· Private foundation
The Dale and Max Berger Family Foundation
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, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k8 grants · $35k
- $10k–50k9 grants · $150k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $325k
- $250k+1 grant · $500k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL | $500,000 |
| UNITED JEWISH APPEAL | $100,000 |
| THE ANDREW GOODMAN FOUNDATION INC | $75,000 |
| BARUCH COLLEGE | $50,000 |
| ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| FILMMAKERS COLLABORIATIVE | $50,000 |
| MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA | $25,000 |
| SKIDMORE COLLEGE | $25,000 |
| HER JUSTICE | $25,000 |
| THE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| NEW ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN | $15,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE | $10,000 |
| UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM | $10,000 |
| PARK AVENUE SYNAGOGUE | $10,000 |
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 (FY23–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
25 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $82k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UJUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC4× · 2017–2022 · $405k · revenue +39%
- HJHER JUSTICE INC6× · 2017–2024 · $225k · revenue +48%
- MMMEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA6× · 2017–2024 · $135k · revenue +90%
Funded once
EB RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $30k · revenue +65%- AADLone grant, 2017 · $20k
- TLTHE LONE SOLDIER CENTERone grant, 2017 · $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.
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.
Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.
The institute's mission, as set out in its certificate of incorporation, is to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice, and to…
AJC's mission is to enhance the wellbeing of the Jewish people and Israel, and to advance human rights and democratic values in the United States and around the world. In pursuit of this mission, AJC advances democratic principles, fights…
Anti-defamation league (the "league") is a leading anti-hate organization that was founded in 1913 in response to an escalating climate of antisemitism and bigotry. (continued in sch. o)its timeless mission is to stop the defamation of 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 american arbitration association ("aaa") is dedicated to effective, efficient and economical methods of dispute resolution through education, technology and solutions-oriented service.
As noted in its articles of incorporation, the mission of the aclu is "to maintain and advance civil liberties, including, without limitation, the freedoms of association, press, religion and speech, and the rights to the franchise, to due…
Preservation of civil liberties through advocacy and lobbying.
Aclu foundation of ma was established to defend freedoms guaranteed in the constitution and bill of rights through public education and litigation.
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…
Ala is the catalyst for growth by providing: diverse educational experiences, engaged peer communities, strategic solutions, dynamic resources, and trusted networks.
The federation for american immigration reform's (fair) mission is to educate the public about the economic, sociological, environmental, demographic and other effects of mass immigration to the united states.
How this is measured
22 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. 22 of the 34 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 ANDREW GOODMAN FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC ↗
- Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HER JUSTICE INC ↗
- Who funds MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA ↗
- Who funds SKIDMORE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds NEW ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds FILMMAKERS COLLABORATIVE ↗
- Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
- Who funds WILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds EB RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
- Who funds GETTING OUT AND STAYING OUT INC ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
- Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC ↗
- Who funds EAST BAY COMMUNITY LAW CENTER ↗
- Who funds GOOD PLUS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CONSTITUTION SOCIETY FOR LAW & POLICY ↗
- Who funds HILLEL AT BARUCH INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM ↗
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: The San Francisco Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Dale and Max Berger Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dale and Max Berger Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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