· Private foundation
The 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PROOF ALLIANCE | $3,000 |
| SAHUARITA FOOD BANK & COMM RESRC | $2,002 |
| GREEN VALLEY SHERRIFF'S AUXILIARY | $2,000 |
| VIRGINIA BEACH NEPTUNE FESTIVAL | $2,000 |
| COMMUNITY FOOD BANK GREEN VALLEY | $2,000 |
| CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| NORFOLK ACADEMY | $1,000 |
| VOLUNTEER HAMPTON ROADS | $1,000 |
| ANIMAL LEAGUE OF GREEN VALLEY | $1,000 |
| TOGETHER WE CAN | $1,000 |
| GEORGE WASHINGTON'S MOUNT VERNON | $500 |
| ST MARYS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +8% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.
21 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- VHVOLUNTEER HAMPTON ROADS6× · 2020–2025 · $8k · revenue +11%
FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC2× · 2021–2022 · $8k · revenue +0%- SMST MARYS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC5× · 2020–2025 · $4k · revenue +25%
Funded once
- SCSANIBEL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INCone grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -21%
- SCSANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FDTNone grant, 2021 · $3k
- TSTHE SALVATION ARMYone grant, 2020 · $2k
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.
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.
The science museum of virginia foundation, inc. serves as the private fundraising partner of the science museum of virginia, a state institution that was founded in 1970 by both the virginia academy of science and the virginia general…
The martha's vineyard agricultural society supports a resilient and sustainable agricultural community on martha's vineyard. we do this by:- offering services, education, marketing, and technical support for farmers and farmworkers on the…
The sanibel & captiva islands association of realtors is the trusted voice and advocate for real estate. real estate professionals adding value to our community.
To promote knowledge of ,respect for and responsible use of plants, especially the plants of st. croix and the eastern caribbean.
Promoting for the benefit of the general public, the preservation, protection and enjoyment of our natural resources, principally in the lower james, york, rappahannock and chowan rivers and surrounding watersheds.
Preserve/Maintain Victoria Mansion
Founded in 1881 the Staten Island Museum engages visitors with interdisciplinary exhibitions, public programs, and educational activities for all ages. It is the mission of the Staten Island Museum to spark curiosity and generate…
Save the bay protects, restores, and improves the ecological health of the narragansett bay region, including its watershed and adjacent coastal waters, through an ecosystem-based approach to environmental action; defends the right of the…
To connect people to the marine environment, inspiring a more sustainable future. we aspire to be a driver in conservation, education, tourism, and sustainability, leading the charge to save wildlife and their ecosystems.
Champion equitable and impactful museums by connecting people, fostering learning and community, and nurturing museum excellence.
To promote the prosperity of our members and preserve the quality of life in our community.
The San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory is dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats through science and outreach.
How this is measured
21 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. 21 of the 39 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 VOLUNTEER HAMPTON ROADS ↗
- Who funds FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC ↗
- Who funds SANIBEL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ST MARYS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds The Animal League of Green Valley ↗
- Who funds THE NORFOLK ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds PROOF ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds SANIBEL HISTORICAL MUSEUM & VILLAGE INC ↗
- Who funds THE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION ↗
- Who funds BARRIER ISLAND GROUP FOR THE ARTS ↗
- Who funds GVR Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS IN DEED INC ↗
- Who funds THE POTOMAC CONSERVANCY INC ↗
- Who funds SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗
- Who funds LEONARDTOWN VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD INC ↗
- Who funds SANIBEL PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds LEONARDTOWN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC ↗
- Who funds ANN'S CIRCLE INC ↗
- Who funds SANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HOSPICE OF ST MARYS INC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Moccasin Lake Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Berger Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Berger Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation: 4% of income from government
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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