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Leo V Berger 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.

$186k
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$295kEducation$147kPhilanthropy$45kPublic Safety & Disaster$43kFood & Nutrition$42kHuman Services$25kReligion$22kHealth$18kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k14 grants · $51k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $135k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$3.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MU$35,000
MPT FOUNDATION$25,000
MCDONOGH SCHOOL$25,000
PIKESVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE CO$15,000
HATZALAH OF BALTIMORE$15,000
UMBF$10,000
ART WITH A HEART$10,000
BALTIMORE HUNGER PROJECT$8,000
MARYLAND FOOD BANK$6,000
HOUSE OF RUTH$5,000
THE ASSOCIATED JEWISH FEDERATION$5,000
BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF INDUSTRY$5,000
NER ISRAEL RABBINICAL COLLEGE$2,750
PRO BONO RESOURCE CENTER OR MD$2,500
S JUDE CHILDREN HOSPITAL$2,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $56k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ART WITH A HEART: $10k → 19%ART WITH A HEART: $8k → 19%ART WITH A HEART: $5k → 19%ART WITH A HEART: $5k → 19%ART WITH A HEART: $5k → 19%ART WITH A HEART: $3k → 19%BALTIMORE HUNGER PROJECT: $8k → 11%BALTIMORE HUNGER PROJECT: $8k → 11%BALTIMORE HUNGER PROJECT: $5k → 11%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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$873k · 25 repeat orgs$23k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
2

Total granted

$873k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+23%

Still filing today

60%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHealthPublic Safety & DisasterHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther
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
    MPT FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $155k · revenue +76%
  • TU
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    5× · 2021–2025 · $155k · revenue +13%
  • TJ
    THE JEMICY SCHOOL INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $65k · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • CI
    CURREY INGRAM ACADEMY
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue +23%
  • MW
    Mt Washington Pediatric Hospital Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +23%
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.

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University of Maryland Physicians Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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2
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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3
University of Maryland Pediatric Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
4
University of Maryland Neurosurgeryassociates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Education
5
University of Maryland Emergency Medicine Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
6
University of Maryland Oncology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
7
University of Maryland Family Medicine Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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8
University of Maryland Dermatologists Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
9
University of Maryland Surgical Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
10
University of Maryland Neurology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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11
University of Maryland Eye Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
12
University of Maryland Otorhino-Laryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mt Washington Pediatric Hospital Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. 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

17 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. 17 of the 28 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
15/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MPT FOUNDATION INC: $155,000 · Arts & CultureMPT FOUNDATION INCThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $155,000 · Arts & CultureThe United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumEVERYMAN THEATRE INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureEVERYMAN THEATRE INCBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF INDUSTRY INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF INDUSTRY INCTHE ASSOCIATED JEWISH FEDERATION: $50,000 · OtherTHE ASSOCIATED JEWISH FED…HPRP: $27,500 · OtherHPRPHOUSE OF RUTH: $22,500 · OtherHOUSE OF RUTHTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $22,000 · OtherTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK IN…Individual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipien…VFW: $15,000 · OtherVFWMEALS ON WHEELS: $15,000 · OtherMEALS ON WHEELSS JUDE CHILDREN HOSPITAL: $7,500 · Other+4 more: $19,750 · Other+4 moreTHE JEMICY SCHOOL INC: $65,000 · EducationTHE JEMICY SCHOOL INCMCDONOGH SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $55,000 · EducationMCDONOGH SCHOOL INCORP…UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND…CURREY INGRAM ACADEMY: $15,000 · EducationCURREY INGRAM ACADEMYPikesville Volunteer Fire Co Inc: $42,500 · Public Safety & DisasterPikesvill…ALVIN S MINTZES HATZALAH OF BALTIMORE INC: $30,500 · Public Safety & DisasterALVIN S M…Art With a Heart Inc: $35,000 · Human ServicesBALTIMORE HUNGER PROJECT LLC: $21,000 · Human ServicesALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $7,500 · HealthMt Washington Pediatric Hospital Inc: $5,000 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Environment
Arts & Culture$360,000Other$199,250Education$175,000Public Safety & Disaster$73,000Human Services$56,000Health$17,500Environment$15,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMPT FOUNDATION INC: $155,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $155,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEMICY SCHOOL INC: $65,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMCDONOGH SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $55,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPikesville Volunteer Fire Co Inc: $42,500 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetArt With a Heart Inc: $35,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetALVIN S MINTZES HATZALAH OF BALTIMORE INC: $30,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetEVERYMAN THEATRE INC: $30,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $22,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE HUNGER PROJECT LLC: $21,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF INDUSTRY INC: $20,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCURREY INGRAM ACADEMY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMt Washington Pediatric Hospital Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 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 MPT FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
  • Who funds THE JEMICY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds MCDONOGH SCHOOL INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds Pikesville Volunteer Fire Co Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Art With a Heart Inc ↗
  • Who funds ALVIN S MINTZES HATZALAH OF BALTIMORE INC ↗
  • Who funds EVERYMAN THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds BALTIMORE HUNGER PROJECT LLC ↗
  • Who funds BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF INDUSTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds CURREY INGRAM ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds Mt Washington Pediatric Hospital Inc ↗
  • Who funds CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Associated Jewish Cha…T Rowe Price Program …Herbert Bearman Found…France-Merrick Founda…Herman & Walter Samue…Sherman Family Founda…The Joseph Meyerhoff …The United Way of Cen…Baltimore Community F…Leo V Berger FundThe John J Leidy Foun…The Bunting Family Fo…
Associated Jewish Charities of BaltimoreMD19.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Herbert Bearman Foundation · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · Herman & Walter Samuelson Foundation Inc · Sherman Family Foundation · The Joseph Meyerhoff Fund Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · Leo V Berger Fund · The John J Leidy Foundation Inc · The Bunting 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 Leo V Berger Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Leo V Berger Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Pikesville Volunteer Fire Co Inc: 32% of income from government
  • Everyman Theatre Inc: 15% of income from government
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Baltimore Museum of Industry Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Art With a Heart Inc: 4% of income from government
  • University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Mcdonogh School Incorporated: 0% of income from government
  • Mt Washington Pediatric Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get 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 · 0–40%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Leo V Berger Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Leo V Berger 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 28 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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