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Martin S Berger 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.

$20k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
11
Grants FY2025
9
Organizations funded FY2024
44%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,250
Largest grant, FY2025
$5,000
Organizations funded a year
9 to 29
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$120k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 44% of the organizations Martin S Berger Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesInternationalArts & CultureReligionEducationOther
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
FY2025still arriving10$18k40%
FY20249$25k44%
FY202316$35k38%
FY202221$70k24%
FY202123$66k26%
FY202022$73k23%
FY201929$78k55%
FY201723$66kn/a
87% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$89kReligion$65kHealth$61kHuman Services$61kCommunity Improvement$51kInternational$30kEducation$26kArts & Culture$17kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Morselife Foundation Inc$32,50050%
Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc$18,50020%
Selfhelp Community Services Inc$18,00050%
The Community Shul$15,3793n/a
One Family Fund$15,00030%
White Plains Hospital Medical Center$13,50040%
American Friends of Yahad - in Unum Inc$12,30041%
Congregation Emanuel$11,5005n/a
Impact100 Westchester Inc$11,25080%
Opendor Media Inc$10,00020%
Show all 42 grantees
All grantees of Martin S Berger Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Morselife Foundation Inc$32,50050%
Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc$18,50020%
Selfhelp Community Services Inc$18,00050%
The Community Shul$15,3793n/a
One Family Fund$15,00030%
White Plains Hospital Medical Center$13,50040%
American Friends of Yahad - in Unum Inc$12,30041%
Congregation Emanuel$11,5005n/a
Impact100 Westchester Inc$11,25080%
Opendor Media Inc$10,00020%
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc$9,55070%
Northern Westchester Hospital Association$7,90050%
Rye Country Day School$7,50010%
March of Dimes Inc$7,00030%
Lets Win Pancreatic Cancer Foundation$6,80020%
Palm Beach Orthodox Synagogue Inc$5,0754n/a
East End Hospice Inc$5,00050%
Mesivta of Greater Los Angeles$5,00010%
Birkat Yitzchok Inc$5,0001n/a
Pink Aid Inc$4,38020%
The Jewish Museum$3,75020%
Manhattan Class Company Inc$2,50020%
Child Care Council of Westchester Inc$2,50010%
Shatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation$2,00010%
Youth Justice Network Inc$2,00010%
We Are Family Foundation$2,00010%
Westchester Jewish Council Inc$1,80010%
Israel Tennis Centers Foundation Inc$1,8001n/a
Services for the Underserved Inc$1,50010%
Jewish Business Network$1,0001n/a
Oakdale Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Hunters Cmt4b3 Research Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Play for Pink Inc$1,0001n/a
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History$1,00010%
Breakthrough T1d$1,00010%
Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation$70010%
Deborah Hospital Foundation$50010%
Wesleyan University$50010%
The Ferd and Gladys Alpert Jewish Family & Children Service of Palm Beach C Ounty Inc$50010%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$50010%
America Gives Inc$5001n/a
Tri County Humane Society$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($180k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Martin S Berger Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMorselife Foundation Inc: $32,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $18,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSelfhelp Community Services Inc: $18,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOne Family Fund: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWhite Plains Hospital Medical Center: $13,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Yahad - in Unum Inc: $12,300 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetImpact100 Westchester Inc: $11,250 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetOpendor Media Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc: $9,550 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNorthern Westchester Hospital Association: $7,900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRye Country Day School: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarch of Dimes Inc: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLets Win Pancreatic Cancer Foundation: $6,800 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEast End Hospice Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMesivta of Greater Los Angeles: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPink Aid Inc: $4,380 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Jewish Museum: $3,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetManhattan Class Company Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChild Care Council of Westchester Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYouth Justice Network Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWe Are Family Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWestchester Jewish Council Inc: $1,800 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetServices for the Underserved Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOakdale Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHunters Cmt4b3 Research Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWeitzman National Museum of American Jewish History: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDeborah Hospital Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWesleyan University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Ferd and Gladys Alpert Jewish Family & Children Service of Palm Beach C Ounty Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTri County Humane Society: $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 34.

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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.

Jewish Communal FundNY20.7× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The Rosalie Katz Family Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Martin S Berger Family Foundation

How much does Martin S Berger Family Foundation give?
Martin S Berger Family Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $20,100 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 29 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does Martin S Berger Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (19%), Religion (14%), Health (13%).
Who are Martin S Berger Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Morselife Foundation Inc ($33k), Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc ($19k), Selfhelp Community Services Inc ($18k).
Does Martin S Berger Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Martin S Berger 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 Martin S Berger Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, The Rosalie Katz Family Foundation Inc, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.
Where is Martin S Berger Family Foundation based?
Martin S Berger Family 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 71 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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