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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 22-2620908

The Russell Berrie Foundation

A private foundation in Teaneck, NJ. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 174 grants and $16 million paid in grants.

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

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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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $16,036,357

    Grants listed
    174
    Assets, end of year
    $157,539,333

  • Tax year 2023

    $16,007,520

    Grants listed
    85
    Assets, end of year
    $165,031,078

  • Tax year 2022

    $14,093,512

    Grants listed
    88
    Assets, end of year
    $171,342,100

  • Tax year 2021

    $22,780,280

    Grants listed
    111
    Assets, end of year
    $217,934,322

  • Tax year 2020

    $22,332,176

    Grants listed
    127
    Assets, end of year
    $195,456,691

  • Tax year 2019

    $17,463,951

    Grants listed
    106
    Assets, end of year
    $197,426,949

  • Tax year 2018

    $16,936,354

    Grants listed
    123
    Assets, end of year
    $187,415,504

Grants paid in 2024

174 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Keren Shituf Tormim (keshet)Shfayim, Israel

    General operating expenses

    $1,275,000
  2. The Sheba Fund for Health Services and ResearchTel Hashomer, Israel

    General operating expenses

    $750,000
  3. Bar Ilan University (ra)Ramatgan, Israel

    General operating expenses

    $690,116
  4. Bar Ilan University (ra)Ramatgan, Israel

    General operating expenses

    $690,116
  5. The Sheba Fund for Health Services and ResearchTel Hashomer, Israel

    General operating expenses

    $600,000
  6. The Sheba Fund for Health Services and ResearchTel Hashomer, Israel

    General operating expenses

    $600,000
  7. Chronicle of A People Foundation IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $500,000
  8. Nli USA IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $500,000
  9. Maoz-SealLod, Israel

    General operating expenses

    $450,000
  10. Greater Bergen Community Action IncHackensack, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $400,000
  11. Breakthrough T1DNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $375,000
  12. Maoz-SealLod, Israel

    General operating expenses

    $350,000
  13. Ramapo College FoundationMahwah, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $350,000
  14. Ramapo College FoundationMahwah, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $333,123
  15. Columbia UniversityNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $310,925
  16. American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $300,000
  17. American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $300,000
  18. American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $300,000
  19. Shalom Hartman Institute of North AmericaNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $300,000
  20. Columbia UniversityNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $276,996
  21. Ramapo College FoundationMahwah, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $275,515
  22. Jewish Federation of Northern New JerseyParamus, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $275,000
  23. Pef Israel Endowment Funds IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $250,000
  24. American Society for Technion-Israel Institute of TechnologyNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $215,000
  25. Maoz-SealLod, Israel

    General operating expenses

    $200,000
  26. Pef Israel Endowment Funds IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $150,000
  27. United Jewish Appeal Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $150,000
  28. Caucus Educational Corporation IncMontclair, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $140,000
  29. Caucus Educational Corporation IncMontclair, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $140,000
  30. Start-Up Nation Central LTD (CC)Telaviv, Israel

    General operating expenses

    $140,000
  31. Jewish Federation of Northern New JerseyParamus, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $137,500
  32. Institute of International Education IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $136,692
  33. American Friends of ItimNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $100,000
  34. American Friends of Ogen IncUniversity HT, OH

    General operating expenses

    $100,000
  35. American Friends of the Israel Democracy Institute IncAtlanta, GA

    General operating expenses

    $100,000
  36. Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design JerusalemJerusalem, Israel

    General operating expenses

    $100,000
  37. Friends of Ofanim IncGladwyne, PA

    General operating expenses

    $100,000
  38. Jewish Federation of Northern New JerseyParamus, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $100,000
  39. Pef Israel Endowment Funds IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $100,000
  40. Shalom Hartman Institute of North AmericaNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $100,000
  41. Moishe HouseEncinitas, CA

    General operating expenses

    $96,374
  42. Jewish Community Center of Metrowest IncWest Orange, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $85,000
  43. Greater Bergen Community Action IncHackensack, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $80,000
  44. Jewish Federations of North America IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $75,000
  45. Pef Israel Endowment Funds IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $75,000
  46. Pef Israel Endowment Funds IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $75,000
  47. Pef Israel Endowment Funds IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $65,000
  48. Pef Israel Endowment Funds IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $65,000
  49. Citymeals-On-WheelsNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $60,000
  50. Israel on Campus CoalitionWashington, DC

    General operating expenses

    $60,000
  51. BamahWashington, DC

    General operating expenses

    $55,000
  52. Interfaith AmericaChicago, IL

    General operating expenses

    $55,000
  53. New Jersey Federation of Young Men's Hebrew Association and Young Women's HFairfield NJ, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $55,000
  54. Hillel- the Foundation for Jewish Campus LifeWashington, DC

    General operating expenses

    $52,500
  55. Alliance for Middle East Peace IncWashington, DC

    General operating expenses

    $50,000
  56. BamahWashington, DC

    General operating expenses

    $50,000
  57. Bergen Volunteer Medical InitiativeHaskensack, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $50,000
  58. Bergen Volunteer Medical InitiativeHaskensack, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $50,000
  59. Columbia Barnard Hillel IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $50,000
  60. Hillel- the Foundation for Jewish Campus LifeWashington, DC

    General operating expenses

    $50,000
  61. Impact CubedEncinitas, CA

    General operating expenses

    $50,000
  62. Jewish Community Center on the PalisadesTenafly, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $50,000
  63. Jewish Community Center on the PalisadesTenafly, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $50,000
  64. Pef Israel Endowment Funds IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $50,000
  65. Pef Israel Endowment Funds IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $50,000
  66. Rutgers HillelNew Brunswick, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $50,000
  67. Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen CountyNew Milford, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $50,000
  68. The Goodnation Foundation IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $50,000
  69. Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of AmericaNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $50,000
  70. Jewish Community Center of Greater PittsburghPittsburgh, PA

    General operating expenses

    $45,000
  71. Pef Israel Endowment Funds IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $45,000
  72. Jewish Federation of Northern New JerseyParamus, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $44,500
  73. Jewish Community Center of Metrowest IncWest Orange, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $43,000
  74. Jewish Community Centers Association of North AmericaNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $41,000
  75. Bergen Hatzalah Emergency Medical Services IncEnglewood, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $40,000
  76. Jewish Voters Unite IncWhite Plains, NY

    General operating expenses

    $40,000
  77. Young Mens-Young Womens Hebrew Association of Bergen CountyWest Nyack, NY

    General operating expenses

    $40,000
  78. In(heir)itance Project LTDNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $35,000
  79. Keren Shituf Tormim (keshet)Shfayim, Israel

    General operating expenses

    $35,000
  80. Jewish Community Center of Metrowest IncWest Orange, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $33,000
  81. Board of Jewish Education IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $31,500
  82. American Friends of ItimNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $30,000
  83. American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $30,000
  84. Jewish Council for Public AffairsNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $30,000
  85. Jewish Funders NetworkNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $30,000
  86. Jewish Funders NetworkNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $30,000
  87. Maoz-SealLod, Israel

    General operating expenses

    $30,000
  88. United Jewish Appeal Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $30,000
  89. American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $25,000
  90. Columbia UniversityNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $25,000
  91. Holy Name Medical Center FoundationTeaneck, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $25,000
  92. Jewish Community Center on the PalisadesTenafly, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $25,000
  93. Jewish Federation of Northern New JerseyParamus, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $25,000
  94. Jewish Federation of Northern New JerseyParamus, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $25,000
  95. Moishe HouseEncinitas, CA

    General operating expenses

    $25,000
  96. New Israel FundNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $25,000
  97. Pef Israel Endowment Funds IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $25,000
  98. Pef Israel Endowment Funds IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $25,000
  99. Services for Children with Hidden Intelligence (schi)Lakewood, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $25,000
  100. The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $25,000
  101. Friends of Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $24,500
  102. American Society for Technion-Israel Institute of TechnologyNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $20,000
  103. Anti-Defamation LeagueNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $20,000
  104. Friends of JCC KrakowSuffern, NY

    General operating expenses

    $20,000
  105. Jewish Federations of North America IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $20,000
  106. New Jersey Federation of Young Men's Hebrew Association and Young Women's HFairfield NJ, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $20,000
  107. Agudath Israel of AmericaNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $18,000
  108. American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $18,000
  109. Epic Coalition IncWest Orange, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $18,000
  110. Nechama-Jewish Disaster ResponseSaint Paul, MN

    General operating expenses

    $18,000
  111. Columbia UniversityNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $17,500
  112. Rutgers HillelNew Brunswick, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $15,500
  113. Aleph Society IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $15,000
  114. Jespy HouseSouth Orange, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $15,000
  115. Jewish Community Project of Lower ManhattanNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $15,000
  116. Jewish Heritage ProgramsPhiladelphia, PA

    General operating expenses

    $15,000
  117. Jewish Heritage ProgramsPhiladelphia, PA

    General operating expenses

    $15,000
  118. Afsnc IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $10,000
  119. Alpha Epsilon Pi FoundationIndianapolis, IN

    General operating expenses

    $10,000
  120. American Friends of Beit HatfutsotNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $10,000
  121. American Friends of Natal IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $10,000
  122. American Friends of Shalva Israel IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $10,000
  123. Arlekin Players TheatreNeedham, MA

    General operating expenses

    $10,000
  124. Brothers for LifeNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $10,000
  125. Israeli American CouncilWoodland HLS, CA

    General operating expenses

    $10,000
  126. Jewish Family and Children's Services of Northern New JerseyTeaneck, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $10,000
  127. Jewish Funders NetworkNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $10,000
  128. Keren Shituf Tormim (keshet)Shfayim, Israel

    General operating expenses

    $10,000
  129. Keren Shituf Tormim (keshet)Shfayim, Israel

    General operating expenses

    $10,000
  130. Keren Shituf Tormim (keshet)Shfayim, Israel

    General operating expenses

    $10,000
  131. Keren Shituf Tormim (keshet)Shfayim, Israel

    General operating expenses

    $10,000
  132. Keren Shituf Tormim (keshet)Shfayim, Israel

    General operating expenses

    $10,000
  133. Momentum Unlimited IncRockville, MD

    General operating expenses

    $10,000
  134. Pef Israel Endowment Funds IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $10,000
  135. Pef Israel Endowment Funds IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $10,000
  136. Pef Israel Endowment Funds IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $10,000
  137. Pef Israel Endowment Funds IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $10,000
  138. Sefaria IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $10,000
  139. Shalom Hartman Institute of North AmericaNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $10,000
  140. The Elisabeth Morrow SchoolEnglewood, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $10,000
  141. Young Judaea Global IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $10,000
  142. Pef Israel Endowment Funds IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $8,000
  143. Pef Israel Endowment Funds IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $7,500
  144. Shalom Hartman Institute of North AmericaNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $7,500
  145. Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and LibertyGrand Rapids, MI

    General operating expenses

    $5,000
  146. Adler Aphasia CenterMaywood, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $5,000
  147. Adler Aphasia CenterMaywood, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $5,000
  148. Americans for Ben-Gurion University IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $5,000
  149. Americas Grow-A-Row IncPittstown, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $5,000
  150. Center for Interreligious Understanding IncTeaneck, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $5,000
  151. Foundation for Filipina Women's NetworkSan Francisco, CA

    General operating expenses

    $5,000
  152. Holy Name Medical Center FoundationTeaneck, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $5,000
  153. Jewbelong IncVerona, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $5,000
  154. Keren Shituf Tormim (keshet)Shfayim, Israel

    General operating expenses

    $5,000
  155. Keren Shituf Tormim (keshet)Shfayim, Israel

    General operating expenses

    $5,000
  156. Keren Shituf Tormim (keshet)Shfayim, Israel

    General operating expenses

    $5,000
  157. Keren Shituf Tormim (keshet)Shfayim, Israel

    General operating expenses

    $5,000
  158. Modern Widows ClubWinter Park, FL

    General operating expenses

    $5,000
  159. New York City Police Foundation IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $5,000
  160. N'kisi InstituteChandler, AZ

    General operating expenses

    $5,000
  161. Pef Israel Endowment Funds IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $5,000
  162. Pef Israel Endowment Funds IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $5,000
  163. Pef Israel Endowment Funds IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $5,000
  164. Rising Tide Capital IncJersey City, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $5,000
  165. Shalom Hartman Institute of North AmericaNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $5,000
  166. The Giving Back Fund IncBoston, MA

    General operating expenses

    $5,000
  167. Jewish Food SocietyNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $3,000
  168. Kabbalah Centre InternationalLos Angeles, CA

    General operating expenses

    $2,000
  169. Center for Food Action in New JerseyEnglewood, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $1,000
  170. Jewish Community Center of Metrowest IncWest Orange, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $1,000
  171. Move for HungerNeptune, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $1,000
  172. One Simple WishEwing, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $1,000
  173. The Volunteer Center of Bergen County IncParamus, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $1,000
  174. Women's Rights Information CenterEnglewood, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $1,000

Approved for future payment

26 grants

Approved in 2024 and not yet paid.

  1. Jewish Federation of Northern New JerseyParamus, NJ

    General operating expeneses

    $565,000
  2. The Wexner FoundationNew Albany, OH

    General operating expenses

    $350,000
  3. American Friends of ItimNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $200,000
  4. Jewish Community Center on the PalisadesTenafly, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $200,000
  5. Jewish Community Center on the PalisadesTenafly, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $100,000
  6. Jewish Funders NetworkNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $80,000
  7. Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of AmericaNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $50,000
  8. Jerusalem Foundation IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $35,000
  9. Deep Springs CorporationDyer, NV

    General operating expenses

    $20,000
  10. Jewish Federation of Northern New JerseyParamus, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $20,000
  11. American Friends of Natal IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $10,000
  12. Americans for Ben-Gurion University IncNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $10,000
  13. Jewish Community Project of Lower ManhattanNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $10,000
  14. Fund for Israel's TomorrowHollywood, FL

    General operating expenses

    $8,500
  15. Momentum Unlimited IncRockville, MD

    General operating expenses

    $8,500
  16. Bergen Family Center IncEnglewood, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $5,000
  17. Center for Reproductive RightsNew York, NY

    General operating expenses

    $5,000
  18. Diabetes Research Institute FoundationMiami, FL

    General operating expenses

    $5,000
  19. Women's Rights Information CenterEnglewood, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $5,000
  20. The Volunteer Center of Bergen County IncParamus, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $4,000
  21. Englewood Hospital and Medical CenterEnglewood, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $2,500
  22. First Friends of New Jersey and New YorkKearny, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $2,500
  23. Move for HungerNeptune, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $2,500
  24. Reformed Church of Highland Park Affordable Housing CorporationHighland Park, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $2,500
  25. Kabbalah Centre InternationalLos Angeles, CA

    General operating expenses

    $2,000
  26. Jewish Community Center of Metrowest IncWest Orange, NJ

    General operating expenses

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education18 grants $2,579,05930% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking37 grants $2,003,50023% of the total
  3. International aid20 grants $1,937,19222% of the total
  4. Human services18 grants $900,00010% of the total
  5. Health8 grants $555,0006% of the total
  6. Religion11 grants $420,3745% of the total
  7. 7 other causes16 grants $331,5004% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York78 grants $5,956,113
  2. New Jersey46 grants $3,086,138
  3. District of Columbia6 grants $317,500
  4. California6 grants $188,374
  5. Pennsylvania4 grants $175,000
  6. Georgia1 grant $100,000
  7. Ohio1 grant $100,000
  8. Illinois1 grant $55,000
  9. Minnesota1 grant $18,000
  10. Massachusetts2 grants $15,000

Officers, directors and trustees

8 people as filed

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

  • Adam HirschCOO AND CFO Hours 40Pay $407,500
  • Angelica BerriePRESIDENT Hours 20Pay $0
  • David RosenblattSECRETARY Hours 5Pay $0
  • Ilan KaufthalTRUSTEE Hours 5Pay $0
  • Myron Rosner Left June 2024TRUSTEE Hours 15Pay $0
  • Scott BerrieVICE PRESIDENT Hours 10Pay $0
  • Stephen SeidenTREASURER Hours 10Pay $0
  • Idana GoldbergCEO Hours 40Pay $460,000

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