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Wayne Berger Family Foundation at a glance

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Wayne Berger Family 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.

$20k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Health$80kHuman Services$45kCrime & Legal$23kInternational$12kYouth Development$11kPublic Safety & Disaster$11kFood & Nutrition$10kPhilanthropy$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TEXAS$5,000
KEMPE FOUNDATION$3,000
FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES$3,000
NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH$3,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT ROCKY MOUNTAIN$3,000
BERGER FAMILY CHARITABLE FUND$2,309
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–23, $33k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%American Red Cross: $3k → 14%Canine Assisted Therapy: $8k → 13%CANINE ASSISTED THERAPY: $8k → 13%CANINE ASSISTED THERAPY: $5k → 13%CANINE ASSISTED THERAPY: $5k → 13%CANINE ASSISTED THERAPY: $3k → 13%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $3k → 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.
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$181k · 15 repeat orgs$27k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
11

Total granted

$181k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+9%

Still filing today

73%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesCrime & LegalInternationalArts & CultureFood & NutritionOther
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

  • CH
    Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation
    4× · 2018–2021 · $50k · revenue +37%
  • CA
    CANINE ASSISTED THERAPY INC
    5× · 2018–2022 · $28k · revenue +157%
  • NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH
    6× · 2020–2025 · $22k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • RS
    RARE SISTERS BATTEN FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +15%
  • JA
    JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT ROCKY MTN
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
  • TB
    THE BUTTERFLY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue -26%
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
The Colorado Health Foundation
Health
2
Colorado State University Foundation

See schedule o colorado state university foundation assists in the promotion, development, and enhancement of facilities and educational programs and enhancements of faculty, students, and alumni of colorado state university (csu). this is…

Education
3
Colorado Gives Foundation

We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.

Philanthropy
4
Center for Improving Value in Health Care

To equip partners and communities in colorado and across the nation with the resources, services and unbiased data needed to improve health and health care. we help communities, organizations and individuals identify opportunities to…

Health
5
Children's Hospital Colorado Health System

to manage the investment of funds on behalf of Children's Hospital Colorado ("Hospital") and Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation ("Foundation").

Health
6
Colorado Health Institute
Health
7
American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation

The mission of the akc canine health foundation, inc. is to fund, advance, and communicate canine health research and science through knowledge and discovery.

Animals
8
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
9
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
10
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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,…

Health
11
Colorado Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
12
The Denver Foundation

To inspire people and mobilize resources to strengthen our community.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Kempe Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 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

18 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. 18 of the 29 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/18
Grantees still filing
15/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $50,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Colorado FoundationNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $22,000 · HealthNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTHRARE SISTERS BATTEN FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · HealthRARE SISTERS BATTEN FOUNDATION INCKEMPE CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherKEMPE CHILDRENS FOUNDATIO…Junior Achievement: $6,000 · OtherJunior AchievementCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TEXAS: $5,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF T…JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT ROCKY MTN: $3,000 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT ROCKY …SOS CHILDRENS VILLAGE: $3,000 · OtherSOS CHILDRENS VILLAGEROCKY MTN DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION: $2,500 · OtherROCKY MTN DOWN SYNDROME A…BERGER FAMILY CHARITABLE FUND: $2,309 · OtherYoung America's Foundation: $2,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $3,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FO…THE BUTTERFLY FOUNDATION: $2,500 · OtherTHE BUTTERFLY FOUNDATION+8 more: $7,500 · Other+8 moreCANINE ASSISTED THERAPY INC: $28,000 · Human ServicesCANINE ASSISTED T…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National…THE KEMPE FOUNDATION: $20,500 · Crime & LegalTHE KEMPE FO…CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE POLICE FOUNDATION: $3,000 · Crime & LegalCHERRY HILLS…JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT-ROCKY MOUNTAIN INC: $12,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $2,500 · InternationalFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $10,000 · Food & NutritionThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $4,000 · Arts & Culture
Health$77,000Other$46,809Human Services$33,000Crime & Legal$23,500International$14,500Food & Nutrition$10,000Arts & Culture$4,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCANINE ASSISTED THERAPY INC: $28,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $22,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE KEMPE FOUNDATION: $20,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT-ROCKY MOUNTAIN INC: $12,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRARE SISTERS BATTEN FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHERRY HILLS VILLAGE POLICE FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BUTTERFLY FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES FLORIDAINC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTOPAZ ASSISTANCE DOGS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% 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.

American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Online Giving Foundation IncDE6.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Wayne Berger Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wayne Berger Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Wayne Berger Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Wayne Berger Family 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 29 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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