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Bernard Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 20-8907660 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025

Total grants paid
$1.7M
Grants reported
16
Typical grant
$62.5K
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

Not reported

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Original filing text

Reported organization name: BERNARD FOUNDATION

Giving by tax year

Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.

Tax yearGrants paidAmount
20257$886.5K
20249$788K

Where Bernard Foundation gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Texas$1.7M

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

The University of Texas at Tyler

TYLER, TX

$301.5KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Physician assistants program for east texas (longview campus)

Legacy Institute for Financial Educ

LUFKIN, TX

$251KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Educational

Hospice of East Texas Foundation

TYLER, TX

$250KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

General support

First Baptist Church Tyler

TYLER, TX

$180KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Wee care program ministry

The Joseph House

LUFKIN, TX

$150KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Charitable

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from Bernard Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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