Steven and Ilene Berman Family
Gladwyne, PA · EIN 26-0005599. Reported 205 grants totalling $2,834,075 to 128 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Steven and Ilene Berman Family did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,800. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $5,000; the smallest was $50 and the largest $337,377. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $984,335 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $348,163 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Aim Academy | Conshohocken, PA | $216,542 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Unniversity of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $154,007 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Phila | Philadelphia, PA | $94,010 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Philadelphia Ronald Mcdonald House | Philadelphia, PA | $69,942 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Laurel House | East Norriton, PA | $69,572 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Kelly Anne Dolan Memorial Fund | Fort Washington, PA | $63,725 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Mitzvan Circle | Norristown, PA | $63,255 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center | East Norriton Township, PA | $62,552 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Congregation Beth Or | Ambler, PA | $60,423 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Technion Society | New York, NY | $59,912 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Jewish National Fund | Bala Cynwyd, PA | $57,219 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Nagen Project | Bloomfield, CT | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Abington Health Foundation | Abington, PA | $42,028 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hias Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $36,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Phl | Philadelphia, PA | $36,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Philly Fights Cancer | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Headstrong Foundation | Holmes, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $21,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Tara Miller Melanoma Foundation | Margate, NJ | $16,001 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Hebrew Free Loan Society | Elkins Park, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mitzvah Circle Fund | Norristown, PA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Thillen Education Foundation | Greensboro, GA | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Reeds Organic Farm | Egg Harbor Township, NJ | $13,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Garces Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $11,134 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Franklin Institute | Philadelphia, PA | $10,275 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Youthbuild Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Main Line Reform | Wynnewood, PA | $9,898 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| William Penn Charter School | Philadelphia, PA | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Rmhc Phila Region | Philadelphia, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Anti Defamation League | Philadelphia, PA | $7,200 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Yashar Lachayal | East Brunswick, NJ | $7,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kelly Anne Dolan | Fort Washington, PA | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | Broomall, PA | $6,075 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Abington Memorial Hospital | Abington, PA | $5,021 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Philadelphia Ronald Mcdonald | Philadelphia, PA | $5,007 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Abramson Center for Jewish | North Wales, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cje Preschool | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Heart of Surfing | Egg Harbor Twp, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wacosa | Waite Park, MN | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Jewish Family Service of Atlantic & Cape May Counties | Margate, NJ | $4,610 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Tara Miller Melanoma Fou Longport Nj | Margate, NJ | $4,600 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kimmel Center Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| B'nai Abraham Chabad | Philadelphia, PA | $3,710 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Kayla's Hope for Kids - Chop | Philadelphia, PA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $3,390 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| A Meaningful Purpose | Egg Harbor Township, NJ | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alliance | Pottstown, PA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Auto Dealers Caring for Kids | East Norriton, PA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | Bethesda, MD | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mattie N Dixon Community Cupboard | Ambler, PA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Peter's Place | Wayne, PA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sage | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Survivvors Alliance | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| William Penn Charter | Philadelphia, PA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gliboblastoma Research Organization | Miami, FL | $2,600 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish | Philadelphia, PA | $2,517 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Boys Town Jerusalem | New York, NY | $2,150 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kate Svitek Memorial Foundation | Ambler, PA | $2,100 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Angel Flight East | Blue Bell, PA | $2,031 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Drexel University | Philadelphia, PA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Experience Camps | Westport, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Graces Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Museum of American Jewish History | Philadelphia, PA | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History | Philadelphia, PA | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Jude Children | Philadelphia, PA | $1,700 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Peters Place | Radnor, PA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Eagles Huddle Up Autism | Philadelphia, PA | $1,079 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Nfggarces Family Found | Philadelphia, PA | $1,030 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Childrens Scholarship Fund Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $1,010 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Abington Friends | Jenkintown, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Breathing Room Foundation | Elkins Park, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gilda's Club South Jersey | Linwood, NJ | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Good Shepherd Community Care | Newton, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kate Svitek Foundation | Ambler, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Marvins Home | Lansdale, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Parkinsons Foundation | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Temple Beth Am | Abington, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Whyy | Philadelphia, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lucy the Elephant | Margate, NJ | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hillel School Inc | Rochester, NY | $720 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Am Cancer Soc Cv | Atlanta, GA | $700 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Philly Youth Basketball | Philadelphia, PA | $638 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Clay Studio | Philadelphia, PA | $618 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Breakthrough T1D | Hagerstown, MD | $510 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Begonia Society | Sacremento, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Childrens Crisis Treatment Center | Philadelphia, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Congregation of Shaare Shamayim | Elkins Park, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jdfr International | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Yad Vashem - the World Holocaust Remembrance Center | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wissahickon Fire Co | Ambler, PA | $400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hillel Community Day School | Rochester, NY | $388 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Camp Ramah in the Poconos | Bala Cynwyd, PA | $371 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Pancreatic Cancer Foundation | Rapid City, SD | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Dean Randazzo Cancer Foundation | Somers Point, NJ | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Milton & Betty Katz Jcc | Margate, NJ | $285 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Multiple Scleros | Philadelphia, PA | $265 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Association for Cancer Research | Philadelphia, PA | $260 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Ambulance | Philadelphia, PA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Ambulance - Ambler | Ambler, PA | $250 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Community Ambulance Association of Ambler | Ambler, PA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Little Flowers Hs | Philadelphia, PA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Save Lucy Committee | Margate, NJ | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pancreatic Cancer Action Network | Boone, IA | $205 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Chicago, IL | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Atlanticare | Egg Harbor Township, NJ | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Margate City Fire Fighters | Margate, NJ | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Margate City Life Guard Assoc | Margate, NJ | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Margate Fire Dept | Margate City, NJ | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Michael Neustadter - Pancreatic Cancer | Margate, NJ | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greenwich Breast Cancer Center | Greenwich, CT | $155 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Saint Judes | Memphia, TN | $150 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Immune Deficiency Foundation | Hanover, MD | $106 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Breast Cancer Pa | Ardmore, PA | $104 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Paypal Giving Fund | Washington, DC | $102 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Cancer Society | Hagerstown, MD | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Association for Adults With Developmental Disabilities Inc | Willow Grove, PA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Atlantic City Holocaust Memorial | Margate City, NJ | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fbpay Network for Good | Washington, DC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hansen House Foundation Inc | Palm Springs, CA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Learning Venture | Jenkintown, PA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lewy Body Dementia Association | Lilburn, GA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Margate City Police | Margate City, NJ | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Lukemia Lymphoima Society | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Usher Syndrome Society | Needham, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vietnam Veterans of America | Silver Spring, MD | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gilda's Club Nj | Linwood, NJ | $75 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
42 of 128 (33%) 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 42%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 92 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 49 | $485,547 | $1,500 |
| 2022 | 42 | $416,502 | $1,265 |
| 2023 | 32 | $327,382 | $2,205 |
| 2024 | 36 | $399,221 | $1,655 |
| 2025 | 46 | $1,205,423 | $2,075 |
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
93% of its giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,800. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Pennsylvania.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Steven and Ilene Berman Family's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). 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: Po Box 266, Gladwyne, PA, 19035. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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