenue +46%
  • HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE
    4× · 2022–2025 · $72k · revenue +26%
  • NW
    NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $70k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $16k
  • JB
    JEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILDREN'S
    one grant, 2022 · $16k
  • MN
    METROPOLITAN NEW YORK COORDINATING C
    one grant, 2022 · $16k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
2
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…

Animals
3
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
4
Humane World for Animals International

HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…

Animals
5
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
6
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
7
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
8
Wildlife Alliance Inc

Wildlife alliance is the leader in direct protection of forests and wildlife in tropical asia. our mission is to combat deforestation, biodiversity loss, climate change, and poverty by partnering with local communities and governments.…

Animals
9
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc

Protection of animal rights

Animals
10
Humane World Action Fund

To pass animal protection laws, educate the public, and support humane candidates for office.

Animals
11
Denver Zoological Foundation

Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

Animals
12
National Audubon Society Inc

We work towards a future where birds thrive across the americas because audubon is a powerful, diverse, and ever-growing force for conservation. (continued on schedule o).

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Board of Family & Children's Services Inc and the most unlike its peers is Met Council Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 52 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr20%7%10–20yr20%22%20–35yr14%33%35–55yr14%37%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr20%2%10–20yr20%20%20–35yr14%43%35–55yr14%36%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/28
the rest of the field
11%
4,827/43,738

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

28 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 28 of the 42 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/28
Grantees still filing
14/28
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

JEWISH COMM RELATIONS COUNCIL OF NY — $102,603 · OtherJEWISH COMM RELATIONS COUNCIL OF…INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIA — $58,076 · OtherINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRI…THE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $58,076 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYLITTLE SHELTER ANIMAL RES ADP CTR — $53,376 · OtherLITTLE SHELTER ANIMAL RES ADP CT…Met Council Inc — $42,176 · OtherMet Council IncTHE JEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & — $42,176 · OtherTHE JEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY &UJA-FEDERATION OF JEWISH — $42,176 · OtherUJA-FEDERATION OF JEWISHIndividual grant recipient — $41,390 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSPCA OF ERIE COUNTY — $28,394 · OtherJEWISH COMMTY CENTR OF GREAT BUFFALO — $28,394 · Other+6 more — $82,824 · Other+6 moreNORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC — $111,452 · AnimalsNORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMER…NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION — $69,784 · AnimalsNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATIONWildlife Conservation Society — $69,784 · AnimalsWildlife Conservation SocietyHumane World for Animals Inc — $58,076 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals IncDefenders of Wildlife — $58,076 · AnimalsDefenders of WildlifeSAVE THE ANIMALS RESCUE FOUNDATION — $53,376 · AnimalsSAVE THE ANIMALS RESCUE FOUNDA…ANIMAL HAVEN INC — $40,102 · AnimalsANIMAL HAVEN INCNASSAU COUNTY SPCA INC — $29,682 · AnimalsNASSAU COUNTY SPCA INCANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE — $28,394 · Animals+3 more — $35,124 · Animals+3 moreJEWISH COMMUNAL FUND — $400,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNAL FUNDUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC — $90,109 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERAT…THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC — $29,682 · PhilanthropyTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NO…HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE — $71,858 · ReligionNATIONAL JEWISH OUTREACH PROGRAM IN — $69,784 · ReligionAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC — $69,784 · InternationalSEEDS OF PEACE INC — $29,682 · InternationalISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE — $28,394 · InternationalOCEAN CONSERVANCY — $29,682 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC — $29,682 · EnvironmentNEW YORK CITY BIRD ALLIANCE INC — $28,394 · EnvironmentMETROPOLITAN NEW YORK COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JEWISH POVERTY — $11,708 · Human ServicesJEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC — $11,708 · Human ServicesTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC — $11,708 · Human Services
Other$579,661Animals$553,850Philanthropy$519,791Religion$141,642International$127,860Environment$87,758Human Services$35,124

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetJEWISH COMMUNAL FUND — $400,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC — $111,452 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC — $90,109 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE — $71,858 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION — $69,784 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society — $69,784 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC — $69,784 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL JEWISH OUTREACH PROGRAM IN — $69,784 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc — $58,076 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $58,076 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife — $58,076 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE THE ANIMALS RESCUE FOUNDATION — $53,376 over 2y, 53% of budgetANIMAL HAVEN INC — $40,102 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY — $29,682 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNASSAU COUNTY SPCA INC — $29,682 over 2y, 8.8% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC — $29,682 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSEEDS OF PEACE INC — $29,682 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC — $29,682 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE — $28,394 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK CITY BIRD ALLIANCE INC — $28,394 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE — $28,394 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetRESCUE CITY INC — $11,708 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetANIMAL LIGHTHOUSE RESCUE INC — $11,708 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetMETROPOLITAN NEW YORK COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JEWISH POVERTY — $11,708 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC — $11,708 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILDLIFE CENTER OF LONG ISLAND INC — $11,708 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC — $11,708 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC8.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Edwin L Berger Co-Tuw FBO Charities funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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202122232425
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%your share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 42 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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