New York · Private foundation
The Judy and Howard Berkowitz Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $248k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 35
- Grants FY2025
- 34
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 26 to 34
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $9k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations The Judy and Howard Berkowitz Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k 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 | 25 | $230k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 34 | $297k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 32 | $269k | 47% |
| FY2022 | 30 | $789k | 73% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $425k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2026.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Rockefeller University | $503,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Washington Institute for Near East Policy | $345,745 | 5 | 1% |
| New York Historical Society | $260,314 | 5 | 0% |
| New York City Ballet Inc | $112,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Bard College | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for Educational Innovation Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation | $56,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $53,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Morselife Foundation Inc | $38,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Norton Museum of Art Inc | $34,750 | 4 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($86k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Judy and Howard Berkowitz 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: Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Shubert Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Ibm International Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Judy and Howard Berkowitz Foundation
- How much does The Judy and Howard Berkowitz Foundation give?
- The Judy and Howard Berkowitz Foundation reported 35 grants totaling $248,100 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 34 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The Judy and Howard Berkowitz Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (17%), Arts & Culture (16%), International (12%).
- Who are The Judy and Howard Berkowitz Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: The Rockefeller University ($503k), Washington Institute for Near East Policy ($346k), New York Historical Society ($260k).
- Does The Judy and Howard Berkowitz Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Judy and Howard Berkowitz 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 Judy and Howard Berkowitz Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, National Philanthropic Trust, The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Judy and Howard Berkowitz Foundation based?
- The Judy and Howard Berkowitz Foundation is based in NY.
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