The Kurt Berliner Foundation Inc
Palm Beach, FL · EIN 13-3320078. Reported 164 grants totalling $755,348 to 102 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. The Kurt Berliner Foundation Inc 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 $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $125 and $5,000; the smallest was $50 and the largest $64,190. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Club of America | Stny, NY | $113,801 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Society of the Four Arts | Palm Beach, FL | $95,545 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Society of the Four Artsinc | Palm Beach, FL | $85,365 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bethesda Church Outreach | West Palm Beach, FL | $33,479 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $31,760 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New York Botanical Gardens | Bronx, NY | $31,325 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boston Univ Med School | Boston, MA | $31,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New York Botantical Gardens | Bronx, NY | $25,235 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Garden Club of Palm Beach | Palm Beach, FL | $25,119 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| New York Botanitcal Gardens | Bronx, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Exchange for Women's Work | Greenwich, CT | $24,623 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| City Gardens of Ny Inc | New York, NY | $18,440 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Metropolitan Musuem of Art | New York, NY | $15,900 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Providence Montana Health Ftd | Missoula, MT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Karen | New York, NY | $13,466 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boston University Medical School | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Greenwich Library | Greenwich, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Missoula Library & Science Ctr | Missoula, MT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Town of Greenwich Parks and Rec | Greenwich, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Actors Fund | New York, NY | $7,900 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Town of Greenwich Fund | Grennwich, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Museum Natural History | New York, NY | $7,286 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Laurel House | Stamford, CT | $6,950 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New York Medical College | Valhalla, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Puppetworks Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Garden Conservancy | Garrison, NY | $4,650 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Alzheimer's Community Care | West Palm Beach, FL | $4,560 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Norton Museum | West Palm Beach, FL | $4,550 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Greenwich Town Party Foundation | Old Greenwich, CT | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Francis of Assisi Catholic Acadmy | Brooklyn, NY | $4,300 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Grass River Garden Club | Boyton Beach, FL | $2,901 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Musuem of Natural History | New York, NY | $2,625 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $2,625 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Covenant House Nyc | New York, NY | $2,550 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Palm Beach Atlantic Univ | West Palm Beach, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St John Episcopal Church | Stamford, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Laurel House Resource Ctr | Stamford, CT | $2,205 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Intrepid Air & Space Museum | New York, NY | $2,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Pennsylvania Horticulture Socie | Philadelphia, PA | $2,100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Penn Horticultural Society | Philadelphia, PA | $2,077 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Historical Society of Palm Beach | Palm Beach, FL | $1,907 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Long Island University | Brooklyn, NY | $1,575 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| New York Junior League | New York, NY | $1,565 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Musuem of Modern Art | Manhattan, NY | $1,350 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Boca Raton Museum of Art | Boca Raton, FL | $1,300 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Church of the Sacred Heart | Lake Worth, FL | $1,291 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Florida Trust for Hist Preservation | Tallahassee, FL | $1,240 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ann Norton Sculpture Garden Ftd | West Palm Bch, FL | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Salvation Army National Hdqtrs | Alexandria, VA | $1,175 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Historical Soc of Palm Bch Cty | West Palm Bch, FL | $1,130 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| White House Historical Society | Washington, DC | $1,106 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Neue Galerie Nyc | New York, NY | $1,100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Connections Educ Ctr Palm Beach | West Palm Beach, FL | $1,050 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Institute of Classical Architecture | New York, NY | $1,050 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mounts Botantical Gardens | West Palm Beach, FL | $1,050 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greenwich Land Trust | Greenwich, CT | $1,045 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Yale New Haven Health Foun - Cancer | New Haven, CT | $1,040 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| At Home Greenwich | Greenwich, CT | $1,030 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Cancer Society | Atlanta, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| At Home | Greenwich, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mounts Botanical Gardens | West Palm Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Natonal Fish and Wildlife Ftd | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Palm Beach Atlantic University | West Palm Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Preservation Society of Palm Bch | Palm Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sheriff of Palm Beach County Found | West Palm Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St Edwards Church | Palm Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Palm Beach Symphony | West Palm Beach, FL | $900 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Green Fingers Garden Club | Greenwich, CT | $790 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Musuem of Art and Design | New York, NY | $735 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| New York Landmarks Conservancy | New York, NY | $700 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Norton Museum of Art | West Palm Beach, FL | $700 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Palm Beach Symphony Ftd | West Palm Beach, FL | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Frick Collection | New York, NY | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Philip & Patricia Frost Museum of Science & Aquarium | Miami, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greenwich Exchange for Women's Work | Greenwich, CT | $450 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Heart Assoc | Dallas, TX | $439 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Royal Oak Foundation | New York, NY | $355 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rhode Island Zoological Society | Providence, RI | $350 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Yale New Haven Health Fdn | New Haven, CT | $300 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Barnes Art Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lincoln School Providence | Providence, RI | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Natl Trust for Historic Preservation | Washington, DC | $250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New York Historical Society | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Smithsonian Museum Wash DC | Washington, DC | $218 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rockefeller University | New York, NY | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Intrepid Sea Air & Space Museum Ftd | New York, NY | $154 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Centers Inc | Greenwich, CT | $150 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Florida Native Plant Society | Melbourne, FL | $150 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Maritime Center Museum Norwalk | Stamford, CT | $150 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Museum of Fine Arts | Boston, MA | $150 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Perez Art Museum | Miami, FL | $116 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Horticultural Society | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ann Norton Sculpture Garden and Museum | West Palm Bch, FL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Charity Navigator | Saddle Brook, NJ | $100 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Greenwich Hospital Foundation | Cos Cob, CT | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Meals on Wheels | Greenwich, CT | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Morgan Library Nyu | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wildlife Foundation | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Museum of Nat History | New York, NY | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| World Wildlife Fund | Washington, DC | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
40 of 102 (39%) 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 33%, 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 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.
- The Society of the Four Arts
EXPANSION, PROGRAM, UNRESTRICTED - Garden Club of America
RESTRICTED, EDUCATIONAL, FLOWER SHOW - The Society of the Four Artsinc
$27,300 RESTRICTEDTO ART EXHIBITIONS$4,700 UNRESTRICTED - New York Botanical Gardens
RESTRICTED TO LIBRARY;EDUCATION;HORTICULTURE - Metropolitan Museum of Art
$20,200 UNRESTRTED $1,200 RESTRICTED EDUCATIONAL PROGMS - Friends of Karen
RESTRICTED TO HOUSING FOR ABUSEDWOMEN & THEIR CHILDREN
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 55 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 | 45 | $144,682 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 45 | $153,653 | $215 |
| 2023 | 32 | $118,374 | $1,559 |
| 2024 | 18 | $143,439 | $2,775 |
| 2025 | 24 | $195,200 | $1,197 |
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
44% of its giving went to organizations in New York. 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 $1,000. 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 New York.
- 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 The Kurt Berliner Foundation Inc'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: 2150 Ibis Isle Rd PH1, Palm Beach, FL, 33480. 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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