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Josh & Deena 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.

$24k
Granted FY2022
35
Grants FY2022
35
Organizations funded FY2022
37%
First-time grantees FY2022
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Median grant, FY2022
$500
Largest grant, FY2022
$5,000
Organizations funded a year
30 to 43
FY2017 to FY2022
States reached, FY2022
5
Total assets, FY2022
$331k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2022, 37% of the organizations Josh & Deena Bernstein Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’22
ReligionArts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalPhilanthropyHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202235$24k37%
FY202043$32k33%
FY201932$27k47%
FY201830$30k57%
FY201740$41kn/a
90% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Religion$99kEducation$16kArts & Culture$13kHealth$10kInternational$10kCivil Rights$4kPhilanthropy$4kHuman Services$2kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
PA
NJ
CT
MO
MD
AZ
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Yeshiva Gedolah of Waterbury$16,1005n/a
Chinuch Yehudi Inc$15,50042%
Yeshiva University$13,55040%
American Committee for Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem Inc$5,50050%
Kulanu Inc$4,36050%
One Israel Fund Ltd$2,81050%
Keren Ezer Lnefesh$2,50030%
Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem$2,4004n/a
Ohel Childrens Home & Family Services Inc$2,00020%
Rabbi Jacob Joseph School$2,0002n/a
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All grantees of Josh & Deena Bernstein Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Yeshiva Gedolah of Waterbury$16,1005n/a
Chinuch Yehudi Inc$15,50042%
Yeshiva University$13,55040%
American Committee for Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem Inc$5,50050%
Kulanu Inc$4,36050%
One Israel Fund Ltd$2,81050%
Keren Ezer Lnefesh$2,50030%
Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem$2,4004n/a
Ohel Childrens Home & Family Services Inc$2,00020%
Rabbi Jacob Joseph School$2,0002n/a
Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia$2,0002n/a
Yeshiva Toras Chaim Inc$1,8001n/a
Amudei Ohr Inc$1,5404n/a
Camp Extreme D/B/A Project Extreme$1,40040%
Hatzalah of the Rockaways & Nassau County Inc$1,36030%
American Friends of Yad Eliezer$1,21020%
Keren Hashviis Inc$1,20010%
Yeshiva of Far Rockaway$1,1802n/a
Yeshivath Torah Vodaath$1,1002n/a
Manhattan Jewish Experience Synagogue$1,0001n/a
Yeshiva Ateres Yisroel$1,0001n/a
Israel Shlichus Program Inc$1,0001n/a
Yeshiva Beth Joseph$1,0001n/a
Bonei Olam Inc$1,00020%
Chai Lifeline Inc$97020%
American Friends of Migdal Torah Inc$75020%
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$60020%
Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust$56030%
Upper East Side Hatzolah Inc$50010%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$50010%
American Society for Yad Vashem Inc$50040%
Phoenix Mikva$5001n/a
Ohr Olam Corp$50010%
Bais Yaakov of Waterbury Inc$50010%
Congregation Ohel Moshe$5001n/a
Kollel Ateres Mordechai$46020%
Karnei Ohr$4301n/a
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$40020%
The Jewish Museum$31520%
Shor Yoshuv$3001n/a
Jewish Education in Media Inc Dba Jbs Jewish Broadcasting Service$25010%
Hias Inc$25010%
Dorot Inc$20020%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$20010%
Kayama Inc$18010%
Yeshiva Gedolah Keren Hatorah Inc$18010%
Museum of Modern Art$14010%
Anti-Defamation League$10010%
Lev L'achim Inc$1001n/a
Peylim Lev Lachim$10010%
Friends of United Hatzalah Inc$10010%
The Center for Jewish History Inc$10010%
Israel Childrens Cancer Foundation Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 46 recipients with no EIN on record ($60k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Josh & Deena Bernstein Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChinuch Yehudi Inc: $15,500 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetYeshiva University: $13,550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Committee for Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem Inc: $5,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKulanu Inc: $4,360 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetOne Israel Fund Ltd: $2,810 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKeren Ezer Lnefesh: $2,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOhel Childrens Home & Family Services Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Extreme D/B/A Project Extreme: $1,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHatzalah of the Rockaways & Nassau County Inc: $1,360 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Yad Eliezer: $1,210 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKeren Hashviis Inc: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBonei Olam Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChai Lifeline Inc: $970 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Migdal Torah Inc: $750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust: $560 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUpper East Side Hatzolah Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Society for Yad Vashem Inc: $500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOhr Olam Corp: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBais Yaakov of Waterbury Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKollel Ateres Mordechai: $460 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Jewish Museum: $315 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Education in Media Inc Dba Jbs Jewish Broadcasting Service: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHias Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDorot Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKayama Inc: $180 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetYeshiva Gedolah Keren Hatorah Inc: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $140 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPeylim Lev Lachim: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of United Hatzalah Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Jewish History Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIsrael Childrens Cancer Foundation Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 36.

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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.

The Ojc FundNY34.1× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ojc Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · The Jmg Foundation · Jewish Federation of Cleveland · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · F G Foundation · Belsky Family Foundation Inc · Terumah Foundation Inc · Regina Goldwasser Foundation · The Basch Family Foundation · The Sorala Foundation · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Josh & Deena Bernstein Foundation

How much does Josh & Deena Bernstein Foundation give?
Josh & Deena Bernstein Foundation reported 35 grants totaling $23,935 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 43 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
What does Josh & Deena Bernstein Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Religion (59%), Education (9%), Arts & Culture (8%).
Who are Josh & Deena Bernstein Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Yeshiva Gedolah of Waterbury ($16k), Chinuch Yehudi Inc ($16k), Yeshiva University ($14k).
Does Josh & Deena Bernstein Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2022, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Josh & Deena 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.
Which funders back the same organizations as Josh & Deena Bernstein Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ojc Fund, Jewish Communal Fund, The Jmg Foundation.
Where is Josh & Deena Bernstein Foundation based?
Josh & Deena Bernstein Foundation is based in NY.

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 100 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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