California · Private foundation
The Held 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.
- $95k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $61,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 43
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations The Held Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k 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 | 9 | $95k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $117k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $252k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $108k | 37% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $253k | 52% |
| FY2019 | 30 | $300k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 24 | $267k | 38% |
| FY2017 | 43 | $200k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Israel Education Foundation Inc | $210,000 | 8 | 0% |
| American Jewish University | $133,750 | 6 | 0% |
| Wayfinder Family Services | $131,700 | 8 | 0% |
| Sharewell | $121,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Team Rubicon Inc | $104,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Alma Backyard Farm | $55,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Didi Hirsch Psychiatric Service | $45,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $23,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Harvest Home Inc | $21,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Georgia Tech Foundation Inc | $15,500 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 54 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 43 recipients with no EIN on record ($639k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Held 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: California Community Foundation · Wurwand Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Liberty Hill Foundation · Weingart Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · Warren and Elaine Breslow Family Foundation · Peter H and Marietta K Bach Charitable Trust Conservatorship · The Michael and Lori Milken Family Foundation · The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Held Foundation
- How much does The Held Foundation give?
- The Held Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $94,720 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 43 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Held Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (29%), International (19%), Education (18%).
- Who are The Held Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: American Israel Education Foundation Inc ($210k), American Jewish University ($134k), Wayfinder Family Services ($132k).
- Does The Held Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Held 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 Held Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, Wurwand Foundation, The Rose Hills Foundation.
- Where is The Held Foundation based?
- The Held Foundation is based in CA.
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