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R Bruce Hezlep Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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R Bruce Hezlep Family Foundation Inc

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.

$7k
Granted FY2024still arriving
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Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$276kHealth$30kEducation$22kArts & Culture$11kHuman Services$6kPublic Benefit$6kReligion$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$7,462
Median grant
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States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCHWAB CHARITABLE DONOR ADVISED FUND$7,462
02The need
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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 (FY19–23, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 9%NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $1k → 11%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $500 → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $500 → 9%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

MI
NY
CA
MO
VA
MD
TN
DC
TX
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 5% of R Bruce Hezlep Family Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

R Bruce Hezlep Family Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$334k · 13 repeat orgs$17k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +97% since the first grant, against +41% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
9

Total granted

$334k
$17k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+97%
+41%

Still filing today

69%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesArts & CulturePublic BenefitOther
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
    6× · 2017–2023 · $8k · revenue +145%
  • SC
    Segerstrom Center for the Arts
    3× · 2017–2020 · $7k · revenue +57%
  • BT
    BREAKTHROUGH T1D
    3× · 2020–2022 · $7k · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • CU
    CHAPMAN UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +32%
  • SC
    SOUTH COAST REPERTORY INC
    one grant, 2017 · $4k · revenue +1%
  • CR
    CRISTO REY ORANGE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue +405%
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.

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University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
2
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
3
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University

Stanford university is one of a select group of american universities that have achieved eminence in both undergraduate and graduate education and research - cont'd sch o.

Education
4
The Scripps Research Institute

The scripps research institute ("tsri") performs high impact basic biomedical research, improves the human condition by fostering translation of its discoveries into useful products and engages in the highest quality graduate scientific…

Health
5
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
6
The Graduate School of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research

The graduate school of the stowers institute for medical research ("gssimr") exempt purpose is to provide graduate education that will prepare scholars for scientific research in the biological sciences.

Education
7
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
8
William Marsh Rice University

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…

Education
9
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
10
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
11
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
12
Southern California University of Health Sciences

The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of California Irvine Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Breakthrough T1D. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

16 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. 16 of the 23 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
16/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SCHWAB CHARITABLE DONOR ADVISED FUND: $276,413 · OtherSCHWAB CHARITABLE DONOR ADVISED FUND+6 more: $13,785 · OtherSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $6,042 · EducationCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · EducationPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $4,000 · EducationCRISTO REY ORANGE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL INC: $2,445 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $2,000 · EducationNEWPORT BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION: $750 · EducationST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $8,100 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $7,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $4,000 · HealthMission Plasticos: $1,000 · HealthSegerstrom Center for the Arts: $7,181 · Arts & CultureSOUTH COAST REPERTORY INC: $4,000 · Arts & CultureGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $4,629 · Human ServicesNATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE US SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesHoward Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation: $5,500 · Public Benefit
Other$290,198Education$21,237Health$20,100Arts & Culture$11,181Human Services$5,629Public Benefit$5,500

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $8,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSegerstrom Center for the Arts: $7,181 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $6,042 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHoward Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation: $5,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $4,629 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH COAST REPERTORY INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCRISTO REY ORANGE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL INC: $2,445 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE US SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEWPORT BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMission Plasticos: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION: $750 over 2y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Orange County Communi…California Community …American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Orange County Community FoundationCA15.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · California Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 R Bruce Hezlep Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from R Bruce Hezlep Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 23 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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