Ohio · Public charity
J David & Rebecca Heller Family Foundation
Further the charitable, educational, and religious purposes of the jewish federation of cleveland ("federation").
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
52% of J David & Rebecca Heller Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Jewish Federation Of Cleveland, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 13 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $36,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $590,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 22
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations J David & Rebecca Heller Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $270k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $539k | 23% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $844k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $851k | 32% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $933k | 45% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $678k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $560,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Cleveland Museum of Art | $500,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Experience | $394,800 | 2 | n/a |
| University Hospitals Health System Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Aish Global Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $220,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Momentum Unlimited Inc | $154,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Yeshiva Derech Hatorah | $140,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Park Synagogue | $110,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Rabbinical College of Telshe Inc | $110,000 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 36 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget J David & Rebecca Heller Family Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Cleveland · Irving I Stone Foundation · The Kline Family Foundation · Marla & Joseph Shafran Foundation · The Albert B & Audrey G Ratner Family Foundation · Richard Horvitz and Erica Hartman-Horvitz Foundation · National Society for Hebrew Day Schools · The Cleveland Foundation · The Teri and Dan German Family Foundation Inc · Jewish Education Center of Cleveland · Abr Family Foundation No 1 · Ohio Scholarship Fund
How this is measured
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About J David & Rebecca Heller Family Foundation
- How much does J David & Rebecca Heller Family Foundation give?
- J David & Rebecca Heller Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $1,132,600 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 22 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does J David & Rebecca Heller Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (39%), Religion (17%), Public Safety & Disaster (15%).
- Who are J David & Rebecca Heller Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Regents of the University of Michigan ($560k), Cleveland Museum of Art ($500k), Jewish Family Experience ($395k).
- Does J David & Rebecca Heller Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as J David & Rebecca Heller Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Federation of Cleveland, Irving I Stone Foundation, The Kline Family Foundation.
- Where is J David & Rebecca Heller Family Foundation based?
- J David & Rebecca Heller Family Foundation is based in OH.
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