The Gregory William Berner Foundation concentrates its giving on education and local community support, with one very large scholarship commitment alongside smaller, targeted grants in Jonesboro and northeast Arkansas. Its largest, repeat recipient is NYIT for student scholarships, while other recurring patterns include tuition assistance to a regional private school, support for faith-based youth ministry, and contributions to local public safety and pediatric cancer causes. The mix suggests a preference for direct, practical support—scholarships and tuition relief—plus community-strengthening gifts to churches, police, and health-related nonprofits.
A $60,000 scholarship commitment to Nyit is the clearest signal in the Gregory William Berner Foundation’s recent giving. Education is the center of its grantmaking, and the pattern is practical rather than broad: large scholarship support, tuition help for a regional private school, and smaller gifts tied to youth, faith, and community institutions in Arkansas. The foundation’s largest recent awards go to students through Nyit, with one grant in 2024 and another in 2023, showing a repeated commitment rather than a one-time award. Around that anchor, the foundation also supports local organizations that work directly with children and families, including City Youth Ministries in Jonesboro and Crowley’s Ridge Academy in Paragould. It has also made gifts to local public safety and pediatric cancer causes, which points to a grantmaking style focused on direct service and restricted-purpose support. The result is a compact, regionally oriented portfolio with a small number of recurring recipients and a strong emphasis on education-related assistance.
In scholarship and tuition assistance, the Gregory William Berner Foundation gave $13,915 to Crowley's Ridge Academy for tuition support, extending that same practical approach to K–12 education. Faith-based youth work also appears in the record: City Youth Ministries received $11,700 to support ministry and later $500 to support local youth. The foundation has supported local public safety through grants to Jonesboro Police Swat Foundation, including $5,000 in 2024 and $2,000 in 2023 for local police. Health-related giving includes $1,500 to Jj's House for childrens cancer research, showing that the foundation’s interests reach beyond schools and churches into selected community and child-health causes.
Typical grants are modest, with a p25 of $1,700, a median of $5,000, and a p75 of $13,915. The distribution is shaped by a few larger scholarship awards and a longer tail of smaller local gifts. Recipients do repeat across years: Nyit appears in both 2023 and 2024, Jonesboro Police Swat Foundation appears in 2023 and 2024, and City Youth Ministries appears in 2023 and 2025. The foundation funds individuals and makes no program-related investments. Its recent record suggests restricted-purpose support rather than open-ended operating grants, with scholarship and tuition aid standing out.
$12K
$29K
$11K
$14K
Most grants fall between $2K and $14K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$2K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$14K
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Concentrated giving driven by one large recipient (NYIT) supplemented by several small-to-midsize, local grants; multiple repeat grantees indicate a mix of sustained commitments (scholarships, ministries, police) and opportunistic community gifts.
Notable grantees: NYIT, Crowley’s Ridge Academy, City Youth Ministries, Jonesboro Police SWAT Foundation, JJ’s House
Grantmaking is heavily Arkansas-centered: 67% of grants go to recipients in the HQ state, and Arkansas is also the top state by grant count. Named Arkansas recipients include Jonesboro, Paragould, and other northeast Arkansas sites. Outside the state, the clearest destination is Old Westbury, New York, through scholarship support to Nyit. All recent grants in the dataset are domestic, with 100% going to U.S. recipients.
The record shows a strong emphasis on education, especially scholarship and tuition support. It also supports faith-based youth ministry, local police support, and selected child-health causes. Recent grants include scholarship funds for Nyit, tuition assistance for Crowley's Ridge Academy, and support for City Youth Ministries and Jonesboro Police Swat Foundation.
Yes. Nyit received scholarship support in both 2023 and 2024, Jonesboro Police Swat Foundation received grants in 2023 and 2024, and City Youth Ministries appears again in 2025 after a larger 2023 grant. That pattern suggests recurring relationships rather than purely one-time gifts.
The distribution is modest overall: p25 is $1,700, the median is $5,000, and p75 is $13,915. That mix indicates a handful of larger education-related grants alongside smaller community gifts.
Arkansas is the top state by grant count, and 67% of grants go to recipients in the HQ state. Recent Arkansas recipients include Jonesboro organizations and Crowley's Ridge Academy in Paragould.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYIT | JONESBORO, AR | $10,000 | 2026 | CONTRIBUTION TO SUPPORT LOCAL YOUTH |
| AWAKEN CHURCH | JONESBORO, AR | $2,000 | 2026 | CONTRIBUTION TO SUPPORT LOCAL YOUTH |
| CITY YOUTH MINISTRIES | JONESBORO, AR | $500 | 2025 | CONTRIBUTION TO SUPPORT LOCAL YOUTH |
| NYIT | OLD WESTBURY, NY | $60,000 | 2024 | CONTRIBUTION TO SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR STUDENTS |
| JONESBORO POLICE SWAT FOUNDATION | JONESBORO, AR | $5,000 | 2024 | CONTRIBUTION TO SUPPORT LOCAL POLICE |
| VALLEY VIEW PTA | JONESBORO, AR | $1,700 | 2024 | CONTRIBUTION TO SUPPORT LOCAL PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION |
| NYIT | OLD WESTBURY, NY | $50,000 | 2023 | CONTRIBUTION TO SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR STUDENTS |
| CROWLEY'S RIDGE ACADEMY | PARAGOULD, AR | $13,915 | 2023 | CONTRIBUTION TO ASSIST WITH TUITION |
| CITY YOUTH MINISTRIES | JONESBORO, AR | $11,700 | 2023 | CONTRIBUTION TO SUPPORT MINISTRY |
| JONESBORO POLICE SWAT FOUNDATION | JONESBORO, AR | $2,000 | 2023 | CONTRIBUTION TO SUPPORT LOCAL POLICE |
| JJ'S HOUSE | DETROIT, MI | $1,500 | 2023 | CONTRIBUTION TO SUPPORT CHILDRENS CANCER RESEARCH |
NYIT
$10,000CONTRIBUTION TO SUPPORT LOCAL YOUTH
AWAKEN CHURCH
$2,000CONTRIBUTION TO SUPPORT LOCAL YOUTH
CITY YOUTH MINISTRIES
$500CONTRIBUTION TO SUPPORT LOCAL YOUTH
JONESBORO POLICE SWAT FOUNDATION
$5,000CONTRIBUTION TO SUPPORT LOCAL POLICE
VALLEY VIEW PTA
$1,700CONTRIBUTION TO SUPPORT LOCAL PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION
CROWLEY'S RIDGE ACADEMY
$13,915CONTRIBUTION TO ASSIST WITH TUITION
CITY YOUTH MINISTRIES
$11,700CONTRIBUTION TO SUPPORT MINISTRY
JONESBORO POLICE SWAT FOUNDATION
$2,000CONTRIBUTION TO SUPPORT LOCAL POLICE
JJ'S HOUSE
$1,500CONTRIBUTION TO SUPPORT CHILDRENS CANCER RESEARCH