Delaware · Private foundation
The Bergman 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.
- $112k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,578
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 10
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations The Bergman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k 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 | 16 | $112k | 56% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $108k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $165k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $100k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Novo Mission Inc | $95,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Uniting Voices | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Arts of Life Inc | $55,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Grace Chicago Church | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Marwen Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $28,500 | 4 | 0% |
| The Poetry Project Ltd | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Intonation Music Workshop | $13,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Roulette Intermedium Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pilot Light | $8,500 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Novo Mission Inc | $95,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Uniting Voices | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Arts of Life Inc | $55,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Grace Chicago Church | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Marwen Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $28,500 | 4 | 0% |
| The Poetry Project Ltd | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Intonation Music Workshop | $13,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Roulette Intermedium Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pilot Light | $8,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Shed NYC Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Association of Writers & Writing Programs | $870 | 1 | 0% |
| Poets House Inc | $600 | 1 | 0% |
| National Book Foundation Inc | $405 | 1 | 0% |
| Poetry Society of America | $60 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($103k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Bergman 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 Poetry Foundation · The Academy of American Poets Inc · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Chicago Community Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Bergman Foundation
- How much does The Bergman Foundation give?
- The Bergman Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $112,238 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 10 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does The Bergman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (47%), Religion (30%), Animals (10%).
- Who are The Bergman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Novo Mission Inc ($95k), Uniting Voices ($60k), The Arts of Life Inc ($55k).
- Does The Bergman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Bergman 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 Bergman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Poetry Foundation, The Academy of American Poets Inc, The Hyde and Watson Foundation.
- Where is The Bergman Foundation based?
- The Bergman Foundation is based in DE.
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