Grants awarded
Who does The Howard B Bernick Foundation fund?
The Howard B Bernick Foundation has awarded $3.9 million across 156 grants to 76 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $10,000, with most between $5,000 and $25,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $12,500 versus $5,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$3.9M
Typical grant
$10K
Grantees
76
Grants
156
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago
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$1.2M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
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$495K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| U Upper Canada Educational Foundation | $252K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | |
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$186K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | FL | |
| T The Field Museum | $185K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
The Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation INC
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$142K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | FL | |
Palm Beach Civic Association INC
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$102K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | FL | |
| C Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation | $100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| N Northwestern Memorial Foundation | $95K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation | $80K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$75K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NY | |
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$75K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| U United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $75K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
The Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach INC
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$65K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | FL | |
Raymond F Kravis Center for the Performing Arts INC
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$64K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | FL | |
| O Oak Park Temple | $60K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| M Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation | $52K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Cardinal Newman High School | $50K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$45K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | FL | |
| I Il Holocaust Museum & Education Center | $43K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Norton Museum of Art INC
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$26K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | FL | |
| I Innovate INC | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | AZ | |
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$25K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | IL | |
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$22K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | FL | |
Lexington School INC
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$20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | KY | |
| N Nat'l Museum of American Jewish History | $20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
American Heart Association INC
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$20K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| B Brother Rice High School Foundation | $18K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| B B'Nai B'Rith International | $18K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Recipe for Change
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$18K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
| I Individual recipient | $17K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$16K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $16K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| P Palm Beach Country Club Foundation INC | $13K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | FL | |
| T The Washington Institute | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History | $10K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Philadelphia Orchestra | $10K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Big Shoulders Fund
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IL | |
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MD | |
| U UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
The Everglades Foundation INC
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | FL | |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C College Possible Foundation | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| M Metropolitan Family Services | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
All Stars Project INC
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NY | |
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$10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | FL | |
| T The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | $9K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Live Like Jake Foundation INC
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$8K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | FL | |
| B Boys & Girls Club of Chicago | $6K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| J Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation | $6K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Brain Research Foundation
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$5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | IL | |
| U U of I Foundation Edgar Fellows | $5K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Partnership for Inner City Education
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$5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NY | |
| N Northshore Foundation | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$5K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | IL | |
| A Acwis | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| T The Cleveland Orchestra | $5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| N NYU Langone Health | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Navy Seal Foundation INC
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$5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | VA | |
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$4K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | FL | |
| T Trustbridge Hospice Foundation | $4K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| M Mindfulness Without Borders | $4K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $4K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| T The Ireland Funds America | $2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| A Afrikids | $2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | FL | |
Gary Comer Youth Center INC
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$2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IL | |
Rx Ballroom Dance
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$2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
| B Baptist Health Miami Cancer Institute | $2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | CO | |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| T Torah Institute Chabad Palm Beach | $2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| F First Serve | $2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | GA | |
Chautauqua Institution
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$1K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
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$410 | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
| T Temple Beth David | $180 | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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