Skip to content
Bruce and Wendy Hirsch Gary Charitable Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Bruce and Wendy Hirsch Gary Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$13k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Religion$58kPhilanthropy$7kHuman Services$5kInternational$3kArts & Culture$2kHealth$1kEducation$1kCommunity Improvement$825Other$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$250
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Congregation Shir Ha-Ma'alot$9,675
Hope Ignites Southern California$500
Jewish National Fund$468
Jewish Federation of Orange County$365
American Friends of Mogen David Adom$360
Hadassah$360
Pep4U$300
Orange County Tremble Clefs$300
Purdue Hillel Foundation$250
Orange County Council BSA$150
Art Institute of Chicago$105
Congregation Bnai Tzedek$100
ICEC$36
University Synagague$36
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network$36
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–21, $366) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 27% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%American Red Cross: $100 → 14%Heritage Pointe: $180 → 10%Human Options: $50 → 10%Human Options: $36 → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
IN
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
DC
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$69k · 20 repeat orgs$5k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
27

Total granted

$69k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+20%

Still filing today

50%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $662 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureInternationalReligionEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • HI
    HOPE IGNITES SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    7× · 2018–2025 · $5k · revenue +3%
  • CW
    CHARLES W BOWERS MUSEUM CORPORATION
    3× · 2020–2024 · $328 · revenue +65%
  • OI
    OCEAN INSTITUTE
    2× · 2021–2022 · $300 · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • BI
    BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +3%
  • SF
    SHIKLER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $400
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF JCC KRAKOW INC
    one grant, 2022 · $250 · revenue -55%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
2
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

—
3
Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy

The parker institute for cancer immunotherapy's (pici) mission is to accelerate the development of breakthrough immune therapies to turn all cancers into curable diseases.

Health
4
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
5
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research

The foundation is dedicated to finding a cure for parkinson's disease through an aggressively funded research agenda and ensuring the development of improved therapies for those living with parkinson's today.

Health
6
Doheny Eye Institute

To further the conservation, improvement and restoration of human eyesight" (mrs. doheny - 1947).

—
7
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
8
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
9
Cancer Research Institute Inc

See schedule ocri is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing cancer immunotherapy through scientific discovery and global collaboration. since 1953, cri has funded research that deepens understanding of the immune system and its…

Health
10
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation

The samuel waxman cancer research foundation (the "foundation") funds innovative research to bring faster cures to patients. in addition to supporting ongoing collaborative research in specific cancers, our scientists are investigating the…

—
11
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
12
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Parkinson's Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is South Coast Symphony. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

31 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 31 of the 55 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
18/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CONGREGATION SHIR HA-MA ALOT: $56,233 · OtherCONGREGATION SHIR HA-MA ALOTHOPE IGNITES SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $4,800 · OtherHOPE IGNITES SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA+31 more: $7,664 · Other+31 moreJEWISH FEDERATION OF ORANGE COUNTY: $6,510 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FE…+1 more: $180 · PhilanthropyBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $1,500 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $1,360 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $468 · International+1 more: $36 · InternationalAmerican Diabetes Association: $241 · HealthPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $216 · HealthPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $175 · HealthNAMI National: $102 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $100 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $50 · HealthTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $50 · HealthCHARLES W BOWERS MUSEUM CORPORATION: $328 · Arts & CultureSOUTH COAST SYMPHONY: $200 · Arts & CultureMARIN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $100 · Arts & CultureOCEAN INSTITUTE: $300 · ReligionFRIENDS OF JCC KRAKOW INC: $250 · ReligionJEWISH HOME FOR THE AGING OF ORANGE COUNTY: $180 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $100 · Human ServicesHuman Options Inc: $86 · Human ServicesGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $36 · Human Services
Other$68,697Philanthropy$6,690International$3,364Health$934Arts & Culture$628Religion$550Human Services$402

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF ORANGE COUNTY: $6,510 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE IGNITES SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $4,800 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $1,360 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $468 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHARLES W BOWERS MUSEUM CORPORATION: $328 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN INSTITUTE: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF JCC KRAKOW INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $241 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $216 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC LAW CENTER: $212 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH COAST SYMPHONY: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROSWELL PARK ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH HOME FOR THE AGING OF ORANGE COUNTY: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $175 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $105 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI National: $102 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM KIDS INC: $102 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARIN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDAVIS PHINNEY FOUNDATION: $90 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHuman Options Inc: $86 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMODJESKA RANCH RESCUE: $50 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetICEC: $36 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $36 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $36 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $16 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Orange County Communi…Samueli FoundationEdwards Lifesciences …Hoag Memorial Hospita…Argyros Family Founda…Jewish Community Foun…Jewish Community Foun…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…
Orange County Community FoundationCA22.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · Samueli Foundation · Edwards Lifesciences Foundation · Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian · Argyros Family Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Orange County · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Bruce and Wendy Hirsch Gary Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bruce and Wendy Hirsch Gary Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 55 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

    Play a game based on Bruce and Wendy Hirsch Gary’s filings →

    More from the funding graph

    The unnamed billions
    grants reported with no recipient in the public record
    The regranting layer
    51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
    The DAF merry-go-round
    $9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
    The endowment market
    who holds foundation money, and what just moved
    The camps
    funders cluster by geography, not ideology
    By state
    where grant money is based, and what stays home