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The Milton and Jena Berlinski Foundation at a glance

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The Milton and Jena Berlinski 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.

$143k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$50k
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 2025.

Health$650kReligion$273kHuman Services$196kPhilanthropy$105kCivil Rights$101kEducation$89kArts & Culture$49kYouth Development$15kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $70k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$7,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Brigham & Women's Hospital$50,000
Ronald McDonald House of New York$35,000
Icahn School of Med$25,000
Crohns & Colitis Foundation$10,000
Charleston Symphony Orchestra$7,500
THE JEWISH MUSEUM$6,000
Alzheimers Drug Discovery Foundation$6,000
IsraelitischeGemeente$2,000
Friends if JCC Krakow$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $150k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CENTER FOR HOPE & SAFETY: $105 → 7%OASIS - A HAVEN FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $50 → 12%THE TYLER CLEMENTI FOUNDATION: $55 → 14%COVENANT HOUSE INTERNATIONAL: $20 → 17%MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM: $100k → 17%MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM: $50k → 17%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

MI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
SC
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 18 repeat orgs$259k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
50

Total granted

$1.4M
$236k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+16%

Still filing today

44%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • MS
    MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $150k · revenue +37%
  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF NEW YORK INC
    2× · 2023–2025 · $75k · revenue +24%
  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    4× · 2017–2024 · $74k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue 0%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $30k
  • HA
    HORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue -9%
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
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
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
University of New Haven

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…

Education
4
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
5
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
6
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
8
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
9
Cornell University

Education, research, medical services and other public services.

Education
10
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
12
Highmark Health

As the parent entity of a blended health organization, highmark health seeks to improve the health and well-being of the people and communities it serves by providing affordable, accessible and high-quality healthcare.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Children's Cancer Cause Inc; the most unlike its peers is Jewish Records Indexing-Poland. 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

48 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. 48 of the 75 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)
48/48
Grantees still filing
33/48
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PARK AVENUE SYNAGOGUE INC: $265,000 · OtherPARK AVENUE SYNAGOGUE INCMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $250,000 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATEDRonald McDonald House: $190,000 · OtherRonald McDonald HouseIcahn School of Med: $125,000 · OtherIcahn School of MedIndividual grant recipient: $120,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientWHARTON FUND: $50,000 · Other+35 more: $139,631 · Other+35 moreMOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesMOUNT SIN…+4 more: $230 · Human ServicesRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF NEW YORK INC: $75,000 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $29,000 · HealthRICHARD J CARON FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Health+10 more: $5,836 · HealthAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $100,000 · Civil RightsCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $25,000 · EducationHORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC: $25,000 · EducationHARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMIES CHARTER SCHOOLS: $10,000 · Education+2 more: $2,322 · EducationUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $74,400 · PhilanthropyHARLEM RBI INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH FOUNDATION: $4,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $100 · PhilanthropyTOWN HALL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureCHARLESTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $7,500 · Arts & CultureTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $6,000 · Arts & CultureTHE DRAWING CENTER INC: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $200 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,139,631Human Services$150,230Health$114,836Civil Rights$100,000Education$87,322Philanthropy$83,500Arts & Culture$28,700

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 budgetMOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $150,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF NEW YORK INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $74,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $29,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTOWN HALL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCATROCK VENTURES INC: $10,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCHARLESTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DOE FUND INC: $7,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRICHARD J CARON FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DRAWING CENTER INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHARLEM RBI INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARAB-AMERICAN FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBENTLEY UNIVERSITY: $2,282 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $1,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Liver Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAVODAH THE JEWISH SERVICE CORPS INC: $650 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL OVARIAN CANCER COALITION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAST CANCER ALLIANCE INC: $362 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FULLER CENTER FOR HOUSING OF GREATER NEW YORK CITY INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMILLUS HOUSE INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH RECORDS INDEXING-POLAND: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAthletes vs Crohns & Colitis Inc: $150 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $136 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR HOPE AND SAFETY INC: $105 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $105 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHBURY VOLUNTEER FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OVARIAN CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TYLER CLEMENTI FOUNDATION INC: $55 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOASIS - A HAVEN FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGARDEN STATE EQUALITY EDUCATIONAL FUND: $40 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BEE FOUNDATION: $38 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $20 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 Hyde and Watson F…Jewish Communal FundJpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…The Pfizer Foundation…Paypal Charitable Giv…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Network for GoodFidelity Investments …
The Hyde and Watson FoundationNJ13.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Center for Hope and Safety Inc: 69% of income from government
  • Friends of the Lake: 10% of income from government
  • Camillus House Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Bentley University: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.
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Find your warmest path to The Milton and Jena Berlinski 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 75 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.

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