Colorado · Private foundation
The Paula and William Bernstein Family 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.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 82
- Grants FY2025
- 82
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 82
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 14
- Total assets, FY2025
- $9.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 4% of the organizations The Paula and William Bernstein Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k 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 | 78 | $1.1M | 5% |
| FY2024 | 82 | $1.2M | 4% |
| FY2023 | 80 | $537k | 16% |
| FY2022 | 79 | $540k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 80 | $461k | 85% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $369k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellesley College | $1,147,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Boulder Jewish Community Center | $142,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc | $100,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Imagine Foundation | $40,400 | 5 | 1% |
| Lighthouse Writers Workshop Inc | $37,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Denver Children's Choir | $36,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Denver Art Museum | $32,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Food Bank of the Rockies | $26,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Canine Companions for Independence Inc | $26,200 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 77 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 40 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Paula and William Bernstein Family 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
Compare The Paula and William Bernstein Family Foundation with peer funders
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About The Paula and William Bernstein Family Foundation
- How much does The Paula and William Bernstein Family Foundation give?
- The Paula and William Bernstein Family Foundation reported 82 grants totaling $1,114,260 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 82 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Paula and William Bernstein Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (48%), Arts & Culture (20%), Religion (12%).
- Who are The Paula and William Bernstein Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Wellesley College ($1.1M), The Boulder Jewish Community Center ($143k), Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc ($100k).
- Does The Paula and William Bernstein Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Paula and William Bernstein Family 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 Paula and William Bernstein Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, Rose Community Foundation, The Denver Foundation.
- Where is The Paula and William Bernstein Family Foundation based?
- The Paula and William Bernstein Family Foundation is based in CO.
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