Funding search · EIN 133414152 · Seattle, WA

The Bernstein Family Foundation

Name: The Bernstein Family Foundation grants, 2021–2023
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.

73
grants reported: $465,973
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $2,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. 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

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.

Jewish Family Service3 grants · $151,088
Act Theatre1 grant · $50,000
Temple Hirsch Sinai3 grants · $41,012
Arts Fund3 grants · $35,000
Jewish Federation1 grant · $25,000
Teentix2 grants · $20,129
Unleash the Brilliance3 grants · $15,000
Uw Kuow Fund3 grants · $12,584
Recovery Caf3 grants · $12,500
Development in Gardening3 grants · $10,272

Giving over time

$156,805

2021

$187,945

2022

$121,223

2023

Grant history

All 73 reported grants, largest first.

$100,000
Jewish Family Service · Seattle, WA · 2022
General Support
$50,000
Act Theatre · Seattle, WA · 2021
General Support
$26,088
Jewish Family Service · Seattle, WA · 2023
General Support
$25,000
Jewish Family Service · Seattle, WA · 2021
General Support
$25,000
Jewish Federation · Seattle, WA · 2021
General support
$23,500
Arts Fund · Seattle, WA · 2023
General Support
$20,300
Temple Hirsch Sinai · Seattle, WA · 2022
General Support
$14,984
Teentix · Seattle, WA · 2023
General support
$10,412
Temple Hirsch Sinai · Seattle, WA · 2023
General Support
$10,300
Temple Hirsch Sinai · Seattle, WA · 2021
General Support
$10,000
Arts Fund · Seattle, WA · 2022
General Support
$10,000
Immanuel Childrens Foundation · Shoreline, WA · 2021
General Support
$8,600
Pilchuck Glass School · Seattle, WA · 2022
General purpose
$5,400
Pottery Northwest · Seattle, WA · 2022
General support
$5,181
Development in Gardening · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General Support
$5,145
Teentix · Seattle, WA · 2022
General support
$5,128
Kemp Mill Synagogue · Silver Spring, MD · 2023
General support
$5,084
Uw Kuow Fund · Seattle, WA · 2023
General Support
$5,025
Cornish College · Seattle, WA · 2021
General Support
$5,000
Recovery Caf · Seattle, WA · 2023
General Support
$5,000
Seattle Childrens Hospital · Seattle, WA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Unleash the Brilliance · Kent, WA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Earth Fund · Lake Forest Park, WA · 2022
General support
$5,000
Inspire Washington · Seattle, WA · 2022
General support
$5,000
Paypal Give Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
$5,000
Recovery Caf · Seattle, WA · 2022
General Support
$5,000
Unleash the Brilliance · Kent, WA · 2022
General support
$5,000
Uw Kuow Fund · Seattle, WA · 2022
General Support
$5,000
Colorado Ethiopian Community · Aurora, CO · 2021
General Support
$5,000
Unleash the Brilliance · Kent, WA · 2021
General support
$4,000
Earth Creative · Kenmore, WA · 2021
General support
$3,041
Sola Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2023
General support
$2,594
Artist Trust · Seattle, WA · 2021
General support
$2,591
Development in Gardening · Atlanta, GA · 2021
General Support
$2,500
American Friends of Leket Israel · Teaneck, NJ · 2023
General support
$2,500
Development in Gardening · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General Support
$2,500
Earth Fund · Lake Forest Park, WA · 2023
General support
$2,500
Jgive - Friends of Asor Fund · Lakewood, NJ · 2023
General support
$2,500
Lehigh University · Bethlehem, PA · 2023
General support
$2,500
Recovery Caf · Seattle, WA · 2021
General Support
$2,500
Uw Kuow Fund · Seattle, WA · 2021
General Support
$1,620
Pottery Northwest · Seattle, WA · 2021
General support
$1,500
Arts Fund · Seattle, WA · 2021
General Support
$1,100
Harmony Hill · Union, WA · 2021
General support
$1,034
Holocaust Center for Humanity · Seattle, WA · 2022
General support
$1,000
New York University · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$1,000
Pilchuck Glass School · Seattle, WA · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Samsupport · Clearwater, FL · 2023
General Support
$800
Samsupport · Clearwater, FL · 2021
General Support
$550
Stroum Jewish Community Center · Mercer Island, WA · 2023
General support
$532
Path With Art · Seattle, WA · 2023
General support
$515
Friends of Wpc Nep Gg · Seattle, WA · 2022
General Support
$515
Friends of Wpc Nep Gg · Seattle, WA · 2021
General Support
$511
Swift Youth Foundation · Scottsdale, AZ · 2021
General support
$500
Seattle International Film Festival · Seattle, WA · 2023
General support
$500
Nordic Museum · Seattle, WA · 2021
General support
$450
Nordic Museum · Seattle, WA · 2022
General support
$400
Jubilee Womens Center · Seattle, WA · 2023
General support
$358
Stroum Jewish Community Center · Mercer Island, WA · 2022
General support
$350
Sammamish High School · Bellevue, WA · 2022
General support
$312
Pioneer Human Services · Seattle, WA · 2021
General support
$300
Samsupport · Clearwater, FL · 2022
General Support
$270
Pnw Ballet · Seattle, WA · 2023
General support
$259
College Success Foundation · Bellevue, WA · 2021
General Support
$180
Yiddish Book Center · Amherst, MA · 2022
General support
$103
McCv Pta · Petaluma, CA · 2021
General Support
$100
Covenant House · Topeka, KS · 2023
General support
$80
Intiman Theatre · Seattle, WA · 2022
General support
$75
Soccer Challenge - Sadie · Concord, CA · 2021
General support
$52
McCv Pta · Petaluma, CA · 2023
General Support
$52
McCv Pta · Petaluma, CA · 2022
General Support
$50
Eteam Sponsor · Concord, CA · 2023
General support
$32
Intiman Theatre · Seattle, WA · 2023
General support

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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.