· Private foundation
The Philip and Muriel Berman Foundation
Its FY2024 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 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k12 grants · $50k
- $10k–50k45 grants · $828k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $342k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HOLA (HEART OF LOS ANGELES) | $100,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $100,000 |
| SALT SPRING ISL COMM SERVICESCOMM GARDEN | $92,053 |
| LEHIGH UNIVERSITY | $50,000 |
| NEWGROUND (VIA COMMUNITY PARTNERS) | $45,000 |
| HADASSAH ACADEMIC COLLEGE - JERUSALEM (VIA PEF ISRAEL) | $40,000 |
| TRANSITION SALT SPRING SOCIETY | $37,699 |
| SALT SPRING SOLUTIONS SOCIETY | $37,566 |
| Individual grant recipient | $36,000 |
| NEFESH | $30,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $30,000 |
| FOOD FORWARD INC | $25,000 |
| ARTS FOR HEALING AND JUSTICE NETWORK | $25,000 |
| ARTIS - ART ISRAEL CONTEMPORARY | $21,500 |
| PEOPLE'S POTTERY PROJECT (VIA FULCRUM ARTS) | $20,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
US giving: 87% of grant dollars ($12M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 13% that went abroad ($1.8M) is mapped below.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $80k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 81% 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
Beyond the US: 13% of all-years giving ($1.8M)
3 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
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 +38% since the first grant, against +35% for those funded once.
70 repeat relationships: 39 still active in FY2024, 31 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $366k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PMPHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART8× · 2017–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +14%
- FFFOOD FORWARD INC8× · 2017–2024 · $325k · revenue +483%
- NLNEFESH LA5× · 2020–2024 · $190k · revenue +174%
Funded once
- HLHUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART COLLECTIONSone grant, 2017 · $400k
- BABERMAN ART MUSEUM URSINUS COLLEGEone grant, 2021 · $250k
- SSSALT SPRING ISL COMM SERVICESFOOD SECURITY PROGRAM VIA VANCOUVER FOUNDATIone grant, 2021 · $103k
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.
Arts for la leads communities, artists and organizations to advocate for an equitable, healthy, and creative los angeles region through the arts.
The hammer museum at ucla believes in the promise of art and ideas to illuminate our lives and build a more just world.
Artis is an independent nonprofit organization that supports contemporary artists from israel whose work addresses aesthetic, social and political questions to inspire reflection and debate. www.artis.art
The latino theater company operates the los angeles theatre center, whose mission is to provide a world class arts center for those pursuing artistic excellence; a laboratory where both tradition and innovation are honored and honed; a…
Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles (Carla) is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization and publishing platform that is dedicated to providing inclusive perspectives on contemporary art. Publishing in both print and online, Carla is an…
To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.
To serve the public by producing world-class opera that preserves, promotes and advances the art form while embodying the diversity, spirit and artistic sensibility unique to los angeles. we envision an engaged and enlightened community in…
The california film institute celebrates film and videos as art and education. its goal is to present and support emerging and established independent filmakers whose works address issues relevant to contemporary society. this is…
The los angeles conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization that works through education and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize the historic architectural and cultural resources of los angeles county.
As creative producers, we are devoted to the production and presentation of groundbreaking experiences in contemporary performance that use innovative approaches to collaboration, technology, and social engagement. As a service…
California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…
How this is measured
68 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. 68 of the 234 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
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
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 PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds FOOD FORWARD INC ↗
- Who funds NEFESH LA ↗
- Who funds ARTS FOR HEALING AND JUSTICE NETWORK ↗
- Who funds LEHIGH UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY ↗
- Who funds CLOCKSHOP ↗
- Who funds Art Division ↗
- Who funds IMPACTASSETSINC ↗
- Who funds LIBERTY HILL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ALLENTOWN AREA ECUMENICAL FOOD BANK ↗
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: California Community Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Liberty Hill Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · Perenchio Foundation · The J Paul Getty Trust · Weingart Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Durfee Foundation · The Green Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Philip and Muriel Berman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Philip and Muriel Berman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Center for Independent Documentary Inc: 6% of income from government
How this is measured
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