Funding search · EIN 208042481 · Chicago, IL

The Howard B Bernick Foundation

Name: The Howard B Bernick 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.

83
grants reported: $2.3M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
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 United Fund3 grants · $900,000
Cast Water Safety Foundation3 grants · $320,000
Upper Canada Educational Foundation1 grant · $150,000
Town of Palm Beach United Way3 grants · $118,000
The Field Museum3 grants · $90,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation3 grants · $80,000
Palm Beach Civic Association3 grants · $63,000
The Palm Beach Police Foundation2 grants · $60,000
Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach3 grants · $45,000
Alzheimer'S Drug Discovery Foundation3 grants · $45,000

Giving over time

$768,800

2022

$899,010

2023

$662,700

2024

Grant history

All 83 reported grants, largest first.

$300,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$300,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$300,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$150,000
Upper Canada Educational Foundation · 2023
General support
$110,000
Cast Water Safety Foundation · Forest Park, IL · 2024
General support
$110,000
Cast Water Safety Foundation · Forest Park, IL · 2023
General support
$100,000
Cast Water Safety Foundation · Forest Park, IL · 2022
General support
$55,000
The Palm Beach Police Foundation · Palm Beach, FL · 2022
General support
$52,000
Town of Palm Beach United Way · Palm Beach, FL · 2022
General support
$33,000
Town of Palm Beach United Way · Palm Beach, FL · 2024
General support
$33,000
Town of Palm Beach United Way · Palm Beach, FL · 2023
General support
$30,000
The Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$30,000
The Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$30,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$30,000
The Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$25,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$25,000
The Innovate · Palm Beach, FL · 2024
General support
$25,000
American Friends of the Hebrew University · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$25,000
Morselife Foundation · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
General support
$25,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$25,000
Sinai Health System · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$25,000
Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach · Palm Beach, FL · 2022
General support
$25,000
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$22,000
Palm Beach Civic Association · Palm Beach, FL · 2024
General support
$21,000
Palm Beach Civic Association · Palm Beach, FL · 2023
General support
$20,000
Palm Beach Civic Association · Palm Beach, FL · 2022
General support
$18,000
B'Nai B'Rith International · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$18,000
Brother Rice High School Foundation · Oak Lawn, IL · 2022
General support
$15,000
Alzheimer'S Drug Discovery Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$15,000
Alzheimer'S Drug Discovery Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$15,000
Oak Park Temple · Oak Park, IL · 2023
General support
$15,000
Alzheimer'S Drug Discovery Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$15,000
Oak Park Temple · Oak Park, IL · 2022
General support
$14,300
Raymond F Kravis Center · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
General support
$12,500
Raymond F Kravis Center · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
General support
$12,500
Raymond F Kravis Center · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
General support
$10,000
American Heart Association · Scarborough, NY · 2024
General support
$10,000
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach · Palm Beach, FL · 2024
General support
$10,000
The Washington Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$10,000
American Heart Association · Scarborough, NY · 2023
General support
$10,000
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach · Palm Beach, FL · 2023
General support
$10,000
All Stars Project · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$10,000
College Possible Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$10,000
Morselife Foundation · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
General support
$10,000
National Gallery of Art · Landover, MD · 2022
General support
$9,000
Teaching Tolerance · Montgomery, AL · 2023
General support
$7,500
Recipe for Change · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$7,000
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$6,500
Boys & Girls Club of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$5,500
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$5,000
Historical Society of Palm Beach County · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
General support
$5,000
Live Like Jake Foundation · Palm Beach Gardens, FL · 2024
General support
$5,000
Norton Museum of Art · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
General support
$5,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities · Oak Brook, IL · 2024
General support
$5,000
The Palm Beach Police Foundation · Palm Beach, FL · 2024
General support
$5,000
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Navy Seal Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Palm Beach Country Club Foundation · Palm Beach, FL · 2023
General support
$5,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities · Oak Brook, IL · 2023
General support
$5,000
The Cleveland Orchestra · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General support
$5,000
The Philadelphia Orchestra · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Nyu Langone Health · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$5,000
Recipe for Change · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$5,000
Wellness House · Hinsdale, IL · 2022
General support
$4,000
Palm Beach Country Club Foundation · Palm Beach, FL · 2024
General support
$3,600
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$3,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities · Oak Brook, IL · 2022
General support
$2,500
Afrikids · Carol Gables, FL · 2024
General support
$2,500
Norton Museum of Art · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
General support
$2,500
Historical Society of Palm Beach County · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
General support
$2,500
Live Like Jake Foundation · Palm Beach Gardens, FL · 2022
General support
$2,500
The Ireland Funds America · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$2,000
Palm Beach Country Club Foundation · Palm Beach, FL · 2022
General support
$1,800
Baptist Health Miami Cancer Institute · Miami, FL · 2024
General support
$1,800
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$1,800
Hhp Helping Hand Partners · Cumming, GA · 2022
General support
$1,800
Torah Institute Chabad Palm Beach · Palm Beach, FL · 2022
General support
$1,000
The Chautauqua Institution · Chautauqua, NY · 2023
General support
$210
The Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$200
The Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support

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