· Private foundation
The Bergman 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k17 grants · $68k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $145k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WYOMING VALLEY CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION | $50,000 |
| PARKINSON'S DISEASE CENTER PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL | $30,000 |
| CORI'S PLACE | $20,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF WYOMING VALLEY | $15,000 |
| MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION | $15,000 |
| MARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM | $15,000 |
| PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL CBI | $10,000 |
| WILKES UNIVERSITY | $10,000 |
| CAMP JABBERWOCKY | $10,000 |
| WEST CHOP COMMUNITY FUND | $10,000 |
| FOUNDING FORWARD UNION LEAGUE SCHOLARSHIP | $10,000 |
| THE LANDS AT HILLSIDE FARMS | $5,500 |
| FINE ARTS FIESTA | $5,500 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS OF NEPA | $5,000 |
| FM KIRBY CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $125k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.
35 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WVWYOMING VALLEY CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION9× · 2017–2025 · $330k · revenue +29%
- CPCORI'S PLACE9× · 2017–2025 · $110k · revenue +357%
- TPTHE PENNSYLVANIA BALLET ASSOCIATION6× · 2017–2025 · $107k · revenue +72%
Funded once
- SPSAINT PETER'S SCHOOL PHILADELPHIAone grant, 2022 · $6k
- FFFOUNDING FORWARD (FORMERLY THE UNION LEAGUE LEGACY FOUNDATION)graduatedone grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +66%
- PHPA HOSPITAL OBGYN RESIDENCY EDUCATION FUNDone grant, 2022 · $5k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The western pennsylvania conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. the conservancy…
Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.
Visit philadelphia is our name and our mission. as the region's official tourism marketing agency, we build greater philadelphia's image, drive visitation and boost the economy.
Founded in 1827, the pennsylvania horticultural society (phs) uses horticulture to advance the health and well-being of the greater philadelphia region. (continued in sch o)phs's work focuses on four impact priorities: creating healthy…
The Chestnut Hill Conservancy conserves, preserves, and celebrates history, architecture, and landscapes in Chestnut Hill and the lower Wissahickon watershed through inclusive and proactive community engagement, advocacy, and stewardship.
The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.
The rosenbach museum & library is a community that engages with and celebrates the art of the written word using our collection of rare books and manuscripts.
Wilmington university is committed to excellence in teaching, relevancy of the curriculum, and individual attention to students. as an institution with admissions policies that provide access for all, it offers opportunity for higher…
At philadelphia zoo, our mission is to flourish as an urban oasis, where people and animals thrive, transformational memories are made, and our passion for conservation saves wildlife (see schedule o).guided by a three-year strategic plan,…
The westmoreland museum of american art offers a place to share compelling and meaningful cultural experiences that open the door to new ideas, perspectives, and possibilities.
Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…
See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…
How this is measured
32 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 52 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds WYOMING VALLEY CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ↗
- Who funds CORI'S PLACE ↗
- Who funds THE PENNSYLVANIA BALLET ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds WILKES UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds MARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds MARTHA'S VINEYARD CEREBRAL PALSY CAMP INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF WYOMING VALLEY ↗
- Who funds FM KIRBY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ↗
- Who funds The Lands at Hillside Farms ↗
- Who funds EMMA WILLARD SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds WEST CHOP COMMUNITY FUND INC ↗
- Who funds FINE ARTS FIESTA INC ↗
- Who funds INDEPENDENCE HISTORICAL TRUST ↗
- Who funds THE UBC 1871 FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds Wyoming Historical & Geological Society ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS PENNSYLVANIA INC ↗
- Who funds THE ATHENAEUM OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
- Who funds THE CANCER WELLNESS CENTER OF NEPA ↗
- Who funds WYOMING SEMINARY COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds FOUNDING FORWARD (FORMERLY THE UNION LEAGUE LEGACY FOUNDATION) ↗
- Who funds WILLS EYE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds YMCA of Martha's Vineyard Inc ↗
- Who funds PITTSTON MEMORIAL LIBRARY ↗
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 Luzerne Foundation · The Blackhorse Foundation · The Tambur Family Foundation · Maslow Family Foundation Inc · Sordoni Family Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · Nesbitt Family Charitable Foundation · Sordoni Foundation Inc · Moses Taylor Foundation Inc · John J & Marjorie M Passan Foundation · Reynolds Edith Bene Tr U W · Benevento and Mayo Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Bergman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bergman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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