Beren Sea Foundation

People

Name	Role	Date Appointed	Date of Birth	Other trusteeships
Adam E. Beren	President / Secretary	2012		Israel Henry Beren Charitable Foundation Inc | Israel Henry Beren Charitable Trust | Robert M Beren Foundation
Ellen Beren	Treasurer	2012

Finances

Financial information for the Beren Sea Foundation. All figures are in US dollars.

Revenue

Revenue	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	Total ($)
Adam E Beren Revocable Trust contribution	233,333	110,000										343,333
Adam Beren & Ellen Beren contribution	163,515	691,420	1,081,246	1,249,195	6,475,616		590,652	2,166,658	206,912			12,625,214
Israel Henry Beren Charitable Foundation contribution							402,000	500,000	500,000	500,000	500,000	2,402,000
Naja Company contribution									54,446			54,446
Robert M Beren Foundation contribution								1,600,000	2,500,000	2,500,000	3,500,000	10,100,000
Total Contributions, gifts, grants, etc., received	396,848	801,420	1,081,246	1,249,195	6,475,616		992,652	4,266,658	3,261,358	3,000,000	4,000,000	25,524,993
Interest on savings and temporary cash investments	1	75	167	206	813		45,557	14,293	10,822	12,033	16,043	100,010
Dividends and interest from securities		1,262					122,882	134,101	91,299	43,290	96,028	488,862
Net gain or (loss) from sale of assets not on line 10		-3,291	-78,800	-625	4,178,407		165,112	1,022,955	337,765	1,476,697	987,814	8,086,034
Other income							3,943	8,118		1,657	1,113	14,831
Total:	396,849	799,466	1,002,613	1,248,776	10,654,836	0	1,330,146	5,446,125	3,701,244	4,533,677	5,100,998	34,214,730

Expenditure

Expenditure	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	Total ($)
Operating and administrative expenses	1,774	3,050	13,955	214,717	4,526,893		1,397,956	2,065,223	1,034,327	820,827	748,989	10,827,711
Contributions, gifts, grants paid	386,229	573,237	560,015	993,977	825,184		1,254,256	1,924,962	3,098,798	2,683,491	4,492,380	16,792,529
Total:	388,003	576,287	573,970	1,208,694	5,352,077	0	2,652,212	3,990,185	4,133,125	3,504,318	5,241,369	27,620,240

Note: For a breakdown of grants paid, see table below.

Grants Paid

Grant recipients of the Beren Sea Foundation in US dollars
Organisation	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	Total ($)
Abavath Achim Congregation										9,574	65,000			74,574
Act for America			52,000											52,000
All Hands Israel								50,000						50,000
Alpha Epsilon PI Foundation								166,150						166,150
American Israel Education Foundation					75,000			75,000	75,000					225,000
Boys & Girls Club of South Central Kansas				15,000	7,500									22,500
Camera								1,000						1,000
Camp Ramah				20,000	40,000		40,000	40,000	60,000					200,000
Clarion Project			50,000											50,000
Combat Hate Foundation									2,000,000	1,500,000	3,125,000	3,592,222	2,775,000	12,992,222
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund				350,000										350,000
Friedman Center for Peace											50,000			50,000
Friends of United Hatzalah											25,000			25,000
Hadassah - The Women's Zionist Organization									25,000	25,000				50,000
Harvard Hillel					1,800									1,800
Hebrew Congregation					5,400		9,000	12,220	200,000					226,620
Hillel at the University of Pennsylvania							25,000	75,000	50,000	75,000				225,000
Hillel International							60,000	42,000						102,000
Israel on Campus Coalition								50,000						50,000
Jewish Funders Network							5,000							5,000
Jewish Policy Center								65,000						65,000
Job Creators Network Foundation								50,000						50,000
Kansas University Hillel		15,150		33,675	15,775		34,424	35,153	14,175					148,352
Louis D Brandeis Center								25,000						25,000
Mark Arts					5,000									5,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center											50,000			50,000
Mid-Kansas Jewish Federation		75,000		75,000	75,200		90,000	109,104	76,873	57,417	57,380			615,974
PEF Israel Endowment Funds	386,229	461,287	448,015	500,302	589,509		886,665	1,113,335	597,750	1,016,500	1,100,000			7,099,592
Philos Project								6,000						6,000
Presentense Group		8,800												8,800
Respectability					10,000									10,000
Tikvah Fund							75,000							75,000
Wichita Collegiate School								10,000						10,000
Wichita Community Tennis Inc											20,000			20,000
WSU Foundation							29,167							29,167
Yeul Sachir		13,000	10,000											23,000
Total:	386,229	573,237	560,015	993,977	825,184	0	1,254,256	1,924,962	3,098,798	2,683,491	4,492,380			16,792,529

2023 and 2024

The foundation's 2023 and 2024 returns list Adam E. Beren as president and secretary and Ellen Beren as treasurer. They record further grants to the Combat Hate Foundation, which runs the Combat Antisemitism Movement: $3,592,222 in 2023 and $2,775,000 in 2024.

Beren Sea Foundation, 2023–2024 (US$)

Item	2023	2024
Contributions received	7,131,753	12,973,911
of which Robert M Beren Foundation	4,500,000	5,500,000
of which Adam E Beren Revocable Trust	1,006,990	7,473,911
of which Naja Company	1,124,763	–
of which Israel Henry Beren Foundation	500,000	–
Total revenue	7,851,737	15,122,534
Contributions, gifts, grants paid	5,050,621	4,225,588
of which Combat Hate Foundation	3,592,222	2,775,000
Total expenses	7,730,817	11,659,121
Fair market value of assets, end of year	11,234,853	20,713,332

The grant to the Combat Hate Foundation made up 71 per cent of grants paid in 2023 and 66 per cent in 2024. David Miller described the Beren Sea Foundation as the conduit for Beren family money to the Combat Antisemitism Movement.

Data Sources

There appears to be no 990 for 2017. 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 (unavailable) | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022

Contact Info

• 2020 N Bramblewood St Wichita, KS 67206-1094, United States
• Telephone: 316-265-3311

See also

• Combat Hate Foundation

• Robert M Beren Foundation Inc | Israel Henry Beren Charitable Foundation Inc | Israel Henry Beren Charitable Trust |