California · Private foundation
Elwyn and Jennifer Berlekamp Foundation
Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $10k
- Granted FY2020
- 1
- Grants FY2020
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2020
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 26
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 0% of the organizations Elwyn and Jennifer Berlekamp Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $97k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 26 | $147k | 96% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $13k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute | $32,046 | 2 | 0% |
| Christ Church | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The College Preparatory School | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation | $10,275 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| State Innovation Exchange | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| East Bay German International School | $6,350 | 1 | 0% |
| The Orion Fund | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Climate Central Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Earthworks | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute | $32,046 | 2 | 0% |
| Christ Church | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The College Preparatory School | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation | $10,275 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| State Innovation Exchange | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| East Bay German International School | $6,350 | 1 | 0% |
| The Orion Fund | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Climate Central Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Earthworks | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $2,076 | 1 | 0% |
| United Negro College Fund Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mathematical Association of America Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Oakland Art Murmur Inc | $1,030 | 1 | 3% |
| Berkeley Community Scholars DBA Berkeley Community Fund | $1,030 | 1 | 0% |
| Kqed Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alameda County Community Food Bank | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Academy of Arts & Sciences | $325 | 1 | 0% |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($132k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Elwyn and Jennifer Berlekamp Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
Compare Elwyn and Jennifer Berlekamp Foundation with peer funders
About Elwyn and Jennifer Berlekamp Foundation
- How much does Elwyn and Jennifer Berlekamp Foundation give?
- Elwyn and Jennifer Berlekamp Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $10,000 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 26 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Elwyn and Jennifer Berlekamp Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Education (35%), Science & Tech (17%), Health (13%).
- Who are Elwyn and Jennifer Berlekamp Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute ($32k), Christ Church ($25k), The College Preparatory School ($15k).
- Does Elwyn and Jennifer Berlekamp Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Elwyn and Jennifer Berlekamp Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Elwyn and Jennifer Berlekamp Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Francisco Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is Elwyn and Jennifer Berlekamp Foundation based?
- Elwyn and Jennifer Berlekamp Foundation is based in CA.
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