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The Judy and Howard Berkowitz Foundation at a glance

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The Judy and Howard Berkowitz Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$248k
Granted FY2025still arriving
35
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2026.

Education$557kArts & Culture$506kInternational$402kHealth$171kCommunity Improvement$106kPhilanthropy$84kHuman Services$40kPublic Benefit$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k22 grants · $64k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $133k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$9k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Washington Institute for Near East Policy$50,000
New York Historical Society$18,000
New York Historical Society$15,000
Whitney Museum of American Art$10,000
Birthright Israel Foundation$10,000
Palm Beach Cultural Innovation Center Inc$10,000
The Rockefeller University$10,000
Center for Jewish History$10,000
Vail Valley Foundation Inc$10,000
New York Historical Society$10,000
Albert Einstein College of Medicine$10,000
Washington Institute for Near East Policy$10,000
The Rockefeller University$10,000
Norton Museum of Art Inc$9,500
Morselife Foundation Inc$8,750
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 32 repeat orgs$291k to everyone else

32 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
44

Total granted

$1.7M
$265k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+33%

Still filing today

100%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHealthInternationalHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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

  • NY
    NEW YORK CITY BALLET INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $113k · revenue +192%
  • BI
    BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION
    4× · 2022–2025 · $53k · revenue +3%
  • NORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $35k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • BARD COLLEGEgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +135%
  • HA
    Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
  • CO
    COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -6%
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.

03Its 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
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
2
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
3
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
4
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
5
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
6
Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
Arts & Culture
7
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
8
The Paley Center for Media

Description of organization mission: the paley center for media is the premier institution dedicated to advancing the understanding of media-it's artistic value, social impact and historical importance-for the public and media…

Arts & Culture
9
Berggruen Institute
Education
10
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
11
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
12
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Tikvah Fund. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

64 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. 64 of the 85 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
64/64
Grantees still filing
42/64
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $503,000 · EducationTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITYBARD COLLEGE: $100,000 · EducationBARD COLLEGECenter for Educational Innovation Inc: $75,000 · EducationCenter for Educational Innovation IncTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $41,350 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLV…+6 more: $29,500 · EducationNew York Historical Society: $260,314 · Arts & CultureNew York Historical Societ…NEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $112,500 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK CITY BALLET INCNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $34,750 · Arts & CultureNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INCWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $21,250 · Arts & CultureTHE CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY INC: $20,000 · Arts & Culture+13 more: $52,850 · Arts & Culture+13 moreWASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY: $345,745 · InternationalWASHINGTON INSTITUTE F…BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $53,000 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUN…COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $25,000 · InternationalCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN REL…+3 more: $10,300 · InternationalHannah Arendt Center at Bard College: $25,000 · OtherHannah Arendt…Central European Initiative: $22,450 · OtherCentral Europ…Steadman Philippon Institute: $10,000 · OtherAlbert Einstein College of Medicine: $10,000 · OtherMORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC: $38,750 · OtherMORSELIFE FOU…MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $15,000 · OtherMOUNT SINAI H…ALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION: $56,500 · OtherALZHEIMER'S D…THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $26,250 · OtherTHE BREAST CA…+29 more: $55,825 · Other+29 moreVAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION: $101,000 · Community ImprovementGIFFORDS: $5,000 · Community ImprovementUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $34,600 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $28,500 · PhilanthropyTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $7,500 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,500 · PhilanthropySTEADMAN PHILIPPON RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $25,000 · HealthTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · HealthPROMISE FUND OF FLORIDA INC: $2,500 · Health+5 more: $8,000 · Health
Education$748,850Arts & Culture$501,664International$434,045Other$259,775Community Improvement$106,000Philanthropy$72,100Health$60,500

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 budgetTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $503,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY: $345,745 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetNew York Historical Society: $260,314 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $112,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetVAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION: $101,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBARD COLLEGE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Educational Innovation Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION: $56,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $53,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $41,350 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC: $38,750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $34,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $34,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $28,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $26,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSTEADMAN PHILIPPON RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $21,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GILDER LEHRMAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN HISTORY: $11,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUNA STAGE COMPANY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $7,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPALM BEACH COUNTRY CLUB FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetNEW YORK LANDMARKS CONSERVANCY INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE OSBORNE ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEARING THE OVARIAN CANCER WHISPER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetCITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN OF NEW YORK INC: $5,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGIFFORDS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM: $4,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $3,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBALLETX: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE VANDENBERG COALITION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPROMISE FUND OF FLORIDA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRX ART INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LORD'S PLACE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAZARETH HOUSING INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYork Theatre Company Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSEVENTH REGIMENT ARMORY CONSERVANCY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE FOR DEPRESSION RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFSHD SOCIETY: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPURCHASE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIVE ASSOCI: $1,500 over 3y, 1.3% 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.

Jewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…The Goldman Sachs Cha…The Shubert Foundatio…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Ibm International Fou…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …The Bank of America C…
Jewish Communal FundNY19.9× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Shubert Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Ibm International Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Judy and Howard Berkowitz Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Judy and Howard Berkowitz Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–24
    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.
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    How do I get to The Judy and Howard Berkowitz Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Judy and Howard Berkowitz 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 85 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.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2026) is on record and reports $321k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2025, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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