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Herbert and Lillian Heilpern 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.

$259k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
88
Grants FY2025
76
Organizations funded FY2024
29%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$31,000
Organizations funded a year
15 to 76
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
10
Total assets, FY2025
$6.0M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Herbert and Lillian Heilpern Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalEducationHealthCivil RightsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving76$250k20%
FY202476$199k29%
FY202375$152k37%
FY202250$76k26%
FY202150$61k40%
FY202038$39k39%
FY201928$33k71%
FY201815$12k93%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

International$117kArts & Culture$115kYouth Development$105kReligion$95kHuman Services$91kEducation$87kFood & Nutrition$66kPhilanthropy$46kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
MN
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
DC
AL
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 144 grantees
All grantees of Herbert and Lillian Heilpern Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Brooklyn Book Bodega Inc$99,00076%
North Shore Jewish Center$51,0008n/a
The Lend a Hand Project Inc$36,00056%
Brooklyn Prospect Charter School$33,45080%
Eli and Bessie Cohen Camps$31,25070%
The Harold Grinspoon Foundation$31,00050%
Anti-Defamation League$31,00080%
70 Faces Media Inc$23,00040%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$22,00050%
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$20,00060%
Hias Inc$18,70080%
The Forward Association Inc$18,50060%
Laguardia High School Parents Association Inc$17,50031%
Cope Foundation Inc$16,00071%
Long Island Cares Inc$16,00060%
Birthright Israel Foundation$14,00040%
Island Harvest Ltd$13,00050%
Israel Emergency Alliance$13,00070%
MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger$11,20070%
World Jewish Congress (American Section) Inc$11,00040%
Touro University$10,00010%
Jewish Education in Media Inc Dba Jbs Jewish Broadcasting Service$9,00070%
God's Love We Deliver Inc$8,30050%
Special Music School PTA$7,70028%
Friends of Hillel at Stony Brook Inc$7,50041%
National Yiddish Book Center Inc$7,05060%
The Interfaith Nutrition Network Inc$7,00030%
The Ministry for Hope Inc$7,00030%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$7,00020%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$6,75040%
Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence$6,00030%
The Center for Jewish History Inc$6,00020%
City Harvest Inc$5,65050%
Honestreportingcom Inc$5,30040%
The Ward Melville Heritage Organization Ltd$5,00011%
Hebrew Free Loan Society Inc$5,00020%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$5,00020%
Jewbelong Inc$4,80040%
Boston Latin School Association$4,55060%
American Friends of Neve Shalomwahat Al-Salam Inc$4,50040%
Read 718 Inc$4,45080%
Red Hook Initiative$4,40070%
New York Public Radio$4,25030%
Brooklyn Greenway Initiative$4,00030%
Community Security Service$4,0001n/a
American Society for Yad Vashem Inc$4,00020%
American Jewish Historical Society$4,00020%
Fountain House Inc$4,00030%
East End Disabilities Group$3,8004n/a
Prospect Park Alliance Inc$3,75040%
The Blue Card Inc$3,50040%
Three Village Community Trust Inc$3,45071%
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind Inc$3,35060%
Three Village Meals on Wheels Inc$3,35060%
Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A$3,25070%
Make the Road New York$3,20060%
Sacred Heart University Incorporated$3,00020%
Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center Lucy Moses School for Music and Dance$3,00020%
Jewish Book Council Inc$3,00020%
Friends of Yad Sarah Inc$3,00020%
East End Disability Associates Inc$3,00020%
Chebra Agudas Achim Chesed Shel Emeth Hebrew Free Burial Associationinc$3,00020%
Middle East Media and Research Institute Inc$3,00030%
Dorot Inc$3,00020%
Little Essentials$2,70050%
Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service$2,30030%
Van Cortlandt Park Alliance$2,25020%
Custom and Craft Jewish Rituals Inc Dba Recustom Haggadotcom$2,25030%
Equal Justice Initiative$2,15040%
Sixpoint Inc$2,00010%
Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy Inc$2,00020%
National Dance Institute$2,00010%
Brooklyn Youth Music Project Inc$2,00021%
American Parkinson Disease Assoc$2,00010%
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest Inc$2,00030%
The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous Inc$2,00020%
Yivo Institute for Jewish Research Inc$2,0001n/a
Pro Bono Net Inc$2,00010%
The Safe Center LI Inc$2,00010%
Head Injury Association Inc$2,00010%
Temple Beth El$2,0001n/a
Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind$2,00020%
Clal-The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership Inc$2,00010%
Israeli Dance Institute Inc$2,00041%
Nmdp Foundation$2,00010%
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$2,00010%
Suffolk y Jewish Community Center Inc$1,80010%
Ruth's Refuge Inc$1,75020%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$1,50010%
New York Immigration Coalition Inc$1,50020%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$1,25020%
Camba Inc$1,25020%
The Fortune Society Inc$1,10030%
North Shore Animal League America Inc$1,00020%
Dress for Success Brookhaven Inc$1,0001n/a
Selfhelp Community Services Inc$1,00010%
America Gives Inc$1,00010%
Smile Farms Inc$1,00010%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Long Island Inc$1,00010%
Counseling in Schools Inc$1,00010%
Shalom Austin$1,0001n/a
Miracle of Help USA Inc$1,0001n/a
Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust$1,00010%
The Emma Alyson & Kate Hance Family Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Reading Is Fundamental Inc$1,00010%
Impactisrael Inc$1,00010%
Institute for Justice$1,00010%
Citymeals-On-Wheels$90020%
Fast Feet Running and Athletics Inc$80020%
Power of Two NYC Corp$8002n/a
The Bronx Defenders$80030%
United Community Centers Inc$80020%
Council on the Environment Inc$60030%
Riverkeeper Inc$60020%
Cobble Hill Community Fund$6002n/a
Paws of War Inc$50010%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$50010%
Added Value & Herban Solutions Inc$50010%
Hias Foundation Inc$50010%
Ne Eman Foundation USA$50010%
Randall's Island Park Alliance Inc$5001n/a
Spectrum Designs Foundation Ltd$50010%
City Growers Inc$50010%
The Elija Foundation Inc$50010%
Coming Together Festival of Dance & Music Inc$50010%
National Park Foundation$50010%
Pronto of Long Island Inc$50010%
Jews for Racial & Economic Justice$40010%
PTA of Ps 32$40010%
Texas Riogrande Legal Aid Inc$40010%
Friends of Tsad Kadima$36010%
Anti-Defamation League Foundation$30010%
Foundation for Jewish Camp Inc$30010%
Goddard Riverside Community Center$30010%
Jzips Inc$30011%
The Cobble Hill Tree Fund$3001n/a
Rocking the Boat Inc$30010%
Waterkeeper Alliance Inc$25010%
Coalition for the Homeless Inc$25010%
New York Road Runners Inc$25010%
Sustainable South Bronx Inc$25010%
The Wily Network$25010%
Advocates for Trans Equality Education Fund$20010%
The New 42nd Street Inc$20010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Herbert and Lillian Heilpern Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBrooklyn Book Bodega Inc: $99,000 over 7y, 6.1% of budgetThe Lend a Hand Project Inc: $36,000 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetBrooklyn Prospect Charter School: $33,450 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetEli and Bessie Cohen Camps: $31,250 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Harold Grinspoon Foundation: $31,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $31,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budget70 Faces Media Inc: $23,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $22,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $20,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHias Inc: $18,700 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Forward Association Inc: $18,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLaguardia High School Parents Association Inc: $17,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCope Foundation Inc: $16,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetLong Island Cares Inc: $16,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $14,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetIsland Harvest Ltd: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetIsrael Emergency Alliance: $13,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $11,200 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Jewish Congress (American Section) Inc: $11,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTouro University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Education in Media Inc Dba Jbs Jewish Broadcasting Service: $9,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetGod's Love We Deliver Inc: $8,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Music School PTA: $7,700 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetFriends of Hillel at Stony Brook Inc: $7,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetNational Yiddish Book Center Inc: $7,050 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Interfaith Nutrition Network Inc: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Ministry for Hope Inc: $7,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEverytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc: $6,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGiffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Jewish History Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCity Harvest Inc: $5,650 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHonestreportingcom Inc: $5,300 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Ward Melville Heritage Organization Ltd: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetHebrew Free Loan Society Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJewbelong Inc: $4,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Latin School Association: $4,550 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Neve Shalomwahat Al-Salam Inc: $4,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetRead 718 Inc: $4,450 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetRed Hook Initiative: $4,400 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Public Radio: $4,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBrooklyn Greenway Initiative: $4,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Society for Yad Vashem Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Jewish Historical Society: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFountain House Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetProspect Park Alliance Inc: $3,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Blue Card Inc: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 132.

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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.

Jewish Communal FundNY27.3× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Fjc · Brooklyn Community Foundation · The New York Community Trust · City Parks Foundation Inc · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · American Express Foundation · The Marilyn Lichtman Foundation

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.

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About Herbert and Lillian Heilpern Family Foundation

How much does Herbert and Lillian Heilpern Family Foundation give?
Herbert and Lillian Heilpern Family Foundation reported 88 grants totaling $258,660 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 76 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Herbert and Lillian Heilpern Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (13%), Arts & Culture (13%), Youth Development (12%).
Who are Herbert and Lillian Heilpern Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Brooklyn Book Bodega Inc ($99k), North Shore Jewish Center ($51k), The Lend a Hand Project Inc ($36k).
Does Herbert and Lillian Heilpern Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Herbert and Lillian Heilpern Family 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 Herbert and Lillian Heilpern Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Fjc, Brooklyn Community Foundation.
Where is Herbert and Lillian Heilpern Family Foundation based?
Herbert and Lillian Heilpern Family Foundation is based in DE.

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 157 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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