Iowa · Private foundation
Berman Family 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.
- $2k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,200
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Berman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $2k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $3k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $107k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $103k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $120k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $103k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $146k | 57% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $115k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation | $30,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Defy Ventures Inc | $15,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Opencollective Foundation | $11,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Maharishi International University | $7,264 | 5 | 0% |
| Shanti Childrens Foundation | $5,798 | 6 | 1% |
| Fairfield Cares Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness -Based Education and World Peace | $2,282 | 1 | 0% |
| East End Temple-Congregation Elemen T | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Village Temple | $1,900 | 2 | n/a |
| Lords Cupboard Inc | $1,700 | 5 | n/a |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation | $30,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Defy Ventures Inc | $15,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Opencollective Foundation | $11,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Maharishi International University | $7,264 | 5 | 0% |
| Shanti Childrens Foundation | $5,798 | 6 | 1% |
| Fairfield Cares Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness -Based Education and World Peace | $2,282 | 1 | 0% |
| East End Temple-Congregation Elemen T | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Village Temple | $1,900 | 2 | n/a |
| Lords Cupboard Inc | $1,700 | 5 | n/a |
| Dharma Sangha Boulder Inc DBA Boulder Zen Center Inc | $1,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Turks and Caicos Reef Fund Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Jefferson County Farmers and Neighbors | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| St Luke Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Drama Club Inc | $265 | 1 | 0% |
| Sacred Sun Ministries | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Home of the Sages of Israel Inc | $106 | 2 | n/a |
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($610k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Berman Family 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.
Open a dossier: David L Lieb Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Berman Family Foundation
- How much does Berman Family Foundation give?
- Berman Family Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $1,660 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Berman Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (79%), Religion (15%), Public Benefit (2%).
- Who are Berman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation ($31k), Defy Ventures Inc ($16k), Opencollective Foundation ($12k).
- Does Berman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Berman Family 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 Berman Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include David L Lieb Foundation Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Berman Family Foundation based?
- Berman Family Foundation is based in IA.
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