Open Foundations · District of Columbia

The Bernard and Sarah Gewirz Foundation Inc

Washington, District of Columbia · EIN 521381689. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $492K across 59 grants in 2023, a median of $2K each.

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$492K
paid in 2023
59
grants paid
$2K
median grant
24%
to first-time recipients
$6.6M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
BERNARD S GEWIRZ
Address
1666 K ST NW 250, WASHINGTON, DC, 20006
Phone
2022967311
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
NO SPECIFIC FORM REQUIRED. APPLICATIONS SHOULD INCLUDE NAME, ADDRESS AND INFORMATION REGARDING CHARITABLE PURPOSE AND STATUS AS EXEMPT ORGANIZATION.
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
NONE

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2023, IRS filing object id 202532799349100608. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2023 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

organization'seducationreligiousmedical

Biggest grants in 2023

The 15 largest of the 59 grants paid in 2023, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Preservation Society of Newport CountyRI$112,000PRESERVATION/EDUCATION
2John F Kennedy Center for the ArtsDC$74,000UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
3National Gallery of ArtDC$50,000ARTS
4Sibley Memorial Hosp FoundationDC$30,000MEDICAL
5Redwood LibraryRI$20,200EDUCATION
6Save the BayCA$20,000UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
7True Ground Housing PartnersVA$20,000UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
8Adas Israel CongregationDC$11,000RELIGIOUS
9International Tennis Hall of FameRI$10,790MUSEUM
10Aquidneck Island Land TrustRI$10,000LAND PRESERVATION
11Garden of Rememberance Memorial ParkMD$10,000RELIGIOUS
12Newport Hospital FoundationRI$10,000MEDICAL
13Opportunity DcDC$10,000UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
14Society of the Four ArtsFL$10,000EDUCATION
15The Birthright Israel FoundationNY$10,000EDUCATION

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
20191$579K
20201$603K
202171$620K
202265$541K
202359$492K

Where the money went

Share of 2023 grant dollars by recipient state
District of Columbia27%
Rhode Island19%
Maryland12%
Virginia10%
Florida10%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Bernard S GewirzPRESIDENT · 2023
Jonathan K GewirzDIRECTOR · 2023
Michael K GewirzDIR/VP · 2023
Steven B GewirzDIRECTOR · 2023

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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