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Herbert and Lillian Heilpern Family Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
88
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$31k
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 2025.

International$117kArts & Culture$115kYouth Development$105kReligion$95kHuman Services$91kEducation$87kFood & Nutrition$66kPhilanthropy$46kOther$0
02FY2025 · 88 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k84 grants · $196k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $63k
$2,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$6.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BROOKLYN BOOK BODEGA INC$31,000
70 FACES MEDIA INC$12,000
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE$10,000
NORTH SHORE JEWISH CENTER$10,000
HAROLD GRINSPOON FOUNDATION$8,000
LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOL PARENTS ASSOCIATION INC$8,000
SPECIAL MUSIC SCHOOL PTA$6,500
HIAS INC$5,500
CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY INC$5,000
JEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF GREATER LOS ANGELES$5,000
TOURO COLLEGE$5,000
FORWARD ASSOC INC$5,000
NORTH SHORE JEWISH CENTER$5,000
LONG ISLAND CARES INC$5,000
MAZON INC A JEWISH RESPONSE TO HUNGER$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $78k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 31% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 6%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 6%THE SAFE CENTER LI INC: $2k → 6%BLUE CARD INC: $1k → 17%LITTLE ESSENTIALS: $750 → 20%ISLAND HARVEST LTD: $4k → 7%BLUE CARD INC: $1k → 17%LITTLE ESSENTIALS: $650 → 20%ISLAND HARVEST LTD: $3k → 7%BLUE CARD INC: $1k → 17%LITTLE ESSENTIALS: $500 → 20%COPE FOUNDATION INC: $3k → 7%LITTLE ESSENTIALS: $500 → 20%COPE FOUNDATION INC: $3k → 7%ISLAND HARVEST LTD: $3k → 7%BLUE CARD INC: $500 → 17%COPE FOUNDATION INC: $3k → 7%ISLAND HARVEST LTD: $2k → 7%COPE FOUNDATION INC: $2k → 7%COPE FOUNDATION INC: $2k → 7%COPE FOUNDATION INC: $2k → 7%COPE FOUNDATION INC: $1k → 7%COPE FOUNDATION INC: $1k → 7%ISLAND HARVEST LTD: $1k → 7%SELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $1k → 17%RED HOOK INITIATIVE: $1k → 20%RED HOOK INITIATIVE: $1k → 20%RED HOOK INITIATIVE: $750 → 20%RED HOOK INITIATIVE: $600 → 20%RED HOOK INITIATIVE: $500 → 20%BROOKLYN BUREAU OF COMMUNITY SERVICE: $2k → 20%SUFFOLK Y JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $2k → 7%BROOKLYN BUREAU OF COMMUNITY SERVICE: $500 → 20%LONG ISLAND CARES INC: $5k → 7%LONG ISLAND CARES INC: $4k → 7%LONG ISLAND CARES INC: $3k → 7%LONG ISLAND CARES INC: $2k → 7%LONG ISLAND CARES INC: $1k → 7%LONG ISLAND CARES INC: $1k → 7%EAST END DISABILITY ASSOCIATES INC: $2k → 7%EAST END DISABILITY ASSOCIATES INC: $1k → 7%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS INC: $500 → 20%RUTHS REFUGE INC: $1k → 20%RUTHS REFUGE INC: $750 → 20%HEBREW FREE LOAN SOCIETY INC: $3k → 17%HEBREW FREE LOAN SOCIETY INC: $2k → 17%DOROT INC: $2k → 17%DOROT INC: $1k → 17%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.

Which US states its grants reach

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

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$772k · 90 repeat orgs$70k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

90 repeat relationships: 61 still active in FY2025, 29 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

90
45

Total granted

$772k
$41k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+15%

Still filing today

91%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalEducationCivil RightsHealthOther
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

  • BB
    BROOKLYN BOOK BODEGA INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $99k · revenue +358%
  • BP
    BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL
    8× · 2017–2025 · $33k · revenue +227%
  • EA
    ELI AND BESSIE COHEN CAMPS
    7× · 2019–2025 · $31k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • TW
    THE WARD MELVILLE HERITAGE ORGANIZATION LTDgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue +45%
  • SI
    SIXPOINT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $2k · revenue +29%
  • AP
    AMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue +46%
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
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
2
Jewish Community Relations Council of New York

Jcrc-ny builds relationships to advance the values, interests and security of the new york jewish community and to create a more interconnected new york for all.

Civil Rights
3
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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4
Jews for Racial and Economic Justice Action Inc

Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action (JFREJ Action or JFREJ) is the home for Jewish New Yorkers organizing with our neighbors and allies to transform New York from a playground for the wealthy few into a real democracy for all of us.…

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5
The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan Inc

Together with our community, jcc manhattan creates opportunities for people to connect, grow, and learn within an ever-changing jewish landscape.

Human Services
6
Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc

See schedule othe organization is a not-for-profit, public charity established in 1911 to provide for the quality and continuity of jewish life in western new york and around the world through private philanthropy. the foundation seeks,…

Philanthropy
7
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

—
8
Jewish Board of Family & Children's Services Inc

To empower new yorkers, providing integrated mental health and social services with compassion and expertise.

Human Services
9
Board of Jewish Education Inc

The organization works to inspire and empower educators and institutions to create transformative jewish learning experiences for children, teens, and families. building on its historic role serving jewish day schools, congregations, and…

Religion
10
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
11
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
12
Jewish News Service Inc

See schedule ojewish news service, inc. ("jns") was organized as a non-profit corporation under the general laws of massachusetts and is an independent business resource and syndication service covering jewish news and israel news for…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Forward Association Inc; the most unlike its peers is Middle East Media and Research Institute 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

145 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 145 of the 157 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)
21
Early backer (in before they grew)
143/145
Grantees still filing
93/145
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORTH SHORE JEWISH CENTER: $51,000 · OtherNORTH SHORE JEWISH CENTERTHE LEND A HAND PROJECT INC: $36,000 · OtherTHE LEND A HAND PROJECT INCTHE HAROLD GRINSPOON FOUNDATION: $31,000 · OtherTHE HAROLD GRINSPOON FOUNDATIONMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $11,200 · OtherELI AND BESSIE COHEN CAMPS: $31,250 · OtherELI AND BESSIE COHEN CAMPS+77 more: $171,950 · Other+77 more70 FACES MEDIA INC: $23,000 · Arts & Culture70 FACES MEDIA I…The Forward Association Inc: $18,500 · Arts & CultureThe Forward Asso…LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOL PARENTS ASSOCIATION INC: $17,500 · Arts & CultureLAGUARDIA HIGH S…JEWISH EDUCATION IN MEDIA INC DBA JBS JEWISH BROADCASTING SERVICE: $9,000 · Arts & CultureJEWISH EDUCATION…NATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC: $7,050 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL YIDDISH…The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $7,000 · Arts & CultureThe United State…THE CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY INC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureHONESTREPORTINGCOM INC: $5,300 · Arts & CultureTHE WARD MELVILLE HERITAGE ORGANIZATION LTD: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+13 more: $30,200 · Arts & Culture+13 moreFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $22,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE …The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $20,000 · InternationalThe American Je…HIAS INC: $18,700 · InternationalHIAS INCBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $14,000 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRA…JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $13,000 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL…ISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $13,000 · InternationalISRAEL EMERGENC…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $5,000 · International+7 more: $10,110 · International+7 moreBROOKLYN BOOK BODEGA INC: $99,000 · Youth DevelopmentBROOKLYN BOO…+1 more: $300 · Youth DevelopmentCOPE FOUNDATION INC: $16,000 · Human ServicesCOPE FOUND…Long Island Cares Inc: $16,000 · Human ServicesLong Islan…ISLAND HARVEST LTD: $13,000 · Human ServicesISLAND HAR…HEBREW FREE LOAN SOCIETY INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesHEBREW FRE…RED HOOK INITIATIVE: $4,400 · Human ServicesRED HOOK I…Community Security Service: $4,000 · Human ServicesTHE BLUE CARD INC: $3,500 · Human ServicesEAST END DISABILITY ASSOCIATES INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesDOROT INC: $3,000 · Human Services+8 more: $14,350 · Human Services+8 moreBROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL: $33,450 · EducationBROOKLYN …TOURO UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationTOURO UNI…Special Music School PTA: $7,700 · EducationSpecial M…BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION: $4,550 · EducationBOSTON LA…READ 718 INC: $4,450 · EducationREAD 718 …SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED: $3,000 · EducationBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $2,500 · Education+6 more: $4,450 · Education+6 moreANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $31,000 · Civil RightsGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $6,000 · Civil RightsEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $2,150 · Civil Rights+4 more: $1,900 · Civil Rights
Other$332,400Arts & Culture$128,550International$115,810Youth Development$99,300Human Services$82,250Education$70,100Civil Rights$41,050

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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 budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $13,000 over 7y, 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 budgetAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $3,750 over 5y, 0.0% 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.

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 FundFjcBrooklyn Community Fo…The New York Communit…City Parks Foundation…The Hyde and Watson F…United Jewish Appeal-…Mother Cabrini Health…Combined Jewish Phila…The Goldman Sachs Cha…American Express Foun…The Marilyn Lichtman …
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Herbert and Lillian Heilpern Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Herbert and Lillian Heilpern Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Brandeis University: 9% of income from government
  • National Yiddish Book Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Sacred Heart University Incorporated: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
47report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 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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