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The Hexberg Family Foundation at a glance

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The Hexberg Family Foundation

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.

$1.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
79
Grants FY2025still arriving
16
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.7MInternational$1.1MHealth$932kEnvironment$892kAnimals$767kRecreation & Sports$683kHuman Services$652kFood & Nutrition$455kOther$0
02FY2025 · 79 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $91k
  • $10k–50k54 grants · $950k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $725k
$15,000
Median grant
16
States reached
$19M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ADVENTURE UNLIMITED$150,000
DIRECT RELIEF INTERNATIONAL$125,000
PRINCIPIA$100,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$50,000
CALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION$50,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY$50,000
PRINCIPIA$50,000
CRYSTAL COVE CONSERVANCY$50,000
THE ECOLOGY CENTER$50,000
SCHOOL POWER$50,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGELES$30,000
BOYS AND GIRL'S CLUB OF LAGUNA BEACH$30,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$30,000
Individual grant recipient$30,000
FREEDOM ALLIANCE$28,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $540k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ELEPHANT COOPERATION: $3k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $14k → 14%ARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USA: $14k → 7%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $14k → 14%ARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USA: $13k → 7%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $13k → 14%ARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USA: $12k → 7%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $12k → 14%ARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USA: $11k → 7%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $10k → 14%ARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USA: $9k → 7%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $10k → 14%ARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USA: $9k → 7%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $10k → 14%ARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USA: $9k → 7%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $8k → 14%ARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USA: $7k → 7%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $45k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $40k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $35k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $30k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $20k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $20k → 14%WILLOW INTERNATIONAL: $8k → 10%WILLOW INTERNATIONAL: $8k → 10%WILLOW INTERNATIONAL: $5k → 10%EVERFREE: $15k → 10%EVERFREE: $14k → 10%EVERFREE: $13k → 10%EVERFREE: $10k → 10%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

ME
WA
MT
MN
NY
MA
NV
OH
CT
CA
CO
NE
MO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
DC
HI
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.
$10M · 99 repeat orgs$351k to everyone else

99 repeat relationships: 71 still active in FY2025, 28 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

99
13

Total granted

$10M
$193k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+129%

Still filing today

80%
23%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $158k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsEducationHuman ServicesInternationalEnvironmentHealthOther
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

  • TP
    The Principia Corporation
    8× · 2017–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +88%
  • DIRECT RELIEF
    8× · 2017–2025 · $615k · revenue +94%
  • EC
    ECOLOGY CENTER
    8× · 2017–2025 · $487k · revenue +139%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • TP
    THE PRINCIPIA - BLUE AND GOLD
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • GD
    GLOBAL DENTAL RELIEF
    one grant, 2023 · $11k · revenue +12%
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
Conservation Society of California

Through management of oakland zoo, the conservation society of california deepens connection with animals, saves wildlife, and inspires champions for the natural world.

Animals
2
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
3
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
4
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
5
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
6
The California Wildlife Center

The california wildlife center (cwc) takes responsibility for the protection of all native wildlife through rehabilitiation, education and conservation. as the los angeles area's premier wildlife medical care and rehabilitation facility,…

Health
7
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
8
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
9
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
10
California Ocean Science Trust

California ocean science trust (ost) is a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating progress towards a healthy and productive ocean future for california. created by state legislation, ost bridges the gap between cutting-edge…

Environment
11
The California Channel

To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…

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12
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ywca of Glendale and Pasadena; the most unlike its peers is Red Bucket Equine Rescue. 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

90 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 90 of the 119 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
23
Early backer (in before they grew)
86/90
Grantees still filing
72/90
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SCHOOL POWER LAGUNA BEACH EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $350,000 · OtherSCHOOL POWER LAGUNA BEACH EDUCATION FOUNDATIONCALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION: $175,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY: $230,000 · OtherChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $220,000 · OtherTICONDEROGA REVILTALIZATION ALLIANCE: $250,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LAGUNA BEACH: $188,200 · Other+68 more: $3,349,250 · Other+68 moreThe Principia Corporation: $1,100,000 · EducationThe Principia Co…THE CHILDRENS SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $118,500 · EducationTHE CHILDRENS SC…UCLA FOUNDATION: $89,500 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATIONVANGUARD UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $73,500 · Education+6 more: $148,832 · Education+6 moreDIRECT RELIEF: $615,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEFFREEDOM ALLIANCE: $180,000 · InternationalFREEDOM ALLIA…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $167,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS…UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $146,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES…Equality Now Inc: $72,500 · InternationalEquality Now …CAMFED USA FOUNDATION: $71,500 · InternationalCAMFED USA FO…THE GLOBAL HUNGER PROJECT: $51,000 · InternationalAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $290,000 · Human ServicesCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $133,500 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $90,500 · Human ServicesARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USA: $83,500 · Human ServicesWillow International Everfree: $72,500 · Human ServicesCROSSROADS MINISTRY INCORPORATED: $72,000 · Human ServicesSHASTA WOMEN'S REFUGE INC DBA ONE SAFE PLACE: $63,500 · Human Services+1 more: $3,000 · Human ServicesECOLOGY CENTER: $486,610 · EnvironmentTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $128,636 · EnvironmentHEAL THE BAY: $106,500 · EnvironmentLAGUNA CANYON FOUNDATION: $51,000 · Environment+2 more: $24,000 · EnvironmentADVENTURE UNLIMITED: $450,000 · Recreation & SportsCRYSTAL COVE CONSERVANCY: $251,650 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $11,000 · Recreation & SportsFRIENDS OF THE SEA LIONS INC DBA PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $161,000 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $88,500 · AnimalsCARE4Paws Inc: $86,000 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals Inc: $80,500 · AnimalsTHE BILLFISH FOUNDATION INC: $72,000 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF SANTA ANA ZOO: $72,000 · AnimalsRED BUCKET EQUINE RESCUE: $59,000 · AnimalsUNITED IN LIGHT INC: $49,500 · Animals+3 more: $44,000 · Animals
Other$4,762,450Education$1,530,332International$1,303,000Human Services$808,500Environment$796,746Recreation & Sports$712,650Animals$712,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Principia Corporation: $1,100,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $615,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetECOLOGY CENTER: $486,610 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetADVENTURE UNLIMITED: $450,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $290,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCRYSTAL COVE CONSERVANCY: $251,650 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetTICONDEROGA REVILTALIZATION ALLIANCE: $250,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY: $230,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $220,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LAGUNA BEACH: $188,200 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetFREEDOM ALLIANCE: $180,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetCALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION: $175,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $167,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE SEA LIONS INC DBA PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $161,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $146,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $142,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $133,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $128,636 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetPediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States Inc: $125,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetSANTA CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCY: $119,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHILDRENS SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $118,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $112,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFOODBANK OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $111,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHEAL THE BAY: $106,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF GREATER SANTA BARBARA: $105,500 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetThe Children's Health Fund: $99,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetORANGEWOOD FOUNDATION: $98,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetOrange County Rescue Mission Inc: $97,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDSHIP SHELTER INC: $97,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $95,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetLAGUNA FOOD PANTRY: $92,500 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $90,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $89,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCASA YOUTH SHELTER: $89,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $88,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCARE4Paws Inc: $86,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetGLENNWOOD HOUSING FOUNDATION INC: $84,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USA: $83,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $80,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPEARL HARBOR AVIATION MUSEUM: $75,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMAMMOTH LAKES FOUNDATION: $74,000 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetVANGUARD UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $73,500 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetWillow International Everfree: $72,500 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetEquality Now Inc: $72,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BILLFISH FOUNDATION INC: $72,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetCROSSROADS MINISTRY INCORPORATED: $72,000 over 8y, 15% of budgetFRIENDS OF SANTA ANA ZOO: $72,000 over 8y, 0.8% 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.

  • Who funds The Principia Corporation ↗
  • Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
  • Who funds ECOLOGY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ADVENTURE UNLIMITED ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds CRYSTAL COVE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds TICONDEROGA REVILTALIZATION ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Los Angeles ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LAGUNA BEACH ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE SEA LIONS INC DBA PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds SHARE OUR STRENGTH ↗
  • Who funds CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States Inc ↗
  • Who funds SANTA CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDRENS SCHOLARSHIP FUND ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds HEAL THE BAY ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF GREATER SANTA BARBARA ↗
  • Who funds The Children's Health Fund ↗
  • Who funds ORANGEWOOD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Orange County Rescue Mission Inc ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDSHIP SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF ORANGE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds LAGUNA FOOD PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CASA YOUTH SHELTER ↗

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.

Orange County Communi…Macgillivray Family F…Laguna Beach Communit…Ueberroth Family Foun…The William Jeff and …O L Halsell FoundationFarmers & Merchants B…Sempra FoundationThe Hanauer Family Fo…Roberta Freeman Cox C…The William Gillespie…The Stanley E Hanson …
Orange County Community FoundationCA39.5× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · Macgillivray Family Foundation · Laguna Beach Community Foundation · Ueberroth Family Foundation · The William Jeff and Jennifer Gross Family Foundation · O L Halsell Foundation · Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation · Sempra Foundation · The Hanauer Family Foundation · Roberta Freeman Cox Charitable Foundation · The William Gillespie Foundation · The Stanley E Hanson Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Shatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation: 2% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
24report 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
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 119 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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