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The Norman & Bettina Roberts 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.

$562k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
62
Grants FY2025
50
Organizations funded FY2024
40%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$30,000
Organizations funded a year
50 to 69
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$9.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 40% of the organizations The Norman & Bettina Roberts Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $131k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsCivil RightsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving54$557k54%
FY202450$536k40%
FY202353$436k45%
FY202251$507k39%
FY202169$647k52%
FY202052$567kn/a
74% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Religion$615kEducation$510kHuman Services$375kArts & Culture$268kYouth Development$233kHealth$194kCrime & Legal$104kPhilanthropy$104kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
PA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
NC
DC
LA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Il Circolo Inc$130,000643%
Bobbies Place Inc$125,00052%
Chai Lifeline Inc$60,00050%
The Friendship Circle Inc$60,0001n/a
High Point University$55,00040%
St Ann's Warehouse Inc$52,50060%
Rabbi Jacob Joseph School$50,0002n/a
Symphony of the Americas Inc$45,00062%
Southern Methodist University$35,00020%
Broward Sheriff's Advisory Council Inc$30,00022%
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All grantees of The Norman & Bettina Roberts Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Il Circolo Inc$130,000643%
Bobbies Place Inc$125,00052%
Chai Lifeline Inc$60,00050%
The Friendship Circle Inc$60,0001n/a
High Point University$55,00040%
St Ann's Warehouse Inc$52,50060%
Rabbi Jacob Joseph School$50,0002n/a
Symphony of the Americas Inc$45,00062%
Southern Methodist University$35,00020%
Broward Sheriff's Advisory Council Inc$30,00022%
The Simchas Mayer Fund Inc$30,00043%
Yeshivath Torah Vodaath$25,0003n/a
Women in Distress of Broward County Inc$25,00040%
Bergen Family Center$21,00050%
Bikur Cholim Inc$20,00020%
Las Olas Chabad Jewish Center Inc$20,0001n/a
Shefa School$20,00020%
Siena House Inc$20,00027%
Yeshiva Ohr Torah$20,0003n/a
Visionsservices for the Blind and Visually Impaired$20,00020%
St Anne's Family Services$15,00020%
Manhattan Jewish Experience Synagogue$15,0002n/a
Pitcch in Foundation Inc$15,00022%
Metro Community Center Inc$15,00036%
University of Miami$13,00030%
Place of Hope Inc$12,50030%
The Womans Network for Single Parents$10,00011%
Church Alive Tv$10,0001n/a
Franklin & Marshall College$10,00020%
Trsts of Carmelite Fathers of Nj St Cecilia Church$10,0001n/a
Ruach Chaim Inc$10,00010%
Global Lyme Alliance Inc$10,00020%
Forman School Inc$8,00030%
Ohr Torah$7,5001n/a
Chabad at Tulane$7,5002n/a
Camp Live Oak Inc$7,50022%
Parkland Cares Inc$6,00012%
Joseph and Malka Melohn Foundation$5,0001n/a
University Settlement Society of New York$5,00010%
Our Lady of Mount Carmel$5,00015%
Lake Worth Christian School Society$5,00010%
Curemonos Inc$5,00015%
Yieldstreet Foundation Corp$5,00013%
Our Lady of Mercy Church$5,0001n/a
The Educational Alliance Inc$5,00010%
Race to Erase Ms$5,00010%
Israel Heart2heart Inc$5,00011%
Jarc$1,00010%
Childrens Aid Club$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 132 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Norman & Bettina Roberts Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 37 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetIl Circolo Inc: $130,000 over 6y, 43% of budgetBobbies Place Inc: $125,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetChai Lifeline Inc: $60,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHigh Point University: $55,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSt Ann's Warehouse Inc: $52,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSymphony of the Americas Inc: $45,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBroward Sheriff's Advisory Council Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetThe Simchas Mayer Fund Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetWomen in Distress of Broward County Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBergen Family Center: $21,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBikur Cholim Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetShefa School: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSiena House Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetVisionsservices for the Blind and Visually Impaired: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSt Anne's Family Services: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPitcch in Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetMetro Community Center Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPlace of Hope Inc: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Womans Network for Single Parents: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFranklin & Marshall College: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRuach Chaim Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGlobal Lyme Alliance Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetForman School Inc: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Live Oak Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetParkland Cares Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetUniversity Settlement Society of New York: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOur Lady of Mount Carmel: $5,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetLake Worth Christian School Society: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCuremonos Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetYieldstreet Foundation Corp: $5,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetThe Educational Alliance Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRace to Erase Ms: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetIsrael Heart2heart Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJarc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildrens Aid Club: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 37.

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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.

Jewish Communal FundNY18.9× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The Ojc Fund · United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Norman & Bettina Roberts Foundation

How much does The Norman & Bettina Roberts Foundation give?
The Norman & Bettina Roberts Foundation reported 62 grants totaling $562,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 50 and 69 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does The Norman & Bettina Roberts Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (16%), Education (13%), Human Services (10%).
Who are The Norman & Bettina Roberts Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Il Circolo Inc ($130k), Bobbies Place Inc ($125k), Chai Lifeline Inc ($60k).
Does The Norman & Bettina Roberts Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Norman & Bettina Roberts 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 Norman & Bettina Roberts Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, The Ojc Fund, United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc.
Where is The Norman & Bettina Roberts Foundation based?
The Norman & Bettina Roberts Foundation is based in NJ.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 182 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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