Maryland · Private foundation
Berman Charitable Trust
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $411k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 57
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $30M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Berman Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 9 | $411k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $555k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $616k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $616k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $716k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 29 | $716k | 34% |
| FY2018 | 57 | $730k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allegheny Mountain Institute | $1,785,000 | 7 | 59% |
| Melvin J Berman Hebrew Academy | $644,221 | 7 | 1% |
| Yeshivath Torah Vodaath | $175,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Yeshiva of Greater Washington Inc | $175,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $140,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Chabad Shul of Potomac | $80,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ner Israel Rabbinical College Inc | $35,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Yad Yehuda of Greater Washington Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greater Washington Community Kollel | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Chabad-Lubavitch of Maryland Inc | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 34 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allegheny Mountain Institute | $1,785,000 | 7 | 59% |
| Melvin J Berman Hebrew Academy | $644,221 | 7 | 1% |
| Yeshivath Torah Vodaath | $175,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Yeshiva of Greater Washington Inc | $175,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $140,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Chabad Shul of Potomac | $80,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ner Israel Rabbinical College Inc | $35,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Yad Yehuda of Greater Washington Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greater Washington Community Kollel | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Chabad-Lubavitch of Maryland Inc | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Beth Abraham of Jerusalem Inc | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Gardens Jewish Experience Inc | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| American Friends of Alyn Hospitalinc | $2,867 | 1 | 0% |
| Bikur Cholim of Greater Washington Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Mesorah Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Congregation Shomrei Emunah Inc | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sunflower Bakery Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Washington Jewish Coalition Contd | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Shoresh Inc | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Torah Schools for Israel | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Leket Israel Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Rofeh Cholim Cancer Society Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Chabad Terror Victims Project Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Bikur Cholim Ezrat Achim | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Mesivta Neimus Hatorah Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Just One Life Inc | $180 | 1 | 0% |
| Colel Chabad | $150 | 1 | n/a |
| Kimpatorin Aid Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Chasdei Dovid | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Meir Panim | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Agudas Tov V'Chesed Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Kehilas Yaakov | $28 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Torah Vachesed Inc | $20 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshuos Yisroel | $20 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Berman Charitable Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
Open a dossier: The Dennis Berman Family Foundation Inc · Brian and Dafna Berman Family Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Mayberg Foundation Inc · The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington Inc · The Ojc Fund · The Gary & Carol Berman Family Foundation Inc · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Melvyn and Barbara Ciment Family Foundation Inc · Leslie & Samuel Kaplan Family Foundation · Gutman Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Berman Charitable Trust
- How much does Berman Charitable Trust give?
- Berman Charitable Trust reported 9 grants totaling $411,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 57 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Berman Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (41%), Religion (23%), Education (19%).
- Who are Berman Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Allegheny Mountain Institute ($1.8M), Melvin J Berman Hebrew Academy ($644k), Yeshivath Torah Vodaath ($175k).
- Does Berman Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Berman Charitable Trust 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 Berman Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Dennis Berman Family Foundation Inc, Brian and Dafna Berman Family Foundation Inc, Jewish Communal Fund.
- Where is Berman Charitable Trust based?
- Berman Charitable Trust is based in MD.
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