Washington, D.C. · Private foundation
Leo M Bernstein Family Foundation
Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $505k
- Granted FY2022
- 58
- Grants FY2022
- 55
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 47%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $6,075
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 45 to 56
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 12
- Total assets, FY2022
- $7.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 47% of the organizations Leo M Bernstein Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $159k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 55 | $487k | 47% |
| FY2021 | 45 | $415k | 44% |
| FY2020 | 45 | $435k | 44% |
| FY2019 | 45 | $412k | 36% |
| FY2018 | 50 | $427k | 32% |
| FY2017 | 56 | $438k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
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 FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Constitution Center | $175,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Sixth & I Synagogue Inc | $101,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Washington Hebrew Congregation | $87,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Kollel Vilna | $77,500 | 6 | 6% |
| The National Museum of Women in the Arts | $76,800 | 4 | 0% |
| Meridian International Center | $70,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Yeshiva of Greater Washington Inc | $64,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Democracy Works Inc | $55,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Trust for the National Mall | $50,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $46,250 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 94 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 60 recipients with no EIN on record ($992k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Leo M Bernstein 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: Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Duber Family Foundation · The Scott and Patrice Brickman Family Foundation · The Carl M Freeman Foundation Inc · Sachiko Kuno Foundation Inc · Galena-Yorktown Foundation · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · S & R Foundation · Sami & Annie Totah Family Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc
How this is measured
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About Leo M Bernstein Family Foundation
- How much does Leo M Bernstein Family Foundation give?
- Leo M Bernstein Family Foundation reported 58 grants totaling $505,374 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 45 and 56 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Leo M Bernstein Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (30%), Education (10%), Religion (10%).
- Who are Leo M Bernstein Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: National Constitution Center ($175k), Sixth & I Synagogue Inc ($101k), Washington Hebrew Congregation ($88k).
- Does Leo M Bernstein Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Leo M Bernstein 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 Leo M Bernstein Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Duber Family Foundation.
- Where is Leo M Bernstein Family Foundation based?
- Leo M Bernstein Family Foundation is based in DC.
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