Does The Allen H and Selma W Berkman Charitable Trust C/O Gma Foundations 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 The Allen H and Selma W Berkman Charitable Trust C/O Gma Foundations?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Richard King Mellon Foundation, The Heinz Endowments, McCune Foundation Pnc Bank Na.

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Massachusetts · Private foundation

The Allen H and Selma W Berkman Charitable Trust C/O Gma Foundations

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$633k
Granted FY2023: 5
Grants FY2023: 5
Organizations funded FY2023: 0%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2023: $126,600
Largest grant, FY2023: $126,600
Organizations funded a year: 5 to 52; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023: 3
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The Allen H and Selma W Berkman Charitable Trust C/O Gma Foundations funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Food & NutritionInternationalCivil RightsHuman ServicesEducationEnvironmentOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2023	5	$633k	0%
FY2022	5	$15M	100%
FY2021	46	$895k	48%
FY2020	52	$895k	52%
FY2019	43	$650k	33%
FY2018	43	$925k	47%
FY2017	38	$760k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Philanthropy$12MHealth$4.0MEnvironment$905kEducation$762kFood & Nutrition$308kHuman Services$253kInternational$253kCivil Rights$190kOther$0

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 FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
US Water Alliance	$600,000	5	4%
Children's Literacy Initiative	$400,000	4	1%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	$250,000	2	0%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc	$225,000	5	0%
Prevent Alzheimers Disease 2020 Inc	$149,550	2	98%
Americares Foundation Inc	$127,500	4	0%
Parentchild Inc	$110,000	2	2%
East Harlem Tutorial Program Inc	$80,000	4	0%
American Jewish Committee	$52,500	2	0%
Charles River Watershed Association Inc	$50,000	1	2%

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All grantees of The Allen H and Selma W Berkman Charitable Trust C/O Gma Foundations by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
US Water Alliance	$600,000	5	4%
Children's Literacy Initiative	$400,000	4	1%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	$250,000	2	0%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc	$225,000	5	0%
Prevent Alzheimers Disease 2020 Inc	$149,550	2	98%
Americares Foundation Inc	$127,500	4	0%
Parentchild Inc	$110,000	2	2%
East Harlem Tutorial Program Inc	$80,000	4	0%
American Jewish Committee	$52,500	2	0%
Charles River Watershed Association Inc	$50,000	1	2%
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc	$50,000	5	0%
Hias Inc	$50,000	2	0%
The Funders Network Inc	$50,000	1	1%
World Central Kitchen Inc	$50,000	2	0%
Hospice of Cincinnati Incorporated	$50,000	1	0%
Pacific Institute	$50,000	1	n/a
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc	$45,000	2	0%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc	$45,000	3	0%
Common Cause Education Fund	$35,000	2	0%
Food Bank for New York City	$30,000	2	0%
New DramatistsInc	$27,500	5	1%
Jumpstart for Young Children Inc	$25,000	5	0%
Pittsburgh Opera Inc	$25,000	5	0%
The Food Project Inc	$25,000	5	0%
Manhattan School of Music	$25,000	5	0%
Oxfam-America Inc	$25,000	1	0%
Project H O P E Inc	$25,000	1	n/a
After School Matters Inc	$20,000	4	0%
American Immigration Council	$20,000	2	0%
Harlem Children's Zone Inc	$20,000	3	0%
The Bridge Inc	$17,500	4	0%
Kind Inc	$17,500	2	0%
Riverlife	$17,500	4	1%
Miami Diaper Bank Inc	$15,000	2	1%
All Faiths Food Bank Inc	$15,000	2	0%
Ironbound Community Corporation	$15,000	1	0%
Ali Forney Center Inc	$15,000	3	0%
Some Inc	$15,000	2	0%
Oficina Legal del Pueblo Unido Inc	$15,000	2	0%
Children's Inn at Nih Inc	$15,000	2	0%
Greater Chicago Food Depository	$15,000	2	0%
International Institute of New England Inc	$15,000	1	0%
Direct Relief	$12,500	1	0%
Planned Parenthood of Western Pa Inc	$12,500	3	0%
Haley House Inc & Affiliates	$12,500	1	0%
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank	$12,500	2	0%
The Alliance for Climate Protection	$10,000	1	0%
Pittsburgh Symphony Inc	$10,000	2	0%
The Campaign Legal Center Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Family Action Network Movement Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Carnegie Institute	$10,000	1	0%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services	$10,000	1	0%
Alameda County Community Food Bank	$10,000	1	0%
ScholarCHIPS Inc	$10,000	1	2%
National Immigration Forum	$10,000	1	0%
Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc	$10,000	2	0%
Capital Area Food Bank Inc	$10,000	1	0%
The Mount Sinai Medical Center	$10,000	2	3%
Physicians For Reproductive Health	$10,000	1	0%
National Immigration Law Center	$10,000	1	0%
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh	$10,000	2	0%
Good360	$10,000	1	0%
Winchester Thurston School	$10,000	1	0%
Thurgood Marshall College Fund	$10,000	1	0%
Aldea - the Peoples Justice Center	$7,500	2	1%
Innovation Law Lab	$7,500	2	0%
The Collective Education Fund	$5,000	1	0%
Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance	$5,000	1	0%
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust	$5,000	1	0%
When We All Vote	$5,000	1	0%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Shelter Partnership Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Homeless Children's Playtime Project	$5,000	1	0%
House of Ruth	$5,000	2	0%
Mental Health America Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Grow Pittsburgh	$5,000	1	0%
City Harvest Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Pittsburgh	$5,000	1	0%
Greater Washington Urban League Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Center on Halsted	$5,000	1	0%
Open City Advocates	$5,000	1	1%
Friends of Boston's Homeless Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Global Links	$5,000	1	0%
Save The Children Federation Inc	$5,000	1	0%
DC Greens Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Philabundance	$5,000	1	0%
The Pittsburgh Promise Foundation	$5,000	1	0%
Cancer Patient Support Program	$5,000	1	2%
Greener Partners	$5,000	1	1%
Camp Sunshine at Sebago Lake Inc	$2,500	1	0%
Martha's Table Inc	$2,500	1	n/a
Bright Beginnings Inc	$2,500	1	0%
Zero to Three National Center for Infants Toddlers and Families	$2,500	1	0%
Pennsylvania Environmental Council Inc	$2,500	1	0%

Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($16M), not named here.

The Allen H and Selma W Berkman Charitable Trust C/O Gma Foundations supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 91 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 91.

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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.

Richard King Mellon FoundationPA21.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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.

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About The Allen H and Selma W Berkman Charitable Trust C/O Gma Foundations

How much does The Allen H and Selma W Berkman Charitable Trust C/O Gma Foundations give?: The Allen H and Selma W Berkman Charitable Trust C/O Gma Foundations reported 5 grants totaling $633,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 52 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Allen H and Selma W Berkman Charitable Trust C/O Gma Foundations fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (63%), Health (20%), Environment (5%).
Who are The Allen H and Selma W Berkman Charitable Trust C/O Gma Foundations's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: US Water Alliance ($600k), Children's Literacy Initiative ($400k), Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ($250k).
Does The Allen H and Selma W Berkman Charitable Trust C/O Gma Foundations fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Allen H and Selma W Berkman Charitable Trust C/O Gma Foundations 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 The Allen H and Selma W Berkman Charitable Trust C/O Gma Foundations?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Richard King Mellon Foundation, The Heinz Endowments, McCune Foundation Pnc Bank Na.
Where is The Allen H and Selma W Berkman Charitable Trust C/O Gma Foundations based?: The Allen H and Selma W Berkman Charitable Trust C/O Gma Foundations is based in MA.