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Hirsch Family 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.

$7.3M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
67
Grants FY2024
59
Organizations funded FY2023
14%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,000,000
Organizations funded a year
50 to 59
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$38M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 14% of the organizations Hirsch Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $304k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesHealthCommunity ImprovementPublic BenefitYouth DevelopmentOther
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
FY2024still arriving62$6.9M15%
FY202359$7.3M14%
FY202258$5.1M16%
FY202154$7.0M15%
FY202055$4.3M16%
FY201956$4.0M29%
FY201850$4.2M30%
FY201752$6.1Mn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$11MArts & Culture$7.5MSocial Science$5.6MEmployment$4.4MHealth$4.3MPhilanthropy$2.0MEnvironment$2.0MInternational$1.6MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
MA
PA
CA
VA
MD
NM
TN
NC
DC
LA
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Center for European Policy Analysis$5,570,000828%
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum$4,395,000515%
Parkland Foundation$2,894,00065%
Commit2dallas$2,675,00083%
Lift Literacy Instruction for Texas Dba Aspire$2,567,000841%
Trinity Park Conservancy$2,000,000520%
Teach for America Inc$1,650,00080%
St Mark's School of Texas$1,400,00051%
Summer Search$1,395,00081%
United to Learn$1,121,00079%
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All grantees of Hirsch Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Center for European Policy Analysis$5,570,000828%
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum$4,395,000515%
Parkland Foundation$2,894,00065%
Commit2dallas$2,675,00083%
Lift Literacy Instruction for Texas Dba Aspire$2,567,000841%
Trinity Park Conservancy$2,000,000520%
Teach for America Inc$1,650,00080%
St Mark's School of Texas$1,400,00051%
Summer Search$1,395,00081%
United to Learn$1,121,00079%
Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum$1,076,90084%
North Texas Food Bank$885,00080%
Romanian Children's Relief Inc$600,000652%
Smithsonian Institution$600,00070%
Vogel Alcove$520,00083%
Child Poverty Action Lab$500,00062%
Durham Children's Initiative$500,00056%
Family Gateway Inc$495,00082%
The Lamplighter School$460,00071%
Green City Force Inc$450,00082%
Momentous Institute$370,00061%
New York University$350,00070%
The DC Central Kitchen Inc$311,10070%
Texas 2036$300,00041%
National Center for Learning Disabilities Inc$300,00021%
Hockaday School$275,00020%
Bachman Lake Together$270,000623%
Senior Citizens of Greater Dallas Inc$235,00081%
Dallas Casa$230,00081%
Housing Forward$225,00031%
Big Thought$205,00041%
Southwestern Medical Foundation$200,00010%
The Crystal Charity Ball$200,00080%
The New York Opportunity Network Inc Dba the Opportunity Network$200,00081%
Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers Inc$200,00021%
Villanova University$200,00010%
Broadway Dallas Inc$200,00080%
Johns Hopkins University$200,00010%
National Women's Law Center$175,00070%
The Teaching Trust$175,00031%
Education Opens Doors Inc$175,00043%
New Profit Inc$165,00040%
United Way Foundation of Metropolitan Dallas$160,00032%
Forefront Living$100,00021%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$100,00020%
United Way of Greater Houston$100,00010%
Forefront Living Foundation$100,00011%
Community Access to the Arts Inc$100,00021%
Israel-Texas Science and Education Foundation Inc$100,000127%
Chordoma Foundation$100,00022%
Dallas Children's Advocacy Center$90,00060%
American Cancer Society Inc$80,50040%
Boys & Girls Clubs of America$80,00040%
Humanitarian Openstreetmap Team United States Inc$75,00013%
City Teaching Alliance Inc$75,00010%
The Santa Fe Opera$70,00070%
Vickery Meadow Learning Center$65,00015%
Perot Museum of Nature & Science$52,50040%
Just Community Inc$50,00021%
Change Summer Inc$50,00020%
Legal Momentum$50,00012%
Forest Forward$50,00010%
Educational First Steps$45,00040%
Capital Area Food Bank Inc$40,00080%
Food Bank for New York City$40,00080%
Duke University$30,00010%
Downtown Dallas Parks Conservancy$25,00010%
Kid Net Foundation Jonathans Place$20,00020%
The Magdalen House$20,00040%
Community Homes for Adults Inc$20,00020%
Black Tie Dinner Inc$15,00030%
International Rescue Committee INC$12,50010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$10,00020%
Girls Incorporated of Santa Fe Inc$10,00011%
Allen Community Outreach$10,00010%
Citylab Hs Foundation$10,00014%
Morton H Meyerson Family Foundation$10,00010%
Life Science Cares Inc$10,00010%
Upchieve Inc$10,00010%
Planned Parenthood$10,0001n/a
Ross Granger Memorial Fund$7,500131%
Uplift Education$5,00010%
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated$5,00010%
Childcaregroup$5,00010%
Dallas Afterschool$5,00010%
Grant Halliburton Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Austin Street Center$1,00010%
Dementia Care Warriors$1,00011%
The Mental Health Association of New York City Inc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.9M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Hirsch Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 88 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCenter for European Policy Analysis: $5,570,000 over 8y, 28% of budgetGeorgia O'Keeffe Museum: $4,395,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetParkland Foundation: $2,894,000 over 6y, 4.8% of budgetCommit2dallas: $2,675,000 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetLift Literacy Instruction for Texas Dba Aspire: $2,567,000 over 8y, 41% of budgetTrinity Park Conservancy: $2,000,000 over 5y, 20% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $1,650,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSt Mark's School of Texas: $1,400,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetSummer Search: $1,395,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetUnited to Learn: $1,121,000 over 7y, 9.1% of budgetDallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum: $1,076,900 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetNorth Texas Food Bank: $885,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetRomanian Children's Relief Inc: $600,000 over 6y, 52% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $600,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetVogel Alcove: $520,000 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetChild Poverty Action Lab: $500,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetDurham Children's Initiative: $500,000 over 5y, 5.6% of budgetFamily Gateway Inc: $495,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetThe Lamplighter School: $460,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetGreen City Force Inc: $450,000 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetMomentous Institute: $370,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetNew York University: $350,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe DC Central Kitchen Inc: $311,100 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTexas 2036: $300,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetNational Center for Learning Disabilities Inc: $300,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetHockaday School: $275,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBachman Lake Together: $270,000 over 6y, 23% of budgetSenior Citizens of Greater Dallas Inc: $235,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetDallas Casa: $230,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetHousing Forward: $225,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetBig Thought: $205,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetSouthwestern Medical Foundation: $200,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Crystal Charity Ball: $200,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetThe New York Opportunity Network Inc Dba the Opportunity Network: $200,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetTriangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetVillanova University: $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBroadway Dallas Inc: $200,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Women's Law Center: $175,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Teaching Trust: $175,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetEducation Opens Doors Inc: $175,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetNew Profit Inc: $165,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Way Foundation of Metropolitan Dallas: $160,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetForefront Living: $100,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetRefugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Houston: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetForefront Living Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCommunity Access to the Arts Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 1.5% 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 88.

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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.

The Dallas FoundationTX44.4× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Dallas Foundation · Meadows Foundation Inc · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Addy Foundation · Byrne Family Foundation Trust · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · The Eugene McDermott Foundation · Texas Women's Foundation · The Hoglund Foundation · George & Fay Young Foundation Inc · The Perot 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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Find your warmest path to Hirsch Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Hirsch Family Foundation

How much does Hirsch Family Foundation give?
Hirsch Family Foundation reported 67 grants totaling $7,271,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 50 and 59 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Hirsch Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (24%), Arts & Culture (16%), Social Science (12%).
Who are Hirsch Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Center for European Policy Analysis ($5.6M), Georgia O'Keeffe Museum ($4.4M), Parkland Foundation ($2.9M).
Does Hirsch Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Hirsch 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 Hirsch Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Dallas Foundation, Meadows Foundation Inc, Communities Foundation of Texas Inc.
Where is Hirsch Family Foundation based?
Hirsch Family Foundation is based in TX.

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 130 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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