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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
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Education$95kScience & Tech$45kHealth$35kReligion$25kCivil Rights$22kInternational$13kEnvironment$10kArts & Culture$4kOther$0
02FY2020 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION$10,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–20) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES: $325 → 8%STANFORD: $2k → 8%BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS: $1k → 9%CHRIST CHURCH: $25k → 10%WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION: $100 → 10%VOICES FOR PROGRESS: $5k → 14%PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $20k → 17%HEIFER INT'L: $1k → 17%NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING: $10k → 14%SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER: $10k → 18%STATE INNOVATION EXCHANGE: $10k → 10%PULMONARY FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%CLIMATE CENTRAL: $5k → 11%SALVATION ARMY: $1k → 9%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $1k → 10%KDFC: $1k → 10%DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: $1k → 17%UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND: $2k → 14%YMCA: $1k → 14%OAKLAND ART MURMUR: $1k → 10%SFS YOUTH ORCHESTRA: $1k → 10%NAS: $1k → 17%NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING: $1k → 14%GIRLS INC: $1k → 10%ACLU: $1k → 10%AMNESTY: $1k → 17%OXFAM: $10k → 14%MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE (MSRI): $17k → 10%KQED: $1k → 10%MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA: $1k → 14%MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE (MSRI): $15k → 10%MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA: $500 → 14%UC BERKELEY FACULTY CLUB: $10k → 10%EARTHWORKS: $5k → 14%UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%EAST BAY GERMAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL: $6k → 10%BERKELEY COMMUNITY FUND: $1k → 10%UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%THE ORION FUND: $5k → 10%ALAMEDA COUNTY FOOD BANK: $1k → 10%THE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $10k → 10%THE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $5k → 10%THE CROWDEN SCHOOL: $25k → 10%THE CROWDEN SCHOOL: $20k → 10%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

IL
WI
NY
MA
NJ
CA
VA
AR
DC
AL
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.

44%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$119k · 6 repeat orgs$148k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2020, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
34

Total granted

$119k
$148k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+89%

Still filing today

50%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
EducationScience & TechArts & CultureInternationalCrime & LegalCivil 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

  • TC
    THE CROWDEN SCHOOL
    2× · 2018–2019 · $45k
  • SL
    SIMONS LAUFER MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES INSTITUTE
    2× · 2018–2019 · $32k · revenue +46%
  • TC
    THE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL
    2× · 2018–2019 · $15k · revenue +55%

Funded once

  • CC
    CHRIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
  • PF
    PULMONARY FIBROSIS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue -11%
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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
2
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
3
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
4
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
5
Orcid Inc

Orcid provides an identifier for individuals to use with their name as they engage in research, scholarship, and innovation activities. we provide open tools that enable transparent and trustworthy connections between researchers, their…

Education
6
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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7
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
8
Association for Computing Machinery Inc

We are an intl. scientific & educational org. dedicated to advancing art, science & technology.

Science & Tech
9
National Science and Technology Medals Foundation Inc

The nstmf's mission is to build inclusive stem communities across the united states. fundamental to these communities are the significant, inspirational connections we foster between the individuals who have received national recognition…

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10
Society for Neuroscience

Sfn's mission is to: 1. advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system by bringing together scientists of all segments of neuroscience, by facilitating the integration of research directed at all levels of biological…

Health
11
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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12
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wikimedia Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is East Bay German International School. 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

20 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. 20 of the 41 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
17/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CROWDEN SCHOOL: $45,000 · OtherTHE CROWDEN SCHOOLCHRIST CHURCH: $25,000 · OtherCHRIST CHURCHPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $20,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODUC BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $14,000 · OtherUC BERKELEY FOUNDATIONNATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING: $11,000 · OtherNATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERINGOXFAM: $10,260 · OtherOXFAMUC BERKELEY FACULTY CLUB: $10,000 · OtherUC BERKELEY FACULTY CLUB+22 more: $31,003 · Other+22 moreSIMONS LAUFER MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES INSTITUTE: $32,046 · Science & TechSIMONS LAUFER M…CLIMATE CENTRAL INC: $5,000 · Science & TechCLIMATE CENTRAL…THE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $15,000 · EducationTHE COLLEGE …East Bay German International School: $6,350 · EducationEast Bay Ger…THE ORION FUND: $5,000 · EducationTHE ORION FU…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $2,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF…UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $2,000 · EducationUNITED NEGRO…+1 more: $100 · EducationPULMONARY FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $10,275 · HealthSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $10,000 · Crime & LegalSTATE INNOVATION EXCHANGE: $10,000 · Civil RightsEarthworks: $5,000 · Public Benefit
Other$166,263Science & Tech$37,046Education$30,450Health$10,275Crime & Legal$10,000Civil Rights$10,000Public Benefit$5,000

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 budgetSIMONS LAUFER MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES INSTITUTE: $32,046 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPULMONARY FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $10,275 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTATE INNOVATION EXCHANGE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEast Bay German International School: $6,350 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCLIMATE CENTRAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEarthworks: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $2,076 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOAKLAND ART MURMUR INC: $1,030 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetBerkeley Community Scholars DBA Berkeley Community Fund: $1,030 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKQED INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES: $325 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $100 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.

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.

The San Francisco Fou…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The San Francisco FoundationCA12.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Elwyn and Jennifer Berlekamp Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Elwyn and Jennifer Berlekamp 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%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • American Academy of Arts & Sciences: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 41 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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