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Bernard Ettinger Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Manhasset, New York · EIN 261557790

Bernard Ettinger Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Manhasset, New York. In tax year 2025 it gave $54,197 in 45 grants; the typical grant was $100 and the largest $33,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was down from $54,585 the year before.

20% of its 2025 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
2023$50,00440$793,189
2024$54,58553$816,508
2025$54,19745$844,271

How to apply

ContactLeslie Ettinger
68 Stone Hill Drive South, Manhasset, NY 11030-4428
Phone or email(516) 627-0665
What to submitLetter

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Bernard Ettinger Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 14 states, the most to New York.

StateGrantsAmount
New York16$43,671
Florida5$7,525
Georgia2$1,050
District of Columbia5$383
New Jersey4$343
Texas2$300
California1$200
Maryland3$185
Virginia2$110
Colorado1$100

Grants paid in 2025

The 40 largest of 45 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
UJA Federation of New York
New York, NY
Donation$33,000
Metro Opera
New York, NY
Donation$5,275
Jewish Fed of South Palm Beach
West Palm Beach, FL
Donationdonation$5,250
Raymond Kravis Center
West Palm Beach, FL
Donation$2,000
Ballet Theatre Foundation
New York, NY
Donation$1,500
American Cancer Society
Atlanta, GA
Donation$1,000
Lake Sucess Jewish Center
Great Neck, NY
Donation$967
Glen Oaks Club
Old Westbury, NY
Donation$750
Fdn Fighting Blindness
New York, NY
Donation$500
Northwell Health Fdn
New Hyde Park, NY
Donation$500
Associationrenewal
Manhasset, NY
Donation$350
American Heart Assoc
Dallas, TX
Donation$250
Blood Cancer United
New York, NY
Donation$200
Childrens Hunger Relief Fund
Santa Rosa, CA
Donation$200
Childrens Med Fund of Ny
Syosset, NY
Donation$200
Tikva Children's Home
West Caldwell, NJ
Donation$200
Bnai Brith
Washington, DC
Donation$108
Afp and CC
Titusville, FL
Donation$100
Cancer Care
New York, NY
Donation$100
Marisa Poster Kids for Kids
West Palm Beach, FL
Donationdonation$100
National Jewish Health
Denver, CO
Donation$100
Nleomf
Washington, DC
Donation$100
Save Children
Fairfield, CT
Donation$100
Tunnel to Towers Foundation
Staten Island, NY
Donation$100
American Red Cross
Boone, IA
Donation$85
Hias
Silver Spring, MD
Donation$75
Kids Wish Network
Holday, FL
Donation$75
Msaa
Cherry Hill, NJ
Donation$75
Muscular Dystrophy Assn
Chicago, IL
Donation$75
Paralayzed Veterans of America
Washington, DC
Donation$75
Uscj
New York, NY
Donation$75
Wounded Warrior Project
Topeka, KS
Donation$70
Breakthrough T1D
Hagerstown, MD
Donation$60
Marine Toys for Tots
Triangle, VA
Donation$60
Jewish Community Center of
Staten Island, NY
Donation$54
Care
Atlanta, GA
Donation$50
DVNF
Lanham, MD
Donation$50
MLFD Welfare
Great Neck, NY
Donation$50
March of Dimes
Arlington, VA
Donation$50
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Donation$50

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Bernard Ettinger Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Bernard Ettinger Foundation Inc give?

$54,197 in tax year 2025, across 45 grants, with a typical grant of $100.

Who runs Bernard Ettinger Foundation Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists Leslie Ettinger (Director).

What does Bernard Ettinger Foundation Inc fund?

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

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