California · Private foundation
The Marvin Ronald Bernstein 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.
- $194k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $9,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $27,625
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 24
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations The Marvin Ronald Bernstein Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k 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 | 20 | $194k | 5% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $207k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $247k | 19% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $271k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $236k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $195k | 81% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $109k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haynes Family of Programs | $97,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Lmws Inc | $92,000 | 7 | 6% |
| Community of the Word Inc | $76,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Habitat for Humanity Inland Valley Inc | $75,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Master's University and Seminary | $59,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Joshua Fund | $59,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Olive Crest | $59,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Samaritan Counseling Center | $56,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Baja Christian Ministries | $54,750 | 5 | 1% |
| Dawn of Hope Inc | $40,100 | 6 | 22% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haynes Family of Programs | $97,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Lmws Inc | $92,000 | 7 | 6% |
| Community of the Word Inc | $76,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Habitat for Humanity Inland Valley Inc | $75,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Master's University and Seminary | $59,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Joshua Fund | $59,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Olive Crest | $59,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Samaritan Counseling Center | $56,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Baja Christian Ministries | $54,750 | 5 | 1% |
| Dawn of Hope Inc | $40,100 | 6 | 22% |
| Emanate Health Foundation | $40,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Dignity Group | $30,000 | 5 | 7% |
| Sovereign Hope Church | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Bridges for Peace Inc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Life Bible Fellowship Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Korea Town Oakland | $18,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Casa Teresa Inc | $16,250 | 2 | 0% |
| St Louise the Marillac School | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ecocity Builders | $15,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Dignity USA Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Keshet Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Survival International (Usa) | $7,500 | 2 | 1% |
| The Sheepfold Inc | $6,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Fellowship International Mission | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Academy of Hawaiian Arts Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Center For Medical Progress | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Berkeley Community Health Project DBA Berkeley Free Clinic | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
| God's Love We Deliver Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Baptist Foreign Mission Society | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Food for the Poor Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| React19 Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Christian Educators Association International | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($519k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Marvin Ronald Bernstein 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
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About The Marvin Ronald Bernstein Foundation
- How much does The Marvin Ronald Bernstein Foundation give?
- The Marvin Ronald Bernstein Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $193,625 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 24 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does The Marvin Ronald Bernstein Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (37%), Health (20%), Human Services (16%).
- Who are The Marvin Ronald Bernstein Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Haynes Family of Programs ($98k), Lmws Inc ($92k), Community of the Word Inc ($76k).
- Does The Marvin Ronald Bernstein Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Marvin Ronald Bernstein 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 Marvin Ronald Bernstein Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Christian Community Foundation Inc, Inland Empire Community Foundation, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals.
- Where is The Marvin Ronald Bernstein Foundation based?
- The Marvin Ronald Bernstein Foundation is based in CA.
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