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Howard R & Joy M Berlin Foundation at a glance

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Howard R & Joy M Berlin 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.

$275k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Employment$335kEnvironment$335kArts & Culture$327kHealth$215kHuman Services$80kEducation$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $55k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $215k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GOODWILL OF COLORADO$100,000
HEARD MUSEUM$65,000
HONOR HEALTH$50,000
FIRST STEP$15,000
PARENTS CHALLENGE$10,000
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL$10,000
HOPE AND HOME$10,000
FOOTHILLS CARING CORPS$10,000
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$5,250
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 (FY25–25, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%FOOTHILLS CARING CORPS: $10k → 11%HOPE AND HOME: $10k → 9%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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 10 repeat orgs$156k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
8

Total granted

$1.2M
$56k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+14%

Still filing today

60%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEducationEmploymentOther
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

  • TH
    THE HEARD MUSEUM
    6× · 2018–2025 · $285k · revenue +191%
  • HF
    HONORHEALTH FOUNDATION
    3× · 2018–2022 · $150k · revenue +41%
  • DB
    DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INC
    4× · 2018–2022 · $25k · revenue +79%

Funded once

  • GI
    GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF COLORADO SPRINGS
    one grant, 2019 · $20k
  • TS
    THE SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM
    one grant, 2019 · $20k
  • KI
    Kiwanis International Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -66%
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
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
2
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

We inspire people to live in harmony with the natural world by fostering love, appreciation, and understanding of the sonoran desert.

Arts & Culture
3
Phoenix Art Museum

Phoenix art museum creates spaces of exchange and belonging for all audiences through dynamic exhibitions, collections, and experiences with art. this mission is supported by seven strategic pillars:(continued on schedule o)1. be a space…

Arts & Culture
4
Denver Botanic Gardens Inc

The mission of denver botanic gardens is to connect people with plants, especially plants from the rocky mountain region and similar regions around the world, providing delight and enlightenment to everyone.

Environment
5
Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce

Greater phoenix chamber of commerce (the chamber) catalyzes regional prosperity with forward-thinking public policy, intentional economic growth, and diverse, prepared talent.

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6
Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum
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7
Tucson Botanical Gardens

Tucson botanical gardens connects people with plants and nature through art, science, history and culture.

Environment
8
Greater Phoenix Economic Council

The organization's mission is to attract and grow quality businesses and advocate for greater phoenix's competitiveness.

Community Improvement
9
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
10
Flagstaff Medical Center

Improving health, healing people.

Health
11
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
12
Northern Arizona Healthcare Corporation

Improving health, healing people.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heard Museum; the most unlike its peers is Kiwanis International 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

13 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. 13 of the 24 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
8/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SANTA FE BOTANICAL GARDEN: $304,550 · EnvironmentSANTA FE BOTANICAL GARDENDESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $25,000 · EnvironmentDESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INC+1 more: $5,000 · EnvironmentTHE HEARD MUSEUM: $285,000 · Arts & CultureTHE HEARD MUSEUMSANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL LTD: $21,600 · Arts & CultureSANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FES…GOODWILL INDUSTRIES COLORADO SPRINGS: $160,000 · OtherGOODWILL INDUSTRIES COLOR…Individual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipien…GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF COLORADO SPRINGS: $20,000 · OtherGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF CO…THE SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM: $20,000 · OtherTHE SMITHSONIAN MUSEUMFIRST STEP: $15,000 · OtherMEMORIAL HOSPITAL: $10,100 · OtherKiwanis International Inc: $10,000 · Other+5 more: $5,925 · OtherHONORHEALTH FOUNDATION: $150,000 · HealthHONORHEALTH FOUND…HONORHEALTH: $50,000 · HealthHONORHEALTHGoodwill of Colorado: $155,000 · EmploymentGoodwill of C…HOPE AND HOME: $10,000 · Human ServicesFoothills Caring Corps Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesPARENTS CHALLENGE: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $100 · Education
Environment$334,550Arts & Culture$306,600Other$291,025Health$200,000Employment$155,000Human Services$20,000Education$10,100

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 budgetSANTA FE BOTANICAL GARDEN: $304,550 over 2y, 17% of budgetTHE HEARD MUSEUM: $285,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetGoodwill of Colorado: $155,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHONORHEALTH FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetDESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL LTD: $21,600 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetKiwanis International Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetFoothills Caring Corps Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPARENTS CHALLENGE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGRAND CANYON CONSERVANCY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN 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.

  • Who funds SANTA FE BOTANICAL GARDEN ↗
  • Who funds THE HEARD MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds Goodwill of Colorado ↗
  • Who funds HONORHEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HONORHEALTH ↗
  • Who funds DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INC ↗
  • Who funds SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL LTD ↗
  • Who funds Kiwanis International Inc ↗
  • Who funds HOPE AND HOME ↗
  • Who funds Foothills Caring Corps Inc ↗
  • Who funds PARENTS CHALLENGE ↗
  • Who funds GRAND CANYON CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN 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.

Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA8.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Howard R & Joy M Berlin Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Howard R & Joy M Berlin 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%1%3%4%5%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 · 0–5%
    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 24 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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