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Bergen Family Foundation

Name: Bergen Family Foundation grants, 2021–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

116
grants reported: $1.1M
total given: 2021–2025
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2025. 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

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Fund for the City of New York4 grants · $325,000
Fjc2 grants · $71,000
Musicares Foundation3 grants · $56,500
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation1 grant · $50,000
Surfrider Foundation6 grants · $48,000
City Limits News4 grants · $46,000
Ny Community Fridge Corp2 grants · $42,500
Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy4 grants · $32,500
Sunflower Network4 grants · $31,000
Youth Represent5 grants · $29,500

Giving over time

$18,600

2021

$222,200

2022

$270,500

2023

$266,000

2024

$300,800

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 116 grants.

$105,000
Fund for the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024
Press Pass NYC
$100,000
Fund for the City of New York · New York, NY · 2023
Press Pass NYC
$80,000
Fund for the City of New York · New York, NY · 2025
Press Pass NYC
$56,000
Fjc · New York, NY · 2022
Press Pass NYC
$50,000
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$40,000
Fund for the City of New York · New York, NY · 2025
Press Pass NYC
$40,000
Ny Community Fridge Corp · New York, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$35,000
Musicares Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
City Limits News · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable Event
$15,000
Musicares Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
Surfrider Foundation · San Clemente, CA · 2025
Eastern Long Island Chapter
$15,000
Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
Fjc · New York, NY · 2022
the Bell
$14,000
Brooklyn Community Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$13,000
Surfrider Foundation · San Clemente, CA · 2024
Eastern Long Island Chapter
$12,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Metro New York and Weste · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$12,000
Sunflower Network · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$12,000
Surfrider Foundation · San Clemente, CA · 2023
Eastern Long Island Chapter
$10,000
City Limits News · New York, NY · 2025
For CLARIFY program
$10,000
Youth Represent · New York, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
City Limits News · New York, NY · 2024
CLARIFY Summer Internship Program
$10,000
Trustees of Phillips Academy · Andover, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Metro New York and Weste · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Sunflower Network · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
World Central Kitchen Incorporated · Washington, DC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$9,000
New Garden Friends School · Greensboro, NC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$8,100
West Side Center for Community Life · New York, NY · 2021
Charitable Event
$7,500
Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$7,500
Brooklyn Community Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$7,500
Torrey Pines Association · Del Mar, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$7,500
Coalition for the Homeless · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$7,500
Trustees of Phillips Academy · Andover, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$7,500
Youth Represent · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$7,500
New York Times Neediest Cases Fund · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$7,000
The Childrens Aid Society · New York, NY · 2025
Next Generation Center
$7,000
The Childrens Aid Society · New York, NY · 2024
Next Generation Center
$7,000
National Network of Abortion Funds · Beaverton, OR · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$6,500
Musicares Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$6,000
City Limits News · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$6,000
Scholarship Fund of Alexandria · Alexandria, VA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,500
Preservation Hall Foundation · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,200
Environmental Advocates Ny · Albany, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Dumbo District Management Association · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
New York Cares · New York, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Student Press Law Center · Washington, DC · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Wnet · New York, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Dumbo District Management Association · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Forca Foundation · Franklin, NC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Metro New York and Weste · Amherst, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
National Network of Abortion Funds · Beaverton, OR · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Navigate the Maze To Achievement · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Student Press Law Center · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Sunflower Network · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Dumbo District Management Association · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
News Literacy Project · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
World Central Kitchen Incorporated · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Youth Represent · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Council On the Environment Inc Dba Grownyc · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Good Food Institute · Arlington, VA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
International Rescue Committee · Albert Lea, MN · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Riverside Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
The Childrens Aid Society · New York, NY · 2022
Next Generation Center
$5,000
Trustees of Phillips Academy · Andover, MA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$4,500
Youth Represent · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$4,000
Preservation Hall Foundation · New Orleans, LA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$4,000
Sunflower Network · New York, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$4,000
The New York Times Communities Fund · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$4,000
New Garden Friends School · Greensboro, NC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$3,800
Navigate the Maze To Achievement · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$3,500
Terra Firma National · New York, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$3,500
Writers Lab · New York, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$3,000
Farmlink Project · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$3,000
New York Cares · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$3,000
West Side Center for Community Life · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable Event
$3,000
Surfrider Foundation · San Clemente, CA · 2023
East End of Long Island Chapter
$3,000
The Childrens Aid Society · New York, NY · 2023
Next Generation Center
$3,000
Surfrider Foundation · San Clemente, CA · 2022
East End of Long Island Chapter
$3,000
Little Kids Rock · Montclair, NJ · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Coalition for the Homeless · New York, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Harmony Program · New York, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
New Garden Friends School · Greensboro, NC · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Trustees of Phillips Academy · Andover, MA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Vinegar Hill Food Pantry · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Youth Communication New York Center · New York, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Environmental Advocates Ny · Albany, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Harmony Program · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Ny Community Fridge Corp · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Preservation Hall Foundation · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Memorial Ambulance Corps Isle Au Haut-Stonington-D · Deer Isle, ME · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Navigate the Maze To Achievement · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Start Lighthouse · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
The New York Times Communities Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Harmony Program · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Nova Hope for Haiti · Emerson, NJ · 2021
Earthquake relief fund 2021
$2,500
Youth Represent · New York, NY · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
National Network of Abortion Funds · Beaverton, OR · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Start Lighthouse · New York, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
The Sisterhood Is Global Institute · New York, NY · 2025
Women's Equal Justice

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