California · Private foundation
Bernard a & Rebecca S Bernard Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $175k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 62%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $81,084
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 22
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.9M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 62% of the organizations Bernard a & Rebecca S Bernard Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 76% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 24% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k 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 | 21 | $175k | 52% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $57k | 62% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $19k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $41k | 65% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $34k | 82% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $13k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Delaware | $28,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Limen House Inc | $25,175 | 6 | 1% |
| Salesianum School Inc | $10,471 | 1 | n/a |
| Grand Opera House Inc | $10,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Delaware Art Museum Inc | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Congregation Bnai Brith | $4,594 | 2 | n/a |
| Bnai Jacob Cemetery Association | $2,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Wilmington Flower Market Inc | $2,325 | 2 | 2% |
| TargetCancer Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Barnes Foundation | $1,125 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Delaware | $28,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Limen House Inc | $25,175 | 6 | 1% |
| Salesianum School Inc | $10,471 | 1 | n/a |
| Grand Opera House Inc | $10,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Delaware Art Museum Inc | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Congregation Bnai Brith | $4,594 | 2 | n/a |
| Bnai Jacob Cemetery Association | $2,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Wilmington Flower Market Inc | $2,325 | 2 | 2% |
| TargetCancer Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Barnes Foundation | $1,125 | 1 | 0% |
| Longwood Gardens Inc | $1,100 | 1 | 0% |
| West Virginia University Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Hadassah Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Movember Foundation | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Children's Miracle Network | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp Hope | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Talleyville Fire Company Inc | $750 | 3 | 0% |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Santa Barbara Cemetery Association | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Kelly Music for Life | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Stevens Hope for Children | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Ministry of Caring Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Women Helping Women | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Suburban Seahawks Club | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($231k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bernard a & Rebecca S Bernard 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: Delaware Community Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Graham Foundation · Vinton Family Foundation · Longwood Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
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About Bernard a & Rebecca S Bernard Foundation
- How much does Bernard a & Rebecca S Bernard Foundation give?
- Bernard a & Rebecca S Bernard Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $174,518 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Bernard a & Rebecca S Bernard Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (30%), Arts & Culture (15%), Religion (12%).
- Who are Bernard a & Rebecca S Bernard Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Delaware ($28k), Limen House Inc ($25k), Salesianum School Inc ($10k).
- Does Bernard a & Rebecca S Bernard Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 62% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bernard a & Rebecca S Bernard Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bernard a & Rebecca S Bernard Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Delaware Community Foundation Inc, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, The Graham Foundation.
- Where is Bernard a & Rebecca S Bernard Foundation based?
- Bernard a & Rebecca S Bernard Foundation is based in CA.
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