Delaware · Private foundation
The Daniel and Karen Berman 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.
- $52k
- Granted FY2020
- 21
- Grants FY2020
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
76% of The Daniel and Karen Berman Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 11 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year The Daniel and Karen Berman Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 8 organizations, $52k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $2,385
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 3
- Total assets, FY2020
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 13% of the organizations The Daniel and Karen Berman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 8 | $37k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $14k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $17k | 90% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $2k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc | $65,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Urban Ministries of Durham Inc | $55,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Carolina Theatre of Durham Inc | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Duke University | $33,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Judea Reform Congregation | $27,850 | 8 | n/a |
| Durham Children's Initiative | $19,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Chordoma Foundation | $5,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Trustees of the Lawrenceville School | $5,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Ransom Everglades School Inc | $4,500 | 7 | 0% |
| The North Carolina Public Television Foundation Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc | $65,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Urban Ministries of Durham Inc | $55,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Carolina Theatre of Durham Inc | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Duke University | $33,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Judea Reform Congregation | $27,850 | 8 | n/a |
| Durham Children's Initiative | $19,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Chordoma Foundation | $5,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Trustees of the Lawrenceville School | $5,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Ransom Everglades School Inc | $4,500 | 7 | 0% |
| The North Carolina Public Television Foundation Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| National Network of Abortion Funds Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Pro Publica Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Carolina Abortion Fund | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Greater Trenton Jewish Cemetery Proj | $2,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Israel Tennis Centers Foundation Inc | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $1,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Durham Academy Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel | $180 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($2k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Daniel and Karen Berman 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
Compare The Daniel and Karen Berman Foundation with peer funders
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About The Daniel and Karen Berman Foundation
- How much does The Daniel and Karen Berman Foundation give?
- The Daniel and Karen Berman Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $52,385 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does The Daniel and Karen Berman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (74%), Food & Nutrition (6%), Housing & Shelter (5%).
- Who are The Daniel and Karen Berman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc ($65k), Urban Ministries of Durham Inc ($55k), Carolina Theatre of Durham Inc ($45k).
- Does The Daniel and Karen Berman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Daniel and Karen Berman 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 Daniel and Karen Berman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Triangle Community Foundation Inc, The Shepard Broad Foundation Inc, Duke University Health System Inc.
- Where is The Daniel and Karen Berman Foundation based?
- The Daniel and Karen Berman Foundation is based in DE.
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