· Private foundation
Franklin G Berlin Foundation
Its FY2020 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
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95% of Franklin G Berlin Foundation’s FY2020 grant dollars went to The Community Foundation Of Sarasota Co Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2020 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2020.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- $10k–50k2 grants · $40k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
- $250k+1 grant · $1.9M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA | $1,880,541 |
| THE BAY PARK CONSERVANCY | $50,000 |
| MOTE MARINE LABORATORY | $30,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–19, $32k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
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.
Discovering, preserving, and learning from our region's past to inform our common future.
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Manatee protection and preservation.
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To establish, develop and maintain a botanical garden that celebrates the immense beauty and diversity of the earths flora.
Provide housing, healthcare, promote health & wellness as well as related services to seniors.
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How this is measured
7 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. 7 of the 10 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Franklin G Berlin Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Franklin G Berlin Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Pines of Sarasota Inc: 18% of income from government
- Southwest Florida Council Inc: 6% of income from government
- Mote Marine Laboratory Inc: 4% of income from government
- Safe Children Coalition Inc: 0% of income from government
- Harvest House Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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