Israel Henry Beren Charitable Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and says its contributions go to preselected charitable organisations, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered; any approach should come through a personal introduction.
- About 8 in 10 of its 25 grants to organisations fall between $18,000 and $1,000,000, with a median of $250,000, so a request should be sized to sit within that typical band rather than at its lower end alone.
- Repeat giving is strong, with 84% of its grant dollars in the most recent filing going to organisations it had also funded in the filings for the two years before, so the record points to a relationship-led foundation.
- No geographic focus is stated, but the filings show grants mainly in New York and Kansas across education, religious, medical and community organisations, so fit should be checked against that record.
Overview
Israel Henry Beren Charitable Foundation is a US private foundation based in Wichita, KS.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The available grant record shows grants to educational and religious organisations, including a technology college, rabbinical schools and Hillel groups, as well as medical organisations, federations, foundations and an anti-hate organisation. Most recorded grants carry a general purpose. Specified purposes include advancing the Orthodox Jewish faith and causes, an Israel emergency campaign, security, combating antisemitism, community stress prevention, a playground and a scholarship programme. The grants went chiefly to organisations in New York, with further recipients in Kansas, New Jersey and Florida. The filing says contributions are made to preselected charitable organisations.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in New York and Kansas.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 84% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 25 grants to organisations were $250,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 29% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 84% of grant dollars went to organisations Israel Henry Beren Charitable Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 33% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 9 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $250k (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Friends of the Jerusalem College of Technology · General$1,000,0002024 tax year
- American Committee for Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem · General$500,0002024 tax year
- Combat Hate Foundation · Combat antisemitism movement$500,0002024 tax year
- Ohr Torah Stone · Security m. kvah$500,0002024 tax year
- Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School · General$250,0002024 tax year
- Boys Town Jerusalem Foundation of America · General$180,0002024 tax year
- PEF Israel Endowment Fund · General$125,0002024 tax year
- PEF Israel Endowment Fund · Community stress prevention center$125,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Julie Beren Platt — Director
- Amy A Beren Bressman — Director
- Adam E Beren — Director
- Nancy T Beren — Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $6,650,897 | $3,993,540 | $70,170,361 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $5,717,660 | $3,081,000 | $76,883,324 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $5,332,503 | $3,198,000 | $90,124,380 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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- Wichita, KS