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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 13-2898599

The Bernhill Fund

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 7 grants and $107,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Oct 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $107,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,455,819

  • Tax year 2023

    $262,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,291,234

  • Tax year 2022

    $320,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,154,831

  • Tax year 2021

    $142,250

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,406,703

  • Tax year 2020

    $392,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,298,578

  • Tax year 2019

    $175,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $1,246,488

  • Tax year 2018

    $178,039

    Grants listed
    44
    Assets, end of year
    $1,064,837

  • Tax year 2017

    $299,422

    Grants listed
    64
    Assets, end of year
    $1,088,307

Grants paid in 2024

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Leo Baeck InstituteNew York, NY

    General purposes

    $35,000
  2. The Winston Churchill FoundationNew York, NY

    Scholarship

    $25,000
  3. New York Public RadioNew York, NY

    General purposes

    $20,000
  4. Naumburg Orchestral ConcertsNew York, NY

    General purposes

    $10,000
  5. The Innocence ProjectNew York, NY

    General purposes

    $10,000
  6. The Gift of Hope USA FDNStamford, CT

    General purposes

    $5,000
  7. Institute of International EducationNew York, NY

    General purposes

    $2,500

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $20,00062% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $10,00031% of the total
  3. International aid1 grant $2,5008% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York6 grants $102,500
  2. Connecticut1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • William L BernhardPRESIDENT Hours 5Pay $0
  • Patricia HewittVICE PRES, SECY Hours 2Pay $0
  • Winthrop Rutherfurd JrTREASURER Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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