· Private foundation
Hebson Family 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 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k7 grants · $282k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $130k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE NEXT STEP FUND INC | $80,000 |
| ALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED | $41,000 |
| COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED | $41,000 |
| AIDS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM | $40,000 |
| THE MAGIC YARN PROJECT | $40,000 |
| ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INC | $40,000 |
| ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC | $40,000 |
| ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INC | $40,000 |
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 (FY18–25, $309k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 1% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 5% of Hebson Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down.
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, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INC7× · 2019–2025 · $305k · revenue +231%- TNTHE NEXT STEP FUND INC7× · 2019–2025 · $305k · revenue +56%
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC7× · 2019–2025 · $265k · revenue +99%
Funded once
AIDS UNITEDone grant, 2019 · $30k · revenue -30%- AFAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SENTEBALE FOUNDATIONone grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -30%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Incgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +162%
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.
Amfar is dedicated to ending the global aids epidemic through innovative research. (see schedule o)
To oversee, coordinate and support the Pediatric Oncology Programs at Boston Children's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
Our mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.
American lebanese syrian associated charities, inc. (alsac) was founded in 1957 and exists solely to raise funds and build awareness to sustain and grow the mission of st. jude children's research hospital, inc. to advance cures, and means…
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.
To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.
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,…
Ican's mission is two-fold: to optimize stage iv cancer patient survival and work to attain the highest possible quality of life. ican assists stage iv cancer patients with 1) direct patient navigation and customized advocacy services; 2)…
To inspire and empower scientific breakthroughs, clinical trials and improved treatments which change lives and enable better outcomes for rare cancer patients and their families.
A global nonprofit biomedical research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.
How this is measured
11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.
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 Compassion International Incorporated ↗
- Who funds ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE NEXT STEP FUND INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds ALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AIDS Assistance Program ↗
- Who funds The Magic Yarn Project ↗
- Who funds AIDS UNITED ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SENTEBALE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
- Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL ↗
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: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Hebson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hebson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Next Step Fund Inc: 10% of income from government
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
How this is measured
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