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Herman and Pauline Berman Foundation

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.

$16k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20182025.

Health$41kHuman Services$18kArts & Culture$16kPhilanthropy$14kInternational$8kRecreation & Sports$5kEducation$4kEnvironment$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$1,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$260k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEW YORK CITY BALLET INC$2,000
UJA - FEDERATION OF NEW YORK$1,800
PPHP$1,500
COLORECTAL CANCER COALITION INC$1,000
PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION$1,000
LAMPION CENTER$1,000
ALBION FELLOWS BACON CENTER INC$1,000
BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION$1,000
BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION$1,000
PBS FOUNDATION$1,000
NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO$700
VISITING NURSE ASSOC OF SW INDIANA$500
BACKYARD SPORTS CARES$500
RILEY CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION$500
ADATH B'NAI ISRAEL TEMPLE$500
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.

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Your human-services grants (FY18–25, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%LAMPION CENTER: $1k → 15%LAMPION CENTER: $1k → 15%LAMPION CENTER: $1k → 15%LAMPION CENTER: $1k → 15%LAMPION CENTER: $850 → 15%LAMPION CENTER: $750 → 15%LAMPION CENTER: $750 → 15%LAMPION CENTER: $750 → 15%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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$112k · 18 repeat orgs$3k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships — 16 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
1

Total granted

$112k
$2k

Still filing today

72%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyPublic Safety & DisasterInternationalOther

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
    7× · 2019–2025 · $13k · revenue +27%
  • NY
    NEW YORK CITY BALLET INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $10k · revenue +3%
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD HUDSON PECONIC INC
    5× · 2018–2022 · $8k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL
    one grant, 2018 · $2k

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
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc

Our mission is to take bold action to improve the lives of everyone impacted by pancreatic cancer by advancing scientific research, building community, sharing knowledge, and advocating for patients.

Health
2
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
3
National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund

Nbcc's mission is "to end breast cancer through the power of action and advocacy." nbcc is made up of activists who set a programmatic and research agenda to end breast cancer and use the power of action and advocacy to fight the breast…

Housing & Shelter
4
Personal Care Products Council Foundation Inc

The foundation is set up to deliver one program - look good feel better. the mission of this nationwide program is to improve the quality of life of women, men, and teens undergoing cancer treatment by offering advice on how to cope with…

Health
5
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

6
New York Blood Center Inc

As one of the most preeminent and comprehensive blood centers in theworld, nybc operates under a four-part mission. for more information,see sch. o and part iii, 4a-c.

Health
7
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
8
Breastcancerorg

Our mission is to help people make sense of the complex medical and personal information about breast health and breast cancer, so they can make the best decisions for their lives.

Health
9
Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition

The pa breast cancer coalition represents, supports, and serves breast cancer survivors and their families in pa through educational programming, legislative advocacy, and breast cancer research grants. the pbcc is a statewide non-profit…

Philanthropy
10
American Jewish Committee

AJC's mission is to enhance the wellbeing of the Jewish people and Israel, and to advance human rights and democratic values in the United States and around the world. In pursuit of this mission, AJC advances democratic principles, fights…

Civil Rights
11
Jewish Board of Family & Children's Services Inc

To empower new yorkers, providing integrated mental health and social services with compassion and expertise.

Human Services
12
Brooklyn Community Foundation

Spark lasting social justice change, mobilizing people, capital, & expertise for a fair brooklyn.

Philanthropy

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Birthright Israel Foundation and the most unlike its peers is New York City Ballet Inc. 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

15 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. 15 of the 20 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
11/15
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

PLANNED PARENTHOOD HUDSON PECONIC INC — $8,400 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD HUDSON PE…FIGHT COLORECTAL CANCER INC — $8,000 · HealthFIGHT COLORECTAL CANCER INCPEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION — $8,000 · HealthPEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATIONVISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA INC — $4,250 · HealthVISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION O…RILEY CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION — $4,250 · OtherRILEY CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIO…PPHP — $4,000 · OtherPPHPMAKE-A-WISH AMERICA — $3,700 · OtherMAKE-A-WISH AMERICAADATH B'NAI ISRAEL TEMPLE — $2,000 · OtherADATH B'NAI ISRAEL TEMPLEEVANSVILLE JEWISH COMMUNITY COUNCIL — $2,000 · OtherEVANSVILLE JEWISH COMMUNIT…UNITED JEWISH APPEAL — $1,800 · OtherUNITED JEWISH APPEALBACKYARD SPORTS CARES INC — $5,000 · OtherBACKYARD SPORTS CARES INCKEEP EVANSVILLE BEAUTIFUL INC — $4,000 · OtherKEEP EVANSVILLE BEAUTIFUL …NEW YORK CITY BALLET INC — $10,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK CITY B…NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO — $4,700 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK PUBLIC…PBS FOUNDATION — $1,000 · Arts & CulturePBS FOUNDATIONALBION FELLOWS BACON CENTER INC — $7,300 · Human ServicesALBION FELLOWS…LAMPION CENTER INC — $7,300 · Human ServicesLAMPION CENTER…UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC — $12,600 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWIS…THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC — $8,000 · Public Safety & DisasterBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION — $8,000 · International
Health$28,650Other$26,750Arts & Culture$15,700Human Services$14,600Philanthropy$12,600Public Safety & Disaster$8,000International$8,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC — $12,600 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK CITY BALLET INC — $10,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD HUDSON PECONIC INC — $8,400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC — $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFIGHT COLORECTAL CANCER INC — $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION — $8,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION — $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetALBION FELLOWS BACON CENTER INC — $7,300 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLAMPION CENTER INC — $7,300 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBACKYARD SPORTS CARES INC — $5,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO — $4,700 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetVISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA INC — $4,250 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetKEEP EVANSVILLE BEAUTIFUL INC — $4,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetEVANSVILLE JEWISH COMMUNITY COUNCIL — $2,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetPBS FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
  • Who funds NEW YORK CITY BALLET INC
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD HUDSON PECONIC INC
  • Who funds THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds FIGHT COLORECTAL CANCER INC
  • Who funds PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION
  • Who funds BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION
  • Who funds ALBION FELLOWS BACON CENTER INC
  • Who funds LAMPION CENTER INC
  • Who funds BACKYARD SPORTS CARES INC
  • Who funds NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO
  • Who funds VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA INC
  • Who funds KEEP EVANSVILLE BEAUTIFUL INC
  • Who funds EVANSVILLE JEWISH COMMUNITY COUNCIL
  • Who funds PBS FOUNDATION

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.

Baird Foundation IncWI11.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baird Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Herman and Pauline Berman Foundation 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%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 20 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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