BEREN SEA FOUNDATION

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2024 · Form 990PF · revenue $15.1M · expenses $11.7M · assets $11.4M

EIN
46-0800568
Address
2020 N BRAMBLEWOOD ST, WICHITA, KS 67206-1094
Website
BERENSEAFOUNDATION.ORG
NTEE code
T20
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
January 2014 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (private foundation) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Private non-operating foundation
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Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 2 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

2 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Adam E Beren PRESIDENT2020-2024 1 $0 reported 6
Ellen Beren TREASURER2020-2024 1 $0 reported 2

People by year

2024 · 2 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ADAM E BEREN PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $06
ELLEN BEREN TREASURER1 $0-$0 $02
2023 · 2 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ADAM E BEREN PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $06
ELLEN BEREN TREASURER1 $0-$0 $02
2022 · 2 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ADAM E BEREN PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $06
ELLEN BEREN TREASURER1 $0-$0 $02
2021 · 2 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ADAM E BEREN PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $06
ELLEN BEREN TREASURER1 $0-$0 $02
2020 · 2 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ADAM E BEREN PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $06
ELLEN BEREN TREASURER1 $0-$0 $02

Highest-paid independent contractors

2024 · 2 contractors · $678K
NameLocationServicePaid
STRATEGIC PHILANTHROPIC SERVICESNEWTON, MACONSULTING SERVICES$531,024
SEE BOUND VENTURESCEDARHURST, NYCONSULTING SERVICES$147,000
2023 · 2 contractors · $629K
NameLocationServicePaid
STRATEGIC PHILANTHROPIC SERVICESNEWTON, MACONSULTING SERVICES$483,598
SEE BOUND VENTURESCEDARHURST, NYCONSULTING SERVICES$145,481
2022 · 2 contractors · $641K
NameLocationServicePaid
STRATEGIC PHILANTHROPIC SERVICESNEWTON, MACONSULTING SERVICES$550,801
SEE BOUND VENTURESCEDARHURST, NYCONSULTING SERVICES$90,286
2021 · 1 contractor · $702K
NameLocationServicePaid
STRATEGIC PHILANTHROPIC SERVICESNEWTON, MACONSULTING SERVICES$702,487
2020 · 2 contractors · $700K
NameLocationServicePaid
STRATEGIC PHILANTHROPIC SERVICESNEWTON, MACONSULTING SERVICES$519,146
JOINT PHILANTHROPIC ADVISORYARLINGTON, VACONSULTING SERVICES$180,364

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

2024 · 14 grants to organizations · $4.2M
2023 · 9 grants to organizations · $5.1M
2022 · 8 grants to organizations · $4.5M
2021 · 6 grants to organizations · $2.7M
2020 · 9 grants to organizations · $3.1M

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

Contributors listed on Schedule B of the Form 990-PF: name, city and state as filed (street addresses are not shown), with total and noncash contributions for the year. A link to an organization's page is tagged Fuzzy with its name-similarity score (0 to 1) when it rests on name and state; Schedule B lists no EIN, so no link here is an exact identifier match.

2024 · 2 contributors · $13.0M
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
2 ADAM E BEREN REVOCABLE TRUST Organization or other WICHITA, KS $7,473,911$7,473,911 Form 990PF Sch. B, 2024 · filing
1 ROBERT M BEREN FOUNDATION Fuzzy 0.86 Organization or other WICHITA, KS $5,500,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2024 · filing
2023 · 4 contributors · $7.1M
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 ROBERT M BEREN FOUNDATION Fuzzy 0.86 Organization or other WICHITA, KS $4,500,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2023 · filing
3 NAJA COMPANY Organization or other WICHITA, KS $1,124,763$1,124,763 Form 990PF Sch. B, 2023 · filing
4 ADAM E BEREN REVOCABLE TRUST Organization or other WICHITA, KS $1,006,990$1,006,990 Form 990PF Sch. B, 2023 · filing
2 ISRAEL HENRY BEREN FOUNDATION Fuzzy 0.68 Organization or other WICHITA, KS $500,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2023 · filing
2022 · 2 contributors · $4.0M
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 ROBERT M BEREN FOUNDATION Fuzzy 0.86 Organization or other WICHITA, KS $3,500,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2022 · filing
2 ISRAEL HENRY BEREN FOUNDATION Fuzzy 0.68 Organization or other WICHITA, KS $500,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2022 · filing
2021 · 2 contributors · $3.0M
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
2 ROBERT M BEREN FOUNDATION Fuzzy 0.86 Organization or other WICHITA, KS $2,500,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2021 · filing
1 ISRAEL HENRY BEREN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC Fuzzy 1.00 Organization or other WICHITA, KS $500,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2021 · filing
2020 · 4 contributors · $3.3M
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
2 ROBERT M BEREN FOUNDATION Fuzzy 0.86 Organization or other WICHITA, KS $2,500,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2020 · filing
3 ISRAEL HENRY BEREN FOUNDATION Fuzzy 0.68 Organization or other WICHITA, KS $500,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2020 · filing
1 ADAM & ELLEN BEREN Organization or other WICHITA, KS $206,912$206,912 Form 990PF Sch. B, 2020 · filing
4 NAJA COMPANY Organization or other WICHITA, KS $54,446$54,446 Form 990PF Sch. B, 2020 · filing

Contributors listed here are as reported on the filing. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990PF period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$15,122,534$11,659,121 $11,437,273$11,437,273 $12,973,911- $0--
2023 · Form 990PF period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$7,851,737$7,730,817 $7,973,860$7,973,860 $7,131,753- $0--
2022 · Form 990PF period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$5,100,998$5,241,369 $7,853,797$7,852,940 $4,000,000- $0--
2021 · Form 990PF period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$4,533,677$3,504,318 $7,993,311$7,993,311 $3,000,000- $0--
2020 · Form 990PF period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$3,701,244$4,133,125 $7,032,424$6,963,952 $3,261,358- $0--

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

Funders of this organization

2 grantors reported grants to this organization, $20,000,000 in all, tax years 2019 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
ROBERT M BEREN FOUNDATION INC Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “BEREN SEA FOUNDATION” 2019-2022, 2024 5$18,500,000 2024$5,500,000
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ISRAEL HENRY BEREN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “BEREN SEA FOUNDATION” 2021-2023 3$1,500,000 2023$500,000
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LUM FOUNDATIONNYT20 $13,300,783$2,174,922 PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, similar name
MDM FOUNDATIONCAT20 $10,336,681$1,119,961 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, similar name
CBF FOUNDATIONGAT20 $24,584,593$2,438,590 TRUSTEE, DISTRIBUTION COMM$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, similar name
TEW FOUNDATIONWAT20 $9,151,661$3,450,742 DIRECTOR$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, similar name
IVM FOUNDATIONNYT20 $26,211,756$281,374 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, similar name
1111 FOUNDATIONILT20 $29,173,809$31,206,257 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$325,000 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, similar name
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Who funds organizations like this

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GrantorTypeTotal givenGrantsOrganizations fundedYearsWhich ones
MAYBERG FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Private foundation$11,109,2853 12017–2019 MAYBERG FOUNDATION INC
CHOBANI FOUNDATION INC Private foundation$3,990,0314 12016–2020 TENT FOUNDATION
The David Herro Charitable Foundation Private foundation$3,495,5172 12021–2021 HF FOUNDATION INC
JHM CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Private foundation$3,098,1472 12024–2024 TUMO FOUNDATION
TIDES FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$1,180,0002 12022–2023 TENT FOUNDATION
JONATHAN P FORMANEK FOUNDATION Private foundation$1,125,0002 12020–2021 FORMANEK FOUNDATION
Hauck Charitable Foundation Private foundation$1,100,0002 12021–2024 ASTROS FOUNDATION
SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$1,078,7006 22020–2024 TUMO FOUNDATION; TENT FOUNDATION
BRIAR HOLLOW FOUNDATION Private foundation$1,019,0601 12013–2013 SHADYWOOD FOUNDATION
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR DAF sponsor$1,000,0001 12024–2024 FERRARI FOUNDATION
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$570,7474 12020–2024 TUMO FOUNDATION
LEBAREDIAN FAMILY FOUNDATION Private foundation$555,0003 12024–2025 TUMO FOUNDATION
ALLEN FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Private foundation$453,9005 12016–2024 ASTROS FOUNDATION
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND DAF sponsor$426,5002 12022–2024 TUMO FOUNDATION
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING DAF sponsor$425,5004 12019–2024 TUMO FOUNDATION

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990PF · $11,659,121 spent · pay $0 · grants $4,225,588 · events $176,123
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses $6,524,500 56.0%
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $4,225,588 36.2%
Fees: other professional $691,296 5.9%
Travel, conferences and meetings $176,123 1.5%
Taxes $39,936 0.3%
Fees: accounting $1,508 0.0%
Fees: legal $91 0.0%
Interest $79 0.0%
Total$11,659,121100%

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2023 · Form 990PF · $7,730,817 spent · pay $0 · grants $5,050,621 · events $196,440
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $5,050,621 65.3%
Other expenses $1,818,369 23.5%
Fees: other professional $644,080 8.3%
Travel, conferences and meetings $196,440 2.5%
Taxes $19,849 0.3%
Fees: accounting $1,458 0.0%
Total$7,730,817100%

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2022 · Form 990PF · $5,241,369 spent · pay $0 · grants $4,492,380 · events $52,723
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $4,492,380 85.7%
Fees: other professional $650,087 12.4%
Travel, conferences and meetings $52,723 1.0%
Taxes $24,767 0.5%
Other expenses $20,029 0.4%
Fees: accounting $1,383 0.0%
Total$5,241,369100%

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2021 · Form 990PF · $3,504,318 spent · pay $0 · grants $2,683,491 · events $37,977
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $2,683,491 76.6%
Fees: other professional $726,687 20.7%
Other expenses $53,305 1.5%
Travel, conferences and meetings $37,977 1.1%
Taxes $1,500 0.0%
Fees: accounting $1,358 0.0%
Total$3,504,318100%

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2020 · Form 990PF · $4,133,125 spent · pay $0 · grants $3,098,798 · events $62,648
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $3,098,798 75.0%
Fees: other professional $699,510 16.9%
Other expenses $270,008 6.5%
Travel, conferences and meetings $62,648 1.5%
Fees: accounting $1,328 0.0%
Taxes $833 0.0%
Total$4,133,125100%

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