Private foundation · EIN 13-3753217 · New York, New York

David Berg Foundation Inc

Should you approach them?

Don't send a cold proposal. The foundation reports that it only gives to preselected organizations; an introduction through a current grantee or board member is the realistic route.

From the 2024 Form 990-PF: 72 grants paid, $2.9M total, median $25K. 76% of grants stayed in New York.

Accepts applications
No
per 990-PF Part XV
Grants paid, 2024
72
$2.9M
Median grant
$25K
Stays in NY
76%
of grants
Deadline
—
Assets
$96M

Grants paid in 2024

Top 60 of 72 grants by amount · from Form 990-PF Part XV. Part XV itemizes $2.9M; Part I reports $4.1M in contributions paid

RecipientPurposeAmount
Nli USA IncNew York, NYGallery / exhibitions$250K
The New York HistoricalNew York, NYMuseum display cases$200K
NYU Grossman School of MedicineNew York, NYElder care services / education$150K
American Friends of Rambam Medical CenterNew York, NYHumanitarian emergency aid$100K
Amer Jewish Joint Distribution CommitteeNew York, NYElder care services$100K
Israaid US Global Humanitarian AssistanceBeverly Hills, CAHumanitarian emergency aid$100K
The Netherland-America Foundation (for the Anne Frank House)New York, NYMuseum exhibition$100K
United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumWashington, DCArchive digitization$100K
American Friends of Leket IsraelTeaneck, NJGeneral operating$75K
American Friends of the Hebrew UniversityNew York, NYLegal services / education$75K
Anti-Defamation LeagueNew York, NYDatabase / research / education$75K
Citymeals-On-WheelsNew York, NYGeneral operating$75K
Jewish Association Serving the AgingNew York, NYLegal services$75K
The New Jewish HomeNew York, NYEducation$75K
American Friends of Bar-Ilan UniversityNew York, NYLegal services$70K
American Friends of ItimNew York, NYLegal services$65K
Jewish Braille Institute LibraryNew York, NYOutreach services$60K
Jewish Theological SeminaryNew York, NYResearch/ publication$55K
American Society of the Univ of HaifaNew York, NYLegal services/ education$50K
Blavatnik Archive FoundationNew York, NYArchive digitization$50K
Center for Jewish HistoryNew York, NYMuseum exhibition services$50K
Friends of BezalelNew York, NYEducation$50K
Friends of United HatzalahNew York, NYHumanitarian emergency aid$50K
Museum of Fine Arts BostonBoston, MAMuseum exhibition$50K
Ohr Torah StoneNew York, NYLegal services$50K
Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Asian ArtChicago, ILArt research$50K
The Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York, NYMuseum research$50K
Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc for MarvaNew York, NYLegal services$45K
Areivim Philanthropic GroupNew York, NYEducation/research$35K
Pef Israel Endowment Fundsfor Center for Women's JusticeNew York, NYLegal services / education$35K
Auschwitz Jewish Center FoundationNew York, NYEducation/general operating$30K
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art & LifeBerkeley, CAMuseum exhibition$30K
Amer Friends- Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish StudiesNewton, MAEducation$25K
American Friends of the Israel MuseumNew York, NYMuseum exhibition$25K
Grey Art Museum - at New York UniversityNew York, NYMuseum exhibition$25K
Isgap - Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism & PolicyNew York, NYEducation / research$25K
Israel on Campus Coalition (fiscal Sponsor for Academic Engagement Network)Washington, DCEducation/research$25K
Ronald Reagan Presidential Fnd&instituteSmi Valley, CAMuseum exhibition$25K
Solomon R Guggenheim MuseumNew York, NYMuseum exhibition$25K
Uja-Federation New YorkNew York, NYExhibition$25K
Weitzman Nat'l Museum Amer Jewish HistoryPhiladelphia, PAOutreach services$25K
Wende MuseumCulver City, CAArchive digitization$25K
Yiddish Book CenterAmherst, MAArchive digitization$25K
Young Advocates for Fair EducationBrooklyn, NYEducation$25K
Chasdei Devorah Inc Dba Ezras NashimBrooklyn, NYGeneral operating$20K
Barnes FoundationPhiladelphia, PAMuseum exhibition$15K
Friends of the Jewish Museum BerlinPrinceton, NJMuseum exhibition$15K
Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the HolocaustNew York, NYGeneral operating$11K
Central SynagogueNew York, NYProgramming$10K
Congregation B'nai AvrahamBrooklyn Heights, NYLecture series$10K
NYU Langone HospitalGarden City, NYGeneral operating$10K
Pef Israel Endowment Funds (for Friends of Lev Hasharon Mental Health MedicNew York, NYGeneral operating$10K
Rofeh Cholim Cancer Society IncBrooklyn, NYGeneral operating$10K
Victoria & Albert Museum Americas FndBerkeley Heights, NJPublication / symposium$10K
Woman to Woman at Mount Sinai HospitalNew York, NYGeneral operating$10K
American Friends of AnuNew York, NYGeneral operating$5,000
Bard Graduate CenterNew York, NYGeneral operating$5,000
Jewish Book CouncilNew York, NYGeneral operating$5,000
Jewish MuseumNew York, NYGeneral operating$5,000
Lincoln Center TheaterNew York, NYGeneral operating$5,000

By state: New York 55 · California 4 · District of Columbia 2 · Massachusetts 4 · New Jersey 3 · Illinois 1

About this foundation

David Berg Foundation Inc is a private grantmaking foundation in New York, New York, administered in care of Berg David, tax-exempt since 1994. Private foundations must pay out roughly 5% of their assets each year, mostly as grants to 501(c)(3) public charities.

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Does David Berg Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

No. On its 2024 Form 990-PF the foundation checked that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations. Look for an introduction through a current grantee.

How much does David Berg Foundation Inc give each year?

In tax year 2024 it paid $2.9M across 72 grants, a median of $25K.

Where does David Berg Foundation Inc give?

New York (55 grants), California (4 grants), District of Columbia (2 grants) and elsewhere, per its latest filing.

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