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Madeleine H and Mandell L Berman Support Foundation

The organization holds its contributions in an endowment fund. It will make contributions out of such fund to other 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(1) or (2) organizations. These organizations include the jewish federation of metropolitan detroit and other member or benficiary agencies, as well as other charitable organizations.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
40
Grants FY2024
41
Organizations funded FY2023
27%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$165,000
Organizations funded a year
7 to 41
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 27% of the organizations Madeleine H and Mandell L Berman Support Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $220k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’23
EducationFood & NutritionArts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalAnimalsOther
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
FY2024still arriving36$1.0M6%
FY202341$757k27%
FY202123$676k26%
FY202036$1.0M94%
FY20197$315kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$3.2MArts & Culture$1.4MEducation$1.0MFood & Nutrition$915kInternational$402kHuman Services$318kReligion$302kHealth$211kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
MA
NJ
CA
CO
TN
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Wayne State University$400,9004n/a
Eastern Michigan University Foundation$280,00040%
Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan$240,00040%
Forgotten Harvest Inc$240,00040%
Congregation Shaarey Zedek$180,0005n/a
The Detroit Institute of Arts$160,00030%
The Boulder Jewish Community Center$145,07931%
Detroit Land Bank Community Development Corporation$125,00039%
Metro Food Rescue$115,000219%
Clover Hill Park Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust$105,0001n/a
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All grantees of Madeleine H and Mandell L Berman Support Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Wayne State University$400,9004n/a
Eastern Michigan University Foundation$280,00040%
Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan$240,00040%
Forgotten Harvest Inc$240,00040%
Congregation Shaarey Zedek$180,0005n/a
The Detroit Institute of Arts$160,00030%
The Boulder Jewish Community Center$145,07931%
Detroit Land Bank Community Development Corporation$125,00039%
Metro Food Rescue$115,000219%
Clover Hill Park Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust$105,0001n/a
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit$94,00042%
Community Food Share Inc$90,00040%
Michigan Humane Society$83,26020%
City Harvest Inc$70,00040%
American Friends of the Old City Inc$65,000114%
Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc$65,00040%
Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network$61,00041%
Fund for the Aged Inc$60,00011%
Friends of Israel Sci-Tech Schools Inc$58,500210%
Ort America Inc$57,00030%
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc$55,00030%
Women Who Weld$55,000120%
Wayne State University Foundation$50,00010%
Cornell University$50,00010%
Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation$50,00020%
Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue$50,0004n/a
Construction Education Trust$45,40032%
Bowery Residents Committee Inc$45,00030%
Friendship Circle$45,0004n/a
Make Food Not Waste$45,00024%
Emergency Family Assistance Association$42,50030%
Temple Israel of Detroit$40,0003n/a
Diploma Equity Project$35,00013%
The Humane Society of Boulder Valley Inc$35,00030%
I Have A Dream Foundation Of Boulder County$30,00031%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$30,00030%
Jewish Funders Network$30,00010%
Smithsonian Institution$25,00030%
Food Bank for New York City$25,00020%
Atlantic Impact$25,00012%
Food Bank of the Rockies$25,00030%
The Urban Alliance Foundation Inc$24,00020%
Michigan B'Nai B'Rith Hillel Foundation Inc$21,00030%
Michigan College Access Network$20,00020%
Motown Historical Musuem Inc$20,00010%
Remote Area Medical$20,00030%
Bridge House$20,00030%
Regents of the University of Michigan$20,0002n/a
Child and Family Advocacy Program$20,00031%
American Composers Orchestra Inc$11,00011%
The Detroit Assoc of Black Org$10,00011%
Boulder Valley Women's Health Center Inc$10,00010%
AnchoRRa$10,00013%
Jewish Family Service of Colorado Inc$10,00020%
ACLU Foundation of Colorado Inc$10,00010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$10,00010%
Boulder Jewish Fellowship Inc$10,0001n/a
Jean and Samuel Frankel Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit$5,00010%
The Detroit Jewish News Foundation Inc$4,00010%
Congregation Beth Chabad of Greater Downtown Detroit$1,0001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Madeleine H and Mandell L Berman Support Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEastern Michigan University Foundation: $280,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetGleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan: $240,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetForgotten Harvest Inc: $240,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Detroit Institute of Arts: $160,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Boulder Jewish Community Center: $145,079 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetDetroit Land Bank Community Development Corporation: $125,000 over 3y, 8.7% of budgetMetro Food Rescue: $115,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetMuseum of Contemporary Art Detroit: $94,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetCommunity Food Share Inc: $90,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMichigan Humane Society: $83,260 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCity Harvest Inc: $70,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of the Old City Inc: $65,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $65,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network: $61,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetFund for the Aged Inc: $60,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFriends of Israel Sci-Tech Schools Inc: $58,500 over 2y, 9.5% of budgetOrt America Inc: $57,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetDetroit Symphony Orchestra Inc: $55,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWomen Who Weld: $55,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetWayne State University Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCornell University: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetConstruction Education Trust: $45,400 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetBowery Residents Committee Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMake Food Not Waste: $45,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetEmergency Family Assistance Association: $42,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetDiploma Equity Project: $35,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetThe Humane Society of Boulder Valley Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetI Have A Dream Foundation Of Boulder County: $30,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Funders Network: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFood Bank for New York City: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAtlantic Impact: $25,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetFood Bank of the Rockies: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Urban Alliance Foundation Inc: $24,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMichigan B'Nai B'Rith Hillel Foundation Inc: $21,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMichigan College Access Network: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMotown Historical Musuem Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRemote Area Medical: $20,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBridge House: $20,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetChild and Family Advocacy Program: $20,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetAmerican Composers Orchestra Inc: $11,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Detroit Assoc of Black Org: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBoulder Valley Women's Health Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAnchoRRa: $10,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetJewish Family Service of Colorado Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetACLU Foundation of Colorado Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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 51.

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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.

Madeleine & Mandell L Berman FoundationMI49.7× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Madeleine & Mandell L Berman Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · The Skillman Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · The Kresge Foundation · The Taking Flight Foundation · Marjorie and Maxwell Jospey Foundation · Barron Family Foundation · Harold and Penny B Blumenstein Foundation Corporation · The Eugene Applebaum Family Foundation · United Jewish Foundation · United Way for Southeastern Michigan

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 Madeleine H and Mandell L Berman Support Foundation

How much does Madeleine H and Mandell L Berman Support Foundation give?
Madeleine H and Mandell L Berman Support Foundation reported 40 grants totaling $1,218,879 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 41 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Madeleine H and Mandell L Berman Support Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (38%), Arts & Culture (17%), Education (12%).
Who are Madeleine H and Mandell L Berman Support Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Wayne State University ($401k), Eastern Michigan University Foundation ($280k), Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan ($240k).
Does Madeleine H and Mandell L Berman Support Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Madeleine H and Mandell L Berman Support Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Madeleine & Mandell L Berman Foundation, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, The Skillman Foundation.
Where is Madeleine H and Mandell L Berman Support Foundation based?
Madeleine H and Mandell L Berman Support Foundation is based in MI.

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 67 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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