· Private foundation
The Len and Laura Berlik Foundation Inc
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.
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 $10k26 grants · $54k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MCCARTER THEATER | $25,000 |
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF TRENTON | $15,000 |
| PRINCETON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $10,000 |
| PRINCETON UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM | $7,460 |
| UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE | $6,000 |
| METROPOLITAN OPERA | $5,500 |
| PRINCETON MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| SAVE ANIMAL SHELTER | $5,000 |
| BOSTON CASA | $5,000 |
| INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES | $3,500 |
| VAIL HEALTH FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| PRINCETON RESCUE SQUAD | $2,000 |
| BRAVO VAIL | $2,000 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $1,000 |
| TRENTON AREA SOUP KITCHEN | $1,000 |
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 (FY17–25, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 69% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-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.
37 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 3 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, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
MCCARTER THEATRE COMPANY9× · 2017–2025 · $140k · revenue +5%
CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF TRENTON9× · 2017–2025 · $120k · revenue +32%
Princeton Symphony Orchestra Inc9× · 2017–2025 · $55k · revenue +216%
Funded once
- SPST PATRICK PARISHone grant, 2018 · $5k
- BIBETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTERone grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +7%
- ARAMERICAN RED CROSSone grant, 2024 · $1k
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.
Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…
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Education, research, medical services and other public services.
The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.
The board adopted mission statement is: nyu langone hospitals (the "hospital") will operate with new york university's medical schools a health system ("nyu langone health") devoted to excellence in patient care, education and research. in…
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.
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…
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…
The board adopted mission statement is: the corporation is operated exclusively for the benefit of nyu langone hospitals and its affiliated organizations. in this capacity, the corporation, may, in order to improve the health and welfare…
It is the mission of the pittsburgh symphony orchestra to engage, enrich, and inspire through unparalleled live musical experiences.
The governors island corporation, doing business as the trust for governors island, is the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization created by the city of new york and charged with the planning, redevelopment and ongoing operations of 150…
How this is measured
26 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. 26 of the 54 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 MCCARTER THEATRE COMPANY ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF TRENTON ↗
- Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
- Who funds Princeton Symphony Orchestra Inc ↗
- Who funds PRINCETON RESCUE SQUAD INC ↗
- Who funds PRINCETON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds VAIL HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SAVE A FRIEND TO HOMELESS ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds TASK Inc Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Inc ↗
- Who funds THE FRIENDS OF THE CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY INC ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds BOSTON CASA INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds COMPASSION & CHOICES ↗
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- Who funds CANCER RESEARCH FUND OF THE DAMON RUNYON-WALTER WINCHELL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE WATERSHED INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds West Windsor Arts Council Inc ↗
- Who funds BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds VAIL RELIGIOUS FOUNDATION ↗
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: Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · The Snyder Family Fund · Curtis W McGraw Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Express Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Len and Laura Berlik Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Len and Laura Berlik Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Boston Casa Inc: 20% of income from government
- West Windsor Arts Council Inc: 10% of income from government
- Princeton Symphony Orchestra Inc: 4% of income from government
- The Watershed Institute Inc: 3% of income from government
- Catholic Charities Diocese of Trenton: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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