· Private foundation
The Bergin Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k8 grants · $184k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $320k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE KING'S ACADEMY | $140,000 |
| JUDICIAL WATCH | $60,000 |
| INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE | $60,000 |
| COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE | $60,000 |
| INSTITUTE FOR FREE SPEECH | $30,000 |
| COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION | $30,000 |
| FREE THE PEOPLE | $30,000 |
| THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY | $20,000 |
| MARIJUANA POLICY PROJECT FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| CALIFORNIA POLICY CENTER | $20,000 |
| REASON FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| DONORS TRUST | $14,100 |
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 (FY24–24, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
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 american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…
The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.
The manhattan institute is a community of scholars, journalists, activists, and civic leaders dedicated to advancing opportunity, individual liberty, and the rule of law in america and its great cities.
To advance economic and social liberties and a free enterprise society through strategic litigation, training, communication, activism and research. in addition, the center will train law students, lawyers and policy activists in the…
Advocating for public policies that advance democratic values in the digital age.
To teach and disseminate educational materials to the public.
Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.
The objectives and goals of the institute shall be to receive and administer funds for the purpose of providing and supporting educational programs for lawyers, legal academics, and members of the judiciary, conferences and publications…
To investigate, explore and focus public, legislative and judicial attention on all areas of individual freedom and individual rights as guaranteed by the u.s. and state constitutions and free market principles.
To educate the public on constitutional issues and public policy matters. We are dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, peace through strength, limited government, free enterprise, and the values embodied in the Declaration of…
The institute works as a public education organization that focuses on a wide spectrum of rapidly evolving foreign policy and international issues.
The center for american progress (cap) is an independent nonpartisan policy institute that is dedicated to improving the lives of all americans through bold, progressive ideas, as well as strong leadership and concerted action. our aim is…
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 12 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 THE KING'S ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
- Who funds COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE ↗
- Who funds THE REASON FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds INSTITUTE FOR FREE SPEECH ↗
- Who funds MARIJUANA POLICY PROJECT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA POLICY CENTER ↗
- Who funds THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY FOR LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES ↗
- Who funds Donors Trust 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: Donors Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Bergin Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bergin Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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