The Edwin J and Barbara R Berkowitz
Bryn Mawr, PA · EIN 23-7978506. Reported 211 grants totalling $2,357,333 to 83 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. 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 Edwin J and Barbara R Berkowitz 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $18,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $90,000. 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. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $332,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Womens Law Project | Pittsburgh, PA | $130,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Philadelphia Mural Arts Program | Philadelphia, PA | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Metzad Congregation | Hollywood, FL | $114,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bike Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $104,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| After School Activities Partnership | Philadelphia, PA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Equal Justice Initiative | Montgomery, AL | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Philabundance | Philadelphia, PA | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friendship Circle of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $72,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Relief Agency | Bala Cynwyd, PA | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Jaffa Institute | Bergenfield, NJ | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Jewish World Service | Etna, NH | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh, PA | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Midwife Center for Birth & Women's Health | Pittsburgh, PA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| City of Asylum | Pittsburgh, PA | $43,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Aish Hatorah | Clifton, NJ | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Crib - Efrat | Brooklyn, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Caskey Torah Academy | Wynnewood, PA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Gan Israel Day Camp | Wynnewood, PA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Gems Program | Bala Cynwyd, PA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Politz Hebrew Academy | Philadelphia, PA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Jewish Assistance Fund | Pittsburgh, PA | $36,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Congregation Beth Sholom | San Francisco, CA | $33,333 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Friends Yad Eliezer | Jackson, NJ | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | New York, NY | $29,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Jaffa Institute | Flushing, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Friends of Natal | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Jewish World Service | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Colel Chabad | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hillel at Drexel University | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hillel at Temple | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kenyon College Hillel | Gambier, OH | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Urban Tree Connection | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Viking Wrestling Boosters | Upland, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Meor Foundation | Silver Spring, MD | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Friendship Circle of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Congregation Bais Yisroel | Brooklyn, NY | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Taharat Hamishpache | Brooklyn, NY | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Highmark Caring Place | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bnei David Foundation | Teaneck, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hashevaynu | Flushing, NY | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Friends Mercaz Harav | Brooklyn, NY | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Friends of Itamar | Brooklyn, NY | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Yeshivas Meharash | Brooklyn, NY | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chabad-Lubavitch of the Main Line | Merion Station, PA | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Horizons Senior Center | Narberth, PA | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Haverford College | Haverford, PA | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Israel Democracy Coalition | Wynnewood, PA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Emily's Entourage | Merion Station, PA | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem | New York, NY | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Beatcancerorg | Wynnewood, PA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Meor Foundation at Upenn | Pomona, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pathways Vermont | South Burlington, VT | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Destiny Foundation | Lakewood, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ukraine Jewish Relief Fund Co Fjc of Cis | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Zaka Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Mosdos Boston | Brooklyn, NY | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Yeshiva Meor Hatalmud | Flushing, NY | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hearing Loss Association of America | Bethesda, MD | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lower Merion Synagogue | Bala Cynwyd, PA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Philadelphia Community Kollel | Merion Station, PA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of American Inc | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Social Good Fund | Richmond, CA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Talmudical Yeshiva Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Thorncroft Therapeutic Riding | Malvern, PA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Congregation Beth Am Israel | Narberth, PA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Council of Jewish Women (ncjw) | Washington, DC | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Council of Jewish Women (ncjw) | Pittsburgh, PA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Central Fund Israel | Cedarhurst, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Combatants for Peace | Pasadena, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross | Boone, IA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Shuvu Return | Brooklyn, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Torah Schools for Israel | Lakewood, NJ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rabbi Without Walls | Bala Cynwyd, PA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History | Philadelphia, PA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Congregation Eizer L Bracha | Monsey, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Congregation Eizer Lbracha | Monsey, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Eizer L Bracha | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| National Museum of American Jewish History | Philadelphia, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Yad Eliezer Beit Shemesh | Beit Shemesh | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
53 of 83 (64%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 82%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 118 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 51 | $576,000 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 53 | $568,500 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 51 | $578,500 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 56 | $634,333 | $5,000 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 65% of this one's giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- 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 The Edwin J and Barbara R Berkowitz's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 439 Garden Lane, Bryn Mawr, PA, 19010. 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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