New Jersey · Private foundation
The Russell Berrie 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.
- $16M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 174
- Grants FY2024
- 77
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 35%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,275,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 77 to 116
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 16
- Total assets, FY2024
- $158M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 35% of the organizations The Russell Berrie Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.2M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 88 | $13M | 28% |
| FY2023 | 77 | $11M | 35% |
| FY2022 | 78 | $8.9M | 28% |
| FY2021 | 101 | $18M | 27% |
| FY2020 | 116 | $18M | 44% |
| FY2019 | 91 | $9.7M | 44% |
| FY2018 | 91 | $9.7M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | $4,937,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America | $4,777,500 | 7 | 8% |
| Ramapo College Foundation | $3,798,136 | 7 | 19% |
| Holy Name Medical Center Foundation Inc | $3,040,529 | 7 | 28% |
| Jewish Home Foundation of North Jersey | $2,804,000 | 5 | 40% |
| Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc | $2,800,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $1,500,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Friends of Ogen Inc | $1,155,000 | 4 | 23% |
| Nli USA Inc | $1,150,000 | 5 | 6% |
| Caucus Educational Corp | $1,065,000 | 6 | 8% |
Show all 228 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 55 recipients with no EIN on record ($38M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Russell Berrie Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 8 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Columbia Bank Foundation · Fjc · Jewish Communal Fund · The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation Dba Jim Joseph Foundation · Henry & Marilyn Taub Foundation · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Pseg Foundation Inc · Nash Family Foundation · The Provident Bank Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ
How this is measured
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About The Russell Berrie Foundation
- How much does The Russell Berrie Foundation give?
- The Russell Berrie Foundation reported 174 grants totaling $16,036,357 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 77 and 116 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does The Russell Berrie Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (25%), International (21%), Health (12%).
- Who are The Russell Berrie Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc ($4.9M), The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America ($4.8M), Ramapo College Foundation ($3.8M).
- Does The Russell Berrie Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Russell Berrie 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 Russell Berrie Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc, Columbia Bank Foundation, Fjc.
- Where is The Russell Berrie Foundation based?
- The Russell Berrie Foundation is based in NJ.
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