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The Stefany and Simon Bergson Foundation

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Palisades, New York · EIN 13-4077237 · Private foundation

Grants paid (2025)$881K
Organizations funded36
Typical grant$5,000
Total assets$2.7M

Half of its grants to organizations were between $1,220 and $23,000.

From the return

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On its return for tax year 2025 the foundation checked the box saying it only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.

What it funds

Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.

  • Arts & Culture5
  • Education2
  • Faith-Based2
  • Disability Services1
  • Human Services1
  • Youth Sports1

Where it gives

27% of grants went outside New York.

Grants paid in tax year 2025

RecipientLocationPurposeAmount
Museum of Jewish HeritageNew York, NYOperating expenses$253,000
Auschwitz Jewish Center FoundationNew York, NYOperating expenses$105,660
Holocaust Museum Center for ToleranSuffern, NYOperating expenses$63,000
Auschwitz Jewish Center FoundationNew York, NYOperating expenses$51,100
United States Holocaust Memorial MuNew York, NYOperating expenses$45,700
Reform Temple of RocklandUpper Nyack, NYOperating expenses$32,547
Northwestern UniversityEvanston, ILOperating expenses$30,720
Center for Jewish HistroyNew York, NYOperating expenses$26,000
Washington University in St LouisSt Louis, MOOperating expenses$25,000
Friends of the IdfNew York, NYOperating expenses$23,000
Horace Mann SchoolBronx, NYOperating expenses$16,000
Birthright Israel FoundationNew York, NYOperating expenses$10,000
Chabad of the NyacksNyack, NYOperating expenses$6,800
Public TheatreNew York, NYOperating expenses$5,600
Hillel InternationalWashington, DCOperating expenses$5,500
Gift of Life Bone Marrow FoundationBoca Raton, FLOperating expenses$5,000
Robert F Kennedy Center for JusticeWashington, DCOperating expenses$5,000
Selfhelp Community Services FoundatNew York, NYOperating expenses$5,000
American Jewish CommitteePhiladelphia, PAOperating expenses$5,000
Beth Rivkah SchoolBrooklyn, NYOperating expenses$5,000
Qcc Fund IncBayside, NYOperating expenses$5,000
The Broadway Legacy FoundationNew York, NYOperating expenses$5,000
US Friends of Hoedsprit EndangeredNew York, NYOperating expenses$4,600
Second Stage TheatreNew York, NYOperating expenses$3,000
Manhattan Theatre ClubNew York, NYOperating expenses$3,000
Gitty Foundation for Metastatic BreScarsdale, NYOperating expenses$2,076
Friends of Jewish Heritage in PolanBoca Raton, FLOperating expenses$1,800
Washington University HillelSt Louis, MOOperating expenses$1,220
The Jacob S Zweig FoundationDeerfield Beach, FLOperating expenses$1,200
Palisades Free LibraryPalisades, NYOperating expenses$1,000
Entertainment Community FundNew York, NYOperating expenses$1,000
American Songbook AssociationNew York, NYOperating expenses$575
American Cancer SocietySyracuse, NYOperating expenses$500
The Broadway League Foundation IncNew York, NYOperating expenses$500
Hss Foundation Hospital for SpecialNew York, NYOperating expenses$360
Temple Emanu-El of Closter IncCloster, NJOperating expenses$102

The return also lists 15 grants to individuals ($125,170). We do not publish the names of individual recipients.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidGrant lines
2025$880,73051
2024$516,17149
2023$512,34244

Sources

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