New York · Private foundation
The Robert Berne Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2k
- Granted FY2019
- 1
- Grants FY2019
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2019
- Median grant, FY2019
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $2,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 33
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 1
- Total assets, FY2019
- $22k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 0% of the organizations The Robert Berne Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 1 | $2k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $860 | 0% |
| FY2017 | 33 | $601k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York University | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New York City Center Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Citizens Housing & Planning Council of N | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Jed Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Atlantic Theater Company | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Opera Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Streetsquash Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lake Waramaug Task Force Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 30 grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($3k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Robert Berne 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 Robert Berne Foundation
- How much does The Robert Berne Foundation give?
- The Robert Berne Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $2,000 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 33 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does The Robert Berne Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Education (73%), Arts & Culture (23%), Health (1%).
- Who are The Robert Berne Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: New York University ($250k), Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc ($250k), New York City Center Inc ($25k).
- Does The Robert Berne Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Robert Berne 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 Robert Berne Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Kestrel Foundation, The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund, The Jaffe Family Foundation.
- Where is The Robert Berne Foundation based?
- The Robert Berne Foundation is based in NY.
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