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Hecht Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Hecht Family Charitable Foundation

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.

$261k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$750kEducation$415kArts & Culture$186kHuman Services$88kHealth$75kReligion$35kYouth Development$20kEnvironment$2k
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $45k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $200k
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$4.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY$100,000
LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK$50,000
ALLENTOWN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION$50,000
ROWAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$20,000
FARMINGTON VALLEY YMCA$15,000
THE HILL SCHOOL$10,000
EAST GRANBY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH$5,000
EAST GRANBY PUBLIC LIBRARY$5,000
DELAWARE VALLEY UNIVERSITY$5,000
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA - JERSEY SHORE COUNCIL$500
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%DELAWARE VALLEY UNIVERSITY: $10k → 6%THE HILL SCHOOL: $10k → 7%ALLENTOWN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $50k → 11%FARMINGTON VALLEY YMCA: $15k → 11%ROWAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $20k → 8%DELAWARE VALLEY UNIVERSITY: $10k → 6%THE HILL SCHOOL: $10k → 7%LEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $25k → 11%ALLENTOWN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $50k → 11%FARMINGTON VALLEY YMCA: $15k → 11%ROWAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%DELAWARE VALLEY UNIVERSITY: $10k → 6%THE HILL SCHOOL: $10k → 7%LEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $25k → 11%ALLENTOWN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $50k → 11%FARMINGTON VALLEY YMCA: $15k → 11%ROWAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%DELAWARE VALLEY UNIVERSITY: $10k → 6%THE HILL SCHOOL: $10k → 7%LEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $25k → 11%ALLENTOWN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $35k → 11%FARMINGTON VALLEY YMCA: $10k → 11%ROWAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%DELAWARE VALLEY UNIVERSITY: $5k → 6%THE HILL SCHOOL: $10k → 7%UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY: $150k → 11%ALLENTOWN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $35k → 11%FARMINGTON VALLEY YMCA: $10k → 11%ROWAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%DELAWARE VALLEY UNIVERSITY: $5k → 6%THE HILL SCHOOL: $10k → 7%UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY: $100k → 11%ALLENTOWN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $33k → 11%FARMINGTON VALLEY YMCA: $10k → 11%ROWAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%DELAWARE VALLEY UNIVERSITY: $5k → 6%THE HILL SCHOOL: $10k → 7%UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY: $100k → 11%ALLENTOWN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $33k → 11%FARMINGTON VALLEY YMCA: $10k → 11%UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY: $100k → 11%EAST GRANBY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH: $5k → 11%NORTHAMPTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY: $100k → 11%EAST GRANBY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH: $5k → 11%UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY: $100k → 11%EAST GRANBY PUBLIC LIBRARY: $5k → 11%UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY: $100k → 11%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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 15 repeat orgs$18k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
6

Total granted

$1.6M
$18k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+6%

Still filing today

60%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentOther
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

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY
    7× · 2017–2024 · $750k · revenue +179%
  • AS
    ALLENTOWN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $185k · revenue +35%
  • LU
    LEHIGH UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2017–2019 · $75k · revenue +69%

Funded once

  • NC
    NORTHAMPTON COUNTY AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -7%
  • VY
    VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S HOME OF EASTON INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +75%
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
Gettysburg College

Gettysburg college is a residential, undergraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences.

Education
2
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
3
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
4
Seton Hall University

Seton hall university is a catholic institution of higher education

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5
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
6
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
7
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
8
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
9
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

—
10
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
11
Amherst College Trustees

Amherst college educates students of exceptional potential from all backgrounds so that they may seek value and advance knowledge, engage the world around them, and lead principled lives of consequence. amherst brings together the most…

Education
12
Cedar Crest College

Cedar crest college is a liberal arts college primarily for women dedicated to the education of the next generation of leaders. the college prepares students for life in a global community by educating the whole student at all stages of…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Heritage Conservancy Inc; the most unlike its peers is East Granby Library Association Inc. 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

14 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. 14 of the 21 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
11/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY: $750,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEYIndividual grant recipient: $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFARMINGTON VALLEY YMCA: $85,000 · OtherFARMINGTON VALLEY YMCALEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK: $73,500 · OtherLEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORKDELAWARE VALLEY UNIVERSITY: $55,000 · OtherDELAWARE VALLEY UNIVERSITYEAST GRANBY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH: $35,000 · OtherEAST GRANBY CONGREGATIONAL C…EAST GRANBY PUBLIC LIBRARY: $20,000 · OtherEast Granby Library Association Inc: $15,000 · Other+4 more: $8,000 · OtherLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $75,000 · EducationLEHIGH UNIVERSIT…THE HILL SCHOOL: $70,000 · EducationTHE HILL SCHOOLROWAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 · EducationROWAN UNIVERSITY…NORTHAMPTON COUNTY AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationALLENTOWN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC: $185,000 · Arts & CultureALLENTOWN SYM…+2 more: $2,000 · Arts & CultureMINSI TRAILS COUNCIL #502 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOWMAN'S HILL WILDFLOWER PRESERVE ASSOCIATION: $500 · Environment
Philanthropy$750,000Other$391,500Education$225,000Arts & Culture$187,000Youth Development$15,000Environment$500

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 budgetUNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY: $750,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetALLENTOWN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC: $185,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK: $73,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTHE HILL SCHOOL: $70,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetROWAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetDELAWARE VALLEY UNIVERSITY: $55,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEast Granby Library Association Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetMINSI TRAILS COUNCIL #502 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $15,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHAMPTON COUNTY AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSARCOMA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHERITAGE CONSERVANCY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOWMAN'S HILL WILDFLOWER PRESERVE ASSOCIATION: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds ALLENTOWN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LEHIGH UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds THE HILL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds ROWAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds DELAWARE VALLEY UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds East Granby Library Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds MINSI TRAILS COUNCIL #502 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds NORTHAMPTON COUNTY AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOME OF EASTON INC ↗
  • Who funds SARCOMA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds HERITAGE CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds BOWMAN'S HILL WILDFLOWER PRESERVE ASSOCIATION ↗

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.

Air Products Foundati…Ppl FoundationRoss J Born and Wendy…Martin Guitar Charita…Frederick H Bedford J…Pennsylvania Automoti…Butz FoundationLutron FoundationLehigh Valley Communi…Ibm International Fou…Aetna Foundation IncVanguard Charitable E…
Air Products FoundationPA17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Air Products Foundation · Ppl Foundation · Ross J Born and Wendy G Born Charitable Trust · Martin Guitar Charitable Foundation · Frederick H Bedford Jr & Margaret S Bedford Charitable Foundation · Pennsylvania Automotive Association Foundation · Butz Foundation · Lutron Foundation · Lehigh Valley Community Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Aetna Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Hecht Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hecht Family Charitable Foundation. 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Rowan University Foundation 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 · 0–10%
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 21 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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