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Sharing profits
H. Norwood Berger urged his heirs to run his foundation frugally. But in 2001, the trustees of his H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation took $4.2 million in ''profit-sharing,'' as a reward for a lucrative property sale.

GRANTS AND EXPENSES
Amounts as reported in the foundation’s 2001 tax return

SOURCE: Foundation’s 2001 tax filing


Graphic: Globe Staff / Hwei Wen Foo