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The Bernard & Sarah Gewirz Fdn
Washington, DC · EIN 52-1381689. Reported 196 grants totalling $2,256,121 to 114 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. 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 Bernard & Sarah Gewirz Fdn 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 $1,650. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $25 and the largest $603,030. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| See Attached Schedule | Washington, DC | $603,030 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Preservation Society of Newport County | Newport, RI | $193,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Gallery of Art | Washington, DC | $102,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Promise Fund of Florida | West Palm Beach, FL | $86,234 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kennedy Center | Washington, DC | $74,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| John F Kennedy Center for the Arts | Washington, DC | $74,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kiwanis Club of Wahington | Indianapolis, IN | $74,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sibley Memorial Hosp Foundation | Washington, DC | $61,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Historical Society | New York, NY | $51,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jewish Policy Center | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Navy War College Foundation | Rhode Island, RI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Society of the Four Arts | Palm Beach, FL | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Adas Israel Congregation | Washington, DC | $44,900 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United States Naval Academy Foundtion | Annapolis, MD | $42,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Redwood Library | Newport, RI | $36,200 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Aquidneck Island Land Trust | Middletown, RI | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Newport Hospital Foundation | Newport, RI | $32,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Georgetown University Hospital | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Heritage Foundation | Washington, DC | $28,500 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Jewish Endowment | Rockville, MD | $26,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Palm Beach United Way | Palm Beach, FL | $25,025 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Atlantic Christian Academy | Egg Harbor Township, NJ | $22,407 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Tennis Hall of Fame | Newport, RI | $21,915 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Newport Historical Society | Newport, PA | $21,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Garden of Rememberance Memorial Park | Clarksburg, MD | $21,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Birthright Israel Foundation | New York, NY | $20,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Church Community Housing | Newport, RI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Washington | North Bethesda, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Newport Town Spring Fund | Newport, RI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Norton Museum of Art | West Palm Beach, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Save the Bay | Oakland, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| True Ground Housing Partners | Arling, VA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Touro Synagogue Foundation | Newport, RI | $17,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Rhode Island Arts Foundation at Newport | Middletown, RI | $16,200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| George Mason University | Fairfax, VA | $13,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| US Holocaust Memorial Museum | Washington, DC | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Palm Beach Civic Assoc | Palm Beach, FL | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| South Florida PBS | Boynton Beach, FL | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Woodson Center | Washington, DC | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Norman Bird Sanctuary | Middletown, RI | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Opportunity DC | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Community Center of Greater Wash | Rockville, MD | $7,450 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Newport Art Museum | Newport, RI | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County | West Palm Beach, FL | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Newport County | Newport, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Congregation Jeshuat Israel | Newport, PR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Palm Beach Fellowship | Palm Beach, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tax Foundation | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Trust Ofr the National Mall | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Woodrow Wilson Center | Holderness, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Weta | Arlington, VA | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mercersburg Academy | Mercerberg, PA | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Anti-Defamation League | New York, NY | $4,300 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Avalon Theatre | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Naval War College | Newport, RI | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Palm Beach Country Club Foundation | Palm Beach, FL | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Jewish Chapel | Annapolis, MD | $3,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United States Navy Memorial Foundation | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Morse Geriatric Center | West Palm Beach Fl, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Capital Jewish Museum | Washington, DC | $2,110 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Jewish Committee | Philadelphia, PA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Scandinavian Foundation | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arlington Partnershipaffordable Living | Arlington, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Newport Tree Conservancy | Newport, RI | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Columba's Chapel Historic Pres Trust | Middletown, RI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Friends of the Hebrew University | New York, NY | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Autism Speaks | Boone, IA | $1,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chabad House | New York, NY | $1,700 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ann Norton Sculpture Garden | West Palm Beach, FL | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bair Yaakov School | Brooklyn, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Charles E Smith Life Communities | North Bethesda, MD | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Edlavitch Jewish Cc | Washington, DC | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hillsdale College | Hillsdale, MI | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Landon School Annual Fund | Bethesda, MD | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Chabad House | Teaneck, NJ | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Thomas Jefferson Foundation | Charlottesville, VA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Tulane University | New Orleans, LA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bnai Brith | New York, NY | $1,400 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chesapeak Bay Foundation | Annapolis, MD | $1,250 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Leadership Institute | Arlington, VA | $1,150 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Adl | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brigham & Women's Hospital | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Capital Research | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Capital Research | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Creative Education | Kingston, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chain Bridge University Terrace Preservat | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Clagett Regatta | Portsmouth, RI | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Department of State Historic Preservation | Albany, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fab Newport | Newport, RI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Freedom Works Foundation | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Georgetown Law Annual Fund | Nw Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| John Hopkins Hospital | Baltimore, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| John Hopkins University | MD, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Montgomery College Foundation | Rockville, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Newport Film | Newport, PR | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Palisades Community Assoc | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Quantum House Foundation | West Palm Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Save the Bay | Providence, RI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Usna Foundation | Annapolis, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Conservative Partnership Institute | Washington, DC | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Breast Cancer Research Foundation | New York, NY | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| DC History Center | Washington, DC | $700 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Audrain Automobile Museum | Newport, RI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Clagett Sailing Foundation | Portsmouth, RI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ford Theatre | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Holderness School | Holderness, NH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Judicial Watch | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Macarthur Beautification Group | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Palm Beach Police Benefit | Palm Beach, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Way of Palm Beach | West Palm Beach, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kiwanis Club of Wahington | Washington, DC | $450 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Denison University | Granville, OH | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund | Alexandria, VA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bnai Brith International | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
54 of 114 (47%) 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 56%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.
- John F Kennedy Center for the Arts
UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE - Palm Beach United Way
VARIOUS GENERAL CHARITIES - American Scandinavian Foundation
UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF THE ORGANI - Save the Bay
RESEARCH/PRESERVATION/EDUCATION
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 109 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | $603,030 | $603,030 |
| 2021 | 71 | $619,776 | $1,500 |
| 2022 | 65 | $541,175 | $2,000 |
| 2023 | 59 | $492,140 | $1,500 |
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. 50% of this one's giving went to organizations in District of Columbia. 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 $1,650. 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 District of Columbia.
- 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 Bernard & Sarah Gewirz Fdn's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 1666 K Street Nw 250, Washington, DC, 20006. 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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