Virginia · Private foundation
The 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.
- $17k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 21
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $335k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations The Berger Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | $17k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $17k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $15k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $22k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $21k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $21k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volunteer Hampton Roads | $7,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Fish of Sanibel-Captiva Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Sanibel Community Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| St Marys County Historical Society Inc | $3,500 | 5 | 1% |
| The Animal League of Green Valley | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Norfolk Academy | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Proof Alliance | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sanibel Historical Museum & Village Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union | $3,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volunteer Hampton Roads | $7,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Fish of Sanibel-Captiva Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Sanibel Community Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| St Marys County Historical Society Inc | $3,500 | 5 | 1% |
| The Animal League of Green Valley | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Norfolk Academy | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Proof Alliance | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sanibel Historical Museum & Village Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union | $3,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Barrier Island Group for the Arts | $2,586 | 3 | 0% |
| GVR Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Friends in Deed Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Potomac Conservancy Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Leonardtown Volunteer Rescue Squad Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sanibel Public Library Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Leonardtown Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ann's Circle Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hospice of St Marys Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($55k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The 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.
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How this is measured
About The Berger Foundation
- How much does The Berger Foundation give?
- The Berger Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $17,002 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 21 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Berger Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (20%), Human Services (15%), Animals (14%).
- Who are The Berger Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Volunteer Hampton Roads ($8k), Fish of Sanibel-Captiva Inc ($8k), Sanibel Community Association Inc ($5k).
- Does The Berger Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The 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 The Berger Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Moccasin Lake Foundation, Charities Aid Foundation America, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is The Berger Foundation based?
- The Berger Foundation is based in VA.
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