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Diane & Norman Bernstein Foundation

Name: Diane & Norman Bernstein Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

343
grants reported: $22.1M
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

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 Federation of Greater Washington3 grants · $3.1M
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden3 grants · $1.4M
Bread for the City3 grants · $730,000
Peace for Dc2 grants · $666,667
Arena Stage3 grants · $612,000
New Israel Fund3 grants · $580,000
Dc Jewish Community Center3 grants · $380,000
Martha'S Table3 grants · $380,000
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee3 grants · $360,000
Miriam'S Kitchen3 grants · $358,334

Giving over time

$5.0M

2022

$8.2M

2023

$8.9M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 343 grants.

$1.1M
Jewish Federation of Greater Washington · North Bethesda, MD · 2023
Charitable
$1.1M
Jewish Federation of Greater Washington · North Bethesda, MD · 2022
Charitable
$1.0M
Jewish Federation of Greater Washington · North Bethesda, MD · 2024
Charitable
$650,000
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$375,000
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$375,000
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$350,000
Bread for the City · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$350,000
Bread for the City · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$333,334
Peace for Dc · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$333,333
Peace for Dc · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$300,000
New Israel Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$250,000
Dc Jewish Community Center · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$250,000
Dreaming Out Loud · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$250,000
Greater Washington Community Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$250,000
New Israel Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$212,000
Arena Stage · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$200,000
Arena Stage · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$200,000
Arena Stage · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$166,667
Miriam'S Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$166,667
Miriam'S Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$160,000
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$150,000
Coalition for Nonprofit Housing & Economic Develop · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$150,000
Martha'S Table · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$150,000
Social Good Fund · Richmond, CA · 2024
Charitable
$150,000
Martha'S Table · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$150,000
Social Good Fund · Richmond, CA · 2023
Charitable
$120,000
Jewish Funders Network · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$100,000
Alliance for Middle East Peace · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$100,000
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$100,000
Avodah the Jewish Service Corps · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$100,000
Beit Berl College · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$100,000
Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$100,000
Community of Hope · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$100,000
Dc Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$100,000
Friendship Place · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$100,000
Habitat for Humanity of Dc & Northern Va · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$100,000
J Street Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$100,000
Lehrhaus Center for Jewish Life & Learning · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$100,000
Local Initiatives Support Corp - Lisc · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$100,000
Marine Biological Lab Annual Fund · Woods Hole, MA · 2024
Charitable
$100,000
Mary'S Center · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$100,000
N Street Village · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$100,000
Project Rozana USA · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$100,000
Washington Housing Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$100,000
Women for Women International · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$100,000
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$100,000
American Near East Refuge Aid · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$100,000
Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$100,000
Community of Hope · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$100,000
Dc Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$100,000
Dc Jewish Community Center · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$100,000
J Street Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$100,000
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$100,000
Local Initiatives Support Corp - Lisc · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$100,000
Marine Biological Lab Annual Fund · Woods Hole, MA · 2023
Charitable
$100,000
Mary'S Center · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$100,000
N Street Village · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$100,000
Recovery Cafe Dc · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$100,000
Washington Housing Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$100,000
Dc Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$100,000
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$100,000
Marine Biological Lab Annual Fund · Woods Hole, MA · 2022
Charitable
$100,000
National Redistricting Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$100,000
Washington Housing Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$90,000
Dc Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$90,000
Dc Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$80,000
American Friends of the Umm El-Fahem Museum of Con · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$80,000
Martha'S Table · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$75,000
Children'S Law Center · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$75,000
Children'S Law Center · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$75,000
Coalition for Nonprofit Housing & Economic Develop · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$75,000
Friendship Place · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$75,000
Habitat for Humanity of Dc & Northern Va · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$65,000
Jubilee Housing · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$60,000
Jewish Funders Network · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$60,000
Jubilee Housing · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$60,000
The Platform of Hope · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$60,000
Greater Washington Community Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$60,000
Jewish Funders Network · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$55,000
Free Minds Book Club · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$54,000
Urban Alliance · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$54,000
Urban Alliance · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
American Near East Refuge Aid · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Bend the Arc · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Bright Beginnings · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Building Bridges Across the River Thearc · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Cape Cod Ymca · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Changing Perceptions · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Charles E Smith Life Communities · North Bethesda, MD · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Children'S National Medical Center · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Council for Court Excellence · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Critical Exposure · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Dc Fiscal Policy Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Dc Greens · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Dc Justice Lab · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Educare · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Empower Dc · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Friends of Anacostia Park · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Housing Association of Nonprofit Developers · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Join for Justice · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable

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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.