· Private foundation
The Kurt Berliner Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k16 grants · $15k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $116k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $64k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE SOCIETY OF THE FOUR ARTS | $64,190 |
| GARDEN CLUB OF AMERICA | $26,400 |
| NEW YORK BOTANTICAL GARDENS | $25,235 |
| GARDEN CLUB OF PALM BEACH | $18,500 |
| METROPOLITAN MUSUEM OF ART | $15,800 |
| BETHESDA CHURCH OUTREACH | $10,345 |
| TOWN OF GREENWICH PARKS AND REC | $10,000 |
| BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| AMERICAN MUSUEM OF NATURAL HISTORY | $2,625 |
| THE PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURE SOCIE | $2,100 |
| LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY | $1,575 |
| MUSUEM OF MODERN ART | $1,350 |
| GREENWICH LAND TRUST | $1,045 |
| YALE NEW HAVEN HEALTH FOUN - CANCER | $1,040 |
| AT HOME GREENWICH | $1,030 |
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 (FY19–25, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
58 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 50 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 82% 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
Backed again, and grew
- NYNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN9× · 2017–2025 · $185k · revenue +40%
- TGTHE GARDEN CLUB OF AMERICA9× · 2017–2025 · $178k · revenue +49%
- TSThe Society of the Four Arts Inc3× · 2018–2025 · $123k · revenue +720%
Funded once
- SSSUSSEX SCHOOL INCgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $15k · revenue +77%
- PMPROVIDENCE MONTANA HEALTH FTDone grant, 2023 · $15k
- TGTHE GREENWICH LIBRARYone grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue -61%
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.
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).
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."
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.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
The mission of the national academy of design is to promote the fine arts in america through exhibition and education.
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
Nmoa mission statement is: we welcome everyone with inclusive experiences that spark curiosity and foster community.
The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…
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…
Founded in 1881 the Staten Island Museum engages visitors with interdisciplinary exhibitions, public programs, and educational activities for all ages. It is the mission of the Staten Island Museum to spark curiosity and generate…
How this is measured
54 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. 54 of the 125 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 NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN ↗
- Who funds THE GARDEN CLUB OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds The Society of the Four Arts Inc ↗
- Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF KAREN INC ↗
- Who funds THE GARDEN CLUB OF PALM BEACH INC ↗
- Who funds GREENWICH HOSPITAL ↗
- Who funds THE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds PUPPET WORKS INC ↗
- Who funds SUSSEX SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds LAUREL HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds THE GRASS RIVER GARDEN CLUB INC ↗
- Who funds THE GREENWICH LIBRARY ↗
- Who funds THE GARDEN CONSERVANCY INC ↗
- Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
- Who funds BARBARAS HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE ↗
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 Resource Foundation Inc · Malkin Fund Inc · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · American Express Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Kurt Berliner Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kurt Berliner Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Laurel House Inc: 68% of income from government
- Barbaras House Inc: 17% of income from government
- The Palm Beach Symphony Society Inc: 0% of income from government
- Museum of Fine Arts: 0% of income from government
- Greenwich Hospital: 0% of income from government
- Palm Beach Atlantic University Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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