Funding search · EIN 386644875 · Novi, MI

Madeleine & Mandell L Berman Foundation

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

78
grants reported
$1.8M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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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  • Weill Cornell Medicine3 grants · $250,000
  • Wayne State University1 grant · $150,000
  • Michigan Humane Society3 grants · $136,740
  • Pef Israel Endowment Funds3 grants · $130,500
  • Detroit Symphony Orchestra3 grants · $110,000
  • Wayne State University - Levin Center2 grants · $95,000
  • Company for the Reconstruction and Development of the Jewish Quarter1 grant · $70,000
  • Eastern Michigan University Foundation1 grant · $70,000
  • Forgotten Harvest3 grants · $55,000
  • Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University1 grant · $50,000

Giving over time

$516,490
2022
$360,935
2023
$872,588
2024

Grant history

All 78 reported grants, largest first.

  • $150,000

    Wayne State University · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Michigan Humane Society · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Weill Cornell Medicine · New York, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $85,000

    Wayne State University - Levin Center · Detroit, MI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $80,500

    Pef Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $75,000

    Weill Cornell Medicine · New York, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $75,000

    Weill Cornell Medicine · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $70,000

    Eastern Michigan University Foundation · Ypsilanti, MI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $70,000

    Company for the Reconstruction and Development of the Jewish Quarter · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $60,000

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra · Detroit, MI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $45,000

    Forgotten Harvest · Oak Park, MI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $40,000

    Gleaners Food Bank · Detroit, MI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $31,588

    Boulder Jewish Community Center · Boulder, CO · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $30,000

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $30,000

    Women Who Weld · Madison Heights, MI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Evangelical Lutheran Church in America · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Michigan Humane Society · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Pef Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2024

    Unrestriced

  • $25,000

    Pef Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    I Aid · San Marcos, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Temple Israel - the Well Detoit · West Bloomfield, MI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra · Detroit, MI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Detroit Institute of Arts · Detroit, MI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Friends of Israel Sci-Tech Schools · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $18,700

    Construction Education Trust · Madison Heights, MI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Jewish Funders Network · New York, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Boulder Jewish Community Center · Denver, CO · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy Network · West Bloomfield, MI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $13,500

    Detroit Institute of Arts · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $12,735

    Friends of the Great Commission · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $12,600

    Construction Education Trust Dba Semca · Madison Heights, MI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $12,500

    New Israel Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $11,740

    Michigan Humane Society · Bingham Farms, MI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Congregation Shaarey Zedek · Southfield, MI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Friendship Circle · West Bloomfield, MI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Motown Historical Museum · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Motown Historical Museum · Detroit, MI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Community Food Share · Louisville, CO · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Emergency Family Assistance Association · Boulder, CO · 2022

    Unrestriced

  • $10,000

    Temple Israel - the Well Detroit · West Bloomfield, MI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Wayne State University - Levin Center · Detroit, MI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $7,000

    Archives of American Art of the Smithsonian Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $6,900

    Construction Education Trust Dba Semca · Madison Heights, MI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $6,000

    Detroit Institute of Arts · Detroit, MI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $6,000

    Detroit Jewish News · Siouthfield, MI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $6,000

    Hillel - University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Archives of American Art of the Smithsonian Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Bowery Residents Committee · New York, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Forgotten Harvest · Oak Park, MI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Gleaners Food Bank · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Jewish Community High School (Frankel Jewish Academy) · West Bloomfield, MI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Forgotten Harvest · Oak Park, MI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    American Friends of Tel Aviv University · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Bowery Residents Committee · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Bridge House · Boulder, CO · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Child and Family Advocacy Program · Boulder, CO · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    City Harvest · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Community Food Bank of New Jersey · Hillside, NJ · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Food Bank of New York City · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Food Bank of the Rockies · Denver, CO · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Humane Society of Boulder Valley · Boulder, CO · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    I Have a Dream Foundation of Boulder · Boulder, CO · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Jewish Family Service of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Literacy · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Remote Area Medical · Rockford, TN · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Rose Community Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    The Smithsonian Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $3,500

    Alternatives for Girls · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $3,200

    Construction Education Trust · Madison Heights, MI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Detroit Institute of Arts · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $50

    Board of Trustees Leland Standford Junior University · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

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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.