Florida · Private foundation
Sam Berman Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $759k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2024
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 28
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $13M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 21% of the organizations Sam Berman Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 22 | $709k | 23% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $699k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 28 | $860k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $709k | 19% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $703k | 21% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $617k | 23% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $476k | 32% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $174k | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Harold Grinspoon Foundation | $800,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Jewish Community Centers of South Broward Inc | $275,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The University of Florida Foundation Inc | $250,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Junior Achievement of Greater Miami Inc | $245,000 | 7 | 7% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County Inc | $175,000 | 7 | 0% |
| University of Miami | $135,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired Inc | $115,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Hofstra University | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Innovation Africa | $85,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $75,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 35 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Sam Berman Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 33 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Greater Miami Jewish Federation Inc · The Miami Foundation Inc · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Vyuha Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · United Way Miami Inc · Fjc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
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About Sam Berman Charitable Foundation
- How much does Sam Berman Charitable Foundation give?
- Sam Berman Charitable Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $759,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 28 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Sam Berman Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (37%), Education (33%), Youth Development (7%).
- Who are Sam Berman Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Harold Grinspoon Foundation ($800k), Jewish Community Centers of South Broward Inc ($275k), The University of Florida Foundation Inc ($250k).
- Does Sam Berman Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sam Berman Charitable 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 Sam Berman Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Miami Jewish Federation Inc, The Miami Foundation Inc, The Batchelor Foundation Inc.
- Where is Sam Berman Charitable Foundation based?
- Sam Berman Charitable Foundation is based in FL.
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