California · Nonprofit
THE BERKELEY ALEMBIC FOUNDATION
THE BERKELEY ALEMBIC FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $770,743 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($591,300). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $743k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $771k
- Net assets
- $295k
What The Berkeley Alembic Foundation does
Mission
The Alembic is a nonprofit bodymind center committed to experiments in transformation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The Berkeley Alembic Foundation (The Alembic) is a 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit dedicated to fostering community in the Bay Area through donation-based classes, workshops, and cultural events. We aim to create an inclusive and vibrant space for personal growth, shared learning, and creative expression, accessible to people at all income levels. In 2024, The Alembic hosted an impressive 474 total events (up from 408), with 9,334 donation-based tickets claimed in advance (up from 4,319) by 4,213 unique individuals (up from 2,032). Of these, 2,890 (was 1,285) attendees joined for a single event, while the remaining 1323 (was 747) individuals participated in two to an astonishing 98 (was 58) events over the year, with repeat attendees engaging in an average of 4.5 events. Throughout the year, The Alembic continued to expand its offerings. At the start of 2024, we hosted 11 regularly occurring classes and approximately 15 special events per month, growing to 38 regular classes and approximately 9 special events per month by year-end.
$536,619 spent$360,210 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $536,619.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2022 to 2023, from $317k to $247k (−22%).
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.
52% of THE BERKELEY ALEMBIC FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 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
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $25k → $108k.
4 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 93% 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 THE BERKELEY ALEMBIC FOUNDATION’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
THE BERKELEY ALEMBIC FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 THE BERKELEY ALEMBIC FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2023 66% — diversifying over time.
“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
93% of THE BERKELEY ALEMBIC FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $55k that is directly attributable, 55% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $716k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
THE BERKELEY ALEMBIC FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE BERKELEY ALEMBIC FOUNDATION
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
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
74%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE BERKELEY ALEMBIC FOUNDATION: 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 THE BERKELEY ALEMBIC FOUNDATION?
- THE BERKELEY ALEMBIC FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $770,743 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($591,300). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE BERKELEY ALEMBIC FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $770,743 in grants to THE BERKELEY ALEMBIC FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE BERKELEY ALEMBIC FOUNDATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $591,300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE BERKELEY ALEMBIC FOUNDATION 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 2022–2024), and the filings of 6 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