Florida · Private foundation
James and Susan Bere Family Foundation
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.
- $142k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2024
- $92,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $92,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 53
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $366k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 100% of the organizations James and Susan Bere Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 2 | $142k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $500 | 100% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $200k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $1.0M | 36% |
| FY2017 | 53 | $517k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Life | $313,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Christ Church of Oak Brook | $230,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| ThedaCare Family of Foundations Inc | $92,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Lawndale Community Church | $76,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Christian Life Ministries Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship | $17,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Elim Christian Services | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Christianity Today International | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 37 grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($861k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget James and Susan Bere Family Foundation 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: David and Karen Bere Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · The Brandsma Family Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
Compare James and Susan Bere Family Foundation with peer funders
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About James and Susan Bere Family Foundation
- How much does James and Susan Bere Family Foundation give?
- James and Susan Bere Family Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $142,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 53 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does James and Susan Bere Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (33%), International (21%), Religion (17%).
- Who are James and Susan Bere Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Young Life ($313k), Christ Church of Oak Brook ($230k), Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us ($100k).
- Does James and Susan Bere Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James and Susan Bere Family 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 James and Susan Bere Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include David and Karen Bere Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, The Brandsma Family Foundation.
- Where is James and Susan Bere Family Foundation based?
- James and Susan Bere Family Foundation is based in FL.
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