Delaware · Private foundation
Foerster Bernstein 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.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2023
- 3
- Grants FY2023
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $290,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 2
- Total assets, FY2023
- $56M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations Foerster Bernstein Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 98% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 3 | $1.3M | 67% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $18k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $17k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $17k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $6.2M | 50% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $1.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health | $290,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation | $113,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Greens Farms Academy Inc | $62,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wildlife in Crisis Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($8.7M), not named here.
About Foerster Bernstein Foundation
- How much does Foerster Bernstein Foundation give?
- Foerster Bernstein Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $1,310,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Foerster Bernstein Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (57%), Education (40%), Health (3%).
- Who are Foerster Bernstein Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health ($290k), Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation ($113k), Greens Farms Academy Inc ($63k).
- Does Foerster Bernstein Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Foerster Bernstein 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.
- Where is Foerster Bernstein Foundation based?
- Foerster Bernstein Foundation is based in DE.
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