Robert M Beren Family Foundation Inc
Wichita, KS · EIN 48-0990309. Reported 329 grants totalling $100.8M to 167 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Robert M Beren Family Foundation Inc checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
6 of the organizations Robert M Beren Family Foundation Inc funded make grants themselves, and it reported 15 grants totalling $14.7M to them. That is 25% of the $59.0M of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of | federated giving programme | New York | $7,750,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc | federated giving programme | Florida | $3,668,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Jewish Communal Fund | federated giving programme | New York | $3,200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | Its form does not ask |
| United Way of Palm Beach County Inc | federated giving programme | Florida | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
| Bradley Impact Fund Inc | grantmaking organization | Wisconsin | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | Its form does not ask |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | grantmaking organization | California | $1,700 | 3 | 3 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $125,000; the smallest was $50 and the largest $7,500,000.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beren Sea Foundation | Wichita, KS | $16.0M | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harvard University President and Fellows | Cambridge, MA | $15.0M | 4 | 2 | 2021 |
| Uja Federation New York | New York, NY | $7,750,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jewish Federation of North America | New York, NY | $5,850,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Combat Hate | Wichita, KS | $5,309,050 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jewish Federation of Palm Beach | Palm Beach, FL | $4,368,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Losangeles | Los Angeles, CA | $4,050,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Robert M Beren Academy | Houston, TX | $3,250,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Communal Fund | New York, NY | $3,200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Tikvah Fund | New York, NY | $2,980,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Nefesh B'nefesh | Paramus, NJ | $2,547,540 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Jewish Camp Inc | New York, NY | $2,450,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee | New York, NY | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Houston | Houston, TX | $1,781,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | New York, NY | $1,740,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Park Avenue Synagogue | New York, NY | $1,500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sinai Temple | Los Angeles, CA | $1,500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jewish National Fund | Rockville, NY | $1,370,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Camp Ramah | Encino, CA | $1,150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Committee for Shaare Zedek | New York, NY | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Orthodox Synagogues of Houston | Houston, TX | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hands on Tzedakah Inc | Boca Raton, FL | $985,700 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Tzohar Israel Foundation | Woodmere, NY | $964,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Palm Beach Orthodox Synagogue | Palm Beach, FL | $855,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jdc (american Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc) | New York, NY | $800,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | Washington, DC | $525,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ematai - Halachic Organ Donor Society | Lincolnwood, IL | $485,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| America Gives Inc | New York, NY | $415,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pef - Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $410,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | New York, NY | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| United Orthodox Synagogues | Houston, TX | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Peace of Mind | Edison, NJ | $378,900 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ahavath Achim -Hebrew Congregation | Wichta, KS | $352,910 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Soroka Medical Center | Scarsdale, NY | $310,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Society of the University of Haifa - Hinc | New York, NY | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Policy Center | Washington DC, DC | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Ohr Torah Stone | New York, NY | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Yeshiva University | New York, NY | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Zaka - Search and Rescue | Brooklyn, NY | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Prizmah-Center for Jewish Day Schools | New York, NY | $281,060 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | New York, NY | $255,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Aief-American Israel Education Fund | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Idf Widows & Orphans | New York, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Israel Education Foundation | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Erase Ptsd Now | Schaumburg, IL | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sinai Akiba Academy (alice and Hahum Lainer School) | Los Angeles, CA | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Zaka Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of United Hatzalah of Israel | New York, NY | $238,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Sheba Medical Center | Los Angeles, CA | $212,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Brothers for Life | Seattle, WA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Louis D Brandeis Center | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Foundation for Jewish Renaissance Inc - Hinc | Jackson, NJ | $180,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Israel Strong Foundation Inc - Hinc | Fort Lee, NJ | $156,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Aief-American Israel Education Fund | Plantation, FL | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Friends of Givat Haviva (attn Kibbutz Movement) | New York, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Central Fund of Israel | Cedarhurst, NY | $146,500 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Orayta | Boynton Beach, FL | $126,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Deedly Inc Dba Deedly Inc Project Rescue - Hinc | Miami Beach, FL | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Harvard Hillel | Cambridge, MA | $125,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| La'aretz - Hinc | Brooklyn, NY | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Shalva | New York, NY | $113,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital | Boston, MA | $110,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Idf | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Friends of the Jerusalem College of Technology | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Graduate Leadership Organization | Beverly Hills, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ne'eman Foundation | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Penn Hillel | Philadelphia, PA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Israel Special Kids Fund - Hinc | New York, NY | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Way of Palm Beach County | West Palm Beach, FL | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| The Association for Spiritual Care in Israel Co Pef Israel Endowment Funds | New York, NY | $72,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pressman Academy - Day School | Los Angeles, CA | $64,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School of the Nation's Capital | Washington, DC | $59,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bayit Brigade America | Wichita, KS | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Columbiabarnard Hillel | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Perach Inc -Hinc | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hebrew Free Loan Society | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Graduate School Initiative - Jgsi | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nextbook Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wellesley College | Wellesley, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Camp Ramah Berkshires | Teaneck, NJ | $43,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Areyvut | Bergenfield, NJ | $36,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hannah Senesh - Day School | Brooklyn, NY | $33,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hillelof Broward and Palm Beach | Boca Raton, FL | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jupiter Medical Center | Jupiter, FL | $28,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ajc of Palm Beach | Boca Raton, FL | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Rodeph Sholom School - Day School | New York, NY | $21,600 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wilshire Boulevard Temple School | Los Angeles, CA | $21,600 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Gardens Jewish Experience | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Jack Miller Center | Bala Cynwyd, PA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Wjc American Section | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro | New York, NY | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Yad Lakasish (lifeline for the Aged) | Englewood, NJ | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United States Holocaust Museum | Washington, DC | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Israel Tennis Centers Foundation | Deerfield Beach, FL | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Prager University Foundation | Sherman Oaks, CA | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Bradley Impact Fund | Milwaukee, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| National Multiple Sclerosis | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Shovach (chf for Shovach) | Moundridge, KS | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Kind Kitchen of Palm Beach | North Palm Beach, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| World Jewish Congress American Section | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Friends of Harvard Tennis | Boston, MA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Institute for Humane Studies | Arlington, VA | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Insight Through Education Inc | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Eisenhower Foundation | Abilene, KS | $6,995 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Experience Camp | Westport, CT | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Adas Israel - Day School | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jta - 70 Faces Media | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ncsy | Boca Raton, FL | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Tunnel to Towers | Philadelphia, PA | $4,100 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy | Buffalo Grove, IL | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Harvard University Center for Jewish Studies | Cambridge, MA | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Hillsdale College | Hillsdale, MI | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Stand With US | Pasadena, CA | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| American Red Cross | Orlando, FL | $3,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Ayn Rand Institute | Irvine, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| American Heart Association | St Petersburg, FL | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Emory University | Atlanta, GA | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Experience Camps | Westport, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Friends of the Jewish Chapel | Anapolis, MD | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Jupiter Medical Center Foundation | Jupiter, FL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| St Jude Childern's Hospital | Memphis, TN | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Truman Library Institute | Independence, MO | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Agudat Anshei Emun (aae) | Greenwich, CT | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Kidney Fund | Lewiston, ME | $1,800 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | $1,700 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| American Cancer Society - Florida Division | Tampa, FL | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| David Harowitz Freedom Center | Sherman Oaks, CA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Southern Institute for Education and Research - Tulane Univesity | New Orleans, LA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Telshe Yeshiva | Wickliffe, OH | $1,440 | 5 | 3 | 2022 |
| Foundation for Individual Rights in Education | Philadelphia, PA | $1,100 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Cfact - Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kids Cancer Foundation | Royal Palm Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Leadership Institute | Arlington, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Center for Public Policy Research | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sari Center | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rose Hill Cemetery | Commerce City, CO | $802 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Arthritis Foundation | West Palm Beach, FL | $800 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| National Jewish Health | Denver, CO | $800 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Tuskegee Airman National Historical Museum | Merrifield, VA | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The USO | Washington DC, DC | $700 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Alzheimer's Accociation - Southeast Florida Chapter | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of Harvard Judaica Collection - Widener Library | Cambridge, MA | $600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | Washington, DC | $600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Cancer Society | Tampa, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Chabad at Clinton | Clinton, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Manel Jcc | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| National Center for Public Policy | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Southern Institute for Education and Research | New Orleans, LA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ner Israel Rabbinical College | Baltimore, MD | $360 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Red Barn Studio Museum & Raymer Society for the Arts | Lindsborg, KS | $300 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum | Merrifield, VA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Alzheimer's Accociation | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| David Horowitz Freedom Center | Sherman Oaks, CA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Furry Friends | Jupiter, FL | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Leukemia & Lymphoma Socity | Washington, DC | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| St Joseph's Indian School | Chamberlain, SD | $200 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Hadassah | New York, NY | $180 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rabbinical College of Telshe | Baltimore, MD | $180 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rose Hill Cemetary | Commerce City, CO | $136 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Conservative Partnership Institute | Washington, DC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Friends of Harvard Judaica Collection | Cambridge, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Raymer Society for the Arts | Lindsborg, KS | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| World War II Veterans Committee | Merrifield, VA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Wisconsin Institute for Torah Study | Milwaukee, WI | $54 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Yeshivas Ohr Yechezkel | Milwaukee, WI | $54 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
90 of 167 (54%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 64%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Harvard University President and Fellows
FACULTY OF ARTS & SCIENCES HOUSE RENEWAL FUND - Combat Hate
COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM PROGRAM / CAM ISRAEL TRIPS - Uja Federation New York
JEWISH COMMUNITY OF UKRAINE & UKRAINE RELEIF EFFORTS - Robert M Beren Academy
ROBERT M BEREN SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM - Jdc (american Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc)
EMERGENCY EFFORTS IN ISRAEL - Palm Beach Orthodox Synagogue
SNEIOR PROGRAM & GENERAL FUND
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 149 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 73 | $15.6M | $1,000 |
| 2021 | 82 | $16.9M | $1,900 |
| 2022 | 121 | $37.3M | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 2024 | 52 | $30.1M | $175,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
36% of its giving went to organizations in New York.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Robert M Beren Family Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 2020 N Bramblewood, Wichita, KS, 67206. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 48-0990309 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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