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The Berry Gordy Foundation For Truth & Justice at a glance

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The Berry Gordy Foundation For Truth & Justice

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.

$159k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$32k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$315kArts & Culture$207kEducation$118kPublic Benefit$100kPhilanthropy$85kReligion$45kHuman Services$25kYouth Development$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $138k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$943k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Saint John's Health Center$31,750
Ava's Heart$30,000
Mothers in Action$25,000
CHILDREN'S DIABETES FOUNDATION$11,150
Culture Club of South Bay$10,000
Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade$10,000
The Living Ledgends Foundation$10,000
Presidents Fellows of Harvard Colle$10,000
Rock Roll Hall of Fame$7,500
Step Up Women's Network$5,000
10th Council Dist Women's Steering$3,750
Young Women's Freedom Center$2,500
Next Step Fitness 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 (FY17–24, $49k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Young Women's Freedom Center: $3k → 10%Mothers in Action: $25k → 14%The Living Ledgends Foundation: $10k → 14%The Living Ledgends Foundation: $10k → 14%The Diva Foundation: $1k → 14%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

IL
NY
MA
OH
CA
CO
MS
GA
TX
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$779k · 18 repeat orgs$179k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
17

Total granted

$779k
$125k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+22%

Still filing today

67%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $54k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesArts & CultureCivil RightsOther
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

  • DA
    DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE INC DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE ACADEMY
    4× · 2017–2023 · $100k · revenue +31%
  • LA
    LOS ANGELES BROTHERHOOD CRUSADE - BLACK UNITED FUND INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $85k · revenue +45%
  • CD
    CHILDREN'S DIABETES FOUNDATION
    4× · 2018–2024 · $41k · revenue +65%

Funded once

  • PU
    PEOPLE UNITED TO SERVE HUMANITY
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • SJ
    SAINT JOHN'S CANCER INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue +5%
  • MH
    MLK Health Wellness Center
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
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
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Foundation
Philanthropy
2
Women's Project & Productions Inc

Wp theater is the nation's oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing, and promoting the work of women+ at every stage of their careers. for over four decades we have served as leaders of a global movement…

Arts & Culture
3
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
4
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
5
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
6
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
7
David's Harp Foundation

To inspire, educate, and empower "opportunity youth", to achieve academic success through music education, sound engineering, and multimedia production.

Youth Development
8
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
9
Move(Nyc) Foundation Inc

Move|nyc| is a civic arts and social justice organization committed to cultivating a more diverse and inclusive society through transforming the field of professional dance. more than an arts organization, move|nyc| is a movement for…

Public Benefit
10
The Council of Urban Professionals Institute

The council of urban professionals institute's (cupi)mission is to inspire, elevate, and empower the next generation of diverse business, civic leaders and women.

Community Improvement
11
The Translational Genomics Research Institute

Please see schedule o

Health
12
Youth Speaks Inc

Youth speaks creates safe spaces to empower the next generation of leaders, self-defined artists, and visionary activists through written and oral literacies. we challenge youth to find, develop, publicly present, and apply their voices as…

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Women's Freedom Center; the most unlike its peers is Giving Back. 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

26 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. 26 of the 41 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/26
Grantees still filing
16/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HAL Scholarship Inc: $75,000 · OtherHAL Scholarship IncSaint John's Health Center: $64,425 · OtherSaint John's Health CenterBrent Shapiro Fund for Drug Awarene: $60,000 · OtherBrent Shapiro Fund for Drug AwareneMidnight Mission Golden Heart Award: $30,000 · OtherMidnight Mission Golden Heart AwardHarvard University-Kennedy School: $30,000 · OtherHarvard University-Kennedy SchoolPEOPLE UNITED TO SERVE HUMANITY: $25,000 · OtherPEOPLE UNITED TO SERVE HUMANITYRock Roll Hall of Fame: $15,000 · Other+12 more: $86,700 · Other+12 moreLOS ANGELES BROTHERHOOD CRUSADE - BLACK UNITED FUND INC: $85,000 · PhilanthropyLOS ANGELES BROT…Ava's Heart: $38,500 · PhilanthropyAva's HeartHEARTS OF GOLD INC: $14,500 · PhilanthropyHEARTS OF GOLD I…+1 more: $2,000 · PhilanthropyDEBBIE ALLEN DANCE INC DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE ACADEMY: $100,000 · EducationDEBBIE ALLEN …MOREHOUSE COLLEGE: $10,000 · EducationMOREHOUSE COL…+2 more: $3,350 · EducationCHILDREN'S DIABETES FOUNDATION: $40,650 · HealthCHILDREN'S D…Ryan Gordy Foundation: $40,000 · HealthRyan Gordy F…SAINT JOHN'S CANCER INSTITUTE: $20,000 · HealthSAINT JOHN'S…+2 more: $3,500 · HealthCITIZEN EDUCATION FUND INC: $99,900 · Civil RightsCITIZEN EDU…WALLIS ANNENBERG CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $34,600 · Arts & CultureSONGWRITERS' HALL OF FAME INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureSTEP UP WOMEN'S NETWORK: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,720 · Arts & CultureMOTHERS-IN-ACTION INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesLIVING LEGENDS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMEN'S FREEDOM CENTER: $2,500 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human Services
Other$386,125Philanthropy$140,000Education$113,350Health$104,150Civil Rights$99,900Arts & Culture$66,320Human Services$48,500

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 budgetDEBBIE ALLEN DANCE INC DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE ACADEMY: $100,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCITIZEN EDUCATION FUND INC: $99,900 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetLOS ANGELES BROTHERHOOD CRUSADE - BLACK UNITED FUND INC: $85,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S DIABETES FOUNDATION: $40,650 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetRyan Gordy Foundation: $40,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetAva's Heart: $38,500 over 3y, 7.4% of budgetWALLIS ANNENBERG CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $34,600 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSAINT JOHN'S CANCER INSTITUTE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIVING LEGENDS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetSONGWRITERS' HALL OF FAME INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSTEP UP WOMEN'S NETWORK: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHEARTS OF GOLD INC: $14,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMOREHOUSE COLLEGE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCULTURE CLUB OF SOUTH BAY: $10,000 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetPUBLIC COUNSEL: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRACE TO ERASE MS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S FREEDOM CENTER: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEXTSTEP FITNESS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HEART FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetACADEMY MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $1,720 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAITH IN PRACTICE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe DIVA Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTJ MARTELL FOUNDATION: $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.

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.

California Community …The David Geffen Foun…Silicon Valley Commun…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Charities Aid Foundat…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…The Blackbaud Giving …American Online Givin…Network for GoodPaypal Charitable Giv…
California Community FoundationCA16.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The David Geffen Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund

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 Berry Gordy Foundation For Truth & Justice funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Berry Gordy Foundation For Truth & Justice. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report 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.
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    Find your warmest path to The Berry Gordy Foundation For Truth & Justice through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 41 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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