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Edward & June Bernstein Foundation at a glance

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Edward & June Bernstein Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$20k
Granted FY2023
1
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Health$127kReligion$51kHuman Services$27kInternational$17kEducation$13kPublic Safety & Disaster$8kArts & Culture$2kEmployment$1kOther$0
02FY2023 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$20,013
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Deer Tribe Metis Medicine Society$20,013
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $31k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 57% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Wounded Warrior Project: $8k → 14%Wounded Warrior Project: $4k → 14%Wounded Warrior Project: $3k → 14%Wounded Warrior Project: $3k → 14%Hospice of the Valley: $3k → 11%Hospice of the Valley: $3k → 11%Hospice of the Valley: $2k → 11%Jewish Family & Children Services: $2k → 11%Jewish Family & Children Services: $1k → 11%Hospice of the Valley: $1k → 11%Jewish Family & Children Services: $1k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
MA
OH
CA
VA
MD
AZ
DC
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$257k · 17 repeat orgs$15k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +51% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2023, 16 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
11

Total granted

$257k
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+51%

Still filing today

53%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesInternationalReligionFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • AL
    AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN
    6× · 2017–2022 · $43k · revenue +122%
  • WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC
    4× · 2019–2022 · $18k · revenue +53%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $17k · revenue +98%

Funded once

  • CI
    CAMBRIDGE IN AMERICAgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +89%
  • PG
    PHOENIX GOSPEL MISSIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue +69%
  • PC
    PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue -21%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
2
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
3
The Translational Genomics Research Institute

Please see schedule o

Health
4
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
5
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
6
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

As a leading academic healthcare organization, our mission is to elevate the health status of the communities we serve.(see schedule o for continuation)(continued)-we deliver exceptional healthcare enhanced by research and education-we…

Health
7
Targeting Resistance in Cancer Cooperative
Health
8
Critical Path Institute

The critical path institute is a catalyst in the development of new approaches that advance medical innovation and regulatory science. this is achieved by leading teams that share data, knowledge and expertise resulting in sound, consensus…

Health
9
American Heart Association Inc

The american heart association's mission is to be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives.

Health
10
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
11
American College of Surgeons

The american college of surgeons is dedicated to improving the care of the surgical patient and to safeguarding standards of care in an optimal and ethical practice environment.

Education
12
National Multiple Sclerosis Society

We will cure ms while empowering people affected by ms to live their best lives.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Parkinson's Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Kyah Rayne Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 28 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
11/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DEER TRIBE METIS - MEDICINE SOCIETY: $47,713 · OtherDEER TRIBE METIS - MEDICINE SOCIETYAlzheimers Association: $26,600 · OtherAlzheimers AssociationUSO: $25,500 · OtherUSOMacular Degneration Research-Bright: $14,000 · OtherMacular Degneration Research-BrightMayo Clinic - Department of Development: $9,100 · OtherMayo Clinic - Department of DevelopmentApple Orchard Trust Scholarship Fund: $8,000 · OtherApple Orchard Trust Scholarship FundAmerican Red Cross: $7,500 · OtherDisabled American Veterans: $5,000 · Other+4 more: $5,000 · OtherAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $43,300 · HealthAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROS…PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $10,750 · HealthPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INCBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $6,500 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INCAmerican Diabetes Association: $4,000 · HealthAmerican Diabetes Associati…+3 more: $2,100 · HealthWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $17,500 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARR…Hospice of the Valley: $9,000 · Human ServicesHospice of t…JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMIL…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $17,000 · InternationalMEDECINS …CAMBRIDGE IN AMERICA: $5,000 · InternationalCAMBRIDGE…PHOENIX GOSPEL MISSION: $3,000 · ReligionPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $1,000 · PhilanthropyST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $1,000 · Food & NutritionGESHER HUMAN SERVICES: $100 · Employment
Other$148,413Health$66,650Human Services$30,500International$22,000Religion$3,000Philanthropy$1,000Food & Nutrition$1,000Employment$100

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDEER TRIBE METIS - MEDICINE SOCIETY: $47,713 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $43,300 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $17,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $10,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHospice of the Valley: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCAMBRIDGE IN AMERICA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPHOENIX GOSPEL MISSION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGESHER HUMAN SERVICES: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKyah Rayne Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds DEER TRIBE METIS - MEDICINE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Hospice of the Valley ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMBRIDGE IN AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds American Diabetes Association ↗
  • Who funds PHOENIX GOSPEL MISSION ↗
  • Who funds PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation ↗
  • Who funds AUTISM SPEAKS INC ↗
  • Who funds GESHER HUMAN SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Kyah Rayne Foundation ↗

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Edward & June Bernstein Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Edward & June Bernstein Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 28 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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