The Barry & Silvana Halperin Foundation
Palm Beach, FL · EIN 86-2047429. Reported 99 grants totalling $264,152 to 56 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Barry & Silvana Halperin Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $500. Half of everything it gave fell between $250 and $2,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $31,381. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boca Hospital (brrh) Foundation | Boca Raton, FL | $59,275 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Other Contributions Made Through Halperin Foundation | Boca Raton, FL | $37,976 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kravis Center | West Palm Beach, FL | $37,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Eda & Cliff Viner Scholars Foundation | Boca Raton, FL | $21,110 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fau Foundation | Boca Raton, FL | $14,700 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Florida Atlantic University | Boca Raton, FL | $12,900 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Temple Beth | West Palm Beach, FL | $12,700 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Temple Bethel | West Palm Beach, FL | $8,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Unicorn Children's Foundation | Boca Raton, FL | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fuller Center | Boca Raton, FL | $6,200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Tri-County Animal Rescue | Boca Raton, FL | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boca Hoops | Boca Raton, FL | $4,900 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boca Raton Museum of Art | Boca Raton, FL | $3,800 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ahs School - PTO (leukemia Benefit) | Delray Beach, FL | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nat King Cole Generation Hope Inc | Boca Raton, FL | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Standwithus | Los Angeles, CA | $2,250 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Jewish Theological Seminary | New York, NY | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Delray Beach, FL | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chabad Student Association Lubavitch | Boca Raton, FL | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Play for Pink | New York, NY | $1,020 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bati School | West Palm Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Palm Beach | West Palm Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Operation Shower | St Louis, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Red Cross | Orlando, FL | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Folds of Honor | Owasso, OK | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jafco | Sunrise, FL | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mara Elephant Project | Carmel, IN | $750 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sos Childrens Villages Florida | Washington, DC | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Salvation Army - Palm Beach County | West Palm Beach, FL | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Worcester State University Foundation | Worcester, MA | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Joseph's Indian School | Chamberlain, SD | $700 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Paws for Purple Hearts | Penngrove, CA | $650 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Save the Chimps | Fort Pierce, FL | $600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Food for the Poor | Coconut Creek, FL | $550 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Animal Legal Defense Fund | Cotati, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Camera | Boston, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Camera - Middle East | Boston, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Joseph Avenue Arts and Culture Alliance | Rochester, NY | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Peggy Adams Animal Rescue | West Palm Beach, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rotary Club Downtown Fund | Boca Raton, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tanglewood Foundation | Lenox, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vf Foundation | Denver, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue | San Angelo, TX | $300 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Loset Meadows Mule | Pueblo, CO | $250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Semper K-9 | Quantico, VA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gentle Giants Horse Rescue | Mount Airy, MD | $212 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Humane Society of Broward County | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Audubon Society | West Palm Beach, FL | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Turtle Island | Atlanta, GA | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lifesavers Wild Horse Rescue | Caliente, CA | $109 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Asia Wild | Charleston, SC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Environmental Defense Fund | Washington, DC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches | Live Oak, FL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Park Foundation | Tallahassee, FL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Wildlife Foundation | Merrifield, VA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Suncoast Basket Rescue | Auburndale, FL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
31 of 56 (55%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 41%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Other Contributions Made Through Halperin Foundation
TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN, HOSPITALS, THE ENVIRONMENT - Boca Hospital (brrh) Foundation
TO HELP EXPAND SERVICES, RECRUIT CLINICIANS, CONSTRUCT FACILITIES, AND ACQUIRE NEW TECHNOLOGY - Kravis Center
TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY - Florida Atlantic University
TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION - Temple Bethel
TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES - Eda & Cliff Viner Scholars Foundation
TO PROVIDE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH FOUR YEAR SCHOLARSHIPS TO COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 52 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 15 | $51,101 | $1,020 |
| 2022 | 31 | $77,100 | $500 |
| 2023 | 34 | $65,394 | $250 |
| 2024 | 19 | $70,557 | $500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 94% of this one's giving went to organizations in Florida. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Florida.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Barry & Silvana Halperin Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 3825 Pga Boulevard 701, Palm Beach, FL, 33410. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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