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The Bern Schwartz Family Foundation

Name: The Bern Schwartz Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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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.

67
grants reported: $15.7M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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

Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program7 grants · $5.1M
The Basic Fund8 grants · $1.9M
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation3 grants · $1.7M
Basic Fund Scholarship Foundation1 grant · $1.5M
American Gastroenterological Association Institute1 grant · $1.4M
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network2 grants · $1.1M
International Center of Photography6 grants · $665,000
American Federation for Children Growth Fund2 grants · $600,000
Victoria and Albert Museum Americas Foundation3 grants · $468,000
Jerusalem Foundation3 grants · $325,000

Giving over time

$1.4M

2022

$13.8M

2023

$455,000

2024

Grant history

All 67 reported grants, largest first.

$2.1M
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Warwick, RI · 2023
The Bern Schwartz Family Fund
$1.5M
Basic Fund Scholarship Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1.5M
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation · Woodbury, NY · 2023
the LABS Program at the Salk Institute
$1.4M
American Gastroenterological Association Institute · Bethesda, MD · 2023
endowment of the AGA - Bern Schwartz Family Fund Research Scholar Award in Pancreatic Cancer
$1.2M
The Basic Fund · Oakland, CA · 2023
Scholarship Fund
$1.0M
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network · Manhattan Bch, CA · 2023
the Therapeutic Accelerator Award program
$1.0M
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Warwick, RI · 2023
The Tilda and Bill Orr Fund
$500,000
American Federation for Children Growth Fund · Columbia, MD · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$400,000
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Warwick, RI · 2023
The Freij Family Fund
$400,000
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Warwick, RI · 2023
The Schwartz Nabipour Legacy Fund
$400,000
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Warwick, RI · 2023
The Alex Schwartz Fund
$400,000
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Warwick, RI · 2023
The Andrew Schwartz Fund
$400,000
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Warwick, RI · 2023
The Bernard Laurence Schwartz Fund
$279,000
Victoria and Albert Museum Americas Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$200,000
International Center of Photography · New York, NY · 2024
Capital Campaign for ICP at Essex Crossing
$200,000
International Center of Photography · New York, NY · 2023
Capital Campaign for ICP at Essex Crossing
$200,000
The Basic Fund · Oakland, CA · 2023
Scholarship Fund
$200,000
International Center of Photography · New York, NY · 2022
Capital Campaign for ICP at Essex Crossing
$150,000
Jerusalem Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$150,000
The Basic Fund · Oakland, CA · 2023
Scholarship Fund
$150,000
Jerusalem Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$122,000
Victoria and Albert Museum Americas Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$100,000
Magnum Cultural Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
supporting the Philippe Halsman documentary film project
$100,000
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation · Woodbury, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$100,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023
Education Reform Studies
$100,000
The Basic Fund · Oakland, CA · 2023
Scholarship Fund
$100,000
American Federation for Children Growth Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$100,000
Marin Community Foundation · Novato, CA · 2022
The Schwartz Cousins Fund
$75,000
Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy · Pasadena, CA · 2023
marketing of the documentary film on dropout prevention, "Graduation Day"
$75,000
Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy · Pasadena, CA · 2023
Center for Education
$75,000
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation · Woodbury, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$75,000
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network · Manhattan Bch, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$67,000
Victoria and Albert Museum Americas Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
Armand Hammer United World College of the American · Montezuma, NM · 2023
Mountbatten Memorial Prize and student scholarship fund
$50,000
Museum of Photographic Arts · San Diego, CA · 2023
exhibition of works by Julia Margaret Cameron
$50,000
National Dance Institute · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
San Diego Museum of Art · San Diego, CA · 2023
exhibition of works by Julia Margaret Cameron
$50,000
Scripps Health · La Jolla, CA · 2023
future sessions of the Scripps MD Anderson Clinical Hematology & Oncology Conference or such other purposes as determined by the Senior Vice President
$50,000
The Basic Fund · Oakland, CA · 2023
Scholarship Fund
$50,000
Museum of Photographic Arts · San Diego, CA · 2022
exhibition of works by Julia Margaret Cameron
$50,000
The Basic Fund · Oakland, CA · 2022
2021 Scholars Program Scholarship Fund
$50,000
The Basic Fund · Oakland, CA · 2022
2020 Scholarship Program Scholarship Fund
$50,000
The Basic Fund · Oakland, CA · 2022
2022 Scholars Program
$37,500
Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy · Pasadena, CA · 2022
Education Studies
$25,000
International Center of Photography · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Jerusalem Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Crohn'S & Colitis Foundation of America · La Jolla, CA · 2023
Dr. David M. Roseman Memorial Fund
$25,000
Crohn'S & Colitis Foundation of America - San Dieg · La Jolla, CA · 2022
Dr. David M. Roseman Memorial Fund
$25,000
Stanford University - Hoover Institution · Stanford, CA · 2022
Education Reform Studies
$22,000
Americans for Oxford · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
International Center of Photography · New York, NY · 2023
lecture/talks and general fund
$20,000
International Center of Photography · New York, NY · 2022
Lecture talks and General & Unrestricted
$16,229
Pomfret School Incorporated · Pomfret, CT · 2023
Schwartz Visiting Fellow Program
$15,000
San Diego Museum of Art · San Diego, CA · 2024
general operating support of the Museum of Photographic arts at the san diego museum of art
$15,000
Schwab Charitable Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Fred and Deborah Concklin Charitable Fund
$14,000
Americans for Oxford · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$13,428
Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University · 2022
General & Unrestricted (See General Explanation)
$12,500
National Dance Institute · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$12,000
Pomfret School Incorporated · Pomfret, CT · 2022
2022 Schwartz Visiting Fellow Program
$10,000
San Diego Museum of Art · San Diego, CA · 2023
general operating support by the museum formerly known as MOPA
$10,000
Armand Hammer United World College of the American · Montezuma, NM · 2022
Mountbatten Memorial Prize
$10,000
Museum of Photographic Arts · San Diego, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Scripps Health · La Jolla, CA · 2022
Bernard Lee Schwartz Lecture at the 2022 Clinical Hematology & Oncology Conference
$1,000
The Philadelphia Photo Review · Langhorne, PA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$600
Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University · 2023
General & Unrestricted (GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$600
Monuments Men and Women Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2023
General & Unrestricted (GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$500
Photo Legacy Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted

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