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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 94-2940733

Berman Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Rockville, MD. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 9 grants and $411,000 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.

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

    $411,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $29,928,104

  • Tax year 2023

    $555,221

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $30,161,723

  • Tax year 2022

    $616,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $30,636,625

  • Tax year 2021

    $616,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $29,928,544

  • Tax year 2020

    $716,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $30,182,453

  • Tax year 2019

    $715,867

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $29,850,393

  • Tax year 2018

    $730,995

    Grants listed
    60
    Assets, end of year
    $11,131,444

Grants paid in 2024

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Aish HatorahClifton, NJ

    Charitable

    $150,000
  2. Melvin J Berman Hebrew AcademyRockville, MD

    Charitable

    $105,000
  3. Allegheny Mountain InstituteStaunton, VA

    Charitable

    $75,000
  4. Yeshiva of Greater WashingtonSilver Spring, MD

    Charitable

    $25,000
  5. Yeshiva Torah VodaathBrooklyn, NY

    Charitable

    $25,000
  6. Anti-Defamation LeagueLos Angeles, CA

    Charitable

    $20,000
  7. Alzheimer's AssociationChicago, IL

    Charitable

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

    Charitable

    $5,000
  9. Yeshiva Beth Abraham of JerusalemNew York, NY

    Charitable

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Religion2 grants $106,00050% of the total
  2. Food and agriculture1 grant $75,00036% of the total
  3. Education1 grant $25,00012% of the total
  4. Health1 grant $5,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New Jersey1 grant $150,000
  2. Maryland3 grants $135,000
  3. Virginia1 grant $75,000
  4. New York2 grants $26,000
  5. California2 grants $25,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Dennis BermanTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Vicki BermanTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Stephen L BermanTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Larry P BormelTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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