Washington · Private foundation
The Bernstein Family 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.
- $121k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 27
- Grants FY2024
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $26,088
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 36
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $76k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 36% of the organizations The Bernstein Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k 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 | 27 | $121k | 48% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $188k | 36% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $157k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 36 | $203k | 89% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $150k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Family Service | $251,088 | 5 | 0% |
| A Contemporary Theatre Inc | $103,585 | 2 | 4% |
| Temple de Hirsch Sinai | $51,012 | 4 | n/a |
| Artsfund | $36,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Teentix | $20,129 | 2 | 3% |
| Recovery Cafe | $17,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Unleash the Brilliance | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Development in Gardening | $12,772 | 4 | 1% |
| Shunpike | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Immanuel Childrens Foundation | $11,000 | 2 | 8% |
Show all 45 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($206k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Bernstein Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 41 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: Seattle Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Artsfund · The Conru Foundation · The Jon and Mary Shirley Foundation · Wyman Youth Trust · Grousemont Foundation · Klorfine Foundation · Moccasin Lake Foundation · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · Loeb Charitable Foundation · Alhadeff Family Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Bernstein Family Foundation
- How much does The Bernstein Family Foundation give?
- The Bernstein Family Foundation reported 27 grants totaling $121,223 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 36 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Bernstein Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (27%), Human Services (24%), Religion (6%).
- Who are The Bernstein Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Jewish Family Service ($251k), A Contemporary Theatre Inc ($104k), Temple de Hirsch Sinai ($51k).
- Does The Bernstein Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Bernstein Family 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 Bernstein Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation, Artsfund.
- Where is The Bernstein Family Foundation based?
- The Bernstein Family Foundation is based in WA.
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