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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 83-1003749

Leo V Berger Foundation

A private foundation in Baltimore, MD. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 21 grants and $185,750 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

    $185,750

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $3,836,187

  • Tax year 2024

    $167,500

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $3,837,462

  • Tax year 2023

    $168,500

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $3,936,768

  • Tax year 2022

    $121,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $3,912,685

  • Tax year 2021

    $135,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $3,853,790

  • Tax year 2020

    $118,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $3,800,274

  • Tax year 2019

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $44

  • Tax year 2018

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $0

Grants paid in 2025

21 grants, largest first

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

  1. Individual

    Charitable

    $35,000
  2. MPT FoundationOwings Mills, MD

    Charitable

    $25,000
  3. McDonogh SchoolOwings Mills, MD

    Charitable

    $25,000
  4. Pikesville Volunteer Fire CoPikesville, MD

    Charitable

    $15,000
  5. Individual

    Charitable

    $15,000
  6. Art with A HeartBaltimore, MD

    Charitable

    $10,000
  7. Individual

    Charitable

    $10,000
  8. Baltimore Hunger ProjectLuthvle Timon, MD

    Charitable

    $8,000
  9. Maryland Food BankBaltimore, MD

    Charitable

    $6,000
  10. Individual

    Charitable

    $5,000
  11. Individual

    Charitable

    $5,000
  12. Baltimore Museum of IndustryBaltimore, MD

    Charitable

    $5,000
  13. Ner Israel Rabbinical CollegeBaltimore, MD

    Charitable

    $2,750
  14. Chesapeake Bay FoundationAnnapolis, MD

    Charitable

    $2,500
  15. Individual

    Charitable

    $2,500
  16. Individual

    Charitable

    $2,500
  17. Alzheimers FoundationNew York, NY

    Charitable

    $2,500
  18. S Jude Children HospitalMemphis, TN

    Charitable

    $2,500
  19. Pro Bono Resource Center or MDBaltimore, MD

    Charitable

    $2,500
  20. Cystic Fibrosis FoundationCockeysville, MD

    Charitable

    $2,500
  21. Individual

    Charitable

    $1,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture2 grants $30,00033% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $25,00028% of the total
  3. Human services2 grants $18,00020% of the total
  4. Disaster relief and public safety1 grant $15,00017% of the total
  5. Environment1 grant $2,5003% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Maryland11 grants $104,250
  2. New York1 grant $2,500
  3. Tennessee1 grant $2,500

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Barbara KassapVice President Hours 0Pay $0
  • Harry KassapPresident Hours 2Pay $0
  • Kaylie Kassap GeorgeSecretary Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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