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Hy and Greta Berkowitz Foundation at a glance

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Hy and Greta Berkowitz Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$505k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Health$633kPhilanthropy$310kRecreation & Sports$137kFood & Nutrition$130kHuman Services$39kInternational$38kEducation$28kCivil Rights$12kOther$0
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k16 grants · $53k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $125k
  • $250k+2 grants · $773k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MARY FREE BED REHABILITATION HOSPITAL$505,000
FIDELITY CHARITABLE GIVING ACCOUNT$268,413
WESTERN MICHIGAN MIRACLE LEAGUE$125,000
MEALS ON WHEELS OF WESTERN MICHIGAN$10,000
THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK$10,000
KIDS FOOD BASKET$10,000
FEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN$10,000
JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE$10,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$8,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GR$6,000
TEMPLE EMANUEL FOOD BANK$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND & VISION IMPAIRED$4,500
AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE$4,000
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE$4,000
02The need
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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 (FY17–18, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%THE WEST MICHIGAN MIRACLE LEAGUE: $5k → 8%THE WEST MICHIGAN MIRACLE LEAGUE: $1k → 8%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

MI
NY
MA
IA
OH
NJ
CA
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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$952k · 39 repeat orgs$402k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

39 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 20 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
5

Total granted

$952k
$6k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+27%

Still filing today

67%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $396k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthCivil RightsFood & NutritionInternationalHuman ServicesArts & CultureOther
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

  • MF
    MARY FREE BED REHABILITATION HOSPITAL
    8× · 2017–2024 · $535k · revenue +126%
  • FA
    FEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN
    7× · 2017–2024 · $34k · revenue +38%
  • KF
    KIDS' FOOD BASKET INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $29k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • CA
    CONGREGATION AHAVAS ISRAEL
    one grant, 2019 · $4k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $800
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branchesgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $500 · revenue +27%
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
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
2
Mass General Brigham Health Plan Inc

Mass general brigham health plan's mission is to promote the health and wellness of our members, and to help ensure equitable, affordbale health care for the diverse communities we serve.

Health
3
Jewish Nursing Home of Western Massachusetts Inc

To care for the frail, elderly and infirmed according to jewish traditions.

Human Services
4
Jgs Lifecare Corporation

Non-profit organization dedicated to improving the physical, spiritual and emotional health of individuals and families.

Health
5
Brighton Marine Inc

Brighton marine, inc. provides military and veteran families with comprehensive campus-based quality health care, as well as affordable and supportive housing for at-risk veterans and their families.

Health
6
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
7
Mjhs Hospice and Palliative Care Inc

To provide hospice services on both an inpatient and outpatient basis

Human Services
8
The Jewish Fund

The jewish fund is organized and operates exclusively for charitable, educational, and religious purposes. the fund's primary activities are: supporting a jewish health care mission in the greater detroit area and michigan; promotion of…

Philanthropy
9
Chelsea Jewish Lifecare Inc

The organization's mission is to manage a continuum of senior care business lines that consistently provide high-quality compassionate care while focusing on the development of innovative programs and services that enable individuals to…

Health
10
Mymichigan Medical Center Midland

Creating healthy communities - together

Health
11
Isabella Geriatric Center Inc

Operating as isabella center for rehabilitation and nursing care, isabella is a 705-bed not-for-profit organization that is a member of the mjhs health system family. isabella is committed to providing exceptional short-term, sub-acute…

Human Services
12
Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies Inc

The network is an international membership association of more than 170 non profit human service agencies in the united states, canada and israel. its members provide a full range of human services for the jewish community and beyond,…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family & Children's Service Inc; the most unlike its peers is The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 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

30 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. 30 of the 49 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)
29/30
Grantees still filing
24/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIDELITY CHARITABLE GIVING ACCOUNT: $268,413 · OtherFIDELITY CHARITABLE GIVING ACCOUNTWESTERN MICHIGAN MIRACLE LEAGUE: $125,000 · OtherWESTERN MICHIGAN MIRACLE LEAGUEJEWISH FEDERATION OF GR: $38,000 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF GRFEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN: $33,500 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC: $26,500 · OtherHELEN DEVOS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $23,000 · Other+24 more: $151,975 · Other+24 moreMARY FREE BED REHABILITATION HOSPITAL: $534,520 · HealthMARY FREE BED REHABILITATION HOSPITAL+5 more: $38,150 · Health+5 moreKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC: $29,450 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS WESTERN MICHIGAN: $26,500 · Food & NutritionACTION FOR POST-SOVIET JEWRY INC: $17,950 · InternationalAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $11,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $2,650 · InternationalANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $10,200 · Civil RightsEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $6,950 · Civil RightsINTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEW ENGLAND INC: $6,200 · Civil RightsHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Civil RightsThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $5,100 · Arts & CultureMAJOR CHORDS FOR MINORS: $1,900 · Arts & CultureWEST MICHIGAN MIRACLE LEAGUE: $6,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $500 · Human Services
Other$666,388Health$572,670Food & Nutrition$55,950International$31,600Civil Rights$25,350Arts & Culture$7,000Human Services$6,500

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 budgetMARY FREE BED REHABILITATION HOSPITAL: $534,520 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN: $33,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC: $29,450 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS WESTERN MICHIGAN: $26,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC: $26,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $19,900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $18,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetACTION FOR POST-SOVIET JEWRY INC: $17,950 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetSENIOR NEIGHBORS INC: $12,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $11,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $10,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLAHEY CLINIC INC: $7,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFaith Hospice: $6,950 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $6,950 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDAVENPORT UNIVERSITY: $6,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEW ENGLAND INC: $6,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWEST MICHIGAN MIRACLE LEAGUE: $6,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $5,100 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S LUNCH PLACE INC: $4,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR FLINT: $4,025 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF YAD SARAH INC: $4,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $2,650 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC: $2,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMAKING CHOICES MICHIGAN: $2,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - NEEDHAM INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAJOR CHORDS FOR MINORS: $1,900 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetJEWISH ARTS COLLABORATIVE INC: $1,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $500 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 MARY FREE BED REHABILITATION HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds KIDS' FOOD BASKET INC ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS WESTERN MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED ↗
  • Who funds ACTION FOR POST-SOVIET JEWRY INC ↗
  • Who funds SENIOR NEIGHBORS INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds LAHEY CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds Faith Hospice ↗
  • Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEW ENGLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds WEST MICHIGAN MIRACLE LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S LUNCH PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR FLINT ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF YAD SARAH INC ↗
  • Who funds MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC ↗
  • Who funds MAKING CHOICES MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - NEEDHAM 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.

Grand Rapids Communit…Peter C & Emajean Coo…The Korff FoundationThe Meijer FoundationNatl Christian Charit…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Grand Rapids Community FoundationMI17.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · The Korff Foundation · The Meijer Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Hy and Greta Berkowitz Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hy and Greta Berkowitz Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • International Institute of New England Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Women's Lunch Place Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Jewish Family & Children's Service Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Lahey Clinic Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 49 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home