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The Harriet K and Howard N Bernstein Charitable Foundation at a glance

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The Harriet K and Howard N Bernstein Charitable Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$30k
Granted FY2023
5
Grants FY2023
3
States reached
$29k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Arts & Culture$129kRecreation & Sports$51kHuman Services$18kPhilanthropy$11kReligion$8kEmployment$7kScience & Tech$7kEducation$6kOther$0
02FY2023 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k4 grants · $530
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $29k
$100
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PALM SPRINGS AIR MUSEUM$29,000
Individual grant recipient$250
WEISMAN INSTITUTE$100
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH$100
LACMA$80
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 (FY17–22, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BOYS TOWN: $50 → 12%VISTA DEL MAR: $50 → 14%BOYS TOWN: $30 → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF THE DESERT: $5k → 11%JFS OF THE DESERT: $3k → 11%JEWISH CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $75 → 14%JCC CHICAGO: $50 → 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

MN
IL
NY
MA
CT
CA
NE
VA
MD
TN
DC
TX
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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$170k · 31 repeat orgs$78k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

31 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2023, 28 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
47

Total granted

$170k
$78k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+21%

Still filing today

68%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $350 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureInternationalHuman ServicesEducationEnvironmentHealthOther
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

  • PALM SPRINGS AIR MUSEUM INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $75k · revenue +39%
  • PS
    PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM
    4× · 2017–2020 · $20k · revenue +14%
  • RM
    RANCHO MIRAGE WRITERS FESTIVAL
    3× · 2017–2019 · $11k · revenue +184%

Funded once

  • IT
    ISRAEL TENNIS CENTERS
    one grant, 2018 · $50k
  • JF
    JEWISH FEDERATION OF DESERT
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • RM
    RANCHO MIRAGE LIBRARY FUND
    one grant, 2018 · $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.

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
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
2
The Adler Planetarium

The adler planetarium ('adler') is a not-for-profit cultural institution whose mission is to connect people to the universe and each other under the sky we all share. it aspires to be the world's premier center for engaging in astronomy…

Arts & Culture
3
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
4
San Diego Museum of Art

To inspire, educate and cultivate curiosity through great works of art.

Arts & Culture
5
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
6
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
7
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
8
The Contemporary Jewish Museum

The contemporary jewish museum (the cjm) makes the diversity of the jewish experience relevant for a twenty-first-century audience through innovative exhibitions and programs that educate, challenge, and inspire.

Arts & Culture
9
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

The mission is "to understand the natural world and inspire everyone to care for it." the academy implements its mission through understanding the diversity of life; developing and applying science to protect the environment; and informing…

Science & Tech
10
Science Museum of Minnesota

The museum's mission statement is "turn on the science: inspire learning. inform policy. improve lives."

Arts & Culture
11
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
12
Philadelphia Museum of Art

The philadelphia museum of art - in partnership with the city, the region, and art museums around the globe - seeks to preserve, enhance, interpret, and extend the reach of its great collection in particular, and the visual arts in…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Museum of Contemporary Art; the most unlike its peers is Father Flanagan's Boys' Home. 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

45 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. 45 of the 82 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
45/45
Grantees still filing
37/45
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PALM SPRINGS AIR MUSEUM INC: $74,790 · Arts & CulturePALM SPRINGS AIR MUSEUM INCPALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM: $19,750 · Arts & CulturePALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM+12 more: $12,801 · Arts & Culture+12 moreISRAEL TENNIS CENTERS: $50,000 · OtherISRAEL TENNIS CENTERSMCCALLUM THEATER: $8,750 · OtherMCCALLUM THEATERNORTH SHORE CONGREGATION ISRAEL: $8,130 · OtherNORTH SHORE CONGREGATION ISRAELJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $7,100 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY SERVICESJUF: $5,500 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM SPRINGS AND DESERT AREA: $5,500 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF DESERT: $5,000 · OtherRANCHO MIRAGE LIBRARY FUND: $5,000 · Other+43 more: $13,359 · Other+43 moreRANCHO MIRAGE WRITERS FESTIVAL: $10,500 · EducationREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC: $500 · Education+2 more: $500 · EducationTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $5,000 · InternationalISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $3,280 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $1,000 · InternationalMercy Ships International: $550 · International+1 more: $75 · InternationalJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF THE DESERT: $8,000 · Human Services+4 more: $255 · Human ServicesJVS SOCAL: $7,080 · EmploymentEisenhower Medical Center: $1,825 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $110 · Health
Arts & Culture$107,341Other$108,339Education$11,500International$9,905Human Services$8,255Employment$7,080Health$1,935

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 budgetPALM SPRINGS AIR MUSEUM INC: $74,790 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetPALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM: $19,750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRANCHO MIRAGE WRITERS FESTIVAL: $10,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF THE DESERT: $8,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetJVS SOCAL: $7,080 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM SPRINGS AND DESERT AREA: $5,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $3,316 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $3,280 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWriters Theatre Inc: $2,650 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry: $2,010 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPPENWOLF THEATRE COMPANY: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $1,825 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHIGH DESERT TEST SITES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $650 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO SHAKESPEARE THEATER: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOACHELLA VALLEY REPERTORY: $550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Humanities Festival: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $380 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACADEMY FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCollege of the Desert Foundation: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $130 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO: $125 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $110 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CRAFT COUNCIL: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADOPT A PLATOON SOLDIER SUPPORT EFFORT INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $80 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Child and Family Services: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Community Centers of Chicago: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTREEPEOPLE INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTIGER HAVEN INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBABY RHINO RESCUE: $25 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.

The Galen Family Foun…Jewish Federation of …The Hyman and Mintz F…The Auen FoundationThe Coeta and Donald …Kovler Family Foundat…Milwaukee Jewish Fede…Newman's Own Foundati…Inland Empire Communi…Evelyn & Herbert Cher…Appelbaum Family Foun…Berger Family Foundat…
The Galen Family FoundationCA20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Galen Family Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · The Hyman and Mintz Family Foundation · The Auen Foundation · The Coeta and Donald Barker Foundation · Kovler Family Foundation · Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc · Newman's Own Foundation · Inland Empire Community Foundation · Evelyn & Herbert Chernis Foundation Inc Co · Appelbaum Family Foundation · Berger Family 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 Harriet K and Howard N Bernstein Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Harriet K and Howard N Bernstein Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    Find your warmest path to The Harriet K and Howard N Bernstein Charitable Foundation 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 82 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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