Giving

Where We Give Our philosophy for funding projects that have a tangible impact on society across our three primary focus areas of American Democracy, Arts & Culture, and Jewish Causes. Overview Philanthropy is more than check writing. It represents an opportunity...

About

About BFF Learn more about our mission, our approach to grants and investing, and our goal of creating positive social change for the citizens of Washington, D.C. From the Executive Director, Ami Becker Aronson Imagine if… our nation’s capital could be a model...

Impact Investing

Impact Investing Investments are made both in projects that will fund our endowments, and in the grantees to whom we provide capital. Every one of these investments is made intentionally and with an eye on potential social impact. We are committed to living out our...

Membership Organizations

Membership Organizations As part of our mission to perform thoughtful, impact-driven investment, the BFF is a member of the following philanthropic organizations. JFN “JFN works with Jewish funders, at the individual and collective levels, to improve the quality of...

Leadership Profiles

Leadership Profiles Meet the Grantees who have taken the lead on projects funded by the Bernstein Family Foundation. Halim Flowers How can the arts be a tool for social change? More specifically, how can the arts and entrepreneurship “correct our criminal injustice...