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The Behr Foundation at a glance

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The Behr Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$52k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$491kHealth$172kReligion$171kEnvironment$72kPhilanthropy$50kEducation$6kMembership Benefit$5kPublic Benefit$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $1k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $51k
$15,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$246k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BASCOM PALMER EYE INSTITUTE$25,000
ROCKFORD ART MUSEUM$15,500
ANDERSON JAPANESE GARDENS$10,000
THE WICK THEATRE & COSTUME MUSEUM$1,000
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 (FY23–23, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PIONEER CENTER FOR HUMAN SERVICES: $500 → 6%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

WA
MN
IL
WI
NY
OH
CA
TN
FL
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$900k · 20 repeat orgs$71k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +54% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
23

Total granted

$900k
$46k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+12%

Still filing today

75%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentEducationOther
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

  • BR
    Boca Raton Regional Hospital Inc
    3× · 2020–2022 · $121k · revenue +54%
  • AG
    ANDERSON GARDENS
    8× · 2018–2025 · $82k · revenue +74%
  • TP
    THE PALM BEACH SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC
    3× · 2018–2023 · $13k · revenue +164%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • BR
    BOCA RATON REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOUNDA
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • MC
    MARSH CEMETERY ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
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
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
2
Northern Illinois Blood Bank Inc D/B/a Rock River Valley Blood Center

Rock river valley blood center, in partnership with our community, is dedicated to providing safe, high value blood products and services to people in need.

Health
3
Riverside Healthcare Foundation

The foundation was established to promote, by donation, loan or otherwise, educational programs, scientific research, treatment facilities, hospitals, rehabilitation centers, housing centers, human services programs and other charitable…

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4
The Rockefeller University

The rockefeller university (the university) is a world renowned center for research and graduate education in the biomedical sciences, chemistry, bioinformatics, and physics. the university's 73 laboratories conduct both clinical and basic…

Education
5
Rumford Hospital

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustfulenvironment through the expertise, commitment and compassion of ourfamily of caregivers.

Health
6
Rush Copley Medical Center

To improve the health of the individuals and diverse communities we serve through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships.

Health
7
Jefferson Regional Foundation

The mission of the foundation is to improve the health and well-being of the communities served by jefferson hospital through engagement, community-driven research and grantmaking. there are three grantmaking priorities focused on the…

Health
8
The Bakken

The bakken museum inspires a passion for innovation by exploring the potential for science, technology, and the humanities to make the world a better place.

Arts & Culture
9
Heckscher Museum

Museum has a mission to create opportunties for everyone to experience art that broadens understanding of the past, fosters community connections to the present, and creates diverse possbilities for the future.

Arts & Culture
10
The Parkinson Council

The parkinson council is the premier local organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with parkinson's, their care partners, and families. we invest in research, education, and programs provided by world-renowned…

Health
11
Central Maine Healthcare Corporation

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustful environment through the expertise, committment, and compassion of our family of caregivers.

Health
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Parkinson's Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Gold Coast Down Syndrome Org Inc. 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

23 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. 23 of the 45 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
15/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ROCKFORD ART MUSEUM: $449,300 · Arts & CultureROCKFORD ART MUSEUM+8 more: $46,000 · Arts & Culture+8 moreTEMPLE BETH EL: $159,200 · OtherTEMPLE BETH ELBASCOM PALMER EYE INSTITUTE: $25,000 · OtherBASCOM PALMER EYE INSTITUTEKRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING AR: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherBOCA RATON REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOUNDA: $10,000 · Other+18 more: $34,500 · Other+18 moreBoca Raton Regional Hospital Inc: $121,000 · HealthBoca Raton Regi…LYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $8,000 · HealthLYMPHOMA RESEAR…+4 more: $8,000 · Health+4 moreANDERSON GARDENS: $81,600 · EnvironmentANDERSON …Community Foundation of Northern IL: $50,000 · PhilanthropyROSECRANCE FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · Philanthropy+1 more: $400 · PhilanthropyBoca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc: $3,000 · Community ImprovementUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $2,000 · EducationPioneer Center for Human Services: $500 · Human Services
Arts & Culture$495,300Other$248,700Health$137,000Environment$81,600Philanthropy$52,900Community Improvement$3,000Education$2,000Human Services$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 budgetROCKFORD ART MUSEUM: $449,300 over 9y, 26% of budgetBoca Raton Regional Hospital Inc: $121,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetANDERSON GARDENS: $81,600 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetCommunity Foundation of Northern IL: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPILCHUCK GLASS SCHOOL: $14,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PALM BEACH SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $13,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMIAMI CITY BALLET INC: $12,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Wick Theatre & Costume Museum Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBoca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROSECRANCE FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGOLD COAST DOWN SYNDROME ORG INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBAINBRIDGE ISLAND MUSEUM OF ART: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROCKFORD DANCE COMPANY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMIDWAY VILLAGE & MUSEUM CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPioneer Center for Human Services: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROCKFORD AREA ARTS COUNCIL: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCRUSADERS HEALTH FOUNDATION: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $250 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 ROCKFORD ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds Boca Raton Regional Hospital Inc ↗
  • Who funds ANDERSON GARDENS ↗
  • Who funds Community Foundation of Northern IL ↗
  • Who funds PILCHUCK GLASS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE PALM BEACH SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds MIAMI CITY BALLET INC ↗
  • Who funds LYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds The Wick Theatre & Costume Museum Inc ↗
  • Who funds Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds ROSECRANCE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GOLD COAST DOWN SYNDROME ORG INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds BAINBRIDGE ISLAND MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds ROCKFORD DANCE COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds MIDWAY VILLAGE & MUSEUM CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Pioneer Center for Human Services ↗
  • Who funds ROCKFORD AREA ARTS COUNCIL ↗

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.

Bergstrom Inc Charita…Community Foundation …The Ben Harding Famil…The Kjellstrom Family…Sjostrom & Sons Found…Amended and Restated …Blazer FoundationUnited Way of Rock Ri…John & Linda Anderson…Raymond James Charita…American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…
Bergstrom Inc Charitable Foundation Xxxxx2008IL22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bergstrom Inc Charitable Foundation Xxxxx2008 · Community Foundation of Northern IL · The Ben Harding Family Foundation · The Kjellstrom Family Foundation · Sjostrom & Sons Foundation · Amended and Restated Brubaker Charitable Trust · Blazer Foundation · United Way of Rock River Valley · John & Linda Anderson Charitable Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 The Behr Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Behr Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • The Palm Beach Symphony Society Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 45 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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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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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