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The Heffer Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Heffer Family Foundation Inc

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.

$135k
Granted FY2024still arriving
37
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Health$578kEducation$352kPhilanthropy$45kArts & Culture$23kReligion$16kCivil Rights$6kYouth Development$3kFood & Nutrition$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 37 grants below total $130,489, the rows itemized in this filing. The $134,813 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $4,324 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k35 grants · $45k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $75k
$1,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Montefiore Medical Center$75,000
Greenwich Country Day School$10,000
NCH Center for Philanthropy$7,500
Muhlenberg College$5,000
Montefiore Medical Center$5,000
Jewish Federation Of Greater Naples$3,000
Holocaust Museum Cohen Education Center$3,000
Temple Shalom Inc$2,750
Jewish Federation Of Greater Naples$2,000
Endeavor$1,500
Hartford Hospital$1,500
Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida$1,036
The Shelter for Abused Women & Children, Inc$1,010
Making Headway Foundation Inc$1,000
Endeavor Therapeutic Horsemanship inc$1,000
02The need
03

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 (FY19–19, $971) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 28% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AARON'S ACRES: $700 → 9%VISIONS SERVICES FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIR: $271 → 17%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

IL
MI
NY
PA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
AZ
AR
DC
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$985k · 36 repeat orgs$33k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

36 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 20 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
36

Total granted

$985k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+26%

Still filing today

75%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyCivil RightsOther
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

  • MM
    MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER
    6× · 2019–2024 · $390k · revenue +41%
  • HH
    Hartford Hospital
    4× · 2021–2024 · $157k · revenue +37%
  • CU
    CHATHAM UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2019–2023 · $113k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • AL
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUEgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +47%
  • CO
    CLASS OF 1968 50TH REUNION FUND
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
  • PC
    PACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue +28%
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.

1
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
2
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
3
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
4
American Museum of Natural History

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."

Arts & Culture
5
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.

Education
6
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
7
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
8
Cornell University

Education, research, medical services and other public services.

Education
9
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…

Arts & Culture
10
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
11
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
12
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Montefiore Medical Center; the most unlike its peers is Urban 360. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

60 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. 60 of the 86 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
60/60
Grantees still filing
44/60
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER: $389,750 · HealthMONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTERHartford Hospital: $156,500 · HealthHartford Hospital+16 more: $25,609 · HealthMUHLENBERG COLLEGE: $165,039 · EducationMUHLENBERG COLLEGECHATHAM UNIVERSITY: $113,002 · EducationCHATHAM UNIVERSITYGREENWICH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $49,600 · EducationGREENWICH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INCTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $17,750 · Education+3 more: $1,750 · EducationNCH CENTER FOR PHILANTHROPY: $22,500 · OtherNCH CENTER…TEMPLE BETH EL: $13,093 · OtherTEMPLE BET…Individual grant recipient: $12,000 · OtherIndividual…JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER NAPLES INC: $12,000 · OtherJEWISH FED…Holocaust Museum Cohen Education Center: $6,658 · OtherHolocaust …CLASS OF 1968 50TH REUNION FUND: $5,000 · Other+37 more: $26,413 · Other+37 moreTHE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM & EDUCATION CENTER OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $7,440 · Arts & CultureAmerican Friends of Israel Philharmonic Orchestra: $2,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $620 · Arts & CultureSTORM KING ART CENTER: $500 · Arts & CultureJACOB BURNS FILM CENTER INC: $490 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $840 · Arts & CultureUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $9,100 · PhilanthropyGivenGain Foundation USA: $563 · PhilanthropyPLEDGELING FOUNDATION: $500 · Philanthropy+1 more: $224 · PhilanthropyANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $5,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $250 · Civil RightsVISIONSSERVICES FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $2,571 · Human ServicesTHE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN INC: $1,010 · Human ServicesAARON'S ACRES: $700 · Human Services+1 more: $104 · Human Services
Health$571,859Education$347,141Other$97,664Arts & Culture$11,890Philanthropy$10,387Civil Rights$5,250Human Services$4,385

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER: $389,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMUHLENBERG COLLEGE: $165,039 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHartford Hospital: $156,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHATHAM UNIVERSITY: $113,002 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGREENWICH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $49,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $17,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER NAPLES INC: $12,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $9,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $8,425 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM & EDUCATION CENTER OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $7,440 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMAKING HEADWAY FOUNDATION INC: $5,010 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENDEAVOR THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetVISIONSSERVICES FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $2,571 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Israel Philharmonic Orchestra: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD ALLERGY RESEARCH & EDUCATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Collier County Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $1,236 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN INC: $1,010 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOLF FORE AFRICA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SEED PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL OF WASHINGTON DC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York and Presbyterian Hospital: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH HAVEN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHAPPAQUA VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORP INC: $775 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPLAY FOR PINK INC: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAARON'S ACRES: $700 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP INC: $700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $620 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGivenGain Foundation USA: $563 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDING WESTCHESTER INC: $515 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWestchester Medical Center Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MALALA FUND: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLEDGELING FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTORM KING ART CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEZER MIZION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJACOB BURNS FILM CENTER INC: $490 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW CASTLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $456 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $417 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $378 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $290 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE V FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 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.

The Bessemer Giving F…Jewish Communal FundArthur J Gallagher Fo…The Goldman Family Fo…The New York Communit…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Morgan Stanley Global…Renaissance Charitabl…National Philanthropi…Baird Foundation IncThe Pfizer Foundation…Vanguard Charitable E…
The Bessemer Giving FundNJ15.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bessemer Giving Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · The Goldman Family Foundation Inc · The New York Community Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Baird Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 The Heffer Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Heffer Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Pace Center for Girlsinc: 2% of income from government
  • Hartford Hospital: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 86 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $171k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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