Wisconsin · Private foundation
Berman Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $31k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
70% of Berman Family Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Jewish Federation Of Madison Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 6 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $22,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $216k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Berman Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 9 | $9k | 11% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $8k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $9k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $8k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $6k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $7k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $8k | 17% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Museum of Arts and Design | $16,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Public Radio Association Inc | $12,075 | 9 | 0% |
| Temple Beth El | $9,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Anti-Defamation League | $8,325 | 9 | 0% |
| Jewish Burial Association of Madison Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Waisman Center | $1,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra Inc | $1,400 | 6 | 0% |
| Beth Israel Center | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Michigan | $200 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($18k), 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: Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Berman Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Berman Family Foundation Inc give?
- Berman Family Foundation Inc reported 10 grants totaling $31,350 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Berman Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (71%), Arts & Culture (19%), Civil Rights (3%).
- Who are Berman Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Museum of Arts and Design ($16k), Wisconsin Public Radio Association Inc ($12k), Temple Beth El ($10k).
- Does Berman Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Berman Family Foundation Inc 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 Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Paypal Charitable Giving Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Berman Family Foundation Inc based?
- Berman Family Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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