California · Private foundation
Heiser 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.
- $23k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 55%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $130
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,664
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 22
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $73k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 55% of the organizations Heiser Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 53% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $23k | 21% |
| FY2024 | 22 | $12k | 55% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $18k | 52% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $4k | 69% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $4k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Israel | $32,272 | 5 | n/a |
| Animal Protection League | $5,238 | 1 | n/a |
| University of the Pacific | $3,357 | 5 | 0% |
| The Uplift All Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hospice of San Joaquin | $600 | 1 | 0% |
| The Ohana Project | $600 | 2 | n/a |
| People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc | $435 | 2 | 0% |
| Kitten Rescue 101 | $400 | 1 | 1% |
| Animal Friends Connection Humane Society | $350 | 1 | 0% |
| Humane World for Animals Inc | $210 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Israel | $32,272 | 5 | n/a |
| Animal Protection League | $5,238 | 1 | n/a |
| University of the Pacific | $3,357 | 5 | 0% |
| The Uplift All Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hospice of San Joaquin | $600 | 1 | 0% |
| The Ohana Project | $600 | 2 | n/a |
| People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc | $435 | 2 | 0% |
| Kitten Rescue 101 | $400 | 1 | 1% |
| Animal Friends Connection Humane Society | $350 | 1 | 0% |
| Humane World for Animals Inc | $210 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of Arava the Institute Ltd | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| The Little Angels Project | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Stockton Symphony Association Inc | $138 | 1 | 0% |
| Best Friends Animal Society | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| East of Eden Canine Rescue | $70 | 1 | 0% |
| Kvie Inc | $65 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Valley Bird Club | $55 | 1 | 0% |
| Limitless Youth Project | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| Alley Cat Allies Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Stockton Art League | $20 | 1 | n/a |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $20 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($14k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Heiser Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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 Cortopassi Family Foundation · Hachman Family Foundation co Butterfield & Co CPAs Inc · The 54 Fund · Petsmart Charities Inc · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Heiser Foundation
- How much does Heiser Foundation give?
- Heiser Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $22,984 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 22 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Heiser Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (54%), Health (19%), Animals (16%).
- Who are Heiser Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Temple Israel ($32k), Animal Protection League ($5k), University of the Pacific ($3k).
- Does Heiser Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 55% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Heiser Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Heiser Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Cortopassi Family Foundation, Hachman Family Foundation co Butterfield & Co CPAs Inc, The 54 Fund.
- Where is Heiser Foundation based?
- Heiser Foundation is based in CA.
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