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Jean R D Hecht & Betty Rae Hecht Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Jean R D Hecht & Betty Rae Hecht Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$36k
Granted FY2025still arriving
101
Grants FY2025still arriving
25
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$45kHealth$36kPhilanthropy$34kEducation$23kHuman Services$22kYouth Development$20kAnimals$14kPublic Safety & Disaster$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 101 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$300
Median grant
25
States reached
$742k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS$1,200
ST JUDES CHILDRENS RESEARCH$1,000
SVDP ST JOSEPHS PARISH$1,000
OCEAN COUNTY YMCA RED TRIANGLE$1,000
OCEAN COUNTY COLLEGE$750
TUCKERTON SEAPORT SOCIETY$750
JERSEY SHORE ANIMAL CENTER$700
BERLIN AIRLIFT HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION$600
BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SANCTUARY$600
OCEAN COUNTY FOUNDATION FOR VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL EDUCATION$550
ASSOCIATION HUMANE SOCIETIES$550
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN$500
DOCTORS WITHOUT BOARDERS$500
PLEASANT PLAINS VOLUTEER FIRE COMPANY$500
FULFILL$500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 47% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%FULFILL: $500 → 6%FULFILL: $500 → 6%FULFILL: $500 → 6%FOOD FOR THOUGHT: $500 → 8%21 PLUS INC: $575 → 11%FOOD FOR THOUGHT: $500 → 8%FOOD FOR THOUGHT: $500 → 8%FOOD FOR THOUGHT: $500 → 8%FOOD FOR THOUGHT: $500 → 8%FOOD FOR THOUGHT: $500 → 8%FOOD FOR THOUGHT: $500 → 8%FOOD FOR THOUGHT: $500 → 8%21 PLUS INC: $500 → 11%OCEAN HARBOR HOUSE: $325 → 11%OCEAN HARBOR HOUSE: $325 → 11%OCEAN HARBOR HOUSE: $325 → 11%OCEAN HARBOR HOUSE: $325 → 11%OCEAN HARBOR HOUSE: $325 → 11%OCEAN HARBOR HOUSE: $325 → 11%OCEAN HARBOR HOUSE: $325 → 11%OCEAN HARBOR HOUSE: $325 → 11%OPEN ARMS INC: $200 → 11%OPEN ARMS INC: $200 → 11%OPEN ARMS INC: $200 → 11%OPEN ARMS INC: $200 → 11%OPEN ARMS INC: $200 → 11%OPEN ARMS INC: $200 → 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

ME
VT
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
SD
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
MO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
TN
NC
DC
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$266k · 123 repeat orgs$9k to everyone else

123 repeat relationships: 98 still active in FY2025, 25 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

123
25

Total granted

$266k
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+61%

Still filing today

46%
8%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesAnimalsPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $8k · revenue +125%
  • JS
    JERSEY SHORE ANIMAL CENTER INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $5k · revenue +38%
  • IH
    ISLAND HEIGHTS CULTURAL & HERITAGE ASSOCIATION
    8× · 2018–2025 · $4k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • BB
    BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF OCEAN CITY
    one grant, 2023 · $1k
  • NP
    NICHOLAS PAGGI MEMORIAL SCHOLORSHIP
    one grant, 2018 · $1k
  • TR
    TOMS RIVER POLICE VEST FUND
    one grant, 2018 · $1k
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 National World War Ii Museum Inc

The national wwii museum tells the story of the american experience in the war that changed the world-why it was fought, how it was won, and what it means today-so that all generations will understand the price of freedom and be inspired…

Arts & Culture
2
American Littoral Society

Promote the study and conservation of marine life and its habitat, defend the coast from harm, and empower others to do the same.

Environment
3
Clean Ocean Action Inc

Clean ocean action's goal is to improve and protect the waters off the new jersey/new york coast from pollution, plastics, industrialization and climate change with research, education and citizen action.

Environment
4
Us Navy Memorial Foundation

The navy memorial mission is to honor, recognize and celebrate the men and women of the sea services and the important contributions made by them while serving in the united states navy, marine corps, coast guard and merchant marine. the…

Arts & Culture
5
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
6
The Connecticut River Foundation At Steamboat Dock Inc

The connecticut river museum's mission is to deepen appreciation of the river's history and to inspire its stewardship by providing unique educational and recreational experiences to diverse audiences.

Arts & Culture
7
Seacoast Science Center Inc

It is the mission of the seacoast science center to spark curiosity, enhance understanding, and inspire conservation of our blue planet. the center's programming and exhibits encourage visitors and other program participants to recognize…

Arts & Culture
8
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
9
Shore Memorial Hospital

The mission of shore medical center is to care for and respect all patients, their families and each other. the organization provides emergency and medical necessary healthcare services for all individuals regardless of race, color, creed,…

Health
10
Northcoast Marine Mammal Center

The northcoast marine mammal centers (nmmc) mission is to promote the long-term health of marine mammals along approximately two hundred miles of remote coastline in humboldt and del norte counties in northern california. the nmmc does…

Animals
11
Earth & Space Research

Increase societal understanding of the earth system through scientific research and education.

Science & Tech
12
Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science Inc

Frost science inspires and connects people of all ages and backgrounds to enjoy science and technology, and to better understand ourselves and our world.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Coast Guard Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Toms River Seaport Society. 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

64 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 64 of the 152 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)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
61/64
Grantees still filing
45/64
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS: $7,100 · Other+115 more: $180,435 · Other+115 moreST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $8,300 · HealthST JUDE C…SMALL MIRACLES INC: $3,500 · HealthSMALL MIR…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $3,000 · HealthAMERICAN …CAMP NO WORRIES INC: $3,000 · HealthCAMP NO W…FAMILY PLANNING CENTER OF OCEAN COUNTY LIVWELL HEALTHCARE: $2,400 · HealthFAMILY PL…THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $2,000 · HealthTHE SHRIN…HOPE SHEDS LIGHT INC: $1,000 · Health+1 more: $200 · HealthWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesFOOD FOR THOUGHT INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesTHE FOODBANK OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES INC D/B/A FULFILL: $3,000 · Human ServicesOCEAN'S HARBOR HOUSE INC: $2,600 · Human ServicesOPEN ARMS INC: $1,200 · Human Services21 PLUS INC: $1,075 · Human ServicesBERLIN AIRLIFT HISTORICAL FOUNDATION: $3,800 · Arts & CultureMAMMOTH SITE OF HOT SPRINGS: $2,800 · Arts & CultureCRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $2,800 · Arts & CultureAACA MUSEUM INC: $1,635 · Arts & CultureWRIGHT BROTHERS FLYERS INC: $1,600 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN TRUCK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,260 · Arts & CultureEAA AVIATION FOUNDATION INC: $560 · Arts & CultureOCEAN COUNTY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $4,000 · EducationOCEAN COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $2,150 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2,000 · EducationAMBASSADOR CHRISTIAN ACADEMY A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $2,000 · EducationTHE PHELPS SCHOOL: $1,600 · EducationOCEAN COUNTY FOUNDATION FOR VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION: $1,300 · Education+1 more: $100 · EducationSilverton First Aid Squad: $4,000 · Public Safety & DisasterTOMS RIVER VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY #1: $2,750 · Public Safety & DisasterPLEASANT PLAINS VOL FIRE DEPT NO 1: $2,750 · Public Safety & DisasterTUESDAY'S CHILDREN: $2,000 · Public Safety & DisasterDARE COUNTY ASSOC OF FIRE OFFICERS: $400 · Public Safety & DisasterBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CLIFTON INC: $4,000 · Youth DevelopmentGLASSROOTS INC: $4,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF THE JERSEY SHORE INC: $3,150 · Youth Development
Other$187,535Health$23,400Human Services$15,875Arts & Culture$14,455Education$13,150Public Safety & Disaster$11,900Youth Development$11,150

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 budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $8,300 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetToms River Seaport Society: $6,000 over 8y, 4.4% of budgetJERSEY SHORE ANIMAL CENTER INC: $5,300 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetISLAND HEIGHTS CULTURAL & HERITAGE ASSOCIATION: $4,450 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $4,400 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $4,050 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetSilverton First Aid Squad: $4,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetOCEAN COUNTY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $4,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CLIFTON INC: $4,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR THOUGHT INC: $4,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetGLASSROOTS INC: $4,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBERLIN AIRLIFT HISTORICAL FOUNDATION: $3,800 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $3,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSMALL MIRACLES INC: $3,500 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF THE JERSEY SHORE INC: $3,150 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP NO WORRIES INC: $3,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetA NEED WE FEED INC: $3,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetTHE FOODBANK OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES INC D/B/A FULFILL: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMAMMOTH SITE OF HOT SPRINGS: $2,800 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $2,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTOMS RIVER VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY #1: $2,750 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetPLEASANT PLAINS VOL FIRE DEPT NO 1: $2,750 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetOCEAN'S HARBOR HOUSE INC: $2,600 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetChicamacomico Historical Association Inc: $2,400 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetFAMILY PLANNING CENTER OF OCEAN COUNTY LIVWELL HEALTHCARE: $2,400 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN COUNTY YMCA INC: $2,350 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $2,150 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $2,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMBASSADOR CHRISTIAN ACADEMY A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $2,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTUESDAY'S CHILDREN: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST: $2,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $1,700 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAACA MUSEUM INC: $1,635 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PHELPS SCHOOL: $1,600 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWRIGHT BROTHERS FLYERS INC: $1,600 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDFUND INTERNATIONAL USA: $1,400 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetOUTER BANKS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,300 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN COUNTY FOUNDATION FOR VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION: $1,300 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN TRUCK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,260 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetROANOKE ISLAND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATI: $1,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN ARMS INC: $1,200 over 6y, 0.4% of budget21 PLUS INC: $1,075 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE SHEDS LIGHT INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.2% 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 ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Toms River Seaport Society ↗
  • Who funds JERSEY SHORE ANIMAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ISLAND HEIGHTS CULTURAL & HERITAGE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds OCEAN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Silverton First Aid Squad ↗
  • Who funds OCEAN COUNTY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CLIFTON INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD FOR THOUGHT INC ↗
  • Who funds GLASSROOTS INC ↗
  • Who funds BERLIN AIRLIFT HISTORICAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS ↗
  • Who funds SMALL MIRACLES INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF THE JERSEY SHORE INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMP NO WORRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds GARY SINISE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds A NEED WE FEED INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FOODBANK OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES INC D/B/A FULFILL ↗
  • Who funds MAMMOTH SITE OF HOT SPRINGS ↗

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.

Oceanfirst FoundationWintrode Family Found…The Jay and Linda Gru…New Jersey Natural Ga…The Donofrio Foundati…The Citta Foundation …The Buckelew Family F…Manasquan Bank Charit…Community Foundation …Saga Community Focus …The Kotzas Family Cha…The Provident Bank Fo…
Oceanfirst FoundationNJ30.6× affinity13 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Oceanfirst Foundation · Wintrode Family Foundation Inc · The Jay and Linda Grunin Foundation D/B/A Grunin Foundation · New Jersey Natural Gas Company Charity Inc · The Donofrio Foundation · The Citta Foundation Inc · The Buckelew Family Foundation · Manasquan Bank Charitable Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Saga Community Focus Inc · The Kotzas Family Charitable Foundation · The Provident Bank 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 Jean R D Hecht & Betty Rae Hecht Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jean R D Hecht & Betty Rae Hecht Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 150%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Ocean's Harbor House Inc: 75% of income from government
  • Family Promise of Essex County Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Hope Sheds Light Inc: 7% of income from government
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • Glassroots Inc: 5% of income from government
  • 21 Plus Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Silverton First Aid Squad: 0% of income from government
  • Ocean County Ymca Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
15get no government money at all
14report 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 152 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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The camps
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