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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “berman”
Where the money went
Largest: $125,000 to The Chester County Hospital Fdn Dr Berman Reserve — dr. berman research
The Jewish Federation of GreaterNorth Bethesda, MDCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $2.1M · through 2024Largest: $572,763 to MELVIN J BERMAN HEBREW ACADEMY — jfgw communal support grants
Largest: $500,000 to GREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL CENTER — sandra r. berman infusion center
Largest: $120,591 to JOHNS HOPKINS BERMAN INSTITUTE OF BIOETHICS — berman institute podcast project
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $4.8M · through 2022Largest: $1.7M to Johns Hopkins University — to support for the jhu lerner public health advocacy institute at the johns hopkins bloomberg school of public health (ref #1604090014 - 2016000006). support of the lerner center p…
Largest: $13,986 to MONTE BERMAN — educational scholarship
Largest: $583,334 to GBMC INC — the promise project (hospital addition and sandra r berman pavilion) and second surgical robot for gbmc
Largest: $162,000 to DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING — daniel and karen berman charitable fund
Largest: $10,000 to HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE SOCIETY OF AMERICA'S BERMAN-TOPPER RESEARCH — to provide support to improve the lives of those affected by huntington's disease through the organizations' community services and education to advocacy and research.
Largest: $150,000 to JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY - BERMAN INSTITUTE OF BIOETHICS — to further the exempt purpose of the organization.
Berman Charitable FoundationVestavia Hills, AL
4 matching grants · $35,000 · through 2025Largest: $15,000 to BERMAN MUSEUM OF WORLD HISTORY — education and cultural ops
Nbs Classical Music InstituteHaverford, PACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $208,500 · through 2024Largest: $110,000 to Nelly Berman School of Music — the major purpose is the granting of scholarships to qualifying students of the school. secondary purposes are to augment the salaries of exceptional teachers and to provide some o…
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →