Florida · Private foundation
The Murray & Shirley Berkowitz Foundation Inc
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.
- $212k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 83%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $49,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 12
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $593
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 83% of the organizations The Murray & Shirley Berkowitz Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 79% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $212k | 53% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $82k | 83% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $124k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesifta of Greater Miami-Louis | $55,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Yeshiva Elementary Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Miami Beach Community Kollel Inc | $28,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Congregation Yl South 8 | $17,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Yehudi Inc | $15,650 | 2 | 0% |
| I Am Jewish Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewish School of Miami Corp | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Netzach Yaakov | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Kollel International Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cong Chasdei Dpershischa | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesifta of Greater Miami-Louis | $55,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Yeshiva Elementary Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Miami Beach Community Kollel Inc | $28,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Congregation Yl South 8 | $17,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Yehudi Inc | $15,650 | 2 | 0% |
| I Am Jewish Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewish School of Miami Corp | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Netzach Yaakov | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Kollel International Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cong Chasdei Dpershischa | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friendship Circle of Miami Inc | $7,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Sulam Llochamim Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cong Beir Yakov | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($193k), not named here.
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: The Ojc Fund · Greater Miami Jewish Federation Inc · Alice G Hanson Family Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Murray & Shirley Berkowitz Foundation Inc
- How much does The Murray & Shirley Berkowitz Foundation Inc give?
- The Murray & Shirley Berkowitz Foundation Inc reported 15 grants totaling $211,960 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 12 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does The Murray & Shirley Berkowitz Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (25%), Education (14%), Philanthropy (13%).
- Who are The Murray & Shirley Berkowitz Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Mesifta of Greater Miami-Louis ($55k), Yeshiva Elementary Inc ($35k), Miami Beach Community Kollel Inc ($29k).
- Does The Murray & Shirley Berkowitz Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 83% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Murray & Shirley Berkowitz Foundation Inc 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 Murray & Shirley Berkowitz Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ojc Fund, Greater Miami Jewish Federation Inc, Alice G Hanson Family Foundation.
- Where is The Murray & Shirley Berkowitz Foundation Inc based?
- The Murray & Shirley Berkowitz Foundation Inc is based in FL.
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