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 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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Top recipients

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  • 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

$14.1M
2022
$16.0M
2023
$13.5M
2024

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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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.