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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 59-2803980

Berg Family Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Jacksonville, FL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 22 grants and $1.4 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 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 2025

    $1,444,469

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $22,697,232

  • Tax year 2024

    $2,897,077

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $21,752,710

  • Tax year 2023

    $53,849

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $21,100,393

  • Tax year 2022

    $604,761

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $8,227,861

  • Tax year 2021

    $1,154,186

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $2,783,558

  • Tax year 2020

    $2,976,545

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $1,449,974

  • Tax year 2019

    $1,221,287

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $2,371,290

  • Tax year 2018

    $6,796,030

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $1,971,971

Grants paid in 2025

22 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

The listed grants do not add up to the reported total.

  1. Jacksonville SymphonyJacksonville, FL

    General use

    $500,000
  2. Jacksonville UniversityJacksonville, FL

    General use

    $150,000
  3. The Unf FoundationJacksonville, FL

    General use

    $68,000
  4. Jacksonville Civic CounJacksonville, FL

    General use

    $50,000
  5. World Affairs CouncilJacksonville, FL

    General use

    $35,000
  6. United Way of Ne FLJacksonville, FL

    General use

    $35,000
  7. Aspen Music FestivalAspen, CO

    General use

    $30,000
  8. Leading Change IncMadison, WI

    General use

    $25,000
  9. Aspen Music FestivalAspen, CO

    General use

    $13,600
  10. Jacksonville SymphonyJacksonville, FL

    General use

    $12,080
  11. The Unf FoundationJacksonville, FL

    General use

    $12,000
  12. Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ

    General use

    $10,000
  13. The Aspen InstituteWashington, DC

    General use

    $9,000
  14. AcesAspen, CO

    General use

    $7,000
  15. The Aspen InstituteWashington, DC

    General use

    $5,000
  16. Aspen Music FestivalAspen, CO

    General use

    $4,500
  17. Project ChanceFern BCH, FL

    General use

    $3,000
  18. One JaxSaint Johns, FL

    General use

    $3,000
  19. The ALS AssociationArlington, VA

    General use

    $1,000
  20. Greenscape of JaxJacksonville, FL

    General use

    $1,000
  21. The 200 ClubJacksonville, FL

    General use

    $200
  22. Salvation Army Womens AJacksonville, FL

    General use

    $100

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education5 grants $265,00094% of the total
  2. Social science2 grants $14,0005% of the total
  3. Animals1 grant $3,0001% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Florida13 grants $869,380
  2. Colorado4 grants $55,100
  3. Wisconsin1 grant $25,000
  4. District of Columbia2 grants $14,000
  5. New Jersey1 grant $10,000
  6. Virginia1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Gilchrist BergTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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