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H & S Foundation Co Harriet Nichols at a glance

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H & S Foundation Co Harriet Nichols

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$574k
Granted FY2024still arriving
20
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Philanthropy$1.2MHealth$711kReligion$538kEducation$430kHuman Services$325kInternational$210kCivil Rights$109kArts & Culture$64kOther$0
02FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $98k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $460k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$366k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JDC$100,000
CEDARS SINAI$92,500
MALIBU JEWISH CENTER SYNAGOGUE$84,500
JEWISH GRADUATE STUDENT INITIATIVE$75,000
THE JEWISH FEDERATION$55,000
ADL$53,000
JVS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM$17,500
Individual grant recipient$10,000
UCLA FOUNDATION$10,000
THE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE$10,000
HILLEL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIF$10,000
BEIT T'SHUVAH$10,000
ONE FAMILY FUND US$10,000
RANCHO MIRAGE WRITERS FESTIVAL$10,000
BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION$10,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–20, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%VISTA DEL MAR: $2k → 14%VISTA DEL MAR: $1k → 14%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.
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.4M · 24 repeat orgs$236k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
24

Total granted

$3.4M
$215k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+36%

Still filing today

54%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationInternationalCivil RightsArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyOther
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

  • CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
    5× · 2019–2024 · $580k · revenue +50%
  • JG
    JEWISH GRADUATE STUDENT INITIATIVE
    6× · 2019–2024 · $250k · revenue +87%
  • BT
    Beit T'Shuvah
    6× · 2019–2024 · $67k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • AL
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUEgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $101k · revenue +47%
  • IR
    ILAN RAMON DAY SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +51%
  • CA
    CJFS-CARE AND SUPPORT FOR OLDER ADU
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
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
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
2
Weizmann Institute of Science

The weizmann institute of science, located in rehovot, israel, is one of the worlds top-ranking, multidisciplinary research institutions. at any one time, several thousand scientists, staff and students are involved in hundreds of research…

Science & Tech
3
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
4
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
5
The Israel Institute Inc

The israel institute, inc. (the institute) enhances knowledge about modern israel by ensuring that more students have access to courses about israel during their time on campus.

International
6
Israeli-American Coalition for Action

The israeli-american coalition for action fights the delegitimization of israel; strengthens the us-israel relationship; advocates against commercial discrimination directed at israel and her american trading partners by the boycott,…

International
7
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
8
The Israel Innovation Fund Inc

Our vision is to reignite the zionist spirit and meet the needs of jewish civilization in the twenty-first century by connecting people around the world through the vibrancy and creativity of contemporary israeli culture.

Arts & Culture
9
Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles

We steward $1.5 billion in charitable assets through donor-advised funds, endowments, and other giving vehicles. partnering with 1,400 individuals, families, and organizations, we build enduring legacies and multigenerational impact. in…

Philanthropy
10
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
11
The Mirman School for Gifted Children

We cultivate the boundless potential of highly gifted children, nurture their passions and talents, and develop a diverse community of creative and constructive lifelong learners.

Education
12
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Birthright Israel Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. 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

26 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. 26 of the 52 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
21/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE JEWISH FEDERATION: $1,225,600 · OtherTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONMALIBU JEWISH CENTER SYNAGOGUE: $348,800 · OtherMALIBU JEWISH CENTER SYNAGOGUEADL: $292,000 · OtherADLMALIBU JEWISH CENTER: $152,600 · OtherMALIBU JEWISH CENTERJDC: $150,000 · OtherJDCJVS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM: $91,750 · Other+29 more: $289,150 · Other+29 moreCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $579,833 · HealthCEDARS-SINAI MEDI…JEWISH GRADUATE STUDENT INITIATIVE: $250,000 · EducationJEWISH GRAD…UCLA FOUNDATION: $40,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDA…RANCHO MIRAGE WRITERS FESTIVAL: $30,000 · EducationRANCHO MIRA…ILAN RAMON DAY SCHOOL: $25,000 · EducationILAN RAMON …+3 more: $22,500 · Education+3 moreANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $101,000 · Civil Rights+1 more: $1,800 · Civil RightsBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $28,500 · InternationalWASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY: $20,000 · InternationalONE FAMILY FUND: $10,000 · International+1 more: $1,500 · InternationalCONCERN FOUNDATION: $37,500 · PhilanthropyMuseIque: $10,000 · Arts & CultureJewish Womens Repertory Company: $540 · Arts & Culture
Other$2,549,900Health$579,833Education$367,500Civil Rights$102,800International$60,000Philanthropy$37,500Arts & Culture$10,540

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $579,833 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH GRADUATE STUDENT INITIATIVE: $250,000 over 6y, 3.7% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $101,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBeit T'Shuvah: $67,400 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCONCERN FOUNDATION: $37,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetRANCHO MIRAGE WRITERS FESTIVAL: $30,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $28,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetILAN RAMON DAY SCHOOL: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetWASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTeach Democracy: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $12,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMuseIque: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetONE FAMILY FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRYE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJQ INTERNATIONAL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWINDWARD SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN INSPIRING NEXTGEN: $2,800 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES PARKS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN OF NEW YORK INC: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Womens Repertory Company: $540 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMake the Road New York: $500 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.

  • Who funds CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH GRADUATE STUDENT INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds Beit T'Shuvah ↗
  • Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CONCERN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RANCHO MIRAGE WRITERS FESTIVAL ↗
  • Who funds BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ILAN RAMON DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY ↗
  • Who funds Teach Democracy ↗
  • Who funds PAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC ↗
  • Who funds MuseIque ↗
  • Who funds ONE FAMILY FUND ↗
  • Who funds RYE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds JQ INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds WINDWARD SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds VISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN INSPIRING NEXTGEN ↗

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.

Jewish Community Foun…California Community …The Michael and Lori …The Rosalinde and Art…Jewish Federation Cou…The Ahmanson Foundati…Morgan Stanley Global…Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…
Jewish Community Foundation of Los AngelesCA21.2× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · California Community Foundation · The Michael and Lori Milken Family Foundation · The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation · Jewish Federation Council of Greater La · The Ahmanson Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 H & S Foundation Co Harriet Nichols funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from H & S Foundation Co Harriet Nichols. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report 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 52 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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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