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The Morey Bernstein Memorial Foundation at a glance

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The Morey Bernstein Memorial 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.

$71k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$113kHousing & Shelter$102kCivil Rights$83kHuman Services$32kInternational$31kPublic Safety & Disaster$30kFood & Nutrition$27kArts & Culture$26kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k16 grants · $58k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $13k
$4,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$13,000
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION$7,000
DEMOCRACY FORWARD FOUNDATION$5,000
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN$5,000
ALSAC - ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH$5,000
DRS WITHOUT BORDERS$5,000
LEGAL SERVICES OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA$5,000
BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE AT NYU$4,000
WESTERN STATES CENTER$4,000
DEMOCRACY WORKS$4,000
PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE$3,000
BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY$2,000
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER$2,000
ADELANATE MUJERES$2,000
JUSTICE CATALYST ACCESS FUND INC$2,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $39k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 72% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ADELANTE MUJERES: $3k → 8%ADELANTE MUJERES: $2k → 8%ADELANATE MUJERES: $2k → 8%ADELANATE MUJERES: $2k → 8%ADELANTE MUJERES: $2k → 8%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $2k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $1k → 17%FAMILY FORWARD OREGON: $10k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $15k → 14%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

WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
OR
IA
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
TN
DC
AL
GA
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.

61%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$345k · 37 repeat orgs$225k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +58% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

37 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 30 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
24

Total granted

$345k
$190k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+58%
+9%

Still filing today

59%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Civil RightsInternationalHuman ServicesCrime & LegalHealthArts & CultureOther
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

  • FF
    FAMILY FORWARD OREGON
    2× · 2019–2020 · $19k · revenue +343%
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $15k · revenue +21%
  • BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY
    5× · 2020–2025 · $14k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • TRUE COLORS UNITED INC
    one grant, 2021 · $90k · revenue -5%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    one grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue +9%
  • US
    U S HOLOCAUST MEMEORIAL MUSEUM
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
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.

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Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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2
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
3
Western Healthconnect

Support significant improvements in health care delivery and outcomes within the context of nonprofit, charitable ownership.

Health
4
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
5
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
6
Pro Publica Inc

Pro publica is an independent, non-profit, pulitzer prize-winning newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. our work focuses exclusively on truly important stories. [see continuation on schedule o] we produce…

Arts & Culture
7
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
8
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
9
Us Digital Response

U.s. digital response is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that helps governments, nonprofits, and public entities respond quickly to critical public needs. the organization serves the public by leveraging a network of pro bono…

Public Safety & Disaster
10
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
11
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

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12
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Democracy Forward Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Indigenous Environmental Network. 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

41 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. 41 of the 71 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/41
Grantees still filing
30/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $42,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODDRS WITHOUT BORDERS: $33,000 · OtherDRS WITHOUT BORDERSIndividual grant recipient: $22,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientISLE PROJECT: $20,000 · OtherISLE PROJECTONE OREGON COALITION: $10,000 · OtherU S HOLOCAUST MEMEORIAL MUSEUM: $10,000 · OtherNo Labels: $10,000 · OtherFeeding America: $11,000 · OtherBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $13,500 · Other+32 more: $123,500 · Other+32 moreTRUE COLORS UNITED INC: $90,000 · Civil RightsTRUE COLORS UNITED INCMOTHERING JUSTICE: $11,000 · Civil RightsMOTHERING JUSTICEHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Civil RightsHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUN…AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Civil RightsCENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS: $5,000 · Civil RightsTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $5,000 · Civil Rights+3 more: $7,000 · Civil RightsFAMILY FORWARD OREGON: $19,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY FO…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $15,000 · Human ServicesAmerican …ADELANTE MUJERES: $11,000 · Human ServicesADELANTE …THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesTHE INNOC…+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $14,500 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEF: $5,000 · InternationalAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $3,000 · InternationalPOTHAWIRA INTERNATIONAL: $3,000 · InternationalMEDSHARE INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,000 · InternationalPATH: $2,000 · InternationalSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $10,500 · HealthFOOD & FRIENDS INC: $8,000 · HealthSUBURBAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · HealthHEBREW HOME OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $4,500 · HealthRIVERDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $15,000 · PhilanthropyDEMOCRACY FORWARD FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Crime & LegalLEGAL SERVICES OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA INC: $5,000 · Crime & LegalWILLAMETTE VALLEY LAW PROJECT DBA PCUN FOUNDATION: $3,000 · Crime & LegalSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $2,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$295,000Civil Rights$133,000Human Services$49,000International$34,500Health$28,000Philanthropy$15,000Crime & Legal$15,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTRUE COLORS UNITED INC: $90,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetFAMILY FORWARD OREGON: $19,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $14,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $13,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMOTHERING JUSTICE: $11,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetADELANTE MUJERES: $11,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding America: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $10,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNo Labels: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFOOD & FRIENDS INC: $8,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDEMOCRACY FORWARD FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUBURBAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPATH HOME: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEGAL SERVICES OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPBS FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHEBREW HOME OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDEMOCRACY WORKS INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS PEOPLE INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWILLAMETTE VALLEY LAW PROJECT DBA PCUN FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPOTHAWIRA INTERNATIONAL: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMEDSHARE INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPATH: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPASSION & CHOICES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Navigator: $1,000 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.

Tides FoundationNew Venture FundThe Ford FoundationThe Oregon Community …Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…
Tides FoundationCA13.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tides Foundation · New Venture Fund · The Ford Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving 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 Morey Bernstein Memorial Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Morey Bernstein Memorial Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Adelante Mujeres: 31% of income from government
  • Willamette Valley Law Project Dba Pcun Foundation: 18% of income from government
  • Oregon Public Broadcasting: 1% of income from government
  • Hebrew Home of Greater Washington Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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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How do I get to The Morey Bernstein Memorial Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Morey Bernstein Memorial 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 71 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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