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 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
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- 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
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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