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The Fred Bergfors and Margaret Sandberg Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

The Fred Bergfors and Margaret Sandberg Foundation Inc

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$126k
Granted FY2026still arriving
22
Grants FY2026still arriving
5
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2026.

Education$172kHealth$168kHuman Services$109kHousing & Shelter$62kReligion$62kFood & Nutrition$36kArts & Culture$30kYouth Development$20kOther$0
02FY2026 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k19 grants · $94k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $32k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST EULALIA CHURCH$12,000
MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENT FD$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
ST FRANCIS HOUSE$7,500
WARRIOR CANNINE CONNECTION$7,500
ROSIES PLACE$7,500
LUKES WINGS$7,500
MY BROTHERS TABLE$7,500
Individual grant recipient$7,500
CHILDRENS NATIONAL$5,000
CHILDRENS INN NIH$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
SOME-SO OTHERS MIGHT EAT$5,000
MIDDLESEX PARTNERS FOR YOUTH$5,000
MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–26, $97k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 78% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RISE ABOVE FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%PINE STRRET INN: $5k → 16%WARRIOR CANNINE CONNECTION: $8k → 8%RISE ABOVE FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%PINE STRRET INN: $5k → 16%WARRIOR CANNINE CONNECTION: $5k → 8%RISE ABOVE FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%ST FRANCIS HOUSE: $8k → 16%WARRIOR CANNINE CONNECTION: $3k → 8%RISE ABOVE FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%ST FRANCIS HOUSE: $5k → 16%WARRIOR CANNINE CONNECTION: $3k → 8%RISE ABOVE FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%ST FRANCIS HOUSE: $5k → 16%WARRIOR CANNINE CONNECTION: $3k → 8%RISE ABOVE FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%ST FRANCIS HOUSE: $5k → 16%ST FRANCIS HOUSE: $5k → 16%ST FRANCIS HOUSE: $5k → 16%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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$657k · 27 repeat orgs$35k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2026, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
6

Total granted

$657k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+5%

Still filing today

59%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25’26
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureInternationalFood & NutritionReligionOther
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

  • CI
    CHILDREN'S INN AT NIH INC
    6× · 2021–2026 · $40k · revenue +162%
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc
    5× · 2021–2025 · $38k · revenue +62%
  • DP
    DC Peers
    5× · 2021–2025 · $35k · revenue +756% · 56% of their budget

Funded once

  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +74%
  • GARY SINISE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $8k · revenue +5%
  • SJ
    ST JUDE HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2025 · $8k
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
The Maryland Food Bank Inc

The maryland food bank is a nonprofit hunger-relief organization dedicated to feeding people, strengthening communities, and ending hunger for more marylanders.

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2
Food Allergy Science Initiative Inc

To accelerate the development of breakthrough discoveries that will transform the lives of people living with food allergies.

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3
Hugo W Moser Research Institute At Kennedy Krieger Inc

The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…

Science & Tech
4
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
5
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
6
Children's Research Institute

Children's research institute dba children's national research institute conducts and promotes translational and clinical medical research and education programs that lead to improved understanding, prevention, treatment, and care of…

Health
7
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
8
Friendship Place

Friendship Place is a leader in the Washington, DC, metro area in developing solutions to homelessness that have measurable results and a lasting impact. Friendship Place's mission is to empower people who are experiencing or at risk of…

Housing & Shelter
9
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
10
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
11
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.

Health
12
Lucy Webb Hayes National Training School for Deaconesses & Missionaries

Sibley memorial hospital in washington, d.c., a member of johns hopkins medicine, has a distinguished history of serving the community since its founding in 1890. as a not-for-profit, full-service community hospital, sibley offers…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Saint Francis House Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. 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

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 35 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)
20/20
Grantees still filing
16/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST EULALIA CHURCH: $62,000 · OtherST EULALIA CHURCHIndividual grant recipient: $60,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMASS GENERAL HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENT FD: $30,000 · OtherMASS GENERAL HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENT FDIndividual grant recipient: $27,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $22,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMIDDLESEX PARTNERS FOR YOUTH: $20,000 · OtherMIDDLESEX PARTNERS FOR YOUTHMY BROTHER'S TABLE INC: $18,500 · OtherMY BROTHER'S TABLE INCSOME INC: $13,000 · OtherHUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION: $12,000 · OtherLOVE LANE: $12,000 · Other+9 more: $34,487 · Other+9 moreLUKE'S WINGS: $47,500 · HealthLUKE'S WINGSCHILDREN'S INN AT NIH INC: $40,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S INN AT NIH INCDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $37,500 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute IncDC Peers: $35,000 · HealthDC PeersCHILDREN'S NATIONAL: $22,500 · HealthCHILDREN'S NATIONALTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $15,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PA…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 · Health+1 more: $6,500 · HealthSAINT FRANCIS HOUSE INC: $32,500 · Human ServicesSAINT FRANCIS H…RISE ABOVE FOUNDATION INC: $32,500 · Human ServicesRISE ABOVE FOUN…WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION INC: $21,500 · Human ServicesWARRIOR CANINE …PINE STREET INN INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesPINE STREET INN…IMAGINATION STAGE INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureROSIE'S PLACE INC: $19,500 · Housing & ShelterWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $12,500 · InternationalGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $7,500 · Philanthropy
Other$311,987Health$214,000Human Services$96,500Arts & Culture$30,000Housing & Shelter$19,500International$12,500Philanthropy$7,500

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 budgetLUKE'S WINGS: $47,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S INN AT NIH INC: $40,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $37,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDC Peers: $35,000 over 5y, 56% of budgetSAINT FRANCIS HOUSE INC: $32,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRISE ABOVE FOUNDATION INC: $32,500 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetIMAGINATION STAGE INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S NATIONAL: $22,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetWARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION INC: $21,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetROSIE'S PLACE INC: $19,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMY BROTHER'S TABLE INC: $18,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOME INC: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPINE STREET INN INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWATCH US FARM INC: $6,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWakefield Food Pantry Inc: $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 LUKE'S WINGS ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S INN AT NIH INC ↗
  • Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds DC Peers ↗
  • Who funds SAINT FRANCIS HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds RISE ABOVE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds IMAGINATION STAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S NATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION INC ↗
  • Who funds ROSIE'S PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds MY BROTHER'S TABLE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds SOME INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds PINE STREET INN INC ↗
  • Who funds GARY SINISE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WATCH US FARM INC ↗
  • Who funds CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds Wakefield Food Pantry 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…American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Pfizer Foundation IncNY10.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Fred Bergfors and Margaret Sandberg Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Fred Bergfors and Margaret Sandberg Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Saint Francis House Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Rise Above Foundation Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Imagination Stage Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Children's Inn at Nih Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Warrior Canine Connection Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
3report 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 35 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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