Funding search · EIN 521381689 · Washington, DC

The Bernard & Sarah Gewirz Fdn

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

195
grants reported
$1.7M
total given
2021–2023
filing years
$1,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

educationreligiousmedicalartspreservationmuseumresearchcivic

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Top recipients

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  • Preservation Society of Newport County3 grants · $193,000
  • National Gallery of Art3 grants · $102,000
  • Promise Fund of Florida3 grants · $86,234
  • Kennedy Center2 grants · $74,500
  • Kiwanis Club of Wahington2 grants · $74,450
  • John F Kennedy Center for the Arts1 grant · $74,000
  • Sibley Memorial Hosp Foundation3 grants · $61,000
  • Jewish Historical Society2 grants · $51,000
  • Navy War College Foundation1 grant · $50,000
  • Jewish Policy Center1 grant · $50,000

Giving over time

$619,776
2021
$541,175
2022
$492,140
2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 195 grants.

  • $112,000

    Preservation Society of Newport County · Newport, RI · 2023

    Preservation/education

  • $83,234

    Promise Fund of Florida · West Palm Beach, FL · 2021

    Medical

  • $74,000

    John F Kennedy Center for the Arts · Washington, DC · 2023

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose

  • $74,000

    Kennedy Center · Washington, DC · 2022

    Arts

  • $74,000

    Kiwanis Club of Wahington · Indianapolis, IN · 2021

    Medical

  • $55,000

    Preservation Society of Newport County · Newport, RI · 2022

    Preservation/education

  • $50,000

    National Gallery of Art · Washington, DC · 2023

    Arts

  • $50,000

    Jewish Historical Society · New York, NY · 2022

    Museum

  • $50,000

    National Gallery of Art · Washington, DC · 2022

    Arts

  • $50,000

    Jewish Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2021

    Research

  • $50,000

    Navy War College Foundation · Rhode Island, RI · 2021

    Education

  • $30,000

    Sibley Memorial Hosp Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    Medical

  • $30,000

    Society of the Four Arts · Palm Beach, FL · 2021

    Education

  • $26,000

    Preservation Society of Newport County · Newport, RI · 2021

    Preservation/education

  • $25,400

    Adas Israel Congregation · Washington, DC · 2022

    Religious

  • $25,000

    Palm Beach United Way · Palm Beach, FL · 2022

    Various general charities

  • $25,000

    United Jewish Endowment · Rockville, MD · 2022

    Education

  • $25,000

    United States Naval Academy Foundtion · Annapolis, MD · 2021

    Education

  • $22,407

    Atlantic Christian Academy · Egg Harbor Township, NJ · 2021

    Education

  • $21,000

    Sibley Memorial Hosp Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    Medical

  • $20,200

    Redwood Library · Newport, RI · 2023

    Education

  • $20,000

    Save the Bay · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose

  • $20,000

    True Ground Housing Partners · Arling, VA · 2023

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose

  • $20,000

    Church Community Housing · Newport, RI · 2022

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose

  • $20,000

    Georgetown University Hospital · Washington, DC · 2021

    Medical

  • $20,000

    Jewish Federation of Greater Washington · North Bethesda, MD · 2021

    Education

  • $20,000

    Newport Town Spring Fund · Newport, RI · 2021

    Historic preservation

  • $20,000

    Norton Museum of Art · West Palm Beach, FL · 2021

    Arts

  • $17,500

    Newport Hospital Foundation · Newport, RI · 2022

    Medical

  • $15,200

    Rhode Island Arts Foundation at Newport · Middletown, RI · 2021

    Arts

  • $15,000

    Aquidneck Island Land Trust · Middletown, RI · 2022

    Land preservation

  • $15,000

    Redwood Library · Newport, RI · 2022

    Education

  • $11,500

    Newport Historical Society · Newport, PA · 2021

    Museum

  • $11,000

    Adas Israel Congregation · Washington, DC · 2023

    Religious

  • $11,000

    United States Naval Academy Foundtion · Annapolis, MD · 2022

    Education

  • $10,790

    International Tennis Hall of Fame · Newport, RI · 2023

    Museum

  • $10,625

    International Tennis Hall of Fame · Newport, RI · 2022

    Museum

  • $10,000

    Aquidneck Island Land Trust · Middletown, RI · 2023

    Land preservation

  • $10,000

    Garden of Rememberance Memorial Park · Clarksburg, MD · 2023

    Religious

  • $10,000

    Newport Hospital Foundation · Newport, RI · 2023

    Medical

  • $10,000

    Opportunity Dc · Washington, DC · 2023

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Society of the Four Arts · Palm Beach, FL · 2023

    Education

  • $10,000

    The Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    Education

  • $10,000

    Touro Synagogue Foundation · Newport, RI · 2023

    Religious

  • $10,000

    Garden of Rememberance Memorial Park · Clarksburg, MD · 2022

    Religious

  • $10,000

    Georgetown University Hospital · Washington, DC · 2022

    Medical

  • $10,000

    Society of the Four Arts · Palm Beach, FL · 2022

    Education

  • $10,000

    The Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    Education

  • $10,000

    Aquidneck Island Land Trust · Middletown, RI · 2021

    Land preservation

  • $10,000

    George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2021

    Education

  • $10,000

    Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2021

    Education

  • $10,000

    Sibley Memorial Hosp Foundation · Washington, DC · 2021

    Medical

  • $10,000

    South Florida Pbs · Boynton Beach, FL · 2021

    Education

  • $10,000

    The Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2021

    Education

  • $10,000

    US Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2021

    Education

  • $8,500

    Adas Israel Congregation · Washington, DC · 2021

    Religious

  • $7,450

    Jewish Community Center of Greater Wash · Rockville, MD · 2021

    Religious

  • $6,500

    Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    Education

  • $6,000

    United States Naval Academy Foundtion · Annapolis, MD · 2023

    Education

  • $6,000

    Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Congregation Jeshuat Israel · Newport, PR · 2023

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Newport Historical Society · Newport, PA · 2023

    Museum

  • $5,000

    Norman Bird Sanctuary · Middletown, RI · 2023

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Palm Beach Civic Assoc · Palm Beach, FL · 2023

    Civic support

  • $5,000

    Woodson Center · Washington, DC · 2023

    Education

  • $5,000

    Boys and Girls Club of Newport County · Newport, RI · 2022

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Newport Art Museum · Newport, RI · 2022

    Arts

  • $5,000

    Newport Historical Society · Newport, PA · 2022

    Museum

  • $5,000

    Norman Bird Sanctuary · Middletown, RI · 2022

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Palm Beach Civic Assoc · Palm Beach, FL · 2022

    Civic support

  • $5,000

    The Trust Ofr the National Mall · Washington, DC · 2022

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    The Woodrow Wilson Center · Holderness, NH · 2022

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Touro Synagogue Foundation · Newport, RI · 2022

    Religious

  • $5,000

    Newport Hospital Foundation · Newport, RI · 2021

    Medical

  • $5,000

    Palm Beach Fellowship · Palm Beach, FL · 2021

    Medical

  • $5,000

    Tax Foundation · Washington, DC · 2021

    Research

  • $5,000

    Woodson Center · Washington, DC · 2021

    Education

  • $3,500

    Weta · Arlington, VA · 2021

    Education

  • $3,000

    Mercersburg Academy · Mercerberg, PA · 2023

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose

  • $3,000

    Naval War College · Newport, RI · 2022

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose

  • $2,800

    Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2021

    Religious

  • $2,500

    Avalon Theatre · Washington, DC · 2023

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose

  • $2,500

    Morse Geriatric Center · West Palm Beach Fl, FL · 2022

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose

  • $2,000

    Friends of the Jewish Chapel · Annapolis, MD · 2023

    Religious

  • $2,000

    George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2023

    Education

  • $2,000

    Palm Beach Country Club Foundation · Palm Beach, FL · 2023

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose

  • $2,000

    US Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2023

    Education

  • $2,000

    American Scandinavian Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted support of the organi

  • $2,000

    Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    Education

  • $2,000

    Palm Beach Country Club Foundation · Palm Beach, FL · 2022

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose

  • $2,000

    Promise Fund of Florida · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022

    Medical

  • $2,000

    Arlington Partnershipaffordable Living · Arlington, VA · 2021

    Veteran housing

  • $2,000

    National Gallery of Art · Washington, DC · 2021

    Arts

  • $2,000

    Palm Beach Civic Assoc · Palm Beach, FL · 2021

    Civic support

  • $2,000

    St Columba'S Chapel Historic Pres Trust · Middletown, RI · 2021

    Historic preservation

  • $2,000

    Touro Synagogue Foundation · Newport, RI · 2021

    Religious

  • $1,800

    American Friends of the Hebrew University · New York, NY · 2021

    Religious

  • $1,500

    Ann Norton Sculpture Garden · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose

  • $1,500

    Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose

  • $1,500

    The Chabad House · Teaneck, NJ · 2023

    Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose

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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.