New York · Private foundation
Bernard M Twersky Foundation Zev Berman Trustee
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.
- $15k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 23
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $247k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations Bernard M Twersky Foundation Zev Berman Trustee funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $47k | 30% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $64k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $76k | 31% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $69k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $54k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $117k | 35% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $26k | 50% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ETZION FOUNDATION INC co H SILVERA | $148,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Yeshiva University | $110,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary | $91,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Friends of Ponovez Israel Inc | $28,400 | 6 | 2% |
| Yeshiva Yad Aharon Inc | $24,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Camp Extreme D/B/A Project Extreme | $5,250 | 6 | 0% |
| Yeshiva Zichron Meilech Inc | $5,250 | 6 | n/a |
| Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin | $4,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Afikim Foundation | $3,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Central Fund of Israel | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| ETZION FOUNDATION INC co H SILVERA | $148,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Yeshiva University | $110,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary | $91,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Friends of Ponovez Israel Inc | $28,400 | 6 | 2% |
| Yeshiva Yad Aharon Inc | $24,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Camp Extreme D/B/A Project Extreme | $5,250 | 6 | 0% |
| Yeshiva Zichron Meilech Inc | $5,250 | 6 | n/a |
| Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin | $4,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Afikim Foundation | $3,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Central Fund of Israel | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Yeshiva Eitz Chaim Inc | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Torah Academy of Bergen County | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ohr Torah Stone Institutions of Israel | $720 | 1 | 0% |
| Scranton Hebrew Day School | $540 | 1 | 0% |
| Algemeiner Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Yeshiva Karlin Stolin | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Bet El Yeshiva | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Yeshiva Dmir Inc | $360 | 1 | 0% |
| Jerusalem Center for Research | $200 | 2 | n/a |
| Emunas Bais Yaakov | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Ohr Yehuda Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Havurat Yisrael | $50 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($105k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bernard M Twersky Foundation Zev Berman Trustee 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: Jewish Communal Fund · The Ojc Fund · Regina Goldwasser Foundation · National Society for Hebrew Day Schools · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · Fjc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About Bernard M Twersky Foundation Zev Berman Trustee
- How much does Bernard M Twersky Foundation Zev Berman Trustee give?
- Bernard M Twersky Foundation Zev Berman Trustee reported 2 grants totaling $15,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Bernard M Twersky Foundation Zev Berman Trustee fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (62%), Education (24%), International (6%).
- Who are Bernard M Twersky Foundation Zev Berman Trustee's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: ETZION FOUNDATION INC co H SILVERA ($148k), Yeshiva University ($110k), Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary ($91k).
- Does Bernard M Twersky Foundation Zev Berman Trustee fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bernard M Twersky Foundation Zev Berman Trustee 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 Bernard M Twersky Foundation Zev Berman Trustee?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, The Ojc Fund, Regina Goldwasser Foundation.
- Where is Bernard M Twersky Foundation Zev Berman Trustee based?
- Bernard M Twersky Foundation Zev Berman Trustee is based in NY.
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