Wisconsin · Private foundation
Heller Foundation Inc
Its FY2018 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 FY2018
- 53
- Grants FY2018
- 46
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 46%
- First-time grantees FY2018
- Median grant, FY2018
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $26,071
- Organizations funded a year
- 34 to 46
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 13
- Total assets, FY2018
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 46% of the organizations Heller Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 46 | $227k | 46% |
| FY2017 | 34 | $230k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.
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, FY2017 to FY2018, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Frederick Gunn School Inc | $43,983 | 2 | 0% |
| Mount Sinai Health System Inc | $26,071 | 1 | 0% |
| Gunn Memorial Library Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Kyles Korner Inc | $11,500 | 2 | 5% |
| Santa Barbara Channelkeeper Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us | $9,900 | 2 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ravinia Festival Association | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Seno Krlt Conservancy Inc | $7,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Milwaukee Art Museum Inc | $7,700 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 37 grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($214k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Heller Foundation Inc 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: Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation Inc · Wisconsin Humanities Council Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Marcus Corporation Foundation Inc · Zurn Foundation Inc (Fka Rexnord Foundation Inc) · Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc · AbbVie Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation
How this is measured
About Heller Foundation Inc
- How much does Heller Foundation Inc give?
- Heller Foundation Inc reported 53 grants totaling $260,708 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 34 and 46 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does Heller Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2018, its largest causes are Health (33%), Arts & Culture (16%), Education (14%).
- Who are Heller Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2018: The Frederick Gunn School Inc ($44k), Mount Sinai Health System Inc ($26k), Gunn Memorial Library Inc ($20k).
- Does Heller Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Heller Foundation Inc 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 Heller Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, Baird Foundation Inc, Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation Inc.
- Where is Heller Foundation Inc based?
- Heller Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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