The Nyberg Family Foundation appears to operate primarily as a vehicle for donor-advised or pass-through philanthropy rather than direct programmatic giving. Its entire reported giving in this period consists of two large, equal grants to national donor-advised/charitable trust vehicles, indicating the family prefers to funnel funds to intermediaries (likely for later discretionary or anonymous grantmaking). There is no evidence of targeted, issue-specific or local grantmaking in this dataset.
Highly concentrated: very few (two) large, equal-sized grants to national donor-advised funds, suggesting use of intermediaries for flexible or anonymous subsequent grantmaking rather than direct, repeat funding to operating nonprofits.
Nyberg Family Foundation’s reported giving is dominated by two equal 2024 grants of $192,953 each to Fidelity Charitable Trust and Charles Schwab Charitable Trust, both listed as general fund support. That pattern points to a foundation that routes most of its capital through charitable intermediaries rather than building a long list of direct operating grants. In the same 2024 filing, it also made a smaller general fund grant to Congregation Beth El La Jolla, showing that direct grants do appear alongside the larger intermediary commitments. Across the latest 990 year on file, the foundation’s grantmaking remains compact and highly selective: five reported grants total, all to U.S.-based recipients. The mix includes intermediary vehicles, a congregation, an environmental nonprofit, and a Jewish-American support organization, suggesting a family foundation that uses both pass-through philanthropy and occasional direct gifts. With annual grants of $391,488 and a median grant size of $4,482, the foundation’s activity is shaped more by a few large commitments than by broad distributed giving.
A central theme in Nyberg Family Foundation’s giving is donor-advised and charitable fund support. In 2024, it gave $192,953 to Fidelity Charitable Trust and another $192,953 to Charles Schwab Charitable Trust, both marked as general fund grants. Those two grants account for the bulk of the year’s disclosed activity. The foundation also made direct general fund gifts to organizations with distinct missions. It gave $4,482 to Congregation Beth El Lajolla, $550 to American Friends of Leket Israel, and $550 to Rainforest Trust. That mix places religious, international aid, and conservation organizations within the same small grant portfolio, but without any single issue area dominating the full record. Taken together, the pattern shows flexibility at the recipient level rather than a narrowly specified program area.
Nyberg Family Foundation’s grant sizes are uneven: the 25th percentile is $550, the median is $4,482, and the 75th percentile is $192,953. That spread reflects a structure built around two large transfers and several much smaller gifts. The latest filing shows five grants total, with no evidence of individuals receiving support and no program-related investments reported. The record also suggests some continuity in annual giving, since both 2023 and 2024 appear in the recent grants list, though the specific recipients change year to year. The foundation is operating from Deerfield, Illinois, but its giving is national rather than local, and no grants in this dataset went to Illinois recipients.
$391K
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$143K
$401K
Most grants fall between $550 and $193K, with a median of $4K.
25th Percentile
$550
Median
$4K
75th Percentile
$193K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in VA.
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Notable grantees: Fidelity Charitable Trust, Charles Schwab Charitable Trust
The foundation gives nationally, with reported grants going to recipients in five U.S. locations across four states. By recipient count, Virginia is the top state, driven by one grant to Warrenton. Other recipient cities in the recent list include Cincinnati, Orlando, La Jolla, and Teaneck. No grants in the dataset went to Illinois, the foundation’s headquarters state, and all reported grants were to U.S. recipients.
Its recent grants include donor-advised and charitable fund vehicles, a congregation, a Jewish-American support organization, and a conservation nonprofit. In the latest 990 year on file, the largest grants went to Fidelity Charitable Trust and Charles Schwab Charitable Trust, both as general fund gifts.
The grant-size distribution is highly skewed. The 25th percentile is $550, the median is $4,482, and the 75th percentile is $192,953. That means most disclosed gifts are small, but the largest grants are far above the middle of the range.
Its geographic scope is national. The recent grants list shows recipients in Ohio, Florida, California, New Jersey, and Virginia, and no grants went to Illinois in the data provided.
The record includes grants in both 2023 and 2024, but the named recipients differ across those years in the recent grants list. The pattern suggests annual activity with changing recipients rather than repeated support to the same organizations in this dataset.
No. The profile indicates that Nyberg Family Foundation does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. Its reported activity is grant-based philanthropy.
2024
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2024.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIDELITY CHARITABLE TRUST | CINCINNATI, OH | $192,953 | 2024 | GENERAL FUND |
| CHARLES SCHWAB CHARITABLE TRUST | ORLANDO, FL | $192,953 | 2024 | GENERAL FUND |
| CONGREGATION BETH EL LAJOLLA | LA JOLLA, CA | $4,482 | 2024 | GENERAL FUND |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL | TEANECK, NJ | $550 | 2023 | GENERAL FUND |
| RAINFOREST TRUST | WARRENTON, VA | $550 | 2023 | GENERAL FUND |
FIDELITY CHARITABLE TRUST
$192,953GENERAL FUND
CHARLES SCHWAB CHARITABLE TRUST
$192,953GENERAL FUND
CONGREGATION BETH EL LAJOLLA
$4,482GENERAL FUND
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL
$550GENERAL FUND
RAINFOREST TRUST
$550GENERAL FUND