New Jersey · Private foundation
Berdan Support Fund
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $105k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $36,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Berdan Support Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $105k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $106k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $100k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $113k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $43k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $39k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $44k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $43k | 9% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neumann University | $66,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Catholic Diocese of Wilmington | $40,800 | 6 | n/a |
| Mepkin Abbey Catholic Conference | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Archbishop Damiano School | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mount Angel Abbey | $7,650 | 3 | n/a |
| St Labre Indian School | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Food Bank of South Jersey Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $3,546 | 1 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $1,400 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neumann University | $66,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Catholic Diocese of Wilmington | $40,800 | 6 | n/a |
| Mepkin Abbey Catholic Conference | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Archbishop Damiano School | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mount Angel Abbey | $7,650 | 3 | n/a |
| St Labre Indian School | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Food Bank of South Jersey Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $3,546 | 1 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $1,400 | 1 | 0% |
| St Mary of the Lake Seminary | $920 | 4 | n/a |
| Province of St Joseph of the Capuchin Order | $480 | 3 | n/a |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($476k), not named here.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Berdan Support Fund
- How much does Berdan Support Fund give?
- Berdan Support Fund reported 7 grants totaling $105,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Berdan Support Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (88%), Religion (10%), Food & Nutrition (1%).
- Who are Berdan Support Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Neumann University ($66k), Catholic Diocese of Wilmington ($41k), Mepkin Abbey Catholic Conference ($15k).
- Does Berdan Support Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Berdan Support Fund accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Berdan Support Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, National Philanthropic Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Berdan Support Fund based?
- Berdan Support Fund is based in NJ.
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