Skip to content
The Saul and Leslie Bernstein Family Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

The Saul and Leslie Bernstein Family Foundation Inc

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.

$260k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Health$65kInternational$56kHuman Services$55kPhilanthropy$55kReligion$41kCivil Rights$30kEducation$20kCommunity Improvement$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $230k
$10,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$4.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SHRINERS CHILDREN'S PORTLAND$40,000
MENDING KIDS$30,000
FJC-A FOUNDATION OF PHILANTHROPIC FUNDS$30,000
MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER$25,000
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE$20,000
FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS WITH BLOOD DISORDERS$20,000
HADASSAH THE WOMENS ZIONIST ORG OF AMERICA$20,000
NETIVOT$15,000
JEWISH LEARNING INITIATIVE ON CAMPUS$10,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER$10,000
THE JESTER & PHARLEY PHUND$10,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF PEACE OF MIND$5,000
ZAKA$5,000
NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS$5,000
WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%THE JESTER & PHARLEY PHUND: $10k → 14%THE JESTER & PARLEY PHUND: $5k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
OR
PA
NJ
CA
VA
DC
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

52%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$166k · 8 repeat orgs$151k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against -10% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
4

Total granted

$166k
$36k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
-10%

Still filing today

50%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $115k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
HealthCivil RightsInternationalEducationCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • MK
    Mending Kids International dba Mending Kids
    3× · 2022–2024 · $45k · revenue +14%
  • AL
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $25k · revenue +253%
  • FF
    Foundation for Women and Girls with Blood Disorders
    2× · 2023–2024 · $25k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM
    one grant, 2023 · $6k · revenue -51%
  • YN
    YESHIVAT NETIVOT MONTESSORI INC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -10%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
American Friends of Jewish Hospitals and Education Centers of Brazil Inc
Philanthropy
2
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
3
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
4
American Friends of Menuchas Asher Csenger Inc

To promote, benefit, and support jewish educational activities in israel

Religion
5
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
6
American Friends of the Rambam Medical Center

To promote and support the rambam health care campus-the premier medical center in northern israel.

International
7
American Friends of Herzog Hospital Inc

The organization was formed to provide financial support to fund services, capital projects, clinical research, and purchase of new equipment for herzog hospital in jerusalem, which is the 3rd largest hospital in jerusalem and is israel's…

Health
8
Jewish War Veterans of the Usa National Memorial Inc

The mission of the Jewish War Veterans of the USA National Memorial, Inc., doing business as the National Museum of American Jewish Military History, is to preserve, interpret, and share the history of Jewish Americans who have served in…

Arts & Culture
9
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc

Support the hebrew univ. of jerusalem, israel's foremost center of higher edu. & research.

International
10
American Israel Public Affairs Committee

To strengthen and expand the u.s.-israel relationship in ways that enhance the security of the united states and israel.

International
11
Association of American Medical Colleges

Aamc leads & serves the academic medicine community to improve the health of people everywhere.

Education
12
American Jewish Medical Association

Ajma advocates to address contemporary issues affecting our members and society, including recently rising incidents of antisemitism and anti-zionism that impact the workplace and patient care. we leverage our unified voice to stand…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Friends of Magen David Adom; the most unlike its peers is Hadassah the Women's Zionist Org of America Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 21 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
7/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Mending Kids International dba Mending Kids: $45,000 · OtherMending Kids International dba Mending KidsSHRINERS CHILDREN'S PORTLAND: $40,000 · OtherSHRINERS CHILDREN'S PORTLANDNETIVOT: $21,000 · OtherNETIVOTIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientJEWISH LEARNING INITIATIVE ON CAMPUS: $15,000 · OtherJEWISH LEARNING INITIATIVE ON CAMPUSWORLD JEWISH CONGRESS: $10,000 · OtherWORLD JEWISH CONGRESSZAKA: $10,000 · OtherZAKA+3 more: $15,000 · Other+3 moreFoundation for Women and Girls with Blood Disorders: $25,000 · HealthFoundation for Wome…THE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER: $25,000 · HealthTHE MILTON S HERSHE…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER INC: $10,000 · HealthAMERICAN FRIENDS OF…FREE CLINIC OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON: $5,000 · HealthFREE CLINIC OF SOUT…FJC: $55,000 · Crime & LegalFJCANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $25,000 · Civil RightsANTI-DEFA…AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $5,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN …Hadassah The Women's Zionist Org of America Inc: $20,000 · Community ImprovementThe Jester & Pharley Phund: $15,000 · Human ServicesAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $6,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF PEACE OF MIND INC: $5,000 · International
Other$176,000Health$65,000Crime & Legal$55,000Civil Rights$30,000Community Improvement$20,000Human Services$15,000International$11,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFJC: $55,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMending Kids International dba Mending Kids: $45,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Women and Girls with Blood Disorders: $25,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetTHE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHadassah The Women's Zionist Org of America Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Jester & Pharley Phund: $15,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF PEACE OF MIND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYESHIVAT NETIVOT MONTESSORI INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFREE CLINIC OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Vanguard Charitable E…Charities Aid Foundat…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA10.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Saul and Leslie Bernstein Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Saul and Leslie Bernstein Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 21 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

    Play a game based on Saul and Leslie Bernstein Family’s filings →

    More from the funding graph

    The unnamed billions
    grants reported with no recipient in the public record
    The regranting layer
    51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
    The DAF merry-go-round
    $9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
    The endowment market
    who holds foundation money, and what just moved
    The camps
    funders cluster by geography, not ideology
    By state
    where grant money is based, and what stays home