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The Steven E Bernstein Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Steven E Bernstein Family Foundation Inc

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.

$385k
Granted FY2025still arriving
27
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$1.2MPhilanthropy$746kHealth$701kHousing & Shelter$483kReligion$120kPublic Safety & Disaster$108kCrime & Legal$100kEducation$79kOther$0
02FY2025 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $55k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $230k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOCA RATON REGIONAL HOSPITAL$100,000
HOMESAFE$25,000
KENNETH ROSENBERG FOUNDATION$25,000
HOMESAFE$25,000
SWEET DREAM MAKERS$25,000
BEST FOOT FORWARD$20,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR PBC & MC$20,000
SAINT ANDREW'S SCHOOL$15,000
BOCA RATON REGIONAL HOSPITAL$15,000
SAINT ANDREW'S SCHOOL$15,000
BNAI TORAH CONGREGATION$15,000
HER SECOND CHANCE INITIATIVE$10,000
BOCA RATON REGIONAL HOSPITAL$10,000
BOCA RATON REGIONAL HOSPITAL$10,000
HOMESAFE$7,800
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 (FY22–25, $851k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $8k → 14%THE CHILDREN'S PLACE AT HOME SAFE: $250k → 11%THE CHILDREN'S PLACE AT HOME SAFE: $250k → 11%THE CHILDREN'S PLACE AT HOME SAFE: $250k → 11%THE CHILDREN'S PLACE AT HOME SAFE: $25k → 11%THE CHILDREN'S PLACE AT HOME SAFE: $25k → 11%THE CHILDREN'S PLACE AT HOME SAFE: $25k → 11%THE CHILDREN'S PLACE AT HOME SAFE: $5k → 11%THE CHILDREN'S PLACE AT HOME SAFE: $5k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $5k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $3k → 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
IA
PA
CA
MO
AZ
DC
TX
FL
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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.7M · 20 repeat orgs$994k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +74% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
22

Total granted

$2.7M
$901k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+74%
+27%

Still filing today

45%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $93k 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
EducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHealthAnimalsFood & NutritionOther
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

  • BR
    Boca Raton Regional Hospital Inc
    7× · 2018–2025 · $598k · revenue +74%
  • SD
    Sweet Dream Makers Inc
    8× · 2018–2025 · $128k · revenue +267%
  • BR
    BOCA RIO FOUNDATION INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $50k · revenue +155%

Funded once

  • CF
    COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR PB
    one grant, 2020 · $500k
  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S PLACE AT HOME SAFE
    one grant, 2022 · $250k
  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S PLACE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +19%
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
Doctors Hospital Inc

As part of the baptist health network, the mission of doctors hospital, inc. is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist health is a…

Health
2
The Boca Raton Foundation for Charitable Giving Inc

The boca raton foundation for charitable giving is an associate-driven philanthropic initiative created to strengthen south florida communities through targeted financial support. the foundation provides grants to local charities whose…

Human Services
3
Baptist Health South Florida Foundation Inc

As part of the baptist health network, the mission of baptist health south florida foundation, inc is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve.…

Health
4
Baptist Health South Florida Inc

The mission of baptist health is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist health is a faith-based organization guided by the spirit of…

Health
5
Variety Children's Hospital

To inspire hope and promote lifelong health by providing the best care to every child.

Health
6
Homestead Hospital Inc

As part of the baptist health network, the mission of homestead hospital inc. is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist health is a…

Health
7
Families First of Palm Beach County Foundation Inc

To cultivate financial resources dedicated to building stronger families and stronger communities through the operations and programs of families first. contributing to the foundation is an investment in a safe, healthy and sustainable…

Human Services
8
Baptist Hospital of Miami Inc

As part of the baptist health network, the mission of baptist hospital of miami is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist health is a…

Health
9
South Miami Hospital Inc

As part of the baptist health network, the mission of south miami hospital is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist health is a…

Health
10
Baptist Health Medical Group Inc

As part of the baptist health network, the mission of baptist health medical group inc is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist…

Health
11
Baptist Outpatient Services Inc

As part of the baptist health network, the mission of baptist outpatient services is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist health is…

Health
12
The Rotary Club of Boca Raton West Foundation Corp
Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Families Forward; the most unlike its peers is The Melville 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

23 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. 23 of the 47 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/23
Grantees still filing
14/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HOME SAFE: $531,425 · OtherHOME SAFECOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR PB: $500,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR PBTHE CHILDREN'S PLACE AT HOME SAFE: $250,000 · OtherTHE CHILDREN'S PLACE AT HOME SAFEAMERICAN RED CROSS: $90,000 · OtherBEST FOOT FORWARD: $71,000 · OtherOUR LADY OF THE HAMPTON: $63,500 · Other+28 more: $383,000 · Other+28 moreThe Children's Place at Home Safe Inc: $835,000 · Human ServicesThe Children's Place at Ho…+2 more: $25,500 · Human ServicesBoca Raton Regional Hospital Inc: $597,500 · HealthBoca Raton Regiona…Sweet Dream Makers Inc: $128,000 · PhilanthropyBOCA RIO FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $2,500 · PhilanthropyTHE CHILDREN'S PLACE INC: $50,000 · Crime & LegalBOCA HELPING HANDS INC: $50,000 · Food & NutritionSAINT ANDREW'S SCHOOL OF BOCA RATON INC: $30,000 · EducationBEST FOOT FORWARD FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · Education4 KIDS CORP: $5,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · Education
Other$1,888,925Human Services$860,500Health$597,500Philanthropy$180,500Crime & Legal$50,000Food & Nutrition$50,000Education$42,000

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 budgetThe Children's Place at Home Safe Inc: $835,000 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetBoca Raton Regional Hospital Inc: $597,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSweet Dream Makers Inc: $128,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S PLACE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetBOCA RIO FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 9y, 4.4% of budgetBOCA HELPING HANDS INC: $50,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGEORGE SNOW SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $48,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetFAMILIES FORWARD: $37,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSAINT ANDREW'S SCHOOL OF BOCA RATON INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKENNETH ROSENBERG FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MELVILLE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGulf Stream Council of Boy Scouts of America Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBEST FOOT FORWARD FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHelping Israel Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSECOND CHANCE SOCIETY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetOperation 120 Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetArizona Humane Society: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS: $1,000 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 The Children's Place at Home Safe Inc ↗
  • Who funds Boca Raton Regional Hospital Inc ↗
  • Who funds Sweet Dream Makers Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds BOCA RIO FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BOCA HELPING HANDS INC ↗
  • Who funds GEORGE SNOW SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILIES FORWARD ↗
  • Who funds SAINT ANDREW'S SCHOOL OF BOCA RATON INC ↗
  • Who funds KENNETH ROSENBERG FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds THE MELVILLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Gulf Stream Council of Boy Scouts of America Inc ↗
  • Who funds PLACE OF HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds BEST FOOT FORWARD FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Helping Israel Fund ↗
  • Who funds SECOND CHANCE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds ROTARY CLUB DOWNTOWN BOCA RATON 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.

Community Foundation …United Way of Palm Be…Enterprise Holdings F…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties IncFL15.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · United Way of Palm Beach County Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Steven E Bernstein Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Steven E Bernstein Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 110%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Gulf Stream Council of Boy Scouts of America Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Place of Hope Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
11get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 47 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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