Virginia · Private foundation
The J & E Berkley 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.
- $256k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 50
- Grants FY2025
- 48
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 38 to 60
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations The J & E Berkley Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 50 | $256k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 48 | $175k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 38 | $155k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 41 | $159k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 42 | $151k | 19% |
| FY2020 | 58 | $207k | 31% |
| FY2019 | 60 | $197k | 53% |
| FY2018 | 52 | $190k | 46% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albemarle Housing Improvement Program Inc | $90,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Inc | $77,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Piedmont Casa Inc | $67,750 | 9 | 1% |
| The Women's Initiative | $59,000 | 9 | 1% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $57,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Rockfish Wildlife Sanctuary Inc | $42,000 | 8 | 5% |
| Readykids Inc | $38,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Charlottesville Free Clinic | $35,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Louisa County Resource Council of Louisa Virginia | $33,750 | 4 | 2% |
| The Haven Inc | $33,500 | 6 | 64% |
Show all 115 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 47 recipients with no EIN on record ($324k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The J & E Berkley Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 99 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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: Charlottesville Area Community Foundation · Perry Foundation Inc · Caplin Foundation · The Oak Hill Fund · The Charles Fund Inc · Oakwood Foundation Charitable Trust · Sentara Health · Manning Family Foundation · United Way of Greater Charlottesville · The Genan Foundation · S&P Global Foundation Fka the McGraw-Hill Research Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
About The J & E Berkley Foundation
- How much does The J & E Berkley Foundation give?
- The J & E Berkley Foundation reported 50 grants totaling $255,750 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 38 and 60 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The J & E Berkley Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (20%), Housing & Shelter (11%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are The J & E Berkley Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Albemarle Housing Improvement Program Inc ($91k), Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Inc ($77k), Piedmont Casa Inc ($68k).
- Does The J & E Berkley Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The J & E Berkley Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The J & E Berkley Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Charlottesville Area Community Foundation, Perry Foundation Inc, Caplin Foundation.
- Where is The J & E Berkley Foundation based?
- The J & E Berkley Foundation is based in VA.
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