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Hl Epstein 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.

$5.8M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
12
Grants FY2025
20
Organizations funded FY2024
20%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$11,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,889,451
Organizations funded a year
17 to 26
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Hl Epstein Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $42k 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
EducationCivil RightsInternationalPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionOther
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 arriving9$5.8M44%
FY202420$178k20%
FY202324$189k21%
FY202225$233k12%
FY202126$224k23%
FY202023$191k9%
FY201922$169k32%
FY201817$151k6%
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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.

Philanthropy$5.8MEducation$414kInternational$408kReligion$220kCivil Rights$165kHealth$100kArts & Culture$77kFood & Nutrition$55kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

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

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$120,10080%
The Willows Community School$102,00070%
Kehillat Israel Reconstructionist Congregation of Pacific Palisades$93,3309n/a
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$90,00060%
Americares Foundation Inc$80,00070%
Alight$60,00060%
Samaritan's Purse$50,00050%
Waterorg$40,00080%
Hunger Task Force Inc$40,00080%
Hope Center Inc$40,00081%
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All grantees of Hl Epstein Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$120,10080%
The Willows Community School$102,00070%
Kehillat Israel Reconstructionist Congregation of Pacific Palisades$93,3309n/a
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$90,00060%
Americares Foundation Inc$80,00070%
Alight$60,00060%
Samaritan's Purse$50,00050%
Waterorg$40,00080%
Hunger Task Force Inc$40,00080%
Hope Center Inc$40,00081%
National Psoriasis Foundation$37,00080%
Berklee College of Music Inc$25,00030%
Rancho Mirage Writers Festival$25,00030%
Hias Inc$21,00070%
Movement Voter Fund$20,00010%
Syracuse University$17,50030%
Wyofile$17,00050%
Hole Food Rescue$15,00031%
Education Foundation of Jackson Hole$15,00030%
Equal Justice Initiative$14,00070%
Nestm Parent Teachers Association Inc$10,00011%
Children's Equity Coalition$10,00020%
Nest Inc$10,00010%
Casa of Los Angeles$10,00020%
Save The Children Federation Inc$10,00010%
The Catticus Corporation$10,00012%
Focusing Philanthropy Inc$6,00010%
International Rescue Committee INC$5,00010%
Polaris Project$5,00010%
My Stuff Bags Foundation$5,00010%
DAP Health Inc$2,00010%
Shoes That Fit$2,00010%
Chabad at Tulane$1,8001n/a
M-Lisada Africa Foundation$50011%
Curepsp Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($6.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Hl Epstein Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $120,100 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Willows Community School: $102,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $90,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmericares Foundation Inc: $80,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAlight: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWaterorg: $40,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHunger Task Force Inc: $40,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHope Center Inc: $40,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetNational Psoriasis Foundation: $37,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBerklee College of Music Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRancho Mirage Writers Festival: $25,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHias Inc: $21,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMovement Voter Fund: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSyracuse University: $17,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWyofile: $17,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetHole Food Rescue: $15,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetEducation Foundation of Jackson Hole: $15,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $14,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNestm Parent Teachers Association Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetChildren's Equity Coalition: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNest Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCasa of Los Angeles: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Catticus Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetFocusing Philanthropy Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPolaris Project: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMy Stuff Bags Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDAP Health Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShoes That Fit: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetM-Lisada Africa Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCurepsp Inc: $500 over 1y, 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 33.

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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.

Tides FoundationCA13.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tides Foundation · California Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Hl Epstein Family Foundation

How much does Hl Epstein Family Foundation give?
Hl Epstein Family Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $5,789,923 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Hl Epstein Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (79%), Education (6%), International (6%).
Who are Hl Epstein Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($120k), The Willows Community School ($102k), Kehillat Israel Reconstructionist Congregation of Pacific Palisades ($93k).
Does Hl Epstein Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Hl Epstein 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 Hl Epstein Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tides Foundation, California Community Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.
Where is Hl Epstein Family Foundation based?
Hl Epstein Family Foundation is based in WI.

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 61 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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