Funding search · EIN 222620908 · Teaneck, NJ
The Russell Berrie 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.
- 320
- grants reported
- $43.6M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $35,000
- 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.
- Pef Israel Endowment Funds14 grants · $5.6M
- Maoz-Seal6 grants · $3.0M
- Columbia University5 grants · $2.8M
- Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey7 grants · $2.5M
- Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem3 grants · $2.3M
- Bar Ilan University (Ra)2 grants · $2.0M
- Ramapo College Foundation5 grants · $1.9M
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee6 grants · $1.5M
- The Sheba Fund for Health Services and Research3 grants · $1.5M
- Keren Shituf Tormim (Keshet)4 grants · $1.3M
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 320 grants.
- $3.3M
Pef Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2023
To further donees exempt purpose
- $2.2M
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022
To further donees exempt purpose
- $1.5M
Pef Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2022
To further donees exempt purpose
- $1.3M
Bar Ilan University (Ra) · 2023
To further donees exempt purpose
- $1.3M
Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey · Paramus, NJ · 2023
To further donees exempt purpose
- $1.3M
Keren Shituf Tormim (Keshet) · 2024
General operating expenses
- $1.1M
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem · 2023
To further donees exempt purpose
- $1.1M
Maoz-Seal · 2023
To further donees exempt purpose
- $1.1M
Jewish Home Foundation of North Jersey · Rockleigh, NJ · 2022
To further donees exempt purpose
- $1.0M
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem · 2022
To further donees exempt purpose
- $850,000
Maoz-Seal · 2022
To further donees exempt purpose
- $750,000
The Sheba Fund for Health Services and Research · 2024
General operating expenses
- $750,000
Shalom Hartman Institute · 2023
To further donees exempt purpose
- $690,116
Bar Ilan University (Ra) · 2024
General operating expenses
- $660,000
Shalom Hartman Institute of North America · New York, NY · 2022
To further donees exempt purpose
- $633,000
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2023
To further donees exempt purpose
- $611,675
Institute of International Education · New York, NY · 2022
To further donees exempt purpose
- $600,000
The Sheba Fund for Health Services and Research · 2024
General operating expenses
- $585,000
Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey · Paramus, NJ · 2022
To further donees exempt purpose
- $564,730
Institute of International Education · New York, NY · 2023
To further donees exempt purpose
- $515,000
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2022
To further donees exempt purpose
- $500,000
Chronicle of a People Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General operating expenses
- $500,000
Nli USA · New York, NY · 2024
General operating expenses
- $500,000
American Friends of Sheba Medical Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To further donees exempt purpose
- $500,000
Nli USA · New York, NY · 2023
To further donees exempt purpose
- $489,082
Ramapo College Foundation · Mahwah, NJ · 2022
To further donees exempt purpose
- $465,000
Shalom Hartman Institute · 2022
To further donees exempt purpose
- $450,000
Maoz-Seal · 2024
General operating expenses
- $429,748
Ramapo College Foundation · Mahwah, NJ · 2023
To further donees exempt purpose
- $400,000
Greater Bergen Community Action · Hackensack, NJ · 2024
General operating expenses
- $375,000
Breakthrough T1d · New York, NY · 2024
General operating expenses
- $375,000
Breakthrough T1d · New York, NY · 2023
To further donees exempt purpose
- $375,000
Jdrf International · New York, NY · 2022
To further donees exempt purpose
- $350,000
Maoz-Seal · 2024
General operating expenses
- $350,000
Ramapo College Foundation · Mahwah, NJ · 2024
General operating expenses
- $333,123
Ramapo College Foundation · Mahwah, NJ · 2024
General operating expenses
- $310,925
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024
General operating expenses
- $305,000
Edmond De Rothschild Partnerships · 2023
To further donees exempt purpose
- $300,000
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2024
General operating expenses
- $300,000
Shalom Hartman Institute of North America · New York, NY · 2024
General operating expenses
- $276,996
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024
General operating expenses
- $275,515
Ramapo College Foundation · Mahwah, NJ · 2024
General operating expenses
- $275,000
Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey · Paramus, NJ · 2024
General operating expenses
- $260,000
Start-Up Nation Central Ltd (Cc) · 2023
To further donees exempt purpose
- $252,500
Caucus Educational Corporation · Montclair, NJ · 2022
To further donees exempt purpose
- $250,000
Pef Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2024
General operating expenses
- $250,000
Jerusalem Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
To further donees exempt purpose
- $215,000
American Society for Technion-Israel Institute of Technology · New York, NY · 2024
General operating expenses
- $200,000
Maoz-Seal · 2024
General operating expenses
- $200,000
American Friends of the Association for the Advancement of Community Center · Staten Island, NY · 2023
To further donees exempt purpose
- $200,000
Jerusalem Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
To further donees exempt purpose
- $200,000
Shalom Hartman Institute of North America · New York, NY · 2023
To further donees exempt purpose
- $180,000
American Society for Technion-Israel Institute of Technology · New York, NY · 2022
To further donees exempt purpose
- $172,500
Keshet Daf-Il · 2023
To further donees exempt purpose
- $165,000
Edmond De Rothschild Partnerships · 2022
To further donees exempt purpose
- $150,000
Pef Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2024
General operating expenses
- $150,000
United Jewish Appeal Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York · New York, NY · 2024
General operating expenses
- $150,000
United Jewish Appeal Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York · New York, NY · 2023
To further donees exempt purpose
- $150,000
William Paterson University of New Jersey Foundation · Wayne, NJ · 2023
To further donees exempt purpose
- $150,000
Nefesh B'Nefesh Jewish Souls United · Paramus, NJ · 2022
To further donees exempt purpose
- $150,000
The Sheba Fund for Health Services and Research · 2022
To further donees exempt purpose
- $147,000
Jewish Community Center of Metrowest · West Orange, NJ · 2022
To further donees exempt purpose
- $140,000
Caucus Educational Corporation · Montclair, NJ · 2024
General operating expenses
- $140,000
Start-Up Nation Central Ltd (Cc) · 2024
General operating expenses
- $137,500
Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey · Paramus, NJ · 2024
General operating expenses
- $136,692
Institute of International Education · New York, NY · 2024
General operating expenses
- $134,500
Rutgers Hillel · New Brunswick, NJ · 2023
To further donees exempt purpose
- $122,500
Hillel- the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life · Washington, DC · 2023
To further donees exempt purpose
- $110,000
Friends of Ofanim · Wayne, PA · 2023
To further donees exempt purpose
- $105,000
City Green · Clifton, NJ · 2023
To further donees exempt purpose
- $105,000
City Green · Clifton, NJ · 2022
To further donees exempt purpose
- $100,000
American Friends of Itim · New York, NY · 2024
General operating expenses
- $100,000
American Friends of Ogen · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General operating expenses
- $100,000
American Friends of the Israel Democracy Institute · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General operating expenses
- $100,000
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem · 2024
General operating expenses
- $100,000
Friends of Ofanim · Wayne, PA · 2024
General operating expenses
- $100,000
Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey · Paramus, NJ · 2024
General operating expenses
- $100,000
Pef Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2024
General operating expenses
- $100,000
Shalom Hartman Institute of North America · New York, NY · 2024
General operating expenses
- $100,000
American Friends of Itim · New York, NY · 2023
To further donees exempt purpose
- $100,000
Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative · Hackensack, NJ · 2023
To further donees exempt purpose
- $100,000
American Friends of Itim · New York, NY · 2022
To further donees exempt purpose
- $100,000
American Friends of the Israel Democracy Institute · Atlanta, GA · 2022
To further donees exempt purpose
- $100,000
Friends of Ofanim · Wayne, PA · 2022
To further donees exempt purpose
- $100,000
Table To Table · Hasbrouck Heights, NJ · 2022
To further donees exempt purpose
- $96,374
Moishe House · Encinitas, CA · 2024
General operating expenses
- $96,000
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, NY · 2022
To further donees exempt purpose
- $90,000
Drew University · Madison, NJ · 2022
To further donees exempt purpose
- $90,000
Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
To further donees exempt purpose
- $85,000
Jewish Community Center of Metrowest · West Orange, NJ · 2024
General operating expenses
- $80,000
Greater Bergen Community Action · Hackensack, NJ · 2024
General operating expenses
- $80,000
American Jewish Committee · New York, NY · 2023
To further donees exempt purpose
- $80,000
Jewish Community Center of Metrowest · West Orange, NJ · 2023
To further donees exempt purpose
- $80,000
New Israel Fund · New York, NY · 2023
To further donees exempt purpose
- $80,000
American Jewish Committee · New York, NY · 2022
To further donees exempt purpose
- $75,000
Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2024
General operating expenses
- $75,000
Pef Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2024
General operating expenses
- $75,000
Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2023
To further donees exempt purpose
- $75,000
American Friends of the Hebrew University · New York, NY · 2022
To further donees exempt purpose
- $70,000
Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative · Hackensack, NJ · 2022
To further donees exempt purpose
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