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The Herzer Foundation

Providing financial support for prevention of childhood diseases, child abuse and artistic development of children and to other 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations that carry out similar programs.

$389k
Granted FY2022
7
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$207k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2018–2022.

Arts & Culture$1.1MHealth$267kEnvironment$105kHuman Services$28kPublic Safety & Disaster$25kAnimals$25kHousing & Shelter$20kEducation$15kOther$0
02FY2022 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k4 grants · $22k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $368k
$9,900
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HAMMER MUSEUM$207,252
THE BRENT SHAPIRO FOUNDATION$100,000
LACMA$60,250
TOWER CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION$9,900
A SENSE OF HOME$6,000
CHILDREN MENDING HEARTS$5,000
VISIONARY WOMEN$1,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–22, $73k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%A SENSE OF HOME: $6k → 14%TIDES CENTER: $3k → 14%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $1k → 14%VISIONARY WOMEN: $5k → 14%VISIONARY WOMEN: $5k → 14%VISIONARY WOMEN: $1k → 14%SMILE HIGH CLUB: $2k → 14%ONE VOICE: $5k → 14%ONE VOICE: $3k → 14%ONE VOICE: $2k → 14%YES SCHOLARS: $15k → 14%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.4M · 8 repeat orgs$250k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +89% since the first grant, against +34% for the ones you funded once.

8 repeat relationships — 5 still active in FY2022, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
20

Total granted

$1.4M
$235k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+89%
+34%

Still filing today

88%
95%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22
Human ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyHealthEnvironmentPublic Safety & DisasterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TB
    THE BRENT SHAPIRO FOUNDATION FOR DRUG AWARENESS
    4× · 2018–2022 · $185k · revenue +69%
  • MA
    MUSEUM ASSOCIATES
    3× · 2019–2022 · $130k · revenue +89%
  • CR
    CLIMATE REALITY ACTION FUND
    4× · 2018–2021 · $100k · revenue +492%

Funded once

  • THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +30%
  • LA
    LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +30%
  • TW
    THE WALLIS ANNENBERG LEGACY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +973%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Los Angeles International Dance Festival
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2
California Institute of Contemporary Art
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3
Women's Project & Productions Inc

Wp theater is the nation's oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing, and promoting the work of women+ at every stage of their careers. for over four decades we have served as leaders of a global movement…

Arts & Culture
4
Berggruen Institute
Education
5
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
6
Los Angeles World Affairs Council and Town Hall

The organization is a non-partisan, membership based speakers' forum that connects business leaders, community members, and engaged individuals with shared interest in local, national, and global affairs. it provides an open and accessible…

International
7
Academy Museum Foundation

The academy museum of motion pictures advances the understanding, celebration, and preservation of cinema through inclusive and accessible exhibitions, screenings, programs, initiatives, and collections. welcoming visitors from los angeles…

Arts & Culture
8
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions Inc

Lace both champions and challenges the art of our time by fostering artists who innovate, explore, and risk. we move within and beyond our four walls to provide opportunities for diverse publics to engage deeply with contemporary art. in…

Arts & Culture
9
Artpace Inc (Audit)

Artpace san antonio is a nonprofit residency program which supports texas, national, and international artists in the creation of new art. see schedule o for continuation.

Arts & Culture
10
Apex Art Curatorial Program Inc

Apex Art Curatorial Program is a resolutely noncommercial visual art exhibition space which provides curators and artists with a venue dedicated to ideas that are often too provocative or too small in scope for display elsewhere. Apex Art…

Arts & Culture
11
San Francisco Opera Association

We believe opera is a uniquely compelling, entertaining and emotionally thrilling art form. our mission is to bring together growing audiences to experience opera's transformative power.

Arts & Culture
12
Arts for La

Arts for la leads communities, artists and organizations to advocate for an equitable, healthy, and creative los angeles region through the arts.

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Taurus World Stunt Awards (Usa) Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyPerforming Arts Organizatio…Dog Rescue and AdoptionCrisis Support & Homeless S…Family FoundationsSocial Justice Advocacy Org…Union Health & Welfare FundsHospital Foundations and Ca…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 28 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number23%0%<5yr15%10%5–10yr20%24%10–20yr18%41%20–35yr11%14%35–55yr12%10%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value23%0%<5yr15%59%5–10yr20%11%10–20yr18%19%20–35yr11%3%35–55yr12%8%55yr+

The field is 23% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/32
the rest of the field
14%
9,986/69,967

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

32 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/32
Grantees still filing
26/32
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC — $930,252 · Arts & CultureARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INCMUSEUM ASSOCIATES — $130,250 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM ASSOCIATES+4 more — $19,500 · Arts & CultureTHE BRENT SHAPIRO FOUNDATION FOR DRUG AWARENESS — $185,000 · OtherTHE BRENT SHAPIRO FO…COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC — $20,320 · OtherCOALITION FOR THE HO…CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN GROUPS — $20,300 · OtherCENTER FOR THE STUDY…PROJECT ANGEL FOOD — $10,000 · OtherTOWER CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $9,900 · OtherWE ARE FAMILY FOUNDATION — $13,000 · OtherDEBBIE ALLEN DANCE INC DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE ACADEMY — $10,000 · OtherEquality Now Inc — $10,000 · Other+4 more — $18,295 · Other+4 moreCLIMATE REALITY ACTION FUND — $100,000 · EnvironmentLOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION — $25,000 · Human ServicesYoung Eisner Scholars — $15,000 · Human ServicesVISIONARY WOMEN — $11,000 · Human ServicesOne Voice — $10,000 · Human ServicesA SENSE OF HOME — $6,000 · Human ServicesTIDES CENTER — $2,500 · Human Services+2 more — $3,000 · Human ServicesTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 · Public Safety & DisasterTHE WALLIS ANNENBERG LEGACY FOUNDATION — $25,000 · PhilanthropyTHE GIVING BACK FUND — $2,500 · PhilanthropyTAURUS WORLD STUNT AWARDS (USA) FOUNDATION — $1,000 · PhilanthropyPATRONS FOR NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS — $24,000 · Community Improvement
Arts & Culture$1,080,002Other$296,815Environment$100,000Human Services$72,500Public Safety & Disaster$50,000Philanthropy$28,500Community Improvement$24,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC — $930,252 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetTHE BRENT SHAPIRO FOUNDATION FOR DRUG AWARENESS — $185,000 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetMUSEUM ASSOCIATES — $130,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCLIMATE REALITY ACTION FUND — $100,000 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE WALLIS ANNENBERG LEGACY FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPATRONS FOR NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS — $24,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetCOALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC — $20,320 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR THE STUDY OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN GROUPS — $20,300 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetYoung Eisner Scholars — $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWE ARE FAMILY FOUNDATION — $13,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetVISIONARY WOMEN — $11,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetPROJECT ANGEL FOOD — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDEBBIE ALLEN DANCE INC DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE ACADEMY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEquality Now Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOne Voice — $10,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAPOLLO THEATER FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTOWER CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $9,900 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDREN MENDING HEARTS INC — $9,520 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetA SENSE OF HOME — $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALTASEA AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GIVING BACK FUND — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWe the Women — $2,500 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetTIDES CENTER — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWALLIS ANNENBERG CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLYING HERO CLUB INC — $2,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetUSA WATER POLO INC — $1,275 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTAURUS WORLD STUNT AWARDS (USA) FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

California Community …The Annenberg Foundat…The Todd M Morgan Fou…Chuck Lorre Family Fo…Joseph Drown Foundati…Johnny Carson Foundat…Jewish Community Foun…Silicon Valley Commun…National Philanthropi…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…
California Community FoundationCA18.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · The Todd M Morgan Foundation · Chuck Lorre Family Foundation · Joseph Drown Foundation · Johnny Carson Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Herzer Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 32 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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