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Hirsch Family Foundation CO BDO USA LLP at a glance

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Hirsch Family Foundation CO BDO USA LLP

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$100
Granted FY2023
2
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$50
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Arts & Culture$70kPhilanthropy$10kHealth$9kEducation$6kEnvironment$5kHuman Services$2kCivil Rights$1kReligion$200Other$0
02FY2023 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$50
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Anti-Defamation League$50
Planned Parenthood$50
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 (FY17–21, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Council for Jewish Elderly: $500 → 14%Council for Jewish Elderly: $500 → 14%Council for Jewish Elderly: $250 → 14%Jewish Family and Children's Service Inc: $1k → 11%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

IL
WI
NY
NV
CA
VA
AZ
GA
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$83k · 15 repeat orgs$18k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +72% since the first grant, against +48% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2023, 13 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
24

Total granted

$83k
$18k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+72%
+48%

Still filing today

53%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHealthEnvironmentHuman ServicesCivil RightsEducationOther
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

  • H
    HONORHEALTH
    4× · 2017–2021 · $9k · revenue +90%
  • DB
    DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INC
    3× · 2017–2021 · $5k · revenue +72%
  • TH
    THE HEARD MUSEUM
    2× · 2021–2022 · $3k · revenue +65%

Funded once

  • ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $6k · revenue +196%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • PA
    PHOENIX ART MUSEUM
    one grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue -2%
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
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

We inspire people to live in harmony with the natural world by fostering love, appreciation, and understanding of the sonoran desert.

Arts & Culture
2
The Adler Planetarium

The adler planetarium ('adler') is a not-for-profit cultural institution whose mission is to connect people to the universe and each other under the sky we all share. it aspires to be the world's premier center for engaging in astronomy…

Arts & Culture
3
Association for Computing Machinery Inc

We are an intl. scientific & educational org. dedicated to advancing art, science & technology.

Science & Tech
4
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…

Arts & Culture
5
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
6
Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona

Jewish philanthropies of southern arizona (jpsa) is committed to achieving the full potential of jewish philanthropy, now and for future generations. comprised of jewish federation of southern arizona (jfsa or federation) and jewish…

Philanthropy
7
American College of Radiology

The american college of radiology (acr) is organized to advance radiology science, practice and access, improve quality and safety, provide continuing education for radiology and allied professionals, and achieve better outcomes through…

Health
8
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
9
Denver Zoological Foundation

Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

Animals
10
Arizona Educational Foundation Inc

To celebrate excellence and cultivate opportunity in pk-12th grade arizona public education.

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11
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
12
American Council of Engineering Companies of Arizona

To assist member firms in achieving higher professional, ethical business and economic standards, enabling member firms to provide quality consulting and engineering services for their clients and the public.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family and Children's Service Inc; the most unlike its peers is Moraine Township Charitable Fund Charitable Fund. 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

19 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. 19 of the 40 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
14/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Arizona Five Arts Circle: $40,250 · OtherArizona Five Arts CircleFive Arts Circle: $18,143 · OtherFive Arts CircleIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientScottsdale Center for the Arts: $3,250 · Other+20 more: $4,710 · Other+20 moreTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTHE JEWISH…+1 more: $200 · PhilanthropyHONORHEALTH: $8,500 · Health+2 more: $300 · HealthTHE HEARD MUSEUM: $3,000 · Arts & CulturePHOENIX ART MUSEUM: $1,500 · Arts & CultureBALLET ARIZONA: $1,200 · Arts & CultureYOUNG ARTS ARIZONA LTD: $1,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF PUBLIC RADIO ARIZONA: $400 · Arts & CultureARIZONA OPERA COMPANY: $300 · Arts & CultureARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $6,000 · EducationDESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $5,348 · Environment+1 more: $100 · EnvironmentCOUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY: $1,250 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC: $1,000 · Human Services
Other$71,353Philanthropy$10,200Health$8,800Arts & Culture$7,400Education$6,000Environment$5,448Human Services$2,250

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHONORHEALTH: $8,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $5,348 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HEARD MUSEUM: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPHOENIX ART MUSEUM: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBALLET ARIZONA: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG ARTS ARIZONA LTD: $1,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF PUBLIC RADIO ARIZONA: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA OPERA COMPANY: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMORAINE TOWNSHIP CHARITABLE FUND CHARITABLE FUND: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS CHICAGO: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY CONSERVATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds HONORHEALTH ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HEARD MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds PHOENIX ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds COUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY ↗
  • Who funds BALLET ARIZONA ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG ARTS ARIZONA LTD ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF PUBLIC RADIO ARIZONA ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA OPERA COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds MORAINE TOWNSHIP CHARITABLE FUND CHARITABLE FUND ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds PAWS CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY CONSERVATION INC ↗

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.

Virginia G Piper Char…Arizona Community Fou…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Virginia G Piper Charitable TrustAZ13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · Arizona Community Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Hirsch Family Foundation CO BDO USA LLP funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hirsch Family Foundation CO BDO USA LLP. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 40 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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