· Private foundation
The Andrew M Heller 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k6 grants · $6k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $102k
- $250k+1 grant · $2.4M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HELLER DONOR ADVISED FUND | $2,381,232 |
| NSU ART MUSEUM FT LAUDERDALE | $39,700 |
| BROWARD PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION | $27,510 |
| TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | $25,000 |
| WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY | $10,000 |
| HUMANE SOCIETY OF BROWARD | $2,500 |
| NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY | $1,000 |
| SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN | $1,000 |
| BROWARD COUNTY FILM SOCIETY | $1,000 |
| THE GIVING SPIRIT | $500 |
| RANGER GOOD WORKS INC | $200 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $112k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against -16% for those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.4M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WUWESLEYAN UNIVERSITY8× · 2017–2024 · $170k · revenue +40%
- BGBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BROWARD COUNTY INC7× · 2017–2023 · $150k · revenue +26%
- JAJACK AND JILL CHILDREN'S CENTER INC6× · 2018–2023 · $109k · revenue +5%
Funded once
- TSTHE SANSON FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -87% · 26% of their budget
- PBPEBBLE BEACH COMPANY FOUNDATIONone grant, 2018 · $10k
- TSTHE SPIRIT AIRLINES CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONone grant, 2019 · $2k · revenue -16%
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.
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.
See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.
We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…
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.
Barry university is a catholic institution of higher education founded by the adrian dominican sisters. with a liberal arts tradition, barry university is a scholarly community committed to the highest academic standards in undergraduate,…
Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…
The universidad del sagrado corazon (sagrado) is an independent, nonprofit, catholic university, committed to the education of the whole person through strong foundation in the liberal arts. sagrado is part of puerto ricos oldest private,…
The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…
Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…
Georgian court university (gcu), provides a comprehensive liberal arts education and is open to students of all faiths, delivers a curriculum that promotes scholarship, service, and personal development.
Moore is dedicated to excellence in art and design. Founded in 1848, Moore is the first and only visual arts college for women in the US. With its undergraduate BFA degree for women and coeducational graduate programs, Moore cultivates…
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
How this is measured
17 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. 17 of the 25 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
- Who funds WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BROWARD COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds JACK AND JILL CHILDREN'S CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds BROWARD PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE SANSON FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ROYAL DAMES OF CANCER RESEARCH INC ↗
- Who funds ABANDONED PET RESCUE INC ↗
- Who funds Savannah College of Art and DesignInc ↗
- Who funds Northwestern University ↗
- Who funds THE GIVING SPIRIT ↗
- Who funds PETS BROWARD INC ↗
- Who funds THE SPIRIT AIRLINES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds YOUNG AT ART OF BROWARD INC ↗
- Who funds THE BROWARD COUNTY OF FILM SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds ANIMAL AID INC ↗
- Who funds Ranger Good Works Inc ↗
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: Community Foundation of Broward Inc · Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Andrew M Heller Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Andrew M Heller Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Jack and Jill Children's Center Inc: 2% of income from government
- Wesleyan University: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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