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The Stanley & Vivian Bernstein Foundation at a glance

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The Stanley & Vivian Bernstein 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.

$205k
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$67k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$515kEducation$245kHealth$193kInternational$47kPhilanthropy$33kArts & Culture$31kRecreation & Sports$23kFood & Nutrition$13kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k18 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $99k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $67k
$2,550
Median grant
4
States reached
$500k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WESTCHESTER DAY SCHOOL$67,000
YOUNG ISRAEL OF NEW ROCHELLE$43,075
SHARSHERET$26,250
HOPE AND HEROES$10,000
CENTER FOR INITIATIVES IN JEWISH EDUCATION$10,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF JUDEA & SAMARIN$10,000
FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZOLAH$5,600
BLEV ECHAD$5,400
ROFEH CHOLIM CANCER SOCIETY$5,000
FRIENDS OF NEW ROCHELLE PARKS$5,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHALVA$5,000
WESTCHESTER JEWISH COUNCIL$2,550
CHAI LIFELINE$2,500
UNITED JEWISH APPEAL$1,800
NEW ROCHELLE POLICE FDN$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $360) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CHAI4EVER: $360 → 11%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

IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
UT
MO
TN
OK
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 34 repeat orgs$138k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +15% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

34 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
49

Total granted

$1.0M
$67k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+5%

Still filing today

50%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $72k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
ReligionEducationHealthPhilanthropyInternationalCrime & LegalOther
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

  • SI
    Sharsheret Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $154k · revenue +187%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR INITIATIVES IN JEWISH EDUCATION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $21k · revenue +172%
  • CL
    CHAI LIFELINE INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $15k · revenue +58%

Funded once

  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • D
    DARKAYNU
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
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
Sherit Isroel
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2
University of Judaism Foundation
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3
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
4
American Friends of Oseh Chayil

To further jewish education in israel

Religion
5
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
6
American Friends of Ish El Rayahu

To promote, benefit, and support Jewish religious, charitable & educational activities in Israel and the USA.

Religion
7
American Friends of Yeshiva Aish Hatorah
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8
Zohar Hatorah Inc

Religious School

Religion
9
American Friends of Yeshivat Hakotel Inc

To support religious, charitable, scientific, literary and/or educational programs

Education
10
American Friends of Yeshivat Nachalat Yossef

The organization will provide financial assistance to educational institutions that promote the observance of the jewish religion, its laws and traditions, and sacred texts, including yeshivat nachalat yossef, located in jerusalem, israel.

Religion
11
American Friends of Neveh Zion

To voluntarily assist the house of religious learning known as yeshiva neveh zion in israel

Religion
12
American Friends of Zvi Latzadik Dba Breslov Research Institute Jerusalem

To foster jewish religious education and disseminate the teachings of rabbi nachman of breslov through publication and distribution of books and cds, as well as seminars, lectures and study groups.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Committee for Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem Inc; the most unlike its peers is New York Foundation. 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

40 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. 40 of the 97 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/40
Grantees still filing
25/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YOUNG ISRAEL NEW ROCHELLE: $344,900 · OtherYOUNG ISRAEL NEW ROCHELLEWESTCHESTER DAY SCHOOL: $177,868 · OtherWESTCHESTER DAY SCHOOLYOUNG ISRAEL OF NEW ROCHELLE: $43,075 · OtherBLEV ECHAD: $40,400 · OtherFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZOLAH: $36,500 · Other+66 more: $178,570 · Other+66 moreSharsheret Inc: $153,696 · HealthSharsheret IncCHAI LIFELINE INC: $14,780 · HealthCHAI LIFELINE INCHOPE & HEROES CHILDREN'S CANCER FUND: $10,000 · HealthHOPE & HEROES CHI…+2 more: $3,000 · HealthAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SANHEDRIA JERUSALEM INC: $30,969 · ReligionNATIONAL JEWISH OUTREACH PROGRAM IN: $14,600 · ReligionWESTCHESTER JEWISH COUNCIL INC: $4,650 · Religion+3 more: $1,610 · ReligionCENTER FOR INITIATIVES IN JEWISH EDUCATION: $21,000 · EducationAMERICAN FRIENDS OF JUDEA AND SAMARIA INC: $10,000 · EducationYESHIVA UNIVERSITY: $9,000 · EducationThe Frisch School: $3,300 · Education+3 more: $1,540 · EducationFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $30,600 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyROFEH CHOLIM CANCER SOCIETY INC: $6,995 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNAL FUND: $1,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $725 · PhilanthropyTHE NEW YORK BAR FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Crime & LegalNEW ROCHELLE POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 · Crime & Legal
Other$821,313Health$181,476Religion$51,829Education$44,840Arts & Culture$30,600Philanthropy$18,720Crime & Legal$11,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSharsheret Inc: $153,696 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SANHEDRIA JERUSALEM INC: $30,969 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $30,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR INITIATIVES IN JEWISH EDUCATION: $21,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHAI LIFELINE INC: $14,780 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL JEWISH OUTREACH PROGRAM IN: $14,600 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE NEW YORK BAR FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE & HEROES CHILDREN'S CANCER FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDR RICHARD BARNETT FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetYESHIVA UNIVERSITY: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetROFEH CHOLIM CANCER SOCIETY INC: $6,995 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Fund of Israel: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWESTCHESTER JEWISH COUNCIL INC: $4,650 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $3,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Frisch School: $3,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOUR PLACE INC: $2,850 over 5y, 8.6% of budgetSCOTT HAMILTON CARES FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEW ROCHELLE POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetYESHIVA HAR TORAH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNAL FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR JEWISH IDEAS & IDEALS INC: $750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMS HOPE FOR A CURE INC: $500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOhr Torah Stone Institutions of Israel: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAGUDATH ISRAEL OF AMERICA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP MORASHA INC: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCORNELL HILLEL: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH SHORE HEBREW ACADEMY: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR SHAARE ZEDEK HOSPITAL IN JERUSALEM INC: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHAI 4EVER INC: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL ISRAEL ALLIANCE: $360 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEMA'AN ACHAI: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL NATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SULAMOT CORP: $180 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds Sharsheret Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SANHEDRIA JERUSALEM INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR INITIATIVES IN JEWISH EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds CHAI LIFELINE INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL JEWISH OUTREACH PROGRAM IN ↗
  • Who funds THE NEW YORK BAR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE & HEROES CHILDREN'S CANCER FUND ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF JUDEA AND SAMARIA INC ↗
  • Who funds DR RICHARD BARNETT FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds YESHIVA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ROFEH CHOLIM CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds Central Fund of Israel ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WESTCHESTER JEWISH COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC ↗
  • Who funds The Frisch School ↗
  • Who funds OUR PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds SCOTT HAMILTON CARES FOUNDATION INC ↗

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 FundFjcThe Ojc FundThe Mermelstein Found…Louis & Martha Silver…The Sorala FoundationAssociated Jewish Cha…National Philanthropi…Hortley G Leblang Cha…Lisa & Michael Leffel…M D Katz Foundation I…Ahba Inc
Jewish Communal FundNY35.7× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Fjc · The Ojc Fund · The Mermelstein Foundation · Louis & Martha Silver Foundation Inc · The Sorala Foundation · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · National Philanthropic Trust · Hortley G Leblang Charitable Foundation · Lisa & Michael Leffell Foundation · M D Katz Foundation Inc · Ahba Inc

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 Stanley & Vivian Bernstein Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Stanley & Vivian Bernstein Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Sharsheret Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Chai 4EVER Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Frisch School: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Stanley & Vivian Bernstein Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Stanley & Vivian Bernstein Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 97 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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