Maryland · Private foundation
Leo V Berger 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.
- $186k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 23
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations Leo V Berger Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 21 | $186k | 5% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $168k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $169k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $121k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $135k | 12% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $118k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mpt Foundation Inc | $155,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $155,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Jemicy School Inc | $65,000 | 3 | 0% |
| McDonogh School Incorporated | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Pikesville Volunteer Fire Co Inc | $42,500 | 6 | 1% |
| University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Art With a Heart Inc | $35,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Alvin S Mintzes Hatzalah of Baltimore Inc | $30,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Everyman Theatre Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Maryland Food Bank Inc | $22,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mpt Foundation Inc | $155,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $155,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Jemicy School Inc | $65,000 | 3 | 0% |
| McDonogh School Incorporated | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Pikesville Volunteer Fire Co Inc | $42,500 | 6 | 1% |
| University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Art With a Heart Inc | $35,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Alvin S Mintzes Hatzalah of Baltimore Inc | $30,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Everyman Theatre Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Maryland Food Bank Inc | $22,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Baltimore Hunger Project LLC | $21,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Baltimore Museum of Industry Inc | $20,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Currey Ingram Academy | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Bais Yaakov School for Girls Inc | $5,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Mt Washington Pediatric Hospital Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ner Israel Rabbinical College Inc | $2,750 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($169k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Leo V Berger 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: Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Herbert Bearman Foundation · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · Herman & Walter Samuelson Foundation Inc · Sherman Family Foundation · The Joseph Meyerhoff Fund Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · Leo V Berger Fund · The John J Leidy Foundation Inc · The Bunting Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Leo V Berger Foundation
- How much does Leo V Berger Foundation give?
- Leo V Berger Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $185,750 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 23 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Leo V Berger Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (42%), Education (21%), Philanthropy (6%).
- Who are Leo V Berger Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Mpt Foundation Inc ($155k), The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ($155k), The Jemicy School Inc ($65k).
- Does Leo V Berger Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Leo V Berger 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 V Berger Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore, T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc, Herbert Bearman Foundation.
- Where is Leo V Berger Foundation based?
- Leo V Berger Foundation is based in MD.
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