Berkeley Rotary Endowment

Public charity · Grantmaker Berkeley, CA EIN: 94-2758098
Community and economic developmentBusiness and industry

World peace through understanding.

Berkeley Rotary Endowment at a glance

In short: Berkeley Rotary Endowment gave $100K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $100K), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$99,821
+25.9% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$99,821
+25.9% vs 2024
Median grant
$99,821
Total assets
$1,286,045
+10.1% vs 2024
Primary geography
California (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Berkeley Rotary Endowment funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Other Local Projects: $100KOther Local Projects$100K

The largest 2025 recipient was Other Local Projects ($100K).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

<$50K4$50–100K1$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 4 grants of 5 (80%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

Berkeley

How Berkeley Rotary Endowment gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+0%). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$50K$100K$150K2 grants2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $54K (2023) to $135K (2021). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $100K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Other Local Projects Berkeley, CA—$99,821
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$1,286,045$356,726$309,760$99,8211$40,513
2024$1,168,052$243,207$253,655$79,2671$44,393
2023$1,121,258$340,514$224,871$53,9071$141,192
2022$1,129,383$231,649$260,289$99,6511$30,192
2021$1,318,759$294,990$338,697$135,3981$19,927
2020$1,261,171$289,065$295,922$84,3502$31,853

About Berkeley Rotary Endowment

Based on IRS filings

Berkeley Rotary Endowment is a public charity focused on Community and economic development, based in Berkeley, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.3M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $100K. Net investment income was $41K.

Focus Areas

Community and economic developmentBusiness and industry

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Berkeley Rotary Endowment is led by Kenneth Renworth, President since 2025 (on filings since 2024); none of the 10 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Kenneth Renworth

    President

    Club President Elect → President, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jocelyn Pittel

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Oscar H. Luna

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Douglas Fielding

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Martin Edward Kaliski

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Peter Christy

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Shivani Grover

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Grier Graff

    Endowmnt Secretary

    Secretary → Endowmnt Secretary, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tina Etcheverry

    Endowmnt Treasurer

    President → Treasurer, 2022

    Treasurer → Endowmnt Treasurer, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joan Collignon

    Club Past-Pres

    Chair-Elect → President, 2023

    President → Club Past-Pres, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (24)
  • Former: Arlene Marcus (2020–2024) — Club Past-Pres
  • Former: Elizabeth Tyler (2022–2024) — Club President
  • Former: Jacqueline Peters Hammond (2022–2024) — Club Treasurer
  • Former: Linda Cogozzo (2022–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: David Poock (2023–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Jason Russell (2023–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Lewis Ames (2023–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Helena Meyer-Knapp (2024) — Club Secretary
  • Former: Rebecca Phuong (2022–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Steven Beckendorf (2022–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Christopher Ahoy (2023) — Past-President
  • Former: Pamela Doolan (2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Austin Henderson (2022) — Club Secretary
  • Former: Fred Fassett (2022) — Past Chair
  • Former: John Pardee (2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Lynne Henderson (2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Anne Pardee (2020–2021) — Past President
  • Former: Beth Roessner (2020–2021) — Chairman
  • Former: Darryl Bartlow (2020–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: David Campbell (2020–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Jason Draut (2020–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: John O'Dea (2020–2021) — President
  • Former: Ken Renworth (2020–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Khawaja Ashraf (2020–2021) — Treasurer

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Berkeley Rotary Endowment

How much does Berkeley Rotary Endowment give each year?

Berkeley Rotary Endowment gave $100K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $79K across 1 grant.

How large is Berkeley Rotary Endowment?

Berkeley Rotary Endowment reported $1.3M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $357K.

What is Berkeley Rotary Endowment?

Berkeley Rotary Endowment is a public charity focused on Community and economic development, based in Berkeley, CA. It holds $1.3M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Berkeley Rotary Endowment operate?

Berkeley Rotary Endowment has awarded grants in California.

What is Berkeley Rotary Endowment's EIN?

Berkeley Rotary Endowment's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 94-2758098. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(2)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 14, 2026)
  2. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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