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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 35-2575273

The Frieda Berlinski Foundation

A private foundation in Redondo Beach, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 5 grants and $284,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Jul 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $284,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $6,574,274

  • Tax year 2023

    $252,125

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $5,824,784

  • Tax year 2022

    $200,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $6,188,873

  • Tax year 2021

    $400,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $6,630,287

  • Tax year 2020

    $325,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $6,844,659

  • Tax year 2019

    $197,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $7,135,743

  • Tax year 2018

    $232,777

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $7,294,751

Grants paid in 2024

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. KLCS Educational FoundationLos Angeles, CA

    General support for public broadcasting

    $112,000
  2. Individual

    General support for [individual] broadcasting

    $75,000
  3. Individual

    Student reporting labsCommunities of Color Initiative

    $50,000
  4. SDSU Research Foundation KPBSSan Diego, CA

    General support for public broadcasting

    $25,000
  5. WQED MultimediaPittsburgh, PA

    operating costs & film academy grants

    $22,500

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 $22,500100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California2 grants $137,000
  2. Pennsylvania1 grant $22,500

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Sugar Elisa BrownSecretary Hours 15Pay $81,250
  • Mark StringerPresident & CEO Hours 15Pay $81,250

The return

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