California · Private foundation
Samuel J Heller 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.
- $21k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $9,100
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Samuel J Heller Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $799 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 | 6 | $21k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $12k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $21k | 57% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $8k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $4k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $3k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $100 | 0% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $5k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Ramat Zion | $37,045 | 5 | n/a |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $10,693 | 4 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $8,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pacific Synagogue | $813 | 2 | n/a |
| Med Access International | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Palm Springs Art Museum | $450 | 3 | 0% |
| Max Relief Foundation | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| Desert Plein Air Association | $300 | 2 | n/a |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($7k), not named here.
About Samuel J Heller Foundation
- How much does Samuel J Heller Foundation give?
- Samuel J Heller Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $21,393 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Samuel J Heller Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (51%), Health (17%), Education (15%).
- Who are Samuel J Heller Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Temple Ramat Zion ($37k), Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation ($11k), St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($8k).
- Does Samuel J Heller Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Samuel J Heller 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.
- Where is Samuel J Heller Foundation based?
- Samuel J Heller Foundation is based in CA.
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