California · Private foundation
Nicolas Berggruen Charitable 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.
- $1.9M
- Granted FY2021
- 4
- Grants FY2021
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $41,427
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $1,830,350
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 2
- Total assets, FY2021
- $11M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 67% of the organizations Nicolas Berggruen Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 98% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.8M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 3 | $1.9M | 67% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $13M | 33% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $2.0M | 44% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $257k | 40% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $261k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berggruen Institute | $14,315,212 | 2 | 97% |
| Museum Associates | $300,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Asia Society | $250,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Portland Art Museum | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| California Institute of Technology | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Fondation Beyeler | $30,000 | 2 | 15% |
| New York University | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New York Shakespeare Festival | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Milken Institute | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berggruen Institute | $14,315,212 | 2 | 97% |
| Museum Associates | $300,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Asia Society | $250,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Portland Art Museum | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| California Institute of Technology | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Fondation Beyeler | $30,000 | 2 | 15% |
| New York University | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New York Shakespeare Festival | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Milken Institute | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ariel Education Initiative | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Value Schools | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Food Bank for New York City | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Nicolas Berggruen Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Nicolas Berggruen Charitable Foundation
- How much does Nicolas Berggruen Charitable Foundation give?
- Nicolas Berggruen Charitable Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $1,872,277 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Nicolas Berggruen Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Social Science (90%), Arts & Culture (5%), Education (3%).
- Who are Nicolas Berggruen Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Berggruen Institute ($14M), Museum Associates ($300k), The Asia Society ($250k).
- Does Nicolas Berggruen Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Nicolas Berggruen Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Nicolas Berggruen Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Nicolas Berggruen Charitable Foundation based?
- Nicolas Berggruen Charitable Foundation is based in CA.
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