The Russell Berrie Foundation was created to express the values and passions of Russell Berrie through social investments in innovative ideas designed to:
• promote the continuity and enrichment of Jewish communal life;
• support advances in medicine focusing on diabetes and humanism in medicine;
• foster the spirit of religious understanding and pluralism;
• recognize individuals who have made a significant difference to the lives of others;
• elevate the profession of sales; and
• raise awareness to terrorism and help prevent it.