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12 funders with a record of paying for “bern”
Where the money went The Bern Schwartz Family Foundation → Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program: $2.1M across 1 grant, latest 2023 Dolan Family Charities → The Society of Abbey of Berne India: $321K across 4 grants, latest 2025 St Joseph Regional Health Network → Bern Township Police: $206K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Harold H Bate Foundation Inc → New Bern Civic Theatre Inc: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Albert H Bangert Charitable Trust → New Bern Craven County Schools: $93K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Us Charitable Gift Trust → First Presbyterian Church of New Bern: $45K across 2 grants, latest 2024 United Way of Coastal Carolina Inc → Catholic Charities - New Bern Office: $43K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The George and Mary Jo Sanders → Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center: $18K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Craven Arts Council and Galleryinc → New Bern Civic Theatre: $17K across 2 grants, latest 2023 North Carolina Community Foundation → New Bern Historical Society Foundation Inc: $16K across 2 grants, latest 2024 W Lester Brooks Foundation Inc → New Bern Historical Society: $11K across 4 grants, latest 2023 William M & Ann K Grace Foundation → J Berning: $10K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Bern Schwartz Family Foundation → American Gastroenterological Association Institute: $1.4M across 1 grant, latest 2023 St Joseph Regional Health Network → Bern Township Police: $108K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Harold H Bate Foundation Inc → New Bern Preservation Foundation: $45K across 2 grants, latest 2023 United Way of Coastal Carolina Inc → Reviving Lives Ministries of New Bern Inc: $22K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Us Charitable Gift Trust → Religious Community Services of New Bern Inc: $21K across 2 grants, latest 2024 North Carolina Community Foundation → First Presbyterian Church of New Bern: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Craven Arts Council and Galleryinc → Juneteenth of New Bern: $14K across 2 grants, latest 2024 William M & Ann K Grace Foundation → W Berning: $6K across 2 grants, latest 2024 W Lester Brooks Foundation Inc → Rcs of New Bern: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2020 The Harold H Bate Foundation Inc → New Bern Masonic Theatre Historical Preservation: $25K across 2 grants, latest 2024 United Way of Coastal Carolina Inc → Religious Community Services of New Bern Inc: $19K across 1 grant, latest 2022 North Carolina Community Foundation → Reviving Lives Ministries of New Bern Inc (Rlm): $12K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Harold H Bate Foundation Inc → New Bern Police Department Citizen Volunteers Inc: $19K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Harold H Bate Foundation Inc → New Bern Area Improvement - Omega Center: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Harold H Bate Foundation Inc → New Bern Area Improvement Association Aka the Omega Center: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024 North Carolina Community Foundation → New Bern Preservation Foundation Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Harold H Bate Foundation Inc → New Bern Historical Society: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 North Carolina Community Foundation → New Bern - Craven County Public Library: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Harold H Bate Foundation Inc → The New Bern Garden Club: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Harold H Bate Foundation Inc → New Bern High School: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Bern Schwartz Family Foundation: $3.5M on this topic. Open the funder. The Bern Schwartz Family Foun… $3.5M Dolan Family Charities: $321K on this topic. Open the funder. Dolan Family Charities $321K St Joseph Regional Health Network: $314K on this topic. Open the funder. St Joseph Regional Health Net… $314K The Harold H Bate Foundation Inc: $237K on this topic. Open the funder. The Harold H Bate Foundation… $237K Albert H Bangert Charitable Trust: $93K on this topic. Open the funder. Albert H Bangert Charitable T… $93K United Way of Coastal Carolina Inc: $84K on this topic. Open the funder. United Way of Coastal Carolin… $84K The Us Charitable Gift Trust: $66K on this topic. Open the funder. The Us Charitable Gift Trust $66K North Carolina Community Foundation: $61K on this topic. Open the funder. North Carolina Community Foun… $61K Craven Arts Council and Galleryinc: $31K on this topic. Open the funder. Craven Arts Council and Galle… $31K The George and Mary Jo Sanders: $18K on this topic. Open the funder. The George and Mary Jo Sanders $18K William M & Ann K Grace Foundation: $16K on this topic. Open the funder. William M & Ann K Grace Found… $16K W Lester Brooks Foundation Inc: $13K on this topic. Open the funder. W Lester Brooks Foundation Inc $13K Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program: received $2.1M on this topic Vanguard Charitable Endowment P… $2.1M American Gastroenterological Association Institute: received $1.4M on this topic American Gastroenterological As… $1.4M The Society of Abbey of Berne India: received $321K on this topic The Society of Abbey of Berne I… $321K Bern Township Police: received $206K on this topic Bern Township Police $206K Bern Township Police: received $108K on this topic Bern Township Police $108K New Bern Civic Theatre Inc: received $100K on this topic New Bern Civic Theatre Inc $100K New Bern Craven County Schools: received $93K on this topic New Bern Craven County Schools $93K First Presbyterian Church of New Bern: received $45K on this topic First Presbyterian Church of Ne… $45K New Bern Preservation Foundation: received $45K on this topic New Bern Preservation Foundation $45K Catholic Charities - New Bern Office: received $43K on this topic Catholic Charities - New Bern O… $43K New Bern Masonic Theatre Historical Preservation: received $25K on this topic New Bern Masonic Theatre Histor… $25K Reviving Lives Ministries of New Bern Inc: received $22K on this topic Reviving Lives Ministries of Ne… $22K Religious Community Services of New Bern Inc: received $21K on this topic Religious Community Services of… $21K New Bern Historical Society: received $21K on this topic New Bern Historical Society $21K Religious Community Services of New Bern Inc: received $19K on this topic Religious Community Services of… $19K New Bern Police Department Citizen Volunteers Inc: received $19K on this topic New Bern Police Department Citi… $19K Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center: received $18K on this topic Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center $18K New Bern Civic Theatre: received $17K on this topic New Bern Civic Theatre $17K New Bern Historical Society Foundation Inc: received $16K on this topic New Bern Historical Society Fou… $16K First Presbyterian Church of New Bern: received $15K on this topic First Presbyterian Church of Ne… $15K New Bern Area Improvement - Omega Center: received $15K on this topic New Bern Area Improvement - Ome… $15K New Bern Area Improvement Association Aka the Omega Center: received $15K on this topic New Bern Area Improvement Assoc… $15K Juneteenth of New Bern: received $14K on this topic Juneteenth of New Bern $14K Reviving Lives Ministries of New Bern Inc (Rlm): received $12K on this topic Reviving Lives Ministries of Ne… $12K J Berning: received $10K on this topic J Berning $10K New Bern Preservation Foundation Inc: received $10K on this topic New Bern Preservation Foundatio… $10K New Bern - Craven County Public Library: received $8K on this topic New Bern - Craven County Public… $8K W Berning: received $6K on this topic W Berning $6K The New Bern Garden Club: received $5K on this topic The New Bern Garden Club $5K New Bern High School: received $4K on this topic New Bern High School $4K Rcs of New Bern: received $2K on this topic Rcs of New Bern $2K 12 funders, 31 recipients, grants matching “bern” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $90,000 to NEW BERN CIVIC THEATRE INC — athens theatre masonry repointing
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Largest: $19,300 to RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY SERVICES OF NEW BERN INC — emergency homeless shelter
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Largest: $15,000 to FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF NEW BERN — to support the organization's stated mission
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Largest: $4,000 to J BERNING — scholarship award
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Largest: $141,113 to THE SOCIETY OF ABBEY OF BERNE INDIA — support school prg
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Largest: $25,359 to NEW BERN CRAVEN COUNTY SCHOOLS — general needs of the school
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Largest: $25,000 to First Presbyterian Church of New Bern — for recipient's exempt purpose
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Largest: $107,823 to Bern Township Police — program support
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Largest: $1.4M to AMERICAN GASTROENTEROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION INSTITUTE — endowment of the aga - bern schwartz family fund research scholar award in pancreatic cancer
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Largest: $10,750 to NEW BERN CIVIC THEATRE — theater showcase
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Largest: $4,000 to NEW BERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY — conservation/sharing history
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Largest: $5,000 to SIDNEY & BERNE DAVIS ART CENTER — support for charitable activities
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