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The Berky Benevolent 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.

$78k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$17k
Largest
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Housing & Shelter$274kHuman Services$161kFood & Nutrition$51kHealth$44kEducation$37kReligion$27kPublic Safety & Disaster$12kInternational$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $44k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $34k
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$961k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$17,000
GOOD SHEPHERD HOME$17,000
WESTMONT COLLEGE$7,300
SAFE HARBOR$6,800
PLACE OF HOPE$5,000
CITY OF HOPE$5,000
COMFORT ZONE CAMP$5,000
BOCA HELPING HANDS$5,000
ALS ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PHILADEL$3,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$3,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$2,000
TEMPERANCE TRAINING FOUNDATION$1,500
02The need
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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 (FY17–25, $88k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 49% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $1k → 11%COMFORT ZONE CAMP: $5k → 9%COMFORT ZONE CAMP: $5k → 9%COMFORT ZONE CAMP: $5k → 9%COMFORT ZONE CAMP: $5k → 9%PLACE OF HOPE: $5k → 11%COMFORT ZONE CAMP: $5k → 9%PLACE OF HOPE: $5k → 11%COMFORT ZONE CAMP: $5k → 9%PLACE OF HOPE: $5k → 11%COMFORT ZONE CAMP: $5k → 9%PLACE OF HOPE: $5k → 11%COMFORT ZONE CAMP: $5k → 9%PLACE OF HOPE: $500 → 11%COMFORT ZONE CAMP: $5k → 9%PLACE OF HOPE: $500 → 11%COMFORT ZONE CAMP: $300 → 9%PLACE OF HOPE: $470 → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $6k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $5k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $5k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $5k → 11%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

MA
PA
CT
CA
VA
MD
AZ
SC
DC
GA
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$657k · 16 repeat orgs$35k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +68% since the first grant, against +41% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
7

Total granted

$657k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+68%
+41%

Still filing today

38%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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
Human ServicesFood & NutritionInternationalPhilanthropyEducationRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • SH
    SAFE HARBOR INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $54k · revenue +29%
  • BH
    BOCA HELPING HANDS INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $49k · revenue +121%
  • CZ
    COMFORT ZONE CAMP INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $45k · revenue +68%

Funded once

  • SO
    SPECIAL OPERATION WARRIOR
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • AMERICARES FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +77%
  • PH
    PROJECT H O P E INC
    one grant, 2022 · $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
Hope Hospice Inc

Delivering compassionate support and exceptional care in the home for individuals and communities, guiding them with choice and dignity to navigate significant care decisions.

Human Services
2
Florida Community Health Centers Inc

Florida community health centers, inc. (fchc) is a federally qualified health center serving medically needy populations in south florida, with an emphasis on serving rural and farm worker communities.

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3
The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast Inc

Suncoast hospice's mission is to be the center to improve life for those touched by advanced illness, death, dying, grief, bereavement and other end-of-life issues.

Human Services
4
Global Partners in Care

The organization's mission is to build partnerships to enhance compassionate care globally. we are dedicated to improving access to hospice and palliative care worldwide.

International
5
North Central Florida Hospice Inc

The mission of north central florida hospice, inc. (haven hospice) is to honor life by providing comfort, care and compassion to those we serve. north central florida hospice, inc. (haven hospice) helps patients be as comfortable as…

Human Services
6
Hospice of Holland Inc

The mission of hospice of holland is to provide the most compassionate and highest quality end-of-life care through physical, emotional, and spiritual support.

Human Services
7
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
8
Hospice of the Florida Keys Inc

To enable individuals to remain in their homes by supporting compassionate, effective, life-enhancing health and supportive services. at this time, hfk care corporation is inactive.

Human Services
9
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
10
Holy Cross Hospital Inc

We, holy cross hospital and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. holy cross hospital is a member of trinity health.

Health
11
Hopehealth Hospice & Palliative Care

Provide services to terminally ill patients and their families, as well as those experiencing serious illness and loss.

Human Services
12
Hospice of the Treasure Coast Inc

Hospice of the treasure coast, inc. exists to provide hospice, grief counseling, education and other services to patients and families dealing with death and dying so that they might live as fully and comfortably as possible.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hospice of the Valley; the most unlike its peers is Westmont College. 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

11 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. 11 of the 26 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
10/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $154,740 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITYGOOD SHEPHERD HOME: $119,000 · OtherGOOD SHEPHERD HOMEIndividual grant recipient: $51,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNOT FOR SALE CAMPAIGN: $21,500 · OtherPILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH: $20,000 · OtherALS ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PHILADEL: $17,500 · Other+9 more: $50,000 · Other+9 moreSAFE HARBOR INC: $54,000 · Human ServicesSAFE HARBOR INCCOMFORT ZONE CAMP INC: $45,300 · Human ServicesCOMFORT ZONE CAMP INCPLACE OF HOPE INC: $42,170 · Human ServicesPLACE OF HOPE INC+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesBOCA HELPING HANDS INC: $49,186 · Food & NutritionFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $2,000 · Food & NutritionWESTMONT COLLEGE: $36,500 · EducationSojourn Chaplaincy Inc: $18,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $3,000 · InternationalTEMPERANCE TRAINING FOUNDATION: $1,500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$433,740Human Services$142,470Food & Nutrition$51,186Education$36,500Philanthropy$18,000International$8,000Recreation & Sports$1,500

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 budgetSAFE HARBOR INC: $54,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetBOCA HELPING HANDS INC: $49,186 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCOMFORT ZONE CAMP INC: $45,300 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetPLACE OF HOPE INC: $42,170 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWESTMONT COLLEGE: $36,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEMPERANCE TRAINING FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetHospice of the Valley: $1,000 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 SAFE HARBOR INC ↗
  • Who funds BOCA HELPING HANDS INC ↗
  • Who funds COMFORT ZONE CAMP INC ↗
  • Who funds PLACE OF HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTMONT COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Sojourn Chaplaincy Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds TEMPERANCE TRAINING FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Hospice of the Valley ↗

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Berky Benevolent Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Berky Benevolent Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Feeding South Florida Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Temperance Training Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Place of Hope Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 26 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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