Grants awarded
Who does Russell Berrie Foundation fund?
Russell Berrie Foundation has awarded $91 million across 585 grants to 253 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $35,000, with most between $10,000 and $100,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $45,000 versus $20,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$91.2M
Typical grant
$35K
Grantees
253
Grants
585
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 | Follow |
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| P Pef Israel Endowment Funds INC | $7.6M | 24 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Maoz-Seal | $5.6M | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey INC
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$5.1M | 10 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NJ | |
| B Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem | $4.3M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Columbia University Irving Medical | $4.1M | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| S Shalom Hartman Institute | $3.6M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Institute of International Education INC
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$3.3M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Ramapo College Foundation
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$3.0M | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NJ | |
| B Bar Ilan University | $2.8M | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C Columbia University | $2.8M | 5 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Bar Ilan University (ra) | $2.7M | 3 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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Jewish Home Foundation of North Jersey INC
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$2.5M | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NJ | |
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$2.4M | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| A American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee INC | $2.1M | 8 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
American Society for Technion- Israel Institute of Technology INC
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$2.1M | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NY | |
| T The Sheba Fund for Health Services and Research | $2.1M | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $2.0M | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| A American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee | $1.9M | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| K Keren Shituf Tormim (keshet) | $1.4M | 11 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1.2M | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$1.1M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| A American Friends of Ogen | $1.0M | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Breakthrough T1d
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$750K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| J Jdrf International | $750K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$735K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NJ | |
| H Hadassah Academic College | $733K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| S Sheba Fund for Health Services | $650K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
American Friends of Bar-Ilan University INC
|
$650K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NY | |
Jewish Community Center of Metro West INC
|
$618K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NJ | |
Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative INC
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$567K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NJ | |
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$538K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| H Holy Name Medical Center Foundation | $532K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A American Friends of Itim | $530K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Friends of Ofanim INC
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$510K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| C Chronicle of a People Foundation INC | $500K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A American Friends of Sheba Medical Center INC | $500K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Greater Bergen Community Action INC
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$500K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NJ | |
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$485K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $470K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Center for Interreligious Understanding INC | $460K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| J Jerusalem Foundation INC | $450K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
New Israel Fund
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$448K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| A American Society for Technion-Israel Institute of Technology | $440K | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Start-Up Nation Central Ltd (cc) | $400K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T Tel Hai College | $375K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| U United Jewish Appeal Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York INC | $365K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
City Green INC
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$290K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NJ | |
| I Individual recipient | $290K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| A American Friends of the Israel Democracy Institute | $267K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| E Englewood Hospital and Medical Center Foundation | $260K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$260K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Moishe House
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$256K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| N New Bridge Mecical Center | $250K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| B Better Angel's Society | $250K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| K Keshet Donor Advised Fund | $250K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
New Jersey YMCA State Alliance INC
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$250K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NJ | |
American Jewish Committee
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$245K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
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$235K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$230K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NJ | |
Table to Table INC
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$230K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NJ | |
| H Hillel- the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | $225K | 3 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A American Friends of the Israel Democracy Institute INC | $200K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$200K | 3 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NJ | |
| A American Friends of the Association for the Advancement of Community Center | $200K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| W William Paterson University of New Jersey Foundation | $200K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| J Jewish Community Centers Association of North America | $185K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$180K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NJ | |
| J Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh | $180K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$180K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $172K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| B Bamah INC | $155K | 3 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
Rising Tide Capital INC
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$155K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NJ | |
| A American Friends of Ogen INC | $155K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Drew University
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$152K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NJ | |
The Aspen Institute INC
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$150K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | DC | |
Brandeis University
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$150K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | MA | |
| N Nefesh B'Nefesh Jewish Souls United INC | $150K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Jewish Community Center on the Palisades
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$150K | 4 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NJ | |
Alliance for Middle East Peace INC
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$140K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
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$135K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| J Jewish Community Project of Lower Manhattan | $135K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Community Food Bank of New Jersey INC
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$130K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NJ | |
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$128K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
Itrek INC
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$120K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NY | |
| S Sefaria INC | $120K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Israel on Campus Coalition INC
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$120K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| C Columbia University Irving Medical Center | $115K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| D Diabetes Foundation INC | $115K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
The Jewish Federations of North America INC
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$115K | 3 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
New Jersey Together INC
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$105K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NJ | |
| S Services for Children with Hidden Intelligence (schi) | $100K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$100K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NJ | |
Moving Traditions
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$100K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | PA | |
| F Friends of Bezalel Academy of Arts and Designs INC | $100K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| J Jcc on the Palisades | $95K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| A American Friends of the Israel Sport Center for the Disabled | $95K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh
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$95K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | PA | |
| C Council of Jewish Emigre Community Organizations | $93K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$90K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NJ | |
| B Bergen Hatzalah Emergency Medical Services INC | $90K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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