Celia Wachs Berman Foundation Incorporated
This organization is a private foundation dedicated to charitable giving. Its mission centers on supporting Jewish community initiatives, health-related causes, and local community services. The foundation provides grants to various organizations, including synagogues, health institutions, and community service clubs, reflecting a commitment to enhancing the well-being of the communities it serves. The majority of its funding activities are concentrated in Pennsylvania, where it primarily supports local charities and health organizations.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A small Pennsylvania-based charity—especially a Jewish community organization, local health institution, library, or municipal/community-service group—that is already known to local community networks or can be recommended to the foundation.
Good Fit
- • Located in Pennsylvania or serving a Pennsylvania community.
- • Mission aligned with Jewish community support, local community services, or health-related causes.
- • Requests suited to small grants (hundreds to low thousands of dollars).
- • Has a direct relationship or a local referral into the foundation’s network.
Geography
Giving is heavily concentrated in Pennsylvania: nearly all dollars in the latest year stayed in-state, with only a single small out-of-state gift.
Recipient Variety
The foundation funded multiple independent organizations (9 distinct recipients in 2023 and 6 in 2021) across synagogues, health providers, a library, and municipal services, showing modest diversity for a micro-foundation.
New Applicants
The foundation explicitly indicates it funds only preselected recipients and no public application route is provided; although many grantees in the observed years were new, there is no evidence of an open application process, so unfamiliar applicants are unlikely to gain entry without invitation.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
