The David Berg Foundation concentrates its giving on Jewish cultural preservation and Jewish humanitarian relief. Two large gifts account for all reported support: multi-year/gallery funding for a Jewish cultural institution and a sizable emergency humanitarian grant to an international Jewish relief agency. The foundation favors impactful, institution-level grants that support exhibitions/heritage and crisis response for Jewish communities.
A defining feature of The David Berg Foundation Inc is its concentration on Jewish cultural preservation alongside Jewish humanitarian relief. Two 250,000-dollar grants frame that pattern: one in 2025 to Nli Usa Inc for gallery and exhibition work, and one in 2023 to Amer Jewish Joint Distribution Committee for humanitarian emergency aid. Those gifts sit within a broader program that also supports archive digitization, museum exhibitions, elder care, legal services, and legal education, all through institution-level awards. The foundation’s recent giving shows a consistent interest in preserving Jewish history and supporting Jewish-serving organizations during moments of need. Grants to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum for archive digitization, to The Netherland-america Foundation for the Anne Frank House for a museum exhibition, and to The New York Historical for museum display cases point to a strong cultural memory component. At the same time, awards to American Friends of Rambam Medical Center and Israaid US Global Humanitarian Assistance reflect a parallel relief-oriented track. The pattern is less about small dispersed support and more about sizable, targeted grants to established institutions. Its portfolio also reaches into elder care and legal access, including support for service providers and law and education institutions. That mix suggests a funder that uses its grants to reinforce major organizations working in preservation, care, and emergency response.
In museum and heritage work, the foundation backed Nli Usa Inc with 250,000 dollars in both 2024 and 2025 for gallery and exhibition support. It also gave 200,000 dollars to The New York Historical for museum display cases and 100,000 dollars to The Netherland-america Foundation for the Anne Frank House for a museum exhibition. For archives and preservation, it supported the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum three times: 150,000 dollars in 2023, 100,000 dollars in 2024, and 100,000 dollars in 2025, each for archive digitization. The American Society for Yad Vashem also received 150,000 dollars in 2023 for archive digitization. The foundation’s humanitarian grants include 250,000 dollars to Amer Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in 2023 for humanitarian emergency aid and 100,000 dollars each to Israaid US Global Humanitarian Assistance in 2023 and 2024 for the same purpose. It also funded elder care through NYU Grossman School of Medicine and Amer Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
$4.1M
$95.7M
$5.5M
$6.8M
Most grants fall between $15K and $60K, with a median of $30K.
25th Percentile
$15K
Median
$30K
75th Percentile
$60K
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Highly concentrated giving: very few, large grants (two organizations), with repeat funding to the same cultural grantee (NLI USA). Grants are directed to established, high-capacity Jewish institutions rather than many small or grassroots awards.
Notable grantees: NLI USA Inc, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, National Library of Israel (affiliated/cultural programs)
Typical grant size centers on 15,000 dollars at the 25th percentile, 30,000 dollars at the median, and 60,000 dollars at the 75th percentile, but the recent list also includes repeated six-figure awards. The pattern is institutionally focused: several recipients appear in multiple years, including Nli Usa Inc, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Israaid US Global Humanitarian Assistance, Amer Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, and Hebrew Home at Riverdale. The foundation is classified as a Regular Funder, and it also funds individuals. The grants shown are project-based, general operating, and emergency-response awards rather than an open application program.
The grant record is heavily centered in New York, which accounts for 77% of grants and is also the top recipient state. New York City organizations appear repeatedly, including Nli Usa Inc, The New York Historical, New York Legal Assistance Group, and NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Outside New York, grants land in Washington, DC for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and in Pittsburgh for the University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School. The recipient-country distribution is entirely US-based in the data provided.
Its recent grants go to museums and cultural institutions, humanitarian relief organizations, legal service providers, elder care organizations, and education institutions. Examples in the record include Nli Usa Inc for gallery and exhibition work, Amer Jewish Joint Distribution Committee for humanitarian emergency aid, and New York Legal Assistance Group for legal services/general operating support.
Yes. Several recipients appear across multiple years, including Nli Usa Inc in 2024 and 2025, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2023, 2024, and 2025, Israaid US Global Humanitarian Assistance in 2023 and 2024, and Amer Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
The grant-size distribution is 15,000 dollars at the 25th percentile, 30,000 dollars at the median, and 60,000 dollars at the 75th percentile. Recent grants also include larger awards such as 250,000 dollars, 200,000 dollars, and 150,000 dollars.
Most grants go to recipients in New York, which is the top state by grant count and receives 77% of grants. New York City recipients show up frequently, alongside a smaller number of grants to organizations in Washington, DC and Pittsburgh.
The record shows Jewish cultural preservation, archive digitization, museum exhibitions, humanitarian emergency aid, elder care, legal services, and legal education. Named recent grants include support for gallery and exhibition work, museum display cases, archive digitization, and emergency humanitarian assistance.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NLI USA INC | NEW YORK, NY | $250,000 | 2025 | GALLERY / EXHIBITIONS |
| THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL | NEW YORK, NY | $200,000 | 2025 | MUSEUM DISPLAY CASES |
| NYU GROSSMAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE | NEW YORK, NY | $150,000 | 2025 | ELDER CARE SERVICES / EDUCATION |
| THE NETHERLAND-AMERICA FOUNDATION (FOR THE ANNE FRANK HOUSE) | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | MUSEUM EXHIBITION |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY AID |
| AMER JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | ELDER CARE SERVICES |
| ISRAAID US GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE | BEVERLY HILLS, CA | $100,000 | 2025 | HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY AID |
| UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM | WASHINGTON, DC | $100,000 | 2025 | ARCHIVE DIGITIZATION |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY | NEW YORK, NY | $75,000 | 2025 | LEGAL SERVICES / EDUCATION |
| CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS | NEW YORK, NY | $75,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE | NEW YORK, NY | $75,000 | 2025 | DATABASE / RESEARCH / EDUCATION |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL | TEANECK, NJ | $75,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| THE NEW JEWISH HOME | NEW YORK, NY | $75,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| JEWISH ASSOCIATION SERVING THE AGING | NEW YORK, NY | $75,000 | 2025 | LEGAL SERVICES |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY | NEW YORK, NY | $70,000 | 2025 | LEGAL SERVICES |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ITIM | NEW YORK, NY | $65,000 | 2025 | LEGAL SERVICES |
| JEWISH BRAILLE INSTITUTE LIBRARY | NEW YORK, NY | $60,000 | 2025 | OUTREACH SERVICES |
| JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY | NEW YORK, NY | $55,000 | 2025 | RESEARCH/ PUBLICATION |
| FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH | NEW YORK, NY | $50,000 | 2025 | HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY AID |
| BLAVATNIK ARCHIVE FOUNDATION | NEW YORK, NY | $50,000 | 2025 | ARCHIVE DIGITIZATION |
| THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART | NEW YORK, NY | $50,000 | 2025 | MUSEUM RESEARCH |
| FRIENDS OF BEZALEL | NEW YORK, NY | $50,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ASIAN ART | CHICAGO, IL | $50,000 | 2025 | ART RESEARCH |
| OHR TORAH STONE | NEW YORK, NY | $50,000 | 2025 | LEGAL SERVICES |
| CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY | NEW YORK, NY | $50,000 | 2025 | MUSEUM EXHIBITION SERVICES |
| AMERICAN SOCIETY OF THE UNIV OF HAIFA | NEW YORK, NY | $50,000 | 2025 | LEGAL SERVICES/ EDUCATION |
| MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS BOSTON | BOSTON, MA | $50,000 | 2025 | MUSEUM EXHIBITION |
| PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC FOR MARVA | NEW YORK, NY | $45,000 | 2025 | LEGAL SERVICES |
| PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDSFOR CENTER FOR WOMEN'S JUSTICE | NEW YORK, NY | $35,000 | 2025 | LEGAL SERVICES / EDUCATION |
| AREIVIM PHILANTHROPIC GROUP | NEW YORK, NY | $35,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION/RESEARCH |
| MAGNES COLLECTION OF JEWISH ART & LIFE | BERKELEY, CA | $30,000 | 2025 | MUSEUM EXHIBITION |
| AUSCHWITZ JEWISH CENTER FOUNDATION | NEW YORK, NY | $30,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION/GENERAL OPERATING |
| ISRAEL ON CAMPUS COALITION (FISCAL SPONSOR FOR ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT NETWORK) | WASHINGTON, DC | $25,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION/RESEARCH |
| WEITZMAN NAT'L MUSEUM AMER JEWISH HISTORY | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $25,000 | 2025 | OUTREACH SERVICES |
| YOUNG ADVOCATES FOR FAIR EDUCATION | BROOKLYN, NY | $25,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| YIDDISH BOOK CENTER | AMHERST, MA | $25,000 | 2025 | ARCHIVE DIGITIZATION |
| AMER FRIENDS- OXFORD CENTRE FOR HEBREW & JEWISH STUDIES | NEWTON, MA | $25,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM | NEW YORK, NY | $25,000 | 2025 | MUSEUM EXHIBITION |
| RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FND&INSTITUTE | SMI VALLEY, CA | $25,000 | 2025 | MUSEUM EXHIBITION |
| SOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM | NEW YORK, NY | $25,000 | 2025 | MUSEUM EXHIBITION |
| WENDE MUSEUM | CULVER CITY, CA | $25,000 | 2025 | ARCHIVE DIGITIZATION |
| UJA-FEDERATION NEW YORK | NEW YORK, NY | $25,000 | 2025 | EXHIBITION |
| ISGAP - INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF GLOBAL ANTISEMITISM & POLICY | NEW YORK, NY | $25,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION / RESEARCH |
| GREY ART MUSEUM - AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY | NEW YORK, NY | $25,000 | 2025 | MUSEUM EXHIBITION |
| CHASDEI DEVORAH INC DBA EZRAS NASHIM | BROOKLYN, NY | $20,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| FRIENDS OF THE JEWISH MUSEUM BERLIN | PRINCETON, NJ | $15,000 | 2025 | MUSEUM EXHIBITION |
| BARNES FOUNDATION | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $15,000 | 2025 | MUSEUM EXHIBITION |
| MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST | NEW YORK, NY | $11,250 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM AMERICAS FND | BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ | $10,000 | 2025 | PUBLICATION / SYMPOSIUM |
| CONGREGATION B'NAI AVRAHAM | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, NY | $10,000 | 2025 | LECTURE SERIES |
THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL
$200,000MUSEUM DISPLAY CASES
MUSEUM EXHIBITION
ELDER CARE SERVICES
ISRAAID US GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
$100,000HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY AID
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY
$75,000LEGAL SERVICES / EDUCATION
THE NEW JEWISH HOME
$75,000EDUCATION
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ITIM
$65,000LEGAL SERVICES
JEWISH BRAILLE INSTITUTE LIBRARY
$60,000OUTREACH SERVICES
JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
$55,000RESEARCH/ PUBLICATION
BLAVATNIK ARCHIVE FOUNDATION
$50,000ARCHIVE DIGITIZATION
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ASIAN ART
$50,000ART RESEARCH
OHR TORAH STONE
$50,000LEGAL SERVICES
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS BOSTON
$50,000MUSEUM EXHIBITION
LEGAL SERVICES / EDUCATION
MAGNES COLLECTION OF JEWISH ART & LIFE
$30,000MUSEUM EXHIBITION
EDUCATION/RESEARCH
WEITZMAN NAT'L MUSEUM AMER JEWISH HISTORY
$25,000OUTREACH SERVICES
YOUNG ADVOCATES FOR FAIR EDUCATION
$25,000EDUCATION
AMER FRIENDS- OXFORD CENTRE FOR HEBREW & JEWISH STUDIES
$25,000EDUCATION
SOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
$25,000MUSEUM EXHIBITION
WENDE MUSEUM
$25,000ARCHIVE DIGITIZATION
ISGAP - INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF GLOBAL ANTISEMITISM & POLICY
$25,000EDUCATION / RESEARCH
CHASDEI DEVORAH INC DBA EZRAS NASHIM
$20,000GENERAL OPERATING
FRIENDS OF THE JEWISH MUSEUM BERLIN
$15,000MUSEUM EXHIBITION
GENERAL OPERATING
VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM AMERICAS FND
$10,000PUBLICATION / SYMPOSIUM
CONGREGATION B'NAI AVRAHAM
$10,000LECTURE SERIES