· Private foundation
Bud and Barbara Hellman Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k22 grants · $8k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER | $25,000 |
| THE JEWISH FEDERATION | $25,000 |
| HILLSIDES | $3,600 |
| CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTE | $1,500 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIV OF MICHIGAN | $1,000 |
| AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA | $200 |
| MERCY SHIPS INTERNATIONAL | $150 |
| WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT | $100 |
| AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION | $100 |
| WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS-AMERICAN SELE | $100 |
| SMILE TRAIN INC | $100 |
| AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION | $100 |
| GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN | $100 |
| AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY | $100 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $100 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.
51 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 37 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER8× · 2017–2025 · $240k · revenue +63%- LALOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION3× · 2017–2020 · $30k · revenue +28%
- HPHarmony Project2× · 2017–2018 · $10k · revenue +88%
Funded once
- UJUNITED JEWISH FUNDone grant, 2020 · $25k
- JFJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF LAone grant, 2022 · $5k
- SSOVAone grant, 2018 · $5k
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.
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.
Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…
Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
To further the conservation, improvement and restoration of human eyesight" (mrs. doheny - 1947).
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.
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.
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…
Aahi is a nonprofit biotech research institute, bringing together the best experts, technologies, and platforms to create accessible, high-quality products and solutions for harnessing the immune system to alleviate disease.
Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…
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…
Brightfocus foundation funds exceptional research worldwide to defeat alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma and provides expert information on these heartbreaking diseases. please refer to schedule o for a complete…
The mission of the lung cancer research foundation is to improve lung cancer outcomes by funding research for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure of lung cancer.
How this is measured
53 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. 53 of the 98 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF GREATER LA ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds Harmony Project ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds NEW WEST SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds THE PLATO SOCIETY OF LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds VISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES ↗
- Who funds THE CAUSE CONNECTION ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds AIDS PROJECT LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
- Who funds THE HELPING HAND OF LOS ANGELES INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
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.
Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Bud and Barbara Hellman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bud and Barbara Hellman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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