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The Adi and Jerry Greenberg Foundation

Accepts applications Boston, Massachusetts · EIN 043492171

The Adi and Jerry Greenberg Foundation is a private foundation in Boston, Massachusetts. In tax year 2024 it gave $1.5 million in 26 grants; the typical grant was $10,000 and the largest $600,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was down from $2.8 million the year before.

35% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2022$1.1 million30$29.6 million
2023$2.8 million32$33.8 million
2024$1.5 million26$38.4 million

How to apply

ContactThe Adi and Jerry Greenberg Foundat
Bowditch Dewey 75 Federal Street Su, Boston, MA 02110-1937
Phone or email(617) 757-6517
DeadlinesNo specific submission deadlines

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Adi and Jerry Greenberg Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 9 states, the most to California.

StateGrantsAmount
California15$1.1 million
Ohio1$250,000
Pennsylvania1$50,000
New York4$35,000
District of Columbia1$25,000
Texas1$11,000
Hawaii1$10,000
South Carolina1$5,000
Tennessee1$2,500

Grants paid in 2024

All 26 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Geffen Playhouse Inc
Los Angeles, CA
general purposes$600,000
No Limits Theater Group Inc
Culver City, CA
general purposes$295,500
Jewish Institute for Liberal Values
Columbus, OH
general purposes$250,000
Windward School
Los Angeles, CA
general purposes$50,000
American Jewish Committee
Philadelphia, PA
general purposes$50,000
Cedars-Sinai
Los Angeles, CA
general purposes$25,000
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Washington, DC
general purposes$25,000
Present Now
Santa Monica, CA
general purposes$20,000
California Community Foundation
Los Angeles, CA
general purposes$20,000
The One Step Closer Foundation
Houston, TX
general purposes$11,000
Pulse Ensemble Theatre
New York, NY
general purposes$10,000
Hualalai 'Ohana Foundation
KailuaKona, HI
general purposes$10,000
Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation
Granada Hills, CA
general purposes$10,000
The Andrew McDonough B Foundation
New York, NY
general purposes$10,000
Social Giving Network Inc
New York, NY
general purposes$10,000
Jewish Federation of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
general purposes$10,000
Children Mending Hearts
Sherman Oaks, CA
general purposes$5,000
Saban Community Clinic
Los Angeles, CA
general purposes$5,000
Beauty Bus Foundation
Santa Monica, CA
general purposes$5,000
Mitzvah Matters
Los Angeles, CA
general purposes$5,000
The UCLA Foundation
Los Angeles, CA
general purposes$5,000
Birthright Israel Foundation
New York, NY
general purposes$5,000
Just Keep Alive Foundation
Los Angeles, CA
general purposes$5,000
Social Emotional Learning Alliance (SEL4CA)
Ventura, CA
general purposes$5,000
The Boltz Foundation
Fort Mill, SC
general purposes$5,000
St Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, TN
general purposes$2,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Adi and Jerry Greenberg Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: No specific submission deadlines.

How much does The Adi and Jerry Greenberg Foundation give?

$1.5 million in tax year 2024, across 26 grants, with a typical grant of $10,000.

Who runs The Adi and Jerry Greenberg Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Jerry A Greenberg (Trustee), Marvin A Greenberg (Trustee), Samuel C Sichko (Trustee) and Adi K Greenberg (Trustee).

What does The Adi and Jerry Greenberg Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities, arts and culture and education.

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