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The Bernatchez Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$108k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$14k
Largest
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 2025.

Health$232kHousing & Shelter$185kEducation$152kHuman Services$144kCrime & Legal$81kEnvironment$41kReligion$19kInternational$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $43k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $65k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA INC$13,500
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$13,500
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION INC$13,500
INCARNATION SCHOOL FOUNDATION$13,500
BETH-EL CENTER INC$11,000
CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE$7,500
CENTER OF COASTAL STUDIES$5,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY FAIRFIELD COUNTY$5,000
LITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF GREATER WORCESTER$4,000
HOUSING FAMILIES INC$4,000
NORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES$4,000
JOHNNYCAKE CENTER OF WESTERLY$3,500
MY SISTER'S PLACE$3,500
ST LAWRENCE CHURCH$2,500
THE CITY MISSION INC$2,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $263k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HOUSING FAMILIES INC: $4k → 8%COVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA INC: $14k → 13%CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE: $12k → 9%THE CITY MISSION INC: $3k → 12%HOUSING FAMILIES INC: $4k → 8%COVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA INC: $14k → 13%CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE: $11k → 9%THE CITY MISSION INC: $3k → 12%HOUSING FAMILIES INC: $4k → 8%COVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA INC: $13k → 13%CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE: $10k → 9%HOUSING FAMILIES INC: $4k → 8%COVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA INC: $13k → 13%CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE: $9k → 9%HOUSING FAMILIES INC: $4k → 8%COVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA INC: $12k → 13%CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE: $9k → 9%HOUSING FAMILIES INC: $4k → 8%COVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA INC: $12k → 13%CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE: $9k → 9%HOUSING FAMILIES INC: $3k → 8%COVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA INC: $12k → 13%CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE: $8k → 9%HOUSING FAMILIES INC: $3k → 8%COVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA INC: $11k → 13%BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION: $9k → 9%HOUSING FAMILIES INC: $2k → 8%COVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA INC: $11k → 13%CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE: $7k → 9%BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION: $7k → 9%CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE: $7k → 9%BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION: $4k → 9%NORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES: $4k → 11%NORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES: $4k → 11%NORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES: $4k → 11%NORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES: $4k → 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

NY
MA
PA
CT
RI
CA
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$862k · 19 repeat orgs$11k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
3

Total granted

$862k
$11k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+114%

Still filing today

84%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyEducationOther
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

  • BC
    BETH-EL CENTER INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $81k · revenue +94%
  • TC
    THE CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $81k · revenue +46%
  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF COASTAL FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $37k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • MH
    MAMA HOPE FBO SHANTI UGANDA
    one grant, 2017 · $8k
  • BO
    BACK ON MY FEET
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue -43%
  • FC
    FAMILY CENTERS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue +114%
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
Abby Kelley Foster House Inc

To provide shelter and affordable housing, as well as advocacy and support services, to homeless, battered and low-income women, with or without children. abby's house empowers the women we serve to lead self-directed lives filled with…

Housing & Shelter
2
Citizens Inn Inc

The organization's mission is to prevent and end hunger and homelessness by providing integrated services that promote long-term stability, health, and independence. (see schedule o for full description)

Housing & Shelter
3
Transition House Inc

Transition house is a human services agency dedicated to preventing and ending domestic violence. the agency provides a continuum of housing resources and holistic support for survivors of violence and their children, as well as prevention…

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4
Journey Home Inc

Journey home's mission is to ensure a home for all. we believe the most powerful way to do this is collectively - by working together with service providers, elected officials, businesses, and local communities to end homelessness in the…

Human Services
5
Jewish Family Services of Greenwich

Jewish family services of greenwich (jfs) is a nonprofit social service agency dedicated to strengthening individuals and families in fairfield and new london counties. jfs provides behavioral health counseling, food security programs,…

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6
Project Hope Boston Inc

Project hope is a multi service agency that moves families up and out of poverty.project hope works in partnership with women and families in the dorchester and roxbury neighborhoods of boston on their journeys up and out of poverty. we do…

Human Services
7
Mercy Housing & Shelter Corporation

Mercy housing and shelter corporation provides housing assistance and supportive services to persons who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. mercy works to empower its clients to become independent, so they may live and work with…

Housing & Shelter
8
The San Francisco Particular Council of the Society of St Vincent De Paul

The mission of the st. vincent de paul society of san francisco (svdp-sf) is to offer hope and service on a direct person-to-person basis, working to break the cycles of homelessness and domestic violence.

Human Services
9
Womens Resource Center of Newport and Bristol Counties

The women's resource center empowers survivors by providing trauma-informed services with equity and compassion while working collaboratively with the community to eliminate the root causes of interpersonal abuse.

Human Services
10
Brooklyn Community Housing and Services

To provide short term, transitional and permanent housing, homelessness prevention, personalized case management, mental health care, on-site nursing, vocational training, substance abuse counseling, recreational activities and other vital…

Human Services
11
Covenant House

In 34 cities across five countries, covenant house builds bridges to hope for young people facing homelessness and survivors of human trafficking. we meet their immediate needs for food, clothing, protection, and medical and mental health…

Human Services
12
My Sisters' Place Inc

My sisters place is committed to ending homelessness by empowering women, families, and others in greater hartford to achieve independence and stability in their community by providing housing and supportive services.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is My Sisters Place Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bernardian Charitable Foundation. 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

19 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. 19 of the 23 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
11/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INCARNATION SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $110,000 · OtherINCARNATION SCHOOL FOUNDATIONMULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION INC: $110,000 · OtherMULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION INCCENTER OF COASTAL STUDIES: $41,000 · OtherCENTER OF COASTAL STUDIESLITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF GREATER WORCESTER INC: $35,000 · OtherLITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF GREATER WORCESTER INCST LAWRENCE CHURCH: $18,500 · OtherTHE JONNYCAKE CENTER OF WESTERLY INC: $18,500 · Other+4 more: $27,750 · Other+4 moreCOVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA INC: $110,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA INCTHE CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE INC: $80,500 · Human ServicesTHE CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE INCHOUSING FAMILIES INC: $32,000 · Human ServicesHOUSING FAMILIES INCBRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $19,500 · Human ServicesBRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INCNORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES INC: $16,000 · Human ServicesNORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES INC+2 more: $7,500 · Human ServicesAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $110,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER…PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INC: $11,750 · HealthPLANNED PARENTH…BETH-EL CENTER INC: $80,500 · Housing & ShelterBETH-EL CENTER …HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF COASTAL FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC: $37,000 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT FOR HUM…THE LIFE IS GOOD PLAYMAKER PROJECT INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyKOMERA INC: $4,500 · Education
Other$360,750Human Services$265,500Health$121,750Housing & Shelter$117,500Philanthropy$10,000Education$4,500

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 budgetCOVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA INC: $110,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetMULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION INC: $110,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $110,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBETH-EL CENTER INC: $80,500 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE INC: $80,500 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF COASTAL FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC: $37,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF GREATER WORCESTER INC: $35,000 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetHOUSING FAMILIES INC: $32,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetBRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $19,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JONNYCAKE CENTER OF WESTERLY INC: $18,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetNORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES INC: $16,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMy Sisters Place Inc: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INC: $11,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LIFE IS GOOD PLAYMAKER PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBERNARDIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetCity Mission: $5,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetKOMERA INC: $4,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBACK ON MY FEET: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY CENTERS INC: $1,250 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 COVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds BETH-EL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF COASTAL FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds LITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF GREATER WORCESTER INC ↗
  • Who funds HOUSING FAMILIES INC ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JONNYCAKE CENTER OF WESTERLY INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds My Sisters Place Inc ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LIFE IS GOOD PLAYMAKER PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds BERNARDIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds City Mission ↗
  • Who funds KOMERA INC ↗
  • Who funds BACK ON MY FEET ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY CENTERS 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.

The Pfizer Foundation IncNY9.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • The Center for Family Justice Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Beth-El Center Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Family Centers Inc: 20% of income from government
  • North Star Family Services Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Housing Families Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Covenant House Florida Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
4report 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 23 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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