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WEST BERKELEY FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY

WEST BERKELEY FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $110,000 to it, the largest being PH FOUNDATION ($110,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$198k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$110k
Net assets
$51k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What West Berkeley Foundation for Community does

Mission

We are dedicated to teaching the modern sport of fencing, as well as providing a venue for local nonprofit organizations to host cultural and community events.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Inclusive fencing instruction lessons to children, teenagers, and adults interested in fencing based on a sliding income scale.

    $82,418 spent
    97% of program spending
  2. Provide a venue for local nonprofit organizations to host cultural and community events.

    $2,191 spent
    3% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $84,609.

02The organization over time

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.

Chief executive

Elizabeth Earls

Executive director

Board chair

Mark Headley

Chair and director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'24*
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of WEST BERKELEY FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY’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.

Where its funders are

100% of WEST BERKELEY FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

WEST BERKELEY FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.

Operating margin26% · top quartile
Months of reserve4.4mo · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

57% of spending goes to programs.

Program 57%Management 43%Fundraising 0%

Governance

4
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • West Berkeley Fencing Club LLC · disregarded

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds WEST BERKELEY FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY?
WEST BERKELEY FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $110,000 to it, the largest being PH FOUNDATION ($110,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does WEST BERKELEY FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $110,000 in grants to WEST BERKELEY FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY.
Who is the largest funder of WEST BERKELEY FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY?
PH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $110,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WEST BERKELEY FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY 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.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 1 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