Funding search · EIN 472240964 · Covington, KY

The Berning Family Foundation

Name: The Berning Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

52
grants reported: $173,500
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $3,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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

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Lasalle High School4 grants · $22,500
Elder High School4 grants · $22,000
Sparc Hope4 grants · $13,000
Moeller High School4 grants · $13,000
Bloc Ministries3 grants · $10,000
Dragonfly Foundation3 grants · $10,000
St Francis Church4 grants · $9,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation3 grants · $7,000
St Henry High School3 grants · $7,000
Roger Bacon High School3 grants · $7,000

Giving over time

$37,000

2022

$42,000

2023

$46,000

2024

$48,500

2025

Grant history

All 52 reported grants, largest first.

$7,000
Elder High School · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Support
$7,000
Elder High School · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Support
$7,000
Lasalle High School · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
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$6,000
Elder High School · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
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$6,000
Lasalle High School · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
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$6,000
Lasalle High School · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Support
$6,000
St Williams Church · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Support
$5,500
Dragonfly Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Support
$3,500
Bloc Ministries · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Support
$3,500
Freestore Foodbank · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Support
$3,500
Lasalle High School · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Support
$3,500
Moeller High School · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Support
$3,500
Our Lady of Victory · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Support
$3,500
Sparc Hope · Louisville, KY · 2025
Support
$3,500
St Lawrence Church · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Support
$3,500
Bloc Ministries · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Support
$3,500
Brave Like Me · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Support
$3,500
Catholic Relief Services · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Support
$3,500
Moeller High School · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Support
$3,500
Sparc Hope · Louisville, KY · 2024
Support
$3,500
St Lawrence Church · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Support
$3,000
Matthew 25 Ministries · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Support
$3,000
Moeller High School · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Support
$3,000
Our Lady of Victory Church · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Support
$3,000
Preborn · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Support
$3,000
Pregnancy Center West · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Support
$3,000
Roger Bacon High School · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Support
$3,000
Sparc Hope · Louisville, KY · 2023
Support
$3,000
St Francis Church · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Support
$3,000
St Henry High School · Erlanger, KY · 2023
Support
$3,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2023
Support
$3,000
Bloc Ministries · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Support
$3,000
Dragonfly Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Support
$3,000
Moeller High School · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Support
$3,000
Our Lady of Victory Church · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Support
$3,000
Sparc Hope · Louisville, KY · 2022
Support
$3,000
St Peter in Chains Cathedral · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Support
$3,000
Villa Madonna Academy · Villa Hills, KY · 2022
Support
$2,000
Our Lady of Visitation · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Support
$2,000
Roger Bacon High School · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Support
$2,000
St Francis Church · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Support
$2,000
St Henry High School · Erlanger, KY · 2025
Support
$2,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2025
Support
$2,000
Roger Bacon High School · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Support
$2,000
St Francis Church · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Support
$2,000
St Henry High School · Erlanger, KY · 2024
Support
$2,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2024
Support
$2,000
Elder High School · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Support
$2,000
St Francis Church · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Support
$1,500
Fire Foundation of Northern Ky · Lakeside Park, KY · 2025
Support
$1,500
Covington Diocese · Covington, KY · 2024
Support
$1,500
Dragonfly Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Support

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