Funding search · EIN 387217316 · Radnor, PA

The Berstein Family Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

106
grants reported
$5.0M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$35,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • College Possible3 grants · $420,000
  • University of Pennsylvania2 grants · $275,000
  • Big Picture Philadelphia3 grants · $260,500
  • Graduate Philadelphia3 grants · $240,000
  • Teach Plus3 grants · $235,000
  • Keshet Daf1 grant · $208,000
  • Philadelphia Heights4 grants · $198,000
  • Bethanna Co Karen Hamilton2 grants · $196,000
  • Philadelphia Academies3 grants · $168,000
  • Wb High School3 grants · $158,250

Giving over time

$2.0M
2022
$1.6M
2023
$1.4M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 106 grants.

  • $250,000

    University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Contribution

  • $235,000

    College Possible · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Contribution

  • $208,000

    Keshet Daf · Newtown, MA · 2024

    Atidim for industry program, supporting educational needs of children in beersheva and targeted giving to the alumni program and youth movement

  • $103,260

    The Philadelphia High School for Girl · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Contribution

  • $100,000

    Bethanna Co Karen Hamilton · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating support for ben franklin/bethanna

  • $100,000

    Temple Sholom · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    College Possible · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Contribution

  • $100,000

    Graduate Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Berstein grant 2023-2024

  • $100,000

    Philadelphia Academies · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Mastbaum-berstein grant 2023-2024

  • $100,000

    Teach Plus · Boston, MA · 2023

    Berstein grant 2023-2024

  • $100,000

    Benjamin Franklin Hs Student Activities Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Contribution

  • $100,000

    Big Picture Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Contribution

  • $96,000

    Bethanna Co Karen Hamilton · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Berstein family foundation grant

  • $90,000

    Graduate Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $90,000

    Lankenau High School · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Contribution

  • $86,800

    Gamp Parent and Alumni Org · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Contribution

  • $85,500

    Big Picture Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Bernstein family foundation - vaux grant 2023-2024

  • $85,000

    College Possible · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $85,000

    Jules E Mastbaum High School · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    Support for phila academies

  • $85,000

    Teach Plus · Boston, MA · 2024

    General operating support for teach plus

  • $82,250

    Wb High School · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Contribution

  • $75,750

    Carver High School · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Contribution

  • $75,000

    Alumnae Association of the Philadelphia High School for Girls · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    Support for philadelphia heights, launch of phila and teach llc

  • $75,000

    Big Picture Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $75,000

    George Washington High School · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating support for philadelphia heights & school district of phila

  • $75,000

    Girard Academic Music Program · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    Support for the girard academic music program

  • $75,000

    Lankenau Medical Center · Penn Wayne, PA · 2024

    Berstein grant 2024-2025

  • $75,000

    Springboard Collaborative · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Contribution

  • $73,000

    Philadelphia Heights · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Gwhs-berstein grant 2023-2024

  • $71,500

    George Washington High School · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Contribution

  • $70,000

    The Friends of Carver Co Darryl Johnson · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    Carver - berstein grant 2024-2025

  • $70,000

    Wb High School · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    Support for wb saul alumni and outward bound

  • $65,000

    Philadelphia Heights · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Carver - berstein grant 2023-2024

  • $62,500

    After School Activities Partnership · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Contribution

  • $52,500

    Ohev Sholom · Wallingford, PA · 2022

    Contribution

  • $50,000

    Writers Matter · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating support for writers matter

  • $50,000

    After School Activities Partnership · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $50,000

    Friends of Ofanim · Wayne, PA · 2023

    Contribution

  • $50,000

    Friends of Unistream · Jamesburg, NJ · 2023

    Contribution

  • $50,000

    Jfcs · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Berstein family foundation core grant 2023-2024

  • $50,000

    Center for Black Educator Development · Elkins Park, PA · 2022

    Contribution

  • $50,000

    Graduate Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Contribution

  • $50,000

    Jfcs · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Contribution

  • $50,000

    Teach Plus · Boston, MA · 2022

    Contribution

  • $50,000

    Temple Sholom · Broomall, PA · 2022

    Contribution

  • $40,000

    Coded By Kids · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $40,000

    Springboard Collaborative · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $40,000

    Coded By Kids · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Contribution

  • $40,000

    Writers Matter · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Contribution

  • $35,000

    Jfcs · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    Support for core grant 2024

  • $35,000

    Inner Strength Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Carver-berstein grant 2023-2024

  • $35,000

    Jewish Federation of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Berstein family foundation grant

  • $35,000

    Philadelphia Heights · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Girls high-berstein grant 2023-2024

  • $35,000

    The Center for Black Educator Development(Cbed) · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $35,000

    Writers Matter · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Berstein grant 2023-2024

  • $35,000

    Educational Works · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Contribution

  • $35,000

    Friends of Ofanim · Wayne, PA · 2022

    Contribution

  • $35,000

    Friends of Unistream · Jamesburg, NJ · 2022

    Contribution

  • $35,000

    Philadelphia Academies · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Contribution

  • $33,000

    Philadelphia Academies · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Berstein grant

  • $31,000

    Teach Llc · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Girls-berstein grant 2023-2024

  • $27,500

    Supportive Solutions for Kids · Radnor, PA · 2022

    Contribution

  • $25,500

    Teach Llc · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Wb saul-berstein grant 2023-2024

  • $25,000

    Philadelphia Heights · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Gamp-berstein grant 2023-2024

  • $25,000

    Philadelphia Outward Bound · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Lankenau - berstein grant 2023-2024

  • $25,000

    The Friends of Carver Co Darryl Johnson · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Carver - berstein grant 2023-2024

  • $25,000

    University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Berstein family foundation grant - dr james

  • $25,000

    Uplift Center for Grieving Children · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Contribution

  • $25,000

    Yeah Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Contribution

  • $25,000

    Jewish Federation of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Contribution

  • $25,000

    Uplift Center for Grieving Children · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Contribution

  • $25,000

    Yeah Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Contribution

  • $24,500

    Launch of Philadelphia-Utp · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Gamp - berstein grant 2023-2024

  • $24,500

    Launch of Philadelphia-Utp · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Girls high - berstein grant 2023-2024

  • $24,500

    Launch of Philadelphia-Utp · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Wb saul - berstein grant 2023-2024

  • $24,000

    Inner Strength Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Gamp-berstein grant 2023-2024

  • $15,000

    After School Activities Partnership · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Yeah Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating support for yeah philadelphia

  • $15,000

    Inner Strength Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Lankenau-berstein grant 2023-2024

  • $14,500

    Philadelphia Outward Bound · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Wb saul - berstein grant 2023-2024

  • $10,000

    Kavod Shef · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    The Center for Black Educator Development(Cbed) · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $10,000

    The Philly Service Award · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2024

    Grant

  • $10,000

    Uplift Center for Grieving Children · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    Support for keri salerno grant

  • $10,000

    Teach Llc · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Gamp-berstein grant 2023-2024

  • $10,000

    The Philly Service Award · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2023

    Grant

  • $10,000

    Kavod · Denver, CO · 2022

    Contribution

  • $6,719

    American Friends of Magen David Adom - Armd · New York, NY · 2023

    Berstein family foundation grant 2023

  • $6,719

    Jewish Federation of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Berstein family foundation grant to emergency relief fund

  • $6,719

    The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2023

    Berstein family foundation grant 2023

  • $6,500

    College Thoughts Co Keith Wilkerson · King of Prussia, PA · 2023

    Gamp - berstein grant

  • $6,000

    The Jerusalem Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $6,000

    Wb High School · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Wb saul - berstein grant 2023-2024

  • $5,000

    Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Kby Congregations · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Alumnae Association of the Philadelphia High School for Girls · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Girls high - berstein grant 2023-2024

  • $5,000

    Education Law Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Contribution

  • $4,000

    Benjamin Franklin Hs Student Activities Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Contribution

  • $4,000

    George Washington High School · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Berstein grant

  • $2,500

    Minding Your Mind · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2024

    General operating support for minding your mind

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.