New Jersey · Private foundation
Philip & Lena 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.
- $26k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 64%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,800
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,329
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $48k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 64% of the organizations Philip & Lena Berger Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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 | 12 | $26k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $33k | 64% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $16k | 57% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $22k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $19k | 70% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $12k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $22k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $23k | 67% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of Yad Sarah Inc | $13,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Ezer Mizion | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Hamerkaz | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bikur Cholim of Lakewood Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Yeshiva Derech Chaim | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Zaka Tel-Aviv Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hebron Fund Inc | $1,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Rabbi Meir Baal Haneis | $1,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Jgive-Friends of Asor Fund USA Inc | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Yeshiva of Greater Washington Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of Yad Sarah Inc | $13,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Ezer Mizion | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Hamerkaz | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bikur Cholim of Lakewood Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Yeshiva Derech Chaim | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Zaka Tel-Aviv Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hebron Fund Inc | $1,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Rabbi Meir Baal Haneis | $1,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Jgive-Friends of Asor Fund USA Inc | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Yeshiva of Greater Washington Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Colel Chabad | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Gates of Mercy | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chai Lifeline Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Misaskim Corp | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($142k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Philip & Lena 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: Jewish Communal Fund · The Ojc Fund · Marbeh Shalom Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Philip & Lena Berger Foundation
- How much does Philip & Lena Berger Foundation give?
- Philip & Lena Berger Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $26,329 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Philip & Lena Berger Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (19%), Health (15%), Arts & Culture (3%).
- Who are Philip & Lena Berger Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Friends of Yad Sarah Inc ($14k), Ezer Mizion ($6k), Hamerkaz ($5k).
- Does Philip & Lena Berger Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 64% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Philip & Lena 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 Philip & Lena Berger Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, The Ojc Fund, Marbeh Shalom Foundation Inc.
- Where is Philip & Lena Berger Foundation based?
- Philip & Lena Berger Foundation is based in NJ.
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