California · Nonprofit
BERKLAND FOUNDATION INC
BERKLAND FOUNDATION INC (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $508,200 to it, the largest being WOODLAWN FOUNDATION ($423,200). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $508k
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Berkland Foundation Inc does
Mission
Berkland Foundation operates Garber House, a study center in Berkeley, California (typically 7 to 10 residents) to foster cultural and spiritual growth of persons living in the area. Activities include conferences, talks, workshops, and retreats. Most regular program expenses are related to occupancy and supplies for residents.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
See detailed description on line 4a.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Acquisition and renovation of new residence in 1890 Arch St, Berkeley, California. The new residence is approximately three times the size of the current operating residence and will supersede it in early 2026. New residence expenses are primarily associated with architectural design, engineering plans, permitting, construction, tenant buyouts, property tax, loan origination fee, and loan interest.
$2,247,202 spent92% of program spendingOperation of study center residence. Includes room/board for residents. Activities include talks, conferences, and min-retreats for residents, which help them carry out similar program activities, both at the site of the residence and also outside of the residence. Expenses are largely predominated by occupancy expenses.
$136,111 spent$170,925 earned by the program6% of program spendingDoctrinal-religious program. Attendance at program-related conferences and meetings attended offsite by various residents form a large component of this program. Travel associated with conducting offsite, program-related activities, such as retreats, also forms a significant component of of this program.
$48,769 spent$124 earned by the program2% of program spendingSpecific program activities for high-school, college, and professional men. Includes the CAL Forum leadership program for high-school students; monthly spiritual recollections for high-school students, college students, and professionals; weekly spiritual and cultural activities for college students; outings with students and young professionals; and thematic workshops for men.
$5,063 spent$4,693 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,437,145.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $2.1M to $9.1M (+327%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
86% of BERKLAND FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $55k → $54k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BERKLAND FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BERKLAND FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BERKLAND FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
BERKLAND FOUNDATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $85k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BERKLAND FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,394 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,394 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like BERKLAND FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BERKLAND FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BERKLAND FOUNDATION INC?
- BERKLAND FOUNDATION INC (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $508,200 to it, the largest being WOODLAWN FOUNDATION ($423,200). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BERKLAND FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $508,200 in grants to BERKLAND FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BERKLAND FOUNDATION INC?
- WOODLAWN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $423,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BERKLAND FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing