California · Private foundation
The Bernice Heffernan Family 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.
- $106k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $55,545
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 32
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations The Bernice Heffernan Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $85k 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 | 5 | $106k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $210k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $147k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $128k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $135k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 25 | $155k | 12% |
| FY2019 | 29 | $156k | 31% |
| FY2018 | 32 | $160k | 56% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jesuit High School | $87,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Verbum Dei Jesuit High School | $85,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities of Orange County Inc | $63,005 | 8 | 1% |
| Mater Dei High School Roman Catholic Bishop of Orange | $60,250 | 5 | n/a |
| Outside In | $47,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Pastor of Sacred Heart Parish - Red Bluff a Corporation Sole | $45,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Sacred Heart Retreat Apostolate | $45,000 | 5 | n/a |
| De la Salle North Catholic High School | $44,245 | 6 | n/a |
| Friends of the Children | $36,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Mercy Foundation North | $30,500 | 6 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jesuit High School | $87,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Verbum Dei Jesuit High School | $85,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities of Orange County Inc | $63,005 | 8 | 1% |
| Mater Dei High School Roman Catholic Bishop of Orange | $60,250 | 5 | n/a |
| Outside In | $47,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Pastor of Sacred Heart Parish - Red Bluff a Corporation Sole | $45,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Sacred Heart Retreat Apostolate | $45,000 | 5 | n/a |
| De la Salle North Catholic High School | $44,245 | 6 | n/a |
| Friends of the Children | $36,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Mercy Foundation North | $30,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Corporation of Gonzaga University | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| National Bleeding Disorders Foundation | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Poor and the Homeless Tehama County Coalition | $25,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Abbey of New Clairvaux | $24,000 | 5 | n/a |
| St Andrew Nativity School | $23,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Friends of the Children-Portland | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| LifeNet Family Resource | $19,875 | 6 | 4% |
| Notre Dame School | $19,000 | 6 | n/a |
| The Northwest Catholic Counseling Center | $19,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Blanchet House of Hospitality | $17,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Oregon Food Bank | $17,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Cathedral High School | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Homes for Our Troops Inc | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Taller San Jose Hope Builders | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Anne School | $10,995 | 3 | 0% |
| The Basic Fund | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Orange Catholic Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Butte County Firefighters Benevolent Fund Inc | $9,500 | 3 | 8% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County Inc | $9,005 | 2 | 0% |
| Trustees of Tufts College | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities | $7,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Family Service Agency of Tehama County | $5,250 | 2 | 1% |
| University of Portland | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Cycling Center | $5,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Red Bluff Masterworks Chorale | $4,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Our Divine Savior Chico Society of St Vincent de Paul | $4,000 | 1 | 6% |
| State Theatre for the Arts | $3,475 | 2 | 1% |
| Postpartum Health Alliance | $3,000 | 2 | n/a |
| New Avenues for Youth Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Solve | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Semper Fi & America's Fund | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Youth for Change | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pact Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Homeboy Industries | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sisters Habitat for Humanity | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Houndsmen for Heroes | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Smart Reading | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Serendipity Center Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Transition Projects Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hollywood Senior Center dba Community for Positive Aging | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($406k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Bernice Heffernan 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Bernice Heffernan Family Foundation
- How much does The Bernice Heffernan Family Foundation give?
- The Bernice Heffernan Family Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $105,545 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 32 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Bernice Heffernan Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (41%), Religion (27%), Health (9%).
- Who are The Bernice Heffernan Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Jesuit High School ($88k), Verbum Dei Jesuit High School ($85k), Catholic Charities of Orange County Inc ($63k).
- Does The Bernice Heffernan Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Bernice Heffernan 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 The Bernice Heffernan Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation, Juan Young Trust, Orange County Community Foundation.
- Where is The Bernice Heffernan Family Foundation based?
- The Bernice Heffernan Family Foundation is based in CA.
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