Pennsylvania · Private foundation
David Berger Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $60k
- Granted FY2021
- 2
- Grants FY2021
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 2
- Total assets, FY2021
- $4k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 50% of the organizations David Berger Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 2 | $60k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $645k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $677k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $1.3M | 67% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $775k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Brookings Institution | $2,230,000 | 5 | 1% |
| National Constitution Center | $300,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Media Matters for America | $200,000 | 2 | 1% |
| State Leadership Project | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Open Markets Institute | $100,000 | 1 | 6% |
| The Wilma Theater | $90,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Jewish Electorate Institute | $72,000 | 2 | 26% |
| PA Alliance Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Anne Frank Center USA Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| USA 250 Incorporated | $25,000 | 1 | 18% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Brookings Institution | $2,230,000 | 5 | 1% |
| National Constitution Center | $300,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Media Matters for America | $200,000 | 2 | 1% |
| State Leadership Project | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Open Markets Institute | $100,000 | 1 | 6% |
| The Wilma Theater | $90,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Jewish Electorate Institute | $72,000 | 2 | 26% |
| PA Alliance Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Anne Frank Center USA Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| USA 250 Incorporated | $25,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Usta Foundation Incorporated | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Institute for New Economic Thinking Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Verified Voting Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| American Friends of Forum 2000 Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ploughshares Fund Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mauch Chunk Historical Society | $2,500 | 1 | 4% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($160k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
David Berger Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Tides Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About David Berger Foundation
- How much does David Berger Foundation give?
- David Berger Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $60,000 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does David Berger Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Social Science (64%), Arts & Culture (13%), Education (9%).
- Who are David Berger Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: The Brookings Institution ($2.2M), National Constitution Center ($300k), Media Matters for America ($200k).
- Does David Berger Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does David Berger 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 David Berger Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc, Tides Foundation, Jewish Communal Fund.
- Where is David Berger Foundation based?
- David Berger Foundation is based in PA.
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