Tennessee · Private foundation
The 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.
- $88k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2024
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 26%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 19
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 26% of the organizations The Heller Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 | 15 | $88k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $123k | 26% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $93k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $69k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $85k | 46% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $99k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio Tenn Theatre Company | $90,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Cumberland University | $65,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Battle of Franklin Trust Inc | $64,988 | 3 | 2% |
| Fund for the City of New York Inc | $41,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Roland Park Community Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 8% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Andrew Jackson Foundation Fka Ladies' Hermitage Association | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Equal Chance for Education | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Tampa Museum of Art Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Heritage Foundation | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 31 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($57k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Heller 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.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Pam Lewis Foundation · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · The Wade-Buntin Family Foundation · Msb Cockayne Fund Inc · The Frist Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Hca Healthcare Foundation · Servant Foundation · Christian B Currey Family Foundation · Franklin Noon Rotary Charitable Foundation Inc · Sandra Schatten Foundation
How this is measured
About The Heller Family Foundation
- How much does The Heller Family Foundation give?
- The Heller Family Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $88,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 19 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Heller Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (40%), Education (26%), Recreation & Sports (8%).
- Who are The Heller Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Studio Tenn Theatre Company ($90k), Cumberland University ($65k), Battle of Franklin Trust Inc ($65k).
- Does The Heller Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Heller 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 Heller Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, Pam Lewis Foundation, Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation.
- Where is The Heller Family Foundation based?
- The Heller Family Foundation is based in TN.
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