· Private foundation
Hennings - Fischer 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.
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 · FY2024
- Under $10k12 grants · $74k
- $10k–50k12 grants · $222k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| OLYMPIA PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY | $35,000 |
| HOMELESS HEALTH CARE | $30,000 |
| BURBANK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA | $25,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| UCLA FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| EDUCATION THROUGH MUSIC | $15,000 |
| SATURDAY CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC | $15,000 |
| ORANGE COUNTY MUSIC AND DANCE | $15,000 |
| THE MUSIC GUILD | $15,000 |
| LA COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS | $12,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| THOUSAND OAKS PHILHARMONIC | $10,000 |
| GLENDALE CITY SDA CHURCH | $9,000 |
| SOUTH COAST SYMPHONY | $8,000 |
| CRESCENDO YOUNG MUSICIANS GUILD | $7,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 92% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
33 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
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 FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- OPOLYMPIA PHIHARMONIC SOCIETY8× · 2017–2024 · $180k · revenue +9% · 68% of their budget
- BPBURBANK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA8× · 2017–2024 · $155k · revenue +3% · 40% of their budget
- TMTHE MUSIC GUILD8× · 2017–2024 · $95k · revenue +7%
Funded once
- VOVIOLINS OF HOPE LONG BEACH SYMPHONYone grant, 2019 · $10k
- CACALIFORNIA AMERICAN STRING TEACHERSone grant, 2017 · $5k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2019 · $5k
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.
As a non-profit, artistic organization, the mission of the MOORPARK SYMPHONYORCHESTRA is to provide high quality, affordable musical performances that delight our audiences. Our objective is to inspire, entertain, and serve our community…
The mission of Irvine Classical Players Orchestra is to provide each of its members with the unique opportunity to perform as soloists in an orchestral setting. In an attempt to assure the highest level of musicianship and performance…
Performs five to seven concerts per season in orange county, ca. a member of the american symphony orchestra league and the association of california symphony orchestra
The mission of the Corona Symphony Orchestra is to bring the richness of live orchestral music to the people of the Inland Empire and to represent Corona and the region with musical excellence as one of the premiere performing ensembles.
To present chamber music concerts in San Jose performed by top ensembles from the Bay Area, across America, and around the world. To enrich our audience experience through post-concert Q&As, program notes, and meet-the-composer…
Youth Orchestra
The South Bay Chamber Music Society is dedicated to promoting the appreciation of chamber music throughout the South Bay community. We provide free access to performances by top-quality ensembles, ensuring that this art form is open to…
The mission of the Winchester Orchestra is to experience and share the joy of playing orchestral music with the people of San Jose in a friendly and enjoyable concert atmosphere.
The presentation of symphonic and chamber music
The Culver City Symphony Orchestra strives to enlighten and inspire the diverse citizenry of Culver City and the Los Angeles area through the presentation of orchestral music concerts, to present works of American composers, and to…
The orchestra's mission is to provide cultural enrichment, education and entertainment to the community through presenting professional quality orchestral, chamber and solo performances at an affordable price; provide opportunities for…
How this is measured
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 42 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.
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 OLYMPIA PHIHARMONIC SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds BURBANK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA ↗
- Who funds EDUCATION THROUGH MUSIC ↗
- Who funds THE MUSIC GUILD ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES JEWISH SYMPHONY ↗
- Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds The La Mirada Symphony Association ↗
- Who funds THOUSAND OAKS PHILHARMONIC ↗
- Who funds SOUTH COAST SYMPHONY ↗
- Who funds Los Angeles Youth Orchestra ↗
- Who funds ORANGE COUNTY MUSIC AND DANCE INC ↗
- Who funds THE COLBURN SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds ORCHESTRA SANTA MONICA 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.
Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable 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 Hennings - Fischer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hennings - Fischer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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