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The Russell Berrie Foundation: 174 grants to organizations, $16 million (tax year ended December 2024)
The Russell Berrie Foundation, a private foundation in Teaneck, NJ, paid 174 grants to organizations totaling $16,036,357 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 3, 2025. The largest was $1,275,000 to Keren Shituf Tormim (keshet) for general operating expenses.
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- EIN
- 222620908
- Based in
- Teaneck, NJ
- Assets
- $157,539,333
- Grants paid
- $16,036,357
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 3, 2025, IRS object ID 202503079349101270. It reported $16,036,357 in grants paid; 174 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keren Shituf Tormim (keshet) | Shfayim, IS | General operating expenses | $1,275,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Sheba Fund for Health Services and Research | Tel Hashomer, IS | General operating expenses | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bar Ilan University (ra) | Ramatgan, IS | General operating expenses | $690,116 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bar Ilan University (ra) | Ramatgan, IS | General operating expenses | $690,116 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Sheba Fund for Health Services and Research | Tel Hashomer, IS | General operating expenses | $600,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Sheba Fund for Health Services and Research | Tel Hashomer, IS | General operating expenses | $600,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chronicle of A People Foundation Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nli USA Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | Education | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Maoz-Seal | Lod, IS | General operating expenses | $450,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Greater Bergen Community Action Inc | Hackensack, NJ | General operating expenses | Human services | $400,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Breakthrough T1D | New York, NY | General operating expenses | Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $375,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Maoz-Seal | Lod, IS | General operating expenses | $350,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ramapo College Foundation | Mahwah, NJ | General operating expenses | Education | $350,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ramapo College Foundation | Mahwah, NJ | General operating expenses | Education | $333,123 | apps.irs.gov |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | General operating expenses | $310,925 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | International, foreign affairs and national security | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | International, foreign affairs and national security | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | International, foreign affairs and national security | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Shalom Hartman Institute of North America | New York, NY | General operating expenses | International, foreign affairs and national security | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | General operating expenses | $276,996 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ramapo College Foundation | Mahwah, NJ | General operating expenses | Education | $275,515 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey | Paramus, NJ | General operating expenses | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $275,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Society for Technion-Israel Institute of Technology | New York, NY | General operating expenses | International, foreign affairs and national security | $215,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Maoz-Seal | Lod, IS | General operating expenses | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| United Jewish Appeal Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Caucus Educational Corporation Inc | Montclair, NJ | General operating expenses | Education | $140,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Caucus Educational Corporation Inc | Montclair, NJ | General operating expenses | Education | $140,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Start-Up Nation Central LTD (CC) | Telaviv, IS | General operating expenses | $140,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey | Paramus, NJ | General operating expenses | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $137,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Institute of International Education Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | International, foreign affairs and national security | $136,692 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Friends of Itim | New York, NY | General operating expenses | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Friends of Ogen Inc | Cleveland, OH | General operating expenses | Community improvement and capacity building | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Friends of the Israel Democracy Institute Inc | Atlanta, GA | General operating expenses | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem | Jerusalem, IS | General operating expenses | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Friends of Ofanim Inc | Wayne, PA | General operating expenses | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey | Paramus, NJ | General operating expenses | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Shalom Hartman Institute of North America | New York, NY | General operating expenses | International, foreign affairs and national security | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Moishe House | Encinitas, CA | General operating expenses | Religion-related | $96,374 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jewish Community Center of Metrowest Inc | West Orange, NJ | General operating expenses | $85,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Greater Bergen Community Action Inc | Hackensack, NJ | General operating expenses | Human services | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jewish Federations of North America Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | $65,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | $65,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Citymeals-On-Wheels | New York, NY | General operating expenses | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Israel On Campus Coalition | Washington DC, DC | General operating expenses | Education | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bamah | Washington, DC | General operating expenses | Education | $55,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Interfaith America | Chicago, IL | General operating expenses | Religion-related | $55,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New Jersey Federation of Young Men's Hebrew Association and Young Women's H | Fairfield NJ, NJ | General operating expenses | $55,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hillel- the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | Washington, DC | General operating expenses | $52,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Alliance for Middle East Peace Inc | Washington, DC | General operating expenses | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bamah | Washington, DC | General operating expenses | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative | Hackensack, NJ | General operating expenses | Health care | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative | Hackensack, NJ | General operating expenses | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Columbia Barnard Hillel Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | Religion-related | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hillel- the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | Washington, DC | General operating expenses | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Impact Cubed | Encinitas, CA | General operating expenses | Human services | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jewish Community Center On the Palisades | Tenafly, NJ | General operating expenses | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Jewish Community Center On the Palisades | Tenafly, NJ | General operating expenses | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rutgers Hillel | New Brunswick, NJ | General operating expenses | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County | New Milford, NJ | General operating expenses | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Goodnation Foundation Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America | New York, NY | General operating expenses | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | General operating expenses | $45,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | $45,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey | Paramus, NJ | General operating expenses | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $44,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jewish Community Center of Metrowest Inc | West Orange, NJ | General operating expenses | $43,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Jewish Community Centers Association of North America | New York, NY | General operating expenses | Human services | $41,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bergen Hatzalah Emergency Medical Services Inc | Englewood, NJ | General operating expenses | Health care | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jewish Voters Unite Inc | White Plains, NY | General operating expenses | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Young Mens-Young Womens Hebrew Association of Bergen County | West Nyack, NY | General operating expenses | Human services | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| In(heir)itance Project LTD | New York, NY | General operating expenses | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Keren Shituf Tormim (keshet) | Shfayim, IS | General operating expenses | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Jewish Community Center of Metrowest Inc | West Orange, NJ | General operating expenses | $33,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Board of Jewish Education Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | Religion-related | $31,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Friends of Itim | New York, NY | General operating expenses | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | International, foreign affairs and national security | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jewish Council for Public Affairs | New York, NY | General operating expenses | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Jewish Funders Network | New York, NY | General operating expenses | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jewish Funders Network | New York, NY | General operating expenses | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Maoz-Seal | Lod, IS | General operating expenses | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| United Jewish Appeal Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | International, foreign affairs and national security | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | General operating expenses | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Holy Name Medical Center Foundation | Teaneck, NJ | General operating expenses | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Jewish Community Center On the Palisades | Tenafly, NJ | General operating expenses | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey | Paramus, NJ | General operating expenses | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey | Paramus, NJ | General operating expenses | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Moishe House | Encinitas, CA | General operating expenses | Religion-related | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New Israel Fund | New York, NY | General operating expenses | International, foreign affairs and national security | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Services for Children With Hidden Intelligence (schi) | Lakewood, NJ | General operating expenses | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | Human services | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | $24,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Society for Technion-Israel Institute of Technology | New York, NY | General operating expenses | International, foreign affairs and national security | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Anti-Defamation League | New York, NY | General operating expenses | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of JCC Krakow | Suffern, NY | General operating expenses | Religion-related | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jewish Federations of North America Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New Jersey Federation of Young Men's Hebrew Association and Young Women's H | Fairfield NJ, NJ | General operating expenses | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Agudath Israel of America | New York, NY | General operating expenses | $18,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | International, foreign affairs and national security | $18,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Epic Coalition Inc | West Orange, NJ | General operating expenses | $18,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nechama-Jewish Disaster Response | Saint Paul, MN | General operating expenses | Public safety, disaster preparedness and relief | $18,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | General operating expenses | $17,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rutgers Hillel | New Brunswick, NJ | General operating expenses | $15,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Aleph Society Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | International, foreign affairs and national security | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jespy House | South Orange, NJ | General operating expenses | Human services | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jewish Community Project of Lower Manhattan | New York, NY | General operating expenses | Human services | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jewish Heritage Programs | Philadelphia, PA | General operating expenses | Religion-related | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jewish Heritage Programs | Philadelphia, PA | General operating expenses | Religion-related | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Afsnc Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | International, foreign affairs and national security | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Alpha Epsilon Pi Foundation | Indianapolis, IN | General operating expenses | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Friends of Beit Hatfutsot | New York, NY | General operating expenses | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Friends of Natal Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | International, foreign affairs and national security | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Friends of Shalva Israel Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | International, foreign affairs and national security | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Arlekin Players Theatre | Needham, MA | General operating expenses | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Brothers for Life | Seattle, WA | General operating expenses | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Israeli American Council | Woodland Hills, CA | General operating expenses | Human services | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jewish Family and Children's Services of Northern New Jersey | Teaneck, NJ | General operating expenses | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Jewish Funders Network | New York, NY | General operating expenses | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Keren Shituf Tormim (keshet) | Shfayim, IS | General operating expenses | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Keren Shituf Tormim (keshet) | Shfayim, IS | General operating expenses | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Keren Shituf Tormim (keshet) | Shfayim, IS | General operating expenses | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Keren Shituf Tormim (keshet) | Shfayim, IS | General operating expenses | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Keren Shituf Tormim (keshet) | Shfayim, IS | General operating expenses | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Momentum Unlimited Inc | Rockville, MD | General operating expenses | Religion-related | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sefaria Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Shalom Hartman Institute of North America | New York, NY | General operating expenses | International, foreign affairs and national security | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Elisabeth Morrow School | Englewood, NJ | General operating expenses | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Young Judaea Global Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | $8,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Shalom Hartman Institute of North America | New York, NY | General operating expenses | International, foreign affairs and national security | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty | Grand Rapids, MI | General operating expenses | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Adler Aphasia Center | Maywood, NJ | General operating expenses | Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Adler Aphasia Center | Maywood, NJ | General operating expenses | Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Americans for Ben-Gurion University Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Americas Grow-A-Row Inc | Pittstown, NJ | General operating expenses | Human services | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Interreligious Understanding Inc | Teaneck, NJ | General operating expenses | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Foundation for Filipina Women's Network | San Francisco, CA | General operating expenses | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Holy Name Medical Center Foundation | Teaneck, NJ | General operating expenses | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Jewbelong Inc | Verona, NJ | General operating expenses | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Keren Shituf Tormim (keshet) | Shfayim, IS | General operating expenses | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Keren Shituf Tormim (keshet) | Shfayim, IS | General operating expenses | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Keren Shituf Tormim (keshet) | Shfayim, IS | General operating expenses | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Keren Shituf Tormim (keshet) | Shfayim, IS | General operating expenses | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Modern Widows Club | Winter Park, FL | General operating expenses | Mental health and crisis intervention | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| N'kisi Institute | Chandler, AZ | General operating expenses | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New York City Police Foundation Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | Crime and legal-related | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | General operating expenses | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rising Tide Capital Inc | Newark, NJ | General operating expenses | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Shalom Hartman Institute of North America | New York, NY | General operating expenses | International, foreign affairs and national security | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Giving Back Fund Inc | Boston, MA | General operating expenses | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jewish Food Society | New York, NY | General operating expenses | Arts, culture and humanities | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Kabbalah Centre International | Los Angeles, CA | General operating expenses | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Center for Food Action in New Jersey | Englewood, NJ | General operating expenses | Human services | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jewish Community Center of Metrowest Inc | West Orange, NJ | General operating expenses | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Move for Hunger | Neptune City, NJ | General operating expenses | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| One Simple Wish | Trenton, NJ | General operating expenses | Human services | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Volunteer Center of Bergen County Inc | Hackensack, NJ | General operating expenses | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Women's Rights Information Center | Englewood, NJ | General operating expenses | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Education | $1,948,638 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $1,837,192 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $907,000 |
| Human services | $683,000 |
| Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $385,000 |
| Religion-related | $317,874 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $100,000 |
| Health care | $90,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| New York | $5,956,113 |
| New Jersey | $3,086,138 |
| District of Columbia | $317,500 |
| California | $188,374 |
| Pennsylvania | $175,000 |
| Ohio | $100,000 |
| Georgia | $100,000 |
| Illinois | $55,000 |
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Updated November 3, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.