The Berkeley International Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
942927374
IRS 990-PF coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2025
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Phone
4153708975
Rating
38
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$25

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

The Berkeley International Institute is a nonprofit. Location: San Francisco, CA. EIN 942927374. Tax year 2025 Form 990-PF reports $0 revenue and $25 expenses.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this foundation funds its work.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The foundation carried out 100% of its reported charitable disbursements directly.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes to charitable grants. A relatively small share of spending goes to grants and the filing reports one or more activities that warrant closer review.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 60
  • Cost Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency: NotEnoughData
  • Compliance: 98
  • Endowment Health: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 59.5%; rating input score 60; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Limited

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 18 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 95
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Fail
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 8; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Payout: 59.5% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: Filed investments detail
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Review — Compliance: Part VII-B activity disclosures: Assets transferred to a disqualified person not reported.