Illinois · Private foundation
Berger Foundation
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.
- $68
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $68
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $68
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 60% of the organizations Berger Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 98% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $107k 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 | 1 | $68 | 0% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $110k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $1k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $938 | 0% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $1k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $625 | 25% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $6k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 20 | $9k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Community Foundation | $105,068 | 2 | n/a |
| Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation | $4,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Theatre Group Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Anshe Emet Synagogue | $2,498 | 4 | n/a |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Arts Club of Chicago | $1,900 | 1 | 0% |
| Imerman Angels | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $900 | 4 | 0% |
| Asociacion Latina de Asistencia y Prevencion del Cancer de Mama | $875 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($2k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Berger Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
About Berger Foundation
- How much does Berger Foundation give?
- Berger Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $68 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Berger Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (83%), Health (7%), Arts & Culture (6%).
- Who are Berger Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Chicago Community Foundation ($105k), Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation ($4k), Chicago Theatre Group Inc ($3k).
- Does Berger Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Berger Foundation 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 Berger Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Berger Foundation based?
- Berger Foundation is based in IL.
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