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The Marilyn T and David R Heebner Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Marilyn T and David R Heebner Foundation Inc

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.

$26k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$51kYouth Development$36kHealth$28kEducation$25kCommunity Improvement$15kHousing & Shelter$12kHuman Services$8kCivil Rights$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$536k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DC ARTS & HUMANITIES EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE$5,000
URBAN ARTISTRY$5,000
SMYAL$5,000
FIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE$2,500
AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND$2,500
MMCG INC$1,000
MY FRIENDS PLACE$1,000
SEALASKA HERITAGE INSTITUTE$500
OPEN CITY ADVOCATES$500
DIGDEEP RIGHT TO WATER PROJECT$500
ERIN'S HOPE FOR FRIENDS$500
FRIENDS OF FORT DUPONT ICE ARENA$500
MIDDLE TYGER COMMUNITY CENTER$500
SOCCER IN THE STREETS$500
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, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%IMAGINE LA: $3k → 14%URBAN LEAGUE OF THE UPSTATE: $500 → 10%HOMELESS CHILDREN'S PLAYTIME PROJECT: $325 → 14%FERST READERS: $1k → 11%JENESSE CENTER INC: $2k → 14%SMYAL: $5k → 14%JENESSEE CENTER INC: $2k → 14%URBAN LEAGUE OF THE UPSTATE: $400 → 15%SMYAL: $5k → 14%URBAN LEAGUE OF THE UPSTATE: $400 → 15%SMYAL: $4k → 14%SMYAL: $4k → 14%SMYAL: $4k → 14%SMYAL: $4k → 14%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

AK
IL
NY
MA
CA
CO
KY
VA
MD
SC
DC
AL
GA
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$177k · 36 repeat orgs$32k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

36 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 25 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
35

Total granted

$177k
$30k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+21%

Still filing today

78%
66%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationCivil RightsHealthYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • SI
    SMYAL Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $26k · revenue +108%
  • UA
    URBAN ARTISTRY INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $26k · revenue +8%
  • BLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS
    5× · 2020–2024 · $19k · revenue +137%

Funded once

  • IL
    Imagine Los Angeles Incgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue +64%
  • NV
    NORTHERN VIRGINIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue +22%
  • AE
    ART ENABLES
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue +3%
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
District of Columbia Access to Justice

Work with DC courts, private bar & legal services providers to increase legal representations for low & moderate income DC residents, enhance efficiency of legal services, and reduce barriers to the judicial system.

Crime & Legal
2
Cityworks Dc

Our mission is to dramatically improve the early career outcomes of dc youth and young adults of color by creating innovative programs and by mobilizing employers, educators, and city leaders to create a local, diverse talent pipeline. our…

Education
3
Girls for Gender Equity Inc

Girls for gender equity (gge) works intergenerationally, through a black feminist lens, to achieve gender and racial justice by centering the leadership of black girls and gender-expansive young people of color to reshape culture and…

Crime & Legal
4
International Center for Research On Women

The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.

International
5
Alternatives Inc

Alternatives, inc.'s mission is to facilitate personal development,strengthen family relationships and enhance the community's well being. serving over 3,000 youth and families annually, the organization offers a range of counseling and…

Health
6
Service Never Sleeps

Service Never Sleeps (SNS) envisions a world where equal rights, justice, and opportunity are available to all. Through its signature Allyship curriculum, SNS trains individuals to leverage their respective areas of privilege to advance…

Human Services
7
Multicultural Community Service

To encourage, promote and facilitate broad and inclusive civic participation.

Community Improvement
8
Justice Policy Institute

The Justice Policy Institute is dedicated to reducing the use of incarceration and involvement in the justice system by promoting fair and effective policies.

Crime & Legal
9
Disability Rights Washington

Disability rights washington's mission is to advance the dignity, equality, and self determination of people with disabilities. we work to pursue justice on matters related to human and legal rights.

Human Services
10
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
11
UltraViolet Education Fund

Ultraviolet education fund (uvef) is a 501c3 organization. ultraviolet is the premier national organization advocating for gender justice issues using creative, strategic campaigning and digital-first organizing. ultraviolet drives…

Civil Rights
12
Equality Now Inc

To achieve legal and systematic change that addresses violence and discrimination against women and girls around the world.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Open City Advocates; the most unlike its peers is The National Museum of Women in the Arts. 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

54 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. 54 of the 74 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
52/54
Grantees still filing
37/54
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $14,500 · OtherFIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTEN STREET VILLAGE INC: $5,600 · OtherN STREET VILLAGE INCARCS FOUNDATION INC: $4,900 · OtherARCS FOUNDATION INCFOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF MUSIC & EDUCATION: $4,500 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF MUSIC & E…Individual grant recipient: $4,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFeminist Womens Health Center Inc: $4,050 · OtherFeminist Womens Health Center IncRESET: $3,000 · OtherFriends of Fort Dupont Ice Arena Inc: $2,650 · OtherNEW ENDEAVORS BY WOMEN: $2,500 · OtherART ENABLES: $2,500 · Other+34 more: $24,850 · Other+34 moreURBAN ARTISTRY INC: $26,000 · Arts & CultureURBAN ARTISTRY INCSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $7,500 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIO…D C ARTS AND HUMANITIES EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE INC: $5,350 · Arts & CultureD C ARTS AND HUMANITIE…NORTHERN VIRGINIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Arts & CultureNORTHERN VIRGINIA SCIE…+1 more: $850 · Arts & CultureSMYAL Inc: $26,000 · Human ServicesSMYAL IncJenesse Center Inc: $3,600 · Human ServicesJenesse Center IncImagine Los Angeles Inc: $2,500 · Human ServicesImagine Los Angeles…URBAN LEAGUE OF THE UPSTATE: $1,300 · Human ServicesFERST READERS INC: $1,200 · Human Services+2 more: $825 · Human ServicesBLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS: $18,500 · HealthBLACK WOMEN …RECOVERY CAFE DC: $2,500 · HealthRECOVERY CAF…Partner for Surgery Inc: $1,800 · HealthPartner for …MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY SERVICES INC: $1,000 · HealthAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $14,500 · EducationAMERICAN IN…WASHINGTON ENGLISH CENTER: $3,100 · EducationWASHINGTON …MIKVA CHALLENGE GRANT FOUNDATION: $1,600 · EducationMIKVA CHALL…UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $1,400 · EducationUNITED NEGR…+1 more: $325 · EducationGirl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital: $5,500 · Youth DevelopmentCritical Exposure Inc: $700 · Youth DevelopmentErins Hope for Friends Kentucky Inc: $500 · Youth DevelopmentBROWN GIRLS CODE: $500 · Youth DevelopmentNATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $2,400 · Civil RightsEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $1,775 · Civil RightsNational Domestic Workers Alliance Inc: $500 · Civil RightsMANY LANGUAGES ONE VOICE: $500 · Civil RightsTRUE COLORS UNITED INC: $375 · Civil Rights
Other$73,550Arts & Culture$42,200Human Services$35,425Health$23,800Education$20,925Youth Development$7,200Civil Rights$5,550

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSMYAL Inc: $26,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetURBAN ARTISTRY INC: $26,000 over 6y, 9.7% of budgetBLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS: $18,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $14,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $14,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetN STREET VILLAGE INC: $5,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGirl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetD C ARTS AND HUMANITIES EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE INC: $5,350 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetFeminist Womens Health Center Inc: $4,050 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJenesse Center Inc: $3,600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON ENGLISH CENTER: $3,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRESET: $3,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFriends of Fort Dupont Ice Arena Inc: $2,650 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetImagine Los Angeles Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNORTHERN VIRGINIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetART ENABLES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRECOVERY CAFE DC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNEW ENDEAVORS BY WOMEN: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $2,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEducational Fund to Stop Gun Violence: $2,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $1,775 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMIKVA CHALLENGE GRANT FOUNDATION: $1,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $1,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $1,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF THE UPSTATE: $1,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DIGDEEP RIGHT TO WATER PROJECT: $1,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFERST READERS INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY SERVICES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMIDDLE TYGER COMMUNITY CENTER: $875 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSEALASKA HERITAGE INSTITUTE: $850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN CITY ADVOCATES: $825 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSUNFLOWER BAKERY INC: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAUTISM SOCIETY OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA CHAPTER INC: $700 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCritical Exposure Inc: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Domestic Workers Alliance Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetORGANIZING NEIGHBORHOOD EQUITY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALVARY WOMEN'S SERVICES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMANY LANGUAGES ONE VOICE: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDignity and Power Now: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStepping Stones Shelter Inc: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

The Morris and Gwendo…Greater Washington Co…William S Abell Found…Eugene & Agnes E Meye…United Way of the Nat…Dimick Foundation Joh…Philip L Graham Fund …The California Wellne…Weissberg FoundationClark-Winchcole Found…Global ImpactSilicon Valley Commun…
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationDC33.4× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · William S Abell Foundation Inc · Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · The California Wellness Foundation · Weissberg Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Global Impact · Silicon Valley Community 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 Marilyn T and David R Heebner Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Marilyn T and David R Heebner Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    21report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 74 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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