California · Public charity
The Helen Diller Family Foundation
The foundation operates exclusively for charitable, educational or religious purposes by conducting or supporting activities for the benefit of, or to carry out the purposes of the jewish community federation of san francisco, the peninsula, marin and sonoma counties.
- $956k
- Granted FY2022
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2022
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
90% of The Helen Diller Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Jewish Community Federation Of San Francisco The Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year The Helen Diller Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $416k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Itemized, FY2022
- $416k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2022
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 33
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 3
- Total assets, FY2022
- $5.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 20% of the organizations The Helen Diller Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 5 | $416k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $367k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $384k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $473k | 11% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $13M | 5% |
| FY2017 | 33 | $21M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Trust for Public Land | $9,100,000 | 2 | 4% |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $6,712,789 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Kol Emeth | $5,011,999 | 6 | n/a |
| Amer Tr for Oxford Univ & Eastman 067381-000 | $4,000,000 | 3 | 84% |
| The Jewish Home and Senior Living Foundation | $3,000,001 | 3 | 24% |
| Nli USA Inc | $3,000,000 | 4 | 33% |
| Jewish Institute for National Security of America | $600,000 | 6 | 2% |
| The Philos Project Inc | $600,000 | 6 | 8% |
| Chabad of Greater South Bay | $575,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of Elnet | $550,000 | 6 | 2% |
Show all 40 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
The Helen Diller Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 34 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Jewish Communal Fund · The San Francisco Foundation · Koret Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donors Trust Inc · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Marin Community Foundation · California Community Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Helen Diller Family Foundation with peer funders
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About The Helen Diller Family Foundation
- How much does The Helen Diller Family Foundation give?
- The Helen Diller Family Foundation reported 5 itemized grants totaling $415,660, out of $955,660 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 33 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does The Helen Diller Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (36%), Education (21%), Recreation & Sports (17%).
- Who are The Helen Diller Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Trust for Public Land ($9.1M), University of California San Francisco Foundation ($6.7M), Congregation Kol Emeth ($5.0M).
- Does The Helen Diller Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Helen Diller Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, Jewish Communal Fund, The San Francisco Foundation.
- Where is The Helen Diller Family Foundation based?
- The Helen Diller Family Foundation is based in CA.
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