The Bernard & Audrey Berman Foundation focuses its charitable giving almost exclusively on sustaining local Jewish day school education in the Lehigh Valley. All recorded grants support the Jewish Day School of the Lehigh Valley for general operations, indicating a priority on ensuring the institution’s ongoing financial stability. The foundation appears community- and institution-focused rather than broadly diversified across causes or geographies.
Highly concentrated: all funding goes to one grantee via repeated grants totaling $90,000, focused on general operating support rather than program-specific awards.
Notable grantees: Jewish Day School of the Lehigh Valley
The Bernard & Audrey Berman Foundation’s recorded giving is centered on one institution: the Jewish Day School of the Lehigh Valley, which received three $30,000 grants across 2023, 2024, and 2025 for general support or general operations. That repeated support sets the tone for the foundation’s profile, with most of the remaining grants also going to Jewish institutions and local organizations in the Lehigh Valley. The pattern points to a funder that uses unrestricted and core operating grants to help recipient organizations stay financially steady rather than funding narrow projects. Beyond the school, the foundation has backed Chabad Lubavitch of the Lehigh Valley, Congregation Sons of Israel, Jewish Family Service of the Lehigh Valley, and the Jewish National Fund. It also funded the American Technion Society and Friends of the Arava Institute, showing some support for organizations outside the immediate local area while still keeping the grantmaking small and institution-focused. The overall picture is of a foundation supporting education, Jewish communal life, and a few broader civic and cultural organizations through modest, recurring grants.
A major part of the foundation’s giving supports Jewish education. The Jewish Day School of the Lehigh Valley received $30,000 in 2023, 2024, and 2025, each time for general support or general operations, signaling a steady commitment to the school’s core functioning. The foundation also funds Jewish communal institutions in the Lehigh Valley. Chabad Lubavitch of the Lehigh Valley received $6,800 in 2025 and $6,400 in 2024 for general operations, while Congregation Sons of Israel received $5,800 in 2023 for general support. Its local civic and cultural support includes $5,000 grants to the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and $4,000 grants to the Allentown Art Museum in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
Typical grant sizes are small: the p25 is $2,500, the median is $4,000, and the p75 is $5,000. The distribution shows a mix of a few larger recurring awards and many grants clustered around the mid-single-thousands. The same recipients appear across multiple years, especially from 2023 through 2025, indicating repeat support rather than one-time gifts. The foundation gives regional grants and appears to rely on general support and general operations funding, including unrestricted core support for recipient institutions.
$21K
$1.7M
$579K
$27K
Most grants fall between $3K and $5K, with a median of $4K.
25th Percentile
$3K
Median
$4K
75th Percentile
$5K
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Grantmaking is heavily concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 64% of grants. All recorded grants in the recent list went to US recipients. Within the Lehigh Valley, Allentown appears frequently through grants to organizations such as the Jewish Day School of the Lehigh Valley, Chabad Lubavitch of the Lehigh Valley, Jewish Family Service of the Lehigh Valley, and the Allentown Art Museum. Bethlehem also appears through the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley. Outside Pennsylvania, grants went to recipients in Rockville Centre, New York; New York, New York; and Newton Centre, Massachusetts.
Its recorded giving centers on Jewish education and Jewish communal institutions in the Lehigh Valley. The clearest example is the Jewish Day School of the Lehigh Valley, which received $30,000 in each of 2023, 2024, and 2025 for general support or general operations.
Yes. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including the Jewish Day School of the Lehigh Valley, Chabad Lubavitch of the Lehigh Valley, Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley, Jewish National Fund, Allentown Art Museum, American Technion Society, Friends of the Arava Institute, and Jewish Family Service of the Lehigh Valley.
Its grant sizes cluster in the low thousands. The p25 is $2,500, the median is $4,000, and the p75 is $5,000, with a few larger recurring awards at $30,000.
Pennsylvania is the top state by grant count, with 64% of grants going to recipients in the HQ state. Recent grants include organizations in Allentown and Bethlehem, along with a smaller number of recipients in New York and Massachusetts.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY | ALLENTOWN, PA | $5,400 | 2026 | CHARITABLE OPERATIONS SUPPORT |
| COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY | BETHLEHEM, PA | $4,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE OPERATIONS SUPPORT |
| ALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM | ALLENTOWN, PA | $4,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE OPERATIONS SUPPORT |
| JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY | ALLENTOWN, PA | $3,600 | 2026 | CHARITABLE OPERATIONS SUPPORT |
| AMERICAN TECHNION SOCIETY | NEW YORK, NY | $2,500 | 2026 | CHARITABLE OPERATIONS SUPPORT |
| FRIENDS OF THE ARAVA INSTITUTE | NEWTON CENTRE, MA | $1,800 | 2026 | CHARITABLE OPERATIONS SUPPORT |
| JEWISH DAY SCHOOL OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY | ALLENTOWN, PA | $30,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY | ALLENTOWN, PA | $6,800 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY | BETHLEHEM, PA | $5,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| JEWISH NATIONAL FUND | ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY | $5,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| ALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM | ALLENTOWN, PA | $4,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| AMERICAN TECHNION SOCIETY | NEW YORK, NY | $2,500 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| FRIENDS OF THE ARAVA INSTITUTE | NEWTON CENTRE, MA | $1,800 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| JEWISH DAY SCHOOL OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY | ALLENTOWN, PA | $30,000 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY | ALLENTOWN, PA | $6,400 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| JEWISH NATIONAL FUND | ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY | $5,000 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY | BETHLEHEM, PA | $5,000 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| ALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM | ALLENTOWN, PA | $4,000 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| AMERICAN TECHNION SOCIETY | NEW YORK, NY | $2,500 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| FRIENDS OF THE ARAVA INSTITUTE | NEWTON CENTRE, MA | $1,800 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY | ALLENTOWN, PA | $1,540 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| JEWISH DAY SCHOOL OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY | ALLENTOWN, PA | $30,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| CONGREGATION SONS OF ISRAEL | ALLENTOWN, PA | $5,800 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY | BETHLEHEM, PA | $5,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| JEWISH NATIONAL FUND | ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY | $5,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| ALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM | ALLENTOWN, PA | $4,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY | ALLENTOWN, PA | $3,600 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| AMERICAN TECHNION SOCIETY | NEW YORK, NY | $2,500 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| FRIENDS OF THE ARAVA INSTITUTE | NEWTON CENTRE, MA | $1,800 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| THE BAUM SCHOOL OF ART | ALLENTOWN, PA | $1,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY | ALLENTOWN, PA | $1,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY
$5,400CHARITABLE OPERATIONS SUPPORT
AMERICAN TECHNION SOCIETY
$2,500CHARITABLE OPERATIONS SUPPORT
CHARITABLE OPERATIONS SUPPORT
CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY
$6,800GENERAL OPERATIONS
CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY
$6,400GENERAL OPERATIONS
CONGREGATION SONS OF ISRAEL
$5,800GENERAL SUPPORT
CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY
$1,000GENERAL SUPPORT