Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Richard N Berman Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $58k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $602k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations Richard N Berman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 | 6 | $58k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $45k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $48k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $46k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $52k | 69% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $18k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $22k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $34k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headstrong Foundation | $88,100 | 8 | 1% |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation | $49,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Academy in Manayunk | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Public School of Germantown | $22,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Cb Community Schools | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $10,400 | 1 | 0% |
| K9s for Warriors Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Living Beyond Breast Cancer | $6,050 | 3 | 0% |
| Living Streams Church | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Heights Philadelphia | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headstrong Foundation | $88,100 | 8 | 1% |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation | $49,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Academy in Manayunk | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Public School of Germantown | $22,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Cb Community Schools | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $10,400 | 1 | 0% |
| K9s for Warriors Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Living Beyond Breast Cancer | $6,050 | 3 | 0% |
| Living Streams Church | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Heights Philadelphia | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Germantown Friends School | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Raymond and Ruth Perelman Jewish Day School | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Maccabi USA Inc | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Philadelphia Youth Basketball Inc | $1,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Family & Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Scholars Charter School | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Experience Camps | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Eagles Charitable Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Compassionate Care ALS Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Cancer Support Community Greater Philadelphia | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Face to Face Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($73k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Richard N Berman 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: The Saramar Charitable Fund · Business Leadership Organized for Catholic Schools · The Philadelphia Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Richard N Berman Foundation
- How much does Richard N Berman Foundation give?
- Richard N Berman Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $57,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Richard N Berman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (47%), Education (24%), Youth Development (6%).
- Who are Richard N Berman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Headstrong Foundation ($88k), The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation ($50k), Academy in Manayunk ($30k).
- Does Richard N Berman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Richard N Berman Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Richard N Berman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Saramar Charitable Fund, Business Leadership Organized for Catholic Schools, The Philadelphia Foundation.
- Where is Richard N Berman Foundation based?
- Richard N Berman Foundation is based in PA.
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