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Private foundation (trust)EIN 236270983Est. 1960-12

THE PHILIP AND MURIEL BERMAN FOUNDATION

LOS ANGELES, CA 90048

Total Assets

$45.0M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$1.2M

FY 2024

Grants Made

61

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$20K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$1K–$100K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$2.0M

Total Expenses

$1.6M

Qualifying Distributions

$1.6M

Distributable Amount

$2.2M

Min. Investment Return

$2.2M

Undistributed Income

$176K

Payout rate 77%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.77%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

61 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $1K through median $15K to maximum $100K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $2.5M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

267 grants

THE HUNTINGTON
$889K
9 grants
HOLA (HEART OF LOS ANGELES)
$888K
6 grants
SALT SPRING ISLAND FOUNDATION (VIA VANCOUVER FOUNDATION)
$261K
3 grants
BERMAN MUSEUM OF ART
$250K
1 grant
SALT SPRING ISL COMM SERVICESCOMM GARDEN (VIA VANCOUVER FNDTN)
$236K
3 grants
(THE) HUNTINGTON
$194K
6 grants
FOOD FORWARD INC
$175K
5 grants
LIBERTY HILL
$152K
8 grants

Grant Size Distribution

267 grants

<$10K
144
grants
$10–50K
106
grants
$50–250K
15
grants
$250K–1M
2
grants
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

12 states

California
$4.0M
79% of total
Pennsylvania
$530K
11% of total
New York
$402K
8% of total
Maryland
$35K
1% of total
Minnesota
$20K
0% of total
Ohio
$12K
0% of total
Texas
$10K
0% of total
Illinois
$7K
0% of total
Oregon
$7K
0% of total
District of Columbia
$6K
0% of total

+2 more states

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