Michigan · Private foundation
The Stanley L and Phyllis Berger Family 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.
- $147k
- Granted FY2023
- 15
- Grants FY2023
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
77% of The Stanley L and Phyllis Berger Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Jewish Federation Of Metropolitan Detroit, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 10 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The Stanley L and Phyllis Berger Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 10 organizations, $147k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $1,800
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $96,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 48
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 3
- Total assets, FY2023
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 57% of the organizations The Stanley L and Phyllis Berger Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 84% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 16% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $124k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 14 | $147k | 57% |
| FY2022 | 48 | $80k | 85% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $72k | 61% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $67k | 82% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $165k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Star Reach | $142,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Cranbrook Educational Community | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Friendship Circle | $39,100 | 5 | n/a |
| Yad Ezra | $30,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Dr Gary Burnstein Community Health Clinic | $17,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Midnight Golf Program | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Jean and Samuel Frankel Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lacasa | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Temple Israel of Detroit | $3,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewish Family Service | $3,400 | 3 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($244k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Stanley L and Phyllis Berger 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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · The Ravitz Foundation · Harold and Penny B Blumenstein Foundation Corporation · The Eugene Applebaum Family Foundation · Phillip and Elizabeth Filmer Memorial · United Jewish Foundation · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · DTE Energy Foundation · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · The Kresge Foundation · George M and Jo Elyn Nyman Charitable Trust · Donald R and Esther Simon Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Stanley L and Phyllis Berger Family Foundation with peer funders
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About The Stanley L and Phyllis Berger Family Foundation
- How much does The Stanley L and Phyllis Berger Family Foundation give?
- The Stanley L and Phyllis Berger Family Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $147,413 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 48 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Stanley L and Phyllis Berger Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (42%), Youth Development (24%), Education (14%).
- Who are The Stanley L and Phyllis Berger Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: North Star Reach ($142k), Cranbrook Educational Community ($45k), Friendship Circle ($39k).
- Does The Stanley L and Phyllis Berger Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Stanley L and Phyllis Berger 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 Stanley L and Phyllis Berger Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, The Ravitz Foundation, Harold and Penny B Blumenstein Foundation Corporation.
- Where is The Stanley L and Phyllis Berger Family Foundation based?
- The Stanley L and Phyllis Berger Family Foundation is based in MI.
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