Virginia · Private foundation
The Morey Bernstein Memorial 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.
- $71k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $13,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 23
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations The Morey Bernstein Memorial Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 17 | $71k | 59% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $46k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $36k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $36k | 12% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $150k | 39% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $88k | 82% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $38k | 80% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $52k | 39% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| True Colors United Inc | $90,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Isle Project | $20,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Family Forward Oregon | $19,000 | 2 | 2% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Riverdale School District Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $14,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Best Friends Animal Society | $13,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Mothering Justice | $11,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Adelante Mujeres | $11,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 44 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($202k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Morey Bernstein Memorial 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: Tides Foundation · New Venture Fund · The Ford Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Morey Bernstein Memorial Foundation
- How much does The Morey Bernstein Memorial Foundation give?
- The Morey Bernstein Memorial Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $71,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Morey Bernstein Memorial Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (20%), Housing & Shelter (18%), Civil Rights (15%).
- Who are The Morey Bernstein Memorial Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: True Colors United Inc ($90k), Isle Project ($20k), Family Forward Oregon ($19k).
- Does The Morey Bernstein Memorial Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Morey Bernstein Memorial 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 Morey Bernstein Memorial Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tides Foundation, New Venture Fund, The Ford Foundation.
- Where is The Morey Bernstein Memorial Foundation based?
- The Morey Bernstein Memorial Foundation is based in VA.
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