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Lindy and Brad Berkley Family Foundation at a glance

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Lindy and Brad Berkley Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$200k
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$56k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Recreation & Sports$110kEducation$79kCrime & Legal$61kHealth$59kHuman Services$54kPhilanthropy$35kYouth Development$7kPublic Benefit$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k12 grants · $32k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $62k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $106k
$4,200
Median grant
6
States reached
$728k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DALLAS CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER$56,300
WILLIAMS EDUCATION FUND$50,000
SEAL FUTURE FOUNDATION$15,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$14,030
CHILDRENS CANCER FUND$12,500
DALLAS STARS FOUNDATION$10,000
LUKA DONCIC FOUNDATION$10,000
THE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF DALLAS$7,000
CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL$5,000
WOMENS ALZHEIMERS MOVEMENT$4,200
YOUNG LIFE$3,000
CLAYTON DABNEY FOR KIDS WITH CANCER$2,675
COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS$2,600
ST PHILIPS SCHOOL$2,500
THE WEEKDAY SCHOOL$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $64k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%DALLAS CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $56k → 14%DALLAS CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $5k → 14%CLAYTON DABNEY FOR KIDS WITH CANCER: $3k → 14%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.

44%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$176k · 6 repeat orgs$227k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
7

Total granted

$176k
$123k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+14%

Still filing today

50%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $103k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
PhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentEducationHuman ServicesPublic BenefitOther
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

  • DC
    DALLAS CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER
    2× · 2023–2024 · $61k · revenue 0%
  • CC
    CHILDRENS CANCER FUND
    3× · 2022–2024 · $49k
  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $44k

Funded once

  • RC
    REACHING CHAMPIONS JOINING HEARTS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • CB
    CATTLE BARON'S BALL
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • SB
    SWEETHEART BALL INC
    one grant, 2023 · $6k
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
Dallas Mavericks Foundation
Philanthropy
2
Young Texans Against Cancer Dallas

Young Texans Against Cancer is a network of motivated young professionals collectively working together to raise awareness and funds to support the local Dallas cancer community. The Dallas chapter was established in 2007, as part of a…

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3
Dallas College Foundation Inc

Dallas college foundation enhances the level of achievement and excellence of dallas college by providing scholarships, eliminating barriers that prevent students from attending and graduating, and supporting innovation.

Education
4
Dallas Citizens Council

To lead and serve in the moments that matter the most for the people of dallas.

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5
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas Inc Foundation

The foundation was created to support the boys & girls clubs of greater dallas inc.

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6
Dallas County Medical Society

The mission of the dallas county medical society is to promote public health and advocate for physicians and their relationship with patients, while upholding professionalism in the practice of medicine.

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7
Downtown Dallas Inc Foundation

Downtown Dallas, Inc. Foundation is the charitable arm of Downtown Dallas, Inc. whose purpose is to help make the area in and around Downtown Dallas a more vibrant and livable place for both daytime and permanent residents by promoting the…

Community Improvement
8
Dallas Police Youth Foundation Inc

The dallas police youth foundation was formed in 2013 in an effort to create a sustainable financial avenue to support the youth outreach efforts and programs of dpd. dpyf determined that support for youth outreach programs was too…

Human Services
9
Clayton Dabney Legacy Fund

The organization's primary purpose is to support the charitable and educational programs of clayton dabney for kids with cancer, a texas nonprofit corporation.

Health
10
Dcms Foundation

The dcms foundation's mission is to improve the quality and distribution of health services throughout dallas county.

Health
11
Durham Devils Giving Inc

Durham devils giving, inc.'s (ddgi) mission is to conduct charitable and educational activities, including, without limitation, providing grants and other support to nonprofit organizations, and educating and empowering collegiate athletes…

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12
Dallas Seminary Foundation

To support the mission of Dallas Theological Seminary by offering charitable planned giving and other related services to friends of the Seminary.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dallas Children's Advocacy Center; the most unlike its peers is The Luka Doncic 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

14 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. 14 of the 26 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
6/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KANSAS ATHLETICS INCORPORATED: $50,000 · OtherKANSAS ATHLETICS INCORPORATEDCHILDRENS CANCER FUND: $49,182 · OtherCHILDRENS CANCER FUNDRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $43,830 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSETHE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF DALLAS INC: $14,000 · OtherTHE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF DALLAS INCCATTLE BARON'S BALL: $10,000 · OtherCATTLE BARON'S BALL+8 more: $18,040 · Other+8 moreREACHING CHAMPIONS JOINING HEARTS INC: $100,000 · EducationREACHING CHAMPIONS JOINING HEA…DALLAS STARS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationDALLAS STARS FOUNDATION INCDALLAS CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $61,300 · Human ServicesDALLAS CHILDREN'S…CLAYTON DABNEY FOR KIDS WITH CANCER: $2,675 · Human ServicesSEAL FUTURE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · PhilanthropySEAL FUTUR…THE LUKA DONCIC FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTHE LUKA D…COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $9,295 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITIE…THE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL: $5,000 · PhilanthropyTHE CRYSTA…+1 more: $500 · PhilanthropyYOUNG LIFE: $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentDec My Room Inc: $1,200 · Youth DevelopmentLADIES AUXILIARY OF ARLINGTON INC: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentSOUND OFF: $5,000 · Public Benefit
Other$185,052Education$110,000Human Services$63,975Philanthropy$39,795Youth Development$8,200Public Benefit$5,000

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 budgetREACHING CHAMPIONS JOINING HEARTS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetDALLAS CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $61,300 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSEAL FUTURE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF DALLAS INC: $14,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LUKA DONCIC FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDALLAS STARS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $9,295 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUND OFF: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCLAYTON DABNEY FOR KIDS WITH CANCER: $2,675 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDec My Room Inc: $1,200 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLADIES AUXILIARY OF ARLINGTON INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCARRY THE LOAD: $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.

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.

Communities Foundatio…Community Foundation …The Dallas FoundationRaymond James Charita…National Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX14.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · The Dallas Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Lindy and Brad Berkley Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lindy and Brad Berkley Family 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
    1report 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 26 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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