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Grace & Franklin Bernsen Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Grace & Franklin Bernsen Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
68
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$2.2MHealth$1.8MCrime & Legal$689kEducation$646kYouth Development$578kAnimals$475kHousing & Shelter$430kEmployment$387kOther$0
02FY2025 · 68 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k55 grants · $1.1M
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $675k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$25M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BETHANY CHILDREN'S HEALTH CENTER$100,000
COMMNITY HEALTH CONNECTION$100,000
TULSA ZOO MANAGEMENT$100,000
CITY LIGHTS FOUNDATION OF OK$100,000
PATHWAYS ADULT LEARNING CENTER$75,000
TULSA BOTANCIAL GARDEN$50,000
GRAND MENTAL HEALTH$50,000
ST JOHN HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION$50,000
TULSA OPERA$50,000
COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$35,584
CROSSTOWN LEARNING CENTER$35,000
NEW VIEW OKLAHOMA$30,000
GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN OK$30,000
YMCA$30,000
DISCOVERY LAB$30,000
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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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $2.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 16%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 16%JOHN 3 16 MISSION: $50k → 14%JOHM 316 MISSION: $25k → 14%NEIGHBORS ALONG THE LINE: $20k → 14%THE COMMON GOOD: $20k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER TULSA: $50k → 15%YMCA OF GREATER TULSA: $50k → 15%GATESWAY FOUNDATION INC: $48k → 15%BROKEN ARROW NEIGHBORS: $20k → 15%PATHWAYS ADULT LEARNING CENTER: $75k → 15%THE ARC OF OKLAHOMA: $25k → 15%HEARTS FOR HEARING: $25k → 15%STAND IN THE GAP: $25k → 15%CLAREHOUSE: $20k → 15%CROSSTOWN LEARNING CENTER: $35k → 15%DVIS: $30k → 15%DVIS: $25k → 15%NEIGHBOR FOR NEIGHBOR: $33k → 15%DVIS: $100k → 15%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF TULSA: $100k → 15%LIFE SENIOR SERVICES: $100k → 15%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF TULSA: $75k → 15%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF TULSA: $75k → 15%LIFE SENIOR SERVICES: $50k → 15%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF TULSA: $30k → 15%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF TULSA: $25k → 15%HEARTS FOR HEARING: $25k → 15%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF TULSA: $25k → 15%YOUTH SERVICES OF TULSA: $25k → 15%YOUTH SERVICES OF TULSA: $50k → 15%YOUTH SERVICES OF TULSA: $50k → 15%YOUTH SERVICES OF TULSA: $25k → 15%YOUTH SERVICES OF TULSA: $25k → 15%KENDALL WHITTIER INC: $30k → 15%HOSPITALITY HOUSE OF TULSA: $25k → 15%HOSPITALITY HOUSE OF TULSA: $25k → 15%HOSPITALITY HOUSE OF TULSA: $25k → 15%EMERGENCY INFANT SERVICES: $75k → 15%EMERGENCY INFANT SERVICES: $50k → 15%RESONANCE CENTER FOR WOMEN: $25k → 15%RESONANCE CENTER FOR WOMEN: $25k → 15%RESONANCE CENTER FOR WOMEN: $25k → 15%RESONANCE CENTER FOR WOMEN: $25k → 15%RESONANCE CENTER FOR WOMEN: $25k → 15%HELPING HANDS MINISTRY: $21k → 15%RESONANCE CENTER FOR WOMEN: $20k → 15%RESONANCE CENTER FOR WOMEN: $20k → 15%MODUS: $25k → 15%MODUS: $25k → 15%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.
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.8M · 105 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

105 repeat relationships: 43 still active in FY2025, 62 since wound down; 24 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

105
56

Total granted

$9.8M
$880k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+9%

Still filing today

72%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $670k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureCrime & LegalEducationHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • TZ
    TULSA ZOO MANAGEMENT INC
    6× · 2017–2025 · $450k · revenue +46%
  • Parkside Inc
    3× · 2018–2020 · $375k · revenue +107%
  • A NEW LEAF INC
    5× · 2017–2024 · $348k · revenue +136%

Funded once

  • MC
    MORTON COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH SERV
    one grant, 2017 · $60k
  • TULSA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $56k · revenue +58%
  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
    one grant, 2024 · $50k
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
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tulsa

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tulsa provides essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare.

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2
Tulsa Neighborhood Networks Inc

Provide the poor of the city of tulsa, oklahoma an opportunity to improve their quality of life through guidance and training in the areas of education, employment, family skills, healthcare, housing, socialization and spirituality.

Community Improvement
3
Goodwill Industries of Tulsa Inc

Goodwill empowers people to reach their full potential through work opportunities, training, and support services.

Employment
4
Tulsa Casa Inc

Tulsa casa is organized to speak for the best interests of abused and neglected children in court. we promote and support volunteer representation for the children in an effort to provide each child a safe, permanent, nurturing home.

Civil Rights
5
Oklahoma City Housing Services Redevelopment Corporation

To revitalize urban oklahoma city neighborhoods and create affordable housing opportunities by rehabilitating historic homes, constructing new homes, and increasing community investment through home ownership.

Housing & Shelter
6
Ywca Tulsa Inc

Ywca is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all.

Human Services
7
Lighthouse Behavioral Wellness Centers

Lighthouse Behavioral Wellness Centers, Inc. serves the community behavioral health needs of nine counties of Southern Oklahoma. Lighthouse offers integrated care through their outpatient and Health Home programs to adults and children.…

Health
8
Tulsa Regional Chamber (Fka Metropolitan Tulsa Chamber of Commerce)

The tulsa regional chamber transforms the tulsa region by attracting and retaining employers, talent and tourism for long-term prosperity.

—
9
La Luz Organization Inc

La Luz Organization helps the underserved Latino population in Oklahoma with culturally and faith based trauma-informed services to victims of domestic violence,sexual assault and stalking.

Human Services
10
Tulsa Honor Academy Inc

The operation of a public charter school in the tulsa area with the mission to equip all scholars with the academic skills, content knowledge, and ethical character required for college graduation and life success.

Education
11
Indian Health Care Resource Center Inc

To empower the american indian through exceptional healthcare.

Health
12
Tulsa Community Loan Fund Inc

To support community efforts to provide a greater supply of affordable housing in tulsa county and the surrounding area.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma; the most unlike its peers is Akdar Temple Shriners. 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

118 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 118 of the 186 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
35
Early backer (in before they grew)
117/118
Grantees still filing
82/118
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GATHERING PLACE: $800,000 · OtherGATHERING PLACEA NEW LEAF INC: $347,500 · OtherA NEW LEAF INC12 & 12 INC: $225,000 · Other+106 more: $4,419,908 · Other+106 moreASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF TULSA INC: $370,000 · Human ServicesASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF TU…Resonance Center for Women Inc: $180,034 · Human ServicesResonance Center for Wo…YOUTH SERVICES OF TULSA INC: $175,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH SERVICES OF TULSA…LIFE SENIOR SERVICES INC: $158,100 · Human ServicesLIFE SENIOR SERVICES IN…DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION SERVICES: $155,000 · Human ServicesDOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTER…BOSTON AVENUE HELPING HANDS INC: $136,426 · Human ServicesBOSTON AVENUE HELPING H…PHILOS HOSPITALITY INC: $130,000 · Human ServicesPHILOS HOSPITALITY INCEmergency Infant Services Inc: $125,000 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER TULSA: $100,000 · Human Services+21 more: $903,295 · Human Services+21 moreParkside Inc: $375,000 · HealthParkside IncThe Children's Center Inc: $200,000 · HealthThe Children'…Mental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma: $158,935 · HealthMental Health…COMMUNITY HEALTH CONNECTION INC: $100,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY HEA…Joy in the Cause Company: $75,000 · HealthJoy in the Ca…HIV Resource Consortium Inc dba Tulsa CARES: $65,000 · HealthGOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH SERVICES INC: $61,781 · HealthGRAND LAKE MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC: $50,000 · HealthST JOHN HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · HealthTHE TRISTESSE GRIEF CENTER INC: $46,765 · Health+10 more: $207,881 · Health+10 more1ST STEP MALE DIVERSION PROGRAM INC: $136,750 · Crime & LegalFAMILY SAFETY CENTER INC: $123,000 · Crime & LegalChild Abuse Network Inc dba Child Advocacy Network: $120,730 · Crime & LegalLEGAL AID SERVICES OF OKLAHOMA INC: $110,000 · Crime & LegalTULSA ADVOCATES FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN: $32,500 · Crime & Legal+2 more: $21,000 · Crime & LegalTULSA ZOO MANAGEMENT INC: $450,000 · AnimalsTulsa SPCA: $60,245 · Animals+2 more: $10,400 · AnimalsThe University of Tulsa: $231,000 · EducationOklahoma State University Foundation: $83,000 · EducationThe Pencil Box Inc: $75,000 · EducationRogers State University Foundation: $50,000 · EducationSTREET SCHOOL INC: $45,000 · Education+1 more: $10,000 · EducationTULSA OPERA INC: $105,000 · Arts & CultureTulsa Symphony Orchestra Inc: $55,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureTULSA BALLET THEATRE INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureTULSA AIR & SPACE MUSEUM INC: $35,512 · Arts & CultureTULSA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureFab Lab Tulsa Inc: $25,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $25,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$5,792,408Human Services$2,432,855Health$1,390,362Crime & Legal$543,980Animals$520,645Education$494,000Arts & Culture$355,512

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 budgetTULSA ZOO MANAGEMENT INC: $450,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetParkside Inc: $375,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF TULSA INC: $370,000 over 8y, 4.0% of budgetA NEW LEAF INC: $347,500 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetThe University of Tulsa: $231,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budget12 & 12 INC: $225,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetThe Children's Center Inc: $200,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetResonance Center for Women Inc: $180,034 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetTHE PARENT CHILD CTR OF TULSA INC: $180,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetYOUTH SERVICES OF TULSA INC: $175,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetNEWVIEW OKLAHOMA INC: $171,200 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma: $158,935 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetLIFE SENIOR SERVICES INC: $158,100 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION SERVICES: $155,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetThe Town & Country School Inc: $143,706 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetREVITALIZE T-TOWN: $140,000 over 8y, 2.3% of budget1ST STEP MALE DIVERSION PROGRAM INC: $136,750 over 4y, 8.5% of budgetBOSTON AVENUE HELPING HANDS INC: $136,426 over 8y, 4.6% of budgetPHILOS HOSPITALITY INC: $130,000 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetIRON GATE INC: $127,200 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetEmergency Infant Services Inc: $125,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetFAMILY SAFETY CENTER INC: $123,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetChild Abuse Network Inc dba Child Advocacy Network: $120,730 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetTULSA AREA UNITED WAY: $115,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLEGAL AID SERVICES OF OKLAHOMA INC: $110,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTULSA OPERA INC: $105,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER TULSA: $100,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTULSA DAY CENTER INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA INC: $95,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF OKLAHOMA INC: $88,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetOklahoma State University Foundation: $83,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTULSA BOYS' HOME INC: $80,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetJOHN 316 MISSION: $80,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTULSA COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $80,000 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetJoy in the Cause Company: $75,000 over 6y, 5.2% of budgetSOUTH PEORIA NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTION FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetThe Pencil Box Inc: $75,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetModus Inc: $75,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION PROJECT OF TULSA COUNTY INC: $70,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Norman Inc: $68,854 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetCAR CARE CLINIC INC: $65,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetHIV Resource Consortium Inc dba Tulsa CARES: $65,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCAMP FIRE GREEN COUNTRY INC: $64,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH SERVICES INC: $61,781 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetTulsa SPCA: $60,245 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetTULSA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $55,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetClarehouse Inc: $55,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetTulsa Symphony Orchestra Inc: $55,000 over 3y, 0.8% 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 TULSA ZOO MANAGEMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds Parkside Inc ↗
  • Who funds ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF TULSA INC ↗
  • Who funds A NEW LEAF INC ↗
  • Who funds The University of Tulsa ↗
  • Who funds 12 & 12 INC ↗
  • Who funds The Children's Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds Resonance Center for Women Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE PARENT CHILD CTR OF TULSA INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH SERVICES OF TULSA INC ↗
  • Who funds NEWVIEW OKLAHOMA INC ↗
  • Who funds Mental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma ↗
  • Who funds LIFE SENIOR SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds The Town & Country School Inc ↗
  • Who funds TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds REVITALIZE T-TOWN ↗
  • Who funds 1ST STEP MALE DIVERSION PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON AVENUE HELPING HANDS INC ↗
  • Who funds PHILOS HOSPITALITY INC ↗
  • Who funds IRON GATE INC ↗
  • Who funds Emergency Infant Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY SAFETY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Child Abuse Network Inc dba Child Advocacy Network ↗
  • Who funds TULSA AREA UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL AID SERVICES OF OKLAHOMA INC ↗
  • Who funds TULSA OPERA INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY HEALTH CONNECTION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER TULSA ↗
  • Who funds TULSA DAY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA INC ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF OKLAHOMA INC ↗
  • Who funds Oklahoma State University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds TULSA BOYS' HOME INC ↗

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 Anne and Henry Za…The Gelvin FoundationRalph and Frances McG…The Hardesty Family F…The Sharna and Irvin …George Kaiser Family …Mervin Bovaird Founda…Tulsa Community Found…Oneok Foundation IncMorningcrest Healthca…One Gas Foundation IncMaxine and Jack Zarro…
The Anne and Henry Zarrow FoundationOK154.9× affinity77 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation · The Gelvin Foundation · Ralph and Frances McGill Foundation the Trust Company of Oklahoma · The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc · The Sharna and Irvin Frank Foundation · George Kaiser Family Foundation · Mervin Bovaird Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · Oneok Foundation Inc · Morningcrest Healthcare Foundation · One Gas Foundation Inc · Maxine and Jack Zarrow Family 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 Grace & Franklin Bernsen Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Grace & Franklin Bernsen Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 510%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Newview Oklahoma Inc: 45% of income from government
  • Community Action Project of Tulsa County Inc: 37% of income from government
  • Rogers State University Foundation: 20% of income from government
  • Domestic Violence Intervention Services: 15% of income from government
  • Ability Resources Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Tulsa Community Foundation: 11% of income from government
  • Tulsa Day Center Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Youth Services of Tulsa Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Mental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma: 8% of income from government
  • The University of Tulsa: 5% of income from government
  • The Philbrook Museum of Art Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Tulsa Habitat for Humanity Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
51get no government money at all
37report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Grace & Franklin Bernsen Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Grace & Franklin Bernsen Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 186 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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