Illinois · Private foundation
Steve and Janice Hefter Family Foundation
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.
- $551k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2024
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 26%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 21
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 26% of the organizations Steve and Janice Hefter Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $93k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 14 | $539k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $681k | 26% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $640k | 12% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $521k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $681k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel Emergency Alliance | $658,600 | 5 | 1% |
| Central Fund of Israel | $510,000 | 5 | 0% |
| American Israel Education Foundation Inc | $375,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Jewish Institute for National Security of America | $246,700 | 5 | 1% |
| Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc | $220,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The African Middle Eastern Leadership Project | $100,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $100,000 | 3 | 0% |
| One Family Fund | $79,200 | 3 | 1% |
| North Suburban Synagogue Beth El | $62,435 | 5 | n/a |
Show all 26 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($143k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Steve and Janice Hefter Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 Community Federation of San · Jewish Communal Fund · Libitzky Family Foundation · Jewish National Fund · Dallas Jewish Community Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
Compare Steve and Janice Hefter Family Foundation with peer funders
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About Steve and Janice Hefter Family Foundation
- How much does Steve and Janice Hefter Family Foundation give?
- Steve and Janice Hefter Family Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $550,800 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 21 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Steve and Janice Hefter Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (79%), Civil Rights (5%), Philanthropy (4%).
- Who are Steve and Janice Hefter Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Israel Emergency Alliance ($659k), Central Fund of Israel ($510k), American Israel Education Foundation Inc ($375k).
- Does Steve and Janice Hefter Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Steve and Janice Hefter 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 Steve and Janice Hefter Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Federation of San, Jewish Communal Fund, Libitzky Family Foundation.
- Where is Steve and Janice Hefter Family Foundation based?
- Steve and Janice Hefter Family Foundation is based in IL.
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