Funding search · EIN 346599113 · Charlottesville, VA

Bear-Sontz 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.

182
grants reported
$492,050
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$1,600
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Top recipients

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  • Jewish Federation of South Palm4 grants · $48,000
  • Boston University Tanglewood2 grants · $35,000
  • Turnout Activism3 grants · $32,050
  • Trustees of Boston University2 grants · $30,000
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra4 grants · $26,000
  • Milagro Center4 grants · $25,000
  • Anti Defamation League4 grants · $23,000
  • Lynn Women'S Health Institute4 grants · $17,500
  • St Jude Children'S Hospital4 grants · $14,500
  • Jewish Family Children Services4 grants · $11,000

Giving over time

$110,000
2022
$110,000
2023
$122,050
2024
$150,000
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 182 grants.

  • $25,000

    Boston University Tanglewood · Boston, MA · 2025

    General

  • $20,000

    Trustees of Boston University · Boston, MA · 2023

    General

  • $15,050

    Turnout Activism · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    General

  • $14,500

    Turnout Activism · Cambridge, MA · 2025

    General

  • $12,000

    Jewish Federation of South Palm · Boca Raton, FL · 2025

    General

  • $12,000

    Jewish Federation of South Palm · Boca Raton, FL · 2024

    General

  • $12,000

    Jewish Federation of South Palm · Boca Raton, FL · 2023

    General

  • $12,000

    Jewish Federation of South Palm · Boca Raton, FL · 2022

    General

  • $10,000

    Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2025

    General

  • $10,000

    Trustees of Boston University · Boston, MA · 2024

    General

  • $10,000

    Boston University Tanglewood · Boston, MA · 2022

    General

  • $8,500

    Milagro Center · Delray Beach, FL · 2025

    General

  • $8,000

    Givingmultiplier · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    General

  • $6,500

    Lynn Women'S Health Institute · Boca Raton, FL · 2025

    General

  • $6,500

    Anti Defamation League · Boca Raton, FL · 2022

    General

  • $6,000

    Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2024

    General

  • $5,500

    Anti Defamation League · Boca Raton, FL · 2025

    General

  • $5,500

    Anti Defamation League · Boca Raton, FL · 2024

    General

  • $5,500

    Milagro Center · Delray Beach, FL · 2024

    General

  • $5,500

    Anti Defamation League · Boca Raton, FL · 2023

    General

  • $5,500

    Milagro Center · Delray Beach, FL · 2023

    General

  • $5,500

    Milagro Center · Delray Beach, FL · 2022

    General

  • $5,000

    American Jewish Committee · New York, NY · 2025

    General

  • $5,000

    Give Well · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General

  • $5,000

    Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2023

    General

  • $5,000

    Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2022

    General

  • $4,000

    Grace Church School · New York, NY · 2025

    General

  • $4,000

    St Jude Children'S Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2025

    General

  • $4,000

    Lynn Women'S Health Institute · Boca Raton, FL · 2024

    General

  • $4,000

    Give Well · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General

  • $3,500

    St Jude Children'S Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024

    General

  • $3,500

    Lynn Women'S Health Institute · Boca Raton, FL · 2023

    General

  • $3,500

    St Jude Children'S Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023

    General

  • $3,500

    Lynn Women'S Health Institute · Boca Raton, FL · 2022

    General

  • $3,500

    St Jude Children'S Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2022

    General

  • $3,000

    C-Cap · New York, NY · 2025

    General

  • $3,000

    Jewish Family Children Services · Waltham, MA · 2025

    General

  • $3,000

    Jewish Family Services · Delray Beach, FL · 2025

    General

  • $3,000

    Careers Through Culinary Arts · New York, NY · 2024

    General

  • $3,000

    Greenhill School · Boston, MA · 2024

    General

  • $3,000

    Jewish Family Children Services · Waltham, MA · 2024

    General

  • $3,000

    Careers Through Culinary Arts · New York, NY · 2023

    General

  • $3,000

    Greenhill School · Boston, MA · 2023

    General

  • $3,000

    Careers Through Culinary Arts · New York, NY · 2022

    General

  • $3,000

    Greenhill School · Boston, MA · 2022

    General

  • $2,650

    Amudim · New York, NY · 2024

    General

  • $2,650

    Animal Haven · New York, NY · 2024

    General

  • $2,650

    Amudim · New York, NY · 2023

    General

  • $2,650

    Friends of United Hatzalah · New York, NY · 2023

    General

  • $2,500

    Cros Ministries - Db Food Pantry · Delray Beach, FL · 2025

    General

  • $2,500

    Delray Beach Library · Delray Beach, FL · 2025

    General

  • $2,500

    Delray Beach Library · Delray Beach, FL · 2024

    General

  • $2,500

    Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    General

  • $2,500

    Jewish Family Services · Delray Beach, FL · 2024

    General

  • $2,500

    Turnout Activism · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    General

  • $2,500

    Delray Beach Library · Delray Beach, FL · 2023

    General

  • $2,500

    Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    General

  • $2,500

    Jewish Family Children Services · Waltham, MA · 2023

    General

  • $2,500

    Jewish Family Services · Delray Beach, FL · 2023

    General

  • $2,500

    Delray Beach Library · Delray Beach, FL · 2022

    General

  • $2,500

    Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    General

  • $2,500

    Harvard Medical School · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    General

  • $2,500

    Jacobson Family Food Pantry · Delray Beach, FL · 2022

    General

  • $2,500

    Jewish Family Children Services · Waltham, MA · 2022

    General

  • $2,250

    Animal Haven · New York, NY · 2025

    General

  • $2,000

    Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025

    General

  • $2,000

    Hand in Hand Schools - Israel · Portland, OR · 2025

    General

  • $2,000

    Harvard Medical School · Cambridge, MA · 2025

    General

  • $2,000

    Hillel of Broward Palm Beach Cnty · Boca Raton, FL · 2025

    General

  • $2,000

    Impact 100 Palm Beach County · Boca Raton, FL · 2025

    General

  • $2,000

    Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2025

    General

  • $2,000

    Hand in Hand Schools - Israel · Portland, OR · 2024

    General

  • $2,000

    Harvard Medical School · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    General

  • $2,000

    Hillel of Broward Palm Beach Cnty · Boca Raton, FL · 2024

    General

  • $2,000

    Impact 100 Palm Beach County · Boca Raton, FL · 2024

    General

  • $2,000

    Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    General

  • $2,000

    Hand in Hand Schools - Israel · Portland, OR · 2023

    General

  • $2,000

    Harvard Medical School · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    General

  • $2,000

    Hillel of Broward Palm Beach Cnty · Boca Raton, FL · 2023

    General

  • $2,000

    Impact 100 Palm Beach County · Boca Raton, FL · 2023

    General

  • $2,000

    Tri County Humane Society of · Boca Raton, FL · 2023

    General

  • $2,000

    Best Friends Lifesaving Center · New York, NY · 2022

    General

  • $2,000

    Brain Behavior Research · New York, NY · 2022

    General

  • $2,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022

    General

  • $2,000

    Hand in Hand Schools - Israel · Portland, OR · 2022

    General

  • $2,000

    Hillel of Broward Palm Beach Cnty · Boca Raton, FL · 2022

    General

  • $2,000

    Impact 100 Palm Beach County · Boca Raton, FL · 2022

    General

  • $2,000

    Tri County Humane Society of · Boca Raton, FL · 2022

    General

  • $2,000

    Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    General

  • $1,700

    Israel Guide Dog Center · Warrington, PA · 2024

    General

  • $1,700

    Israel Guide Dog Center · Warrington, PA · 2023

    General

  • $1,500

    Dress for Success · Palm Springs, FL · 2025

    General

  • $1,500

    Massachusetts Audubon Society · Lincoln, MA · 2025

    General

  • $1,500

    The Trustees · Boston, MA · 2025

    General

  • $1,500

    Cros Ministries - Db Food Pantry · Delray Beach, FL · 2024

    General

  • $1,250

    K9 for Warriors · Ponte Vedra, FL · 2025

    General

  • $1,250

    Shaterproof · Norwalk, CT · 2025

    General

  • $1,250

    Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2025

    General

  • $1,000

    American Civil Liberties Union Foun · New York, NY · 2025

    General

  • $1,000

    Americares · Stamford, CT · 2025

    General

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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.