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The Berwick Degel Family Foundation at a glance

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The Berwick Degel Family 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.

$5.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Crime & Legal$6.9MCivil Rights$5.6MEducation$4.5MCommunity Improvement$2.2MArts & Culture$1.3MPhilanthropy$996kHuman Services$961kInternational$755kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $120k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $660k
  • $250k+8 grants · $4.3M
$100,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ENDOWMENT FOR EQUAL JUSTICE$1,000,000
COLUMBIA LEGAL SERVICES$1,000,000
NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT$600,000
LEGAL FOUNDATION OF WASHINGTON$540,000
ONE EQUAL HEART FOUNDATION$320,000
NORTHWEST HEALTH LAW ADVOCATES$300,000
UC IRVINE FOUNDATION$250,000
JUSTLEAD WASHINGTON$250,000
VASHON MURRY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$200,000
Individual grant recipient$100,000
CASA LATINA$100,000
TREEHOUSE$75,000
PEACE & JUSTICE ACTION LEAGUE OF SPOKANE$75,000
LEGAL VOICE$60,000
SEATTLE SYMPHONY$50,000
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 (FY17–19, $560k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB: $500k → 9%CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB: $20k → 9%CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB: $20k → 9%CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB: $20k → 9%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.
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.
$25M · 34 repeat orgs$261k to everyone else

34 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
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Total granted

$25M
$56k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+199%

Still filing today

74%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $205k 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
Crime & LegalEducationArts & CultureInternationalHealthCivil 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

  • NI
    NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT
    9× · 2017–2025 · $4.9M · revenue +105%
  • SU
    SEATTLE UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2017–2022 · $2.6M · revenue +62%
  • JW
    JustLead Washington
    8× · 2017–2025 · $2.1M · revenue +169% · 60% of their budget

Funded once

  • NR
    NATIONAL RADIO PROJECT
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • SF
    Scholar Fundgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +199%
  • CS
    CRYSTAL SPRINGS UPLANDS SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +138%
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
Sexual Violence Law Center

Sexual Violence Law Center (SVLC) is a nonprofit law firm that protects the safety, privacy, and civil rights of survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in Washington through holistic and trauma-informed practices rooted in race and…

Human Services
2
American Civil Liberties Union of Washington

To protect and extend civil liberties and civil rights, and to take action to further those liberties and rights within the state of washington.

—
3
Center for Environmental Law & Policy

The Center for Environmental Law & Policy is a statewide organization whose mission is to protect, preserve and restore Washington's waters through education, advocacy, policy reform, and public interest litigation.

Environment
4
Working Washington

We are workers, united across different industries to improve our working conditions and our lives. We come together as working people to build power through education, organizing, and enforcement. We work to raise and uphold standards in…

—
5
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
6
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area

As one of the most enduring civil rights institutions on the West Coast, we work to dismantle systems of oppression and racism, and build an equitable and just society.

—
7
Gender Justice League

Gender Justice League's mission is to empower all people to eliminate discrimination and prejudice based on sex, gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation in Washington State, and to ensure that trans and gender diverse…

Civil Rights
8
Washington Ethnic Studies Now

Washington Ethnic Studies Now WAESN is a multigenerational majority POC-led nonprofit advancing Ethnic Studies and racial justice in Washington. We center people of color build youth-centered leadership and learning and organize…

Education
9
Community Credit Lab

To support equitable access to economic opportunities for immigrants, refugees, low-income, marginalized, and underserved communities in king county and the united states.

Human Services
10
Jewish Coalition for Immigrant Justice Northwest

The jewish coalition builds a jewish voice in the pacific northwest advancing immigrant justice and domestic policy, following the leadership of impacted community.

Human Services
11
Seeding Justice

Seeding justice builds collective power by transforming philanthropy and funding movements, in the pursuit of justice and liberation for all communities. our programs are based on trust, relationships, and partnership. they are founded on…

Philanthropy
12
Aclu of Washington Endowment Fund

To protect and extend civil liberties and civil rights by supporting the aclu-wa foundation.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Northwest Immigrant Rights Project; the most unlike its peers is Seattle University. 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

31 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. 31 of the 42 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
24/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT: $4,900,000 · OtherNORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECTSEATTLE UNIVERSITY: $2,635,000 · OtherSEATTLE UNIVERSITYNorthwest Health Law Advocates: $610,000 · OtherNorthwest Health Law AdvocatesCHIEF SEATTLE CLUB: $560,000 · Other+19 more: $1,847,000 · Other+19 moreLEGAL FOUNDATION OF WASHINGTON: $2,609,999 · Crime & LegalLEGAL FOUNDATION OF WASHINGTONCOLUMBIA LEGAL SERVICES: $2,000,000 · Crime & LegalCOLUMBIA LEGAL SERVICESENDOWMENT FOR EQUAL JUSTICE: $1,795,000 · Crime & LegalENDOWMENT FOR EQUAL JUSTICELEGAL VOICE: $480,000 · Crime & LegalLEGAL VOICE+1 more: $12,500 · Crime & LegalUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION: $1,750,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY …CASA LATINA: $702,500 · EducationCASA LATINA+3 more: $97,500 · EducationJustLead Washington: $2,130,000 · Community ImprovementJustLead …International Media Project: $550,000 · Arts & CulturePEACE & JUSTICE ACTION LEAGUE OF SPOKANE: $285,000 · Arts & CultureA CONTEMPORARY THEATRE INC: $220,000 · Arts & CultureSEATTLE ART MUSEUM: $210,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureOne Equal Heart Foundation: $996,000 · PhilanthropyMADRE INC: $720,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $35,000 · International
Other$10,552,000Crime & Legal$6,897,499Education$2,550,000Community Improvement$2,130,000Arts & Culture$1,270,000Philanthropy$996,000International$755,000

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 budgetNORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT: $4,900,000 over 9y, 5.4% of budgetSEATTLE UNIVERSITY: $2,635,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetLEGAL FOUNDATION OF WASHINGTON: $2,609,999 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetJustLead Washington: $2,130,000 over 8y, 60% of budgetCOLUMBIA LEGAL SERVICES: $2,000,000 over 2y, 87% of budgetENDOWMENT FOR EQUAL JUSTICE: $1,795,000 over 8y, 19% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION: $1,750,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetOne Equal Heart Foundation: $996,000 over 9y, 63% of budgetMADRE INC: $720,000 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetCASA LATINA: $702,500 over 9y, 4.2% of budgetNorthwest Health Law Advocates: $610,000 over 9y, 48% of budgetCHIEF SEATTLE CLUB: $560,000 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetInternational Media Project: $550,000 over 7y, 32% of budgetLEGAL VOICE: $480,000 over 9y, 3.4% of budgetTREEHOUSE: $340,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetPEACE & JUSTICE ACTION LEAGUE OF SPOKANE: $285,000 over 7y, 13% of budgetA CONTEMPORARY THEATRE INC: $220,000 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetSEATTLE ART MUSEUM: $210,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Washington Found: $115,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetSOCIAL JUSTICE FUND NORTHWEST: $105,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $80,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCollege Success Foundation: $72,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCAPACES LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $67,500 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetSPIRITUAL EXERCISES IN EVERYDAY LIFE OF PUGET SOUND: $35,000 over 7y, 6.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $35,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetScholar Fund: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCRYSTAL SPRINGS UPLANDS SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHIN AIR COMMUNITY RADIO: $5,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetRECOVERY CAFE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds SEATTLE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL FOUNDATION OF WASHINGTON ↗
  • Who funds JustLead Washington ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBIA LEGAL SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds ENDOWMENT FOR EQUAL JUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds One Equal Heart Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MADRE INC ↗
  • Who funds CASA LATINA ↗
  • Who funds Northwest Health Law Advocates ↗
  • Who funds CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB ↗
  • Who funds International Media Project ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL VOICE ↗
  • Who funds TREEHOUSE ↗
  • Who funds PEACE & JUSTICE ACTION LEAGUE OF SPOKANE ↗
  • Who funds A CONTEMPORARY THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds SEATTLE ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds VASHON MAURY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds American Civil Liberties Union of Washington Found ↗
  • Who funds SOCIAL JUSTICE FUND NORTHWEST ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds College Success Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CAPACES LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds SPIRITUAL EXERCISES IN EVERYDAY LIFE OF PUGET SOUND ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds Scholar Fund ↗
  • Who funds WILLAMETTE VALLEY LAW PROJECT DBA PCUN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CRYSTAL SPRINGS UPLANDS SCHOOL ↗

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.

Seattle FoundationInatai FoundationUnited Way of King Co…Mightycause Charitabl…Legal Foundation of W…Raikes FoundationThe Satterberg Founda…Amalgamated Charitabl…The Winky Foundation …The Pride FoundationMedina FoundationPuget Sound Energy Fo…
Seattle FoundationWA34.1× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Inatai Foundation · United Way of King County · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Legal Foundation of Washington · Raikes Foundation · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · The Winky Foundation Co Wilmington Trust Co · The Pride Foundation · Medina Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation

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 Berwick Degel Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Berwick Degel Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 20%
  • Capaces Leadership Institute: 20% of income from government
  • Willamette Valley Law Project Dba Pcun Foundation: 18% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
9report 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 42 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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