California · Private foundation
Bernard Silver & Betty Silver
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.
- $65k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,275
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $905k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Bernard Silver & Betty Silver funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 | 5 | $65k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $101k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $94k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $68k | 63% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $61k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $78k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $55k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $61k | 53% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coachella Valley Mounted Rangers | $98,000 | 2 | 17% |
| Narrow Door | $40,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $13,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles | $10,275 | 2 | 0% |
| Heavenly Horse Haven Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Riverpark Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bargains Thrift Shop Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Operation Safe House Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Coachella Valley Rescue Mission | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coachella Valley Mounted Rangers | $98,000 | 2 | 17% |
| Narrow Door | $40,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $13,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles | $10,275 | 2 | 0% |
| Heavenly Horse Haven Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Riverpark Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bargains Thrift Shop Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Operation Safe House Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Coachella Valley Rescue Mission | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Idyllwild Help Center | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Owensboro Health Foundation Inc | $1,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Corner of Love Ministries | $400 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($487k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bernard Silver & Betty Silver 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: Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Bernard Silver & Betty Silver
- How much does Bernard Silver & Betty Silver give?
- Bernard Silver & Betty Silver reported 5 grants totaling $65,225 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Bernard Silver & Betty Silver fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (43%), Animals (23%), Religion (9%).
- Who are Bernard Silver & Betty Silver's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Coachella Valley Mounted Rangers ($98k), Narrow Door ($40k), Fellowship of Christian Athletes ($13k).
- Does Bernard Silver & Betty Silver fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bernard Silver & Betty Silver 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 Silver & Betty Silver?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Network for Good, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Bernard Silver & Betty Silver based?
- Bernard Silver & Betty Silver is based in CA.
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