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The Mark Heiman Family Foundation at a glance

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The Mark Heiman 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.

$174k
Granted FY2025still arriving
37
Grants FY2025still arriving
14
States reached
$62k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$918kInternational$319kArts & Culture$231kReligion$160kHuman Services$141kCivil Rights$61kEducation$48kAnimals$41kOther$0
02FY2025 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k32 grants · $46k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $66k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $62k
$1,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$3k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CENTER FOR HOLOCAUST & HUMANITY EDUCATION$62,000
NEW ISRAEL FUND$22,500
AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE$20,000
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE$12,000
CONGREGATION BETH ADAM INC$11,000
Individual grant recipient$9,000
DING DARLING WILDLIFE SOCIETY$6,000
ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND$5,000
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE LAW CENTER$5,000
HIAS$5,000
IMPACT ISRAEL$2,500
NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS$1,000
HEBREW UNION COLLEGE$1,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$1,000
HADASSAH$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $136k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 12% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $20k → 6%THE FOOD DEPOT: $500 → 12%SISTER SONG: $800 → 13%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $20k → 6%SISTER SONG: $750 → 13%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $20k → 6%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $20k → 6%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $20k → 6%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 6%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 6%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 6%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 6%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $500 → 16%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $500 → 16%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $500 → 16%FISH OF SANIBEL CAPTIVA: $500 → 11%FISH OF SANIBEL CAPTIVA: $500 → 11%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $500 → 16%FISH OF SANIBEL CAPTIVA: $500 → 11%DETENTION WATCH NETWORK: $800 → 14%FISH OF SANIBEL CAPTIVA: $500 → 11%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $500 → 16%DETENTION WATCH NETWORK: $750 → 14%FISH OF SANIBEL CAPTIVA: $500 → 11%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $500 → 16%DETENTION WATCH NETWORK: $800 → 14%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $500 → 16%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $500 → 16%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $500 → 16%TEENS FOR FOOD JUSTICE: $1k → 17%TEENS FOR FOOD JUSTICE: $1k → 17%TEENS FOR FOOD JUSTICE: $500 → 17%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF CINCINNATI: $250 → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF CINCINNATI: $250 → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF CINCINNATI: $250 → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF CINCINNATI: $250 → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF CINCINNATI: $250 → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF CINCINNATI: $250 → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF CINCINNATI: $250 → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF CINCINNATI: $250 → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF CINCINNATI: $250 → 16%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

WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
CT
CA
KY
WV
VA
MD
NM
TN
NC
DC
OK
GA
TX
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$967k · 63 repeat orgs$18k to everyone else

63 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2025, 33 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

63
14

Total granted

$967k
$16k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+49%

Still filing today

76%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% 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
HealthHuman ServicesEducationAnimalsArts & CultureCivil RightsOther
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

  • TC
    The Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education
    7× · 2017–2025 · $212k · revenue +284%
  • IG
    ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND
    9× · 2017–2025 · $120k · revenue +36%
  • AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE
    7× · 2017–2025 · $55k · revenue +116%

Funded once

  • NA
    National Alliance On Mental Illness
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +20%
  • TJ
    THE JED FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $2k · revenue +58%
  • EL
    ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ALLIANCE
    one grant, 2019 · $2k
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
Guttmacher Institute Inc

The institute is a leading research and policy organization committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights in the united states and globally.

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2
Committee to Protect Journalists Inc

The committee to protect journalists promotes press freedom worldwide and defends the right of journalists to report the news safely and without fear of reprisal. cpj ensures the free flow of news and commentary by taking action wherever…

Civil Rights
3
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
4
Washington Office On Latin America

To advance human rights and social justice in the americas.

International
5
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
6
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
7
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
8
Gavi Alliance

To save lives and protect people's health by increasing equitable and sustainable use of vaccines.

International
9
The Humane League

We exist to end the abuse of animals raised for food. this mission is executed by persuading companies and institutions to adopt animal welfare policies through negotiation and pressure campaigns, and then holding them accountable to their…

Animals
10
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

Joint Commission evaluates and accredits health care organizations and programs across the United States to ensure compliance with rigorous standards of quality and safety, including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)…

Health
11
The Population Council Inc

We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…

International
12
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Save the Children Federation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Hart Foundation Co Phillips S Davis. 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

62 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. 62 of the 86 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
62/62
Grantees still filing
47/62
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Jewish Federation of Cincinnati: $862,000 · PhilanthropyJewish Federation of CincinnatiUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati: $35,000 · Philanthropy+3 more: $14,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $185,000 · InternationalAMERICAN JEWISH W…NEW ISRAEL FUND: $57,500 · InternationalNEW ISRAEL FUNDHIAS INC: $41,000 · InternationalHIAS INCIMPACTISRAEL INC: $17,500 · InternationalIMPACTISRAEL INCMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $10,750 · International+1 more: $5,000 · InternationalBETH ADAM INC: $145,650 · OtherBETH ADAM INCIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant reci…HELPING HANDS CHARITABLE: $13,500 · OtherDING DARLING WILDLIFE SOCIETY INC: $31,250 · OtherDING DARLING WILDLIFE…Immigrant & Refugee Law Center: $40,000 · OtherImmigrant & Refugee L…SANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $20,250 · Other+47 more: $109,350 · Other+47 moreThe Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education: $212,300 · Arts & CultureThe Center f…The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $9,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $7,500 · Arts & CultureISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $120,000 · Human Services+7 more: $16,150 · Human ServicesAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $55,000 · Civil RightsHOLLER HEALTH JUSTICE INC: $4,350 · Civil RightsTREVOR PROJECT INC: $4,000 · Civil Rights+1 more: $100 · Civil RightsTHE SEVEN HILLS SCHOOL: $39,900 · EducationCHANGE TODAY CHANGE TOMORROW: $2,350 · EducationOklahoma State University Foundation: $2,000 · Education10000 DEGREES: $2,000 · Education+2 more: $350 · Education
Philanthropy$911,000International$316,750Other$390,000Arts & Culture$228,800Human Services$136,150Civil Rights$63,450Education$46,600

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 budgetJewish Federation of Cincinnati: $862,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetThe Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education: $212,300 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $185,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $120,000 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetNEW ISRAEL FUND: $57,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $55,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHIAS INC: $41,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetImmigrant & Refugee Law Center: $40,000 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetTHE SEVEN HILLS SCHOOL: $39,900 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati: $35,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDING DARLING WILDLIFE SOCIETY INC: $31,250 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $20,250 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetIMPACTISRAEL INC: $17,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $10,750 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe United Way of Lee County Inc: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $9,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $9,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Institute of Fine Arts: $6,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $5,600 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNational Alliance On Mental Illness: $4,500 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $4,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC: $4,350 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOAR FOUNDATION INC: $4,350 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetHOLLER HEALTH JUSTICE INC: $4,350 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetNAMI National: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHART FOUNDATION CO PHILLIPS S DAVIS: $3,600 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetTHE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTEENS FOR FOOD JUSTICE INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMORNINGSIDE FARM SANCTUARY: $2,350 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetALLEY CAT ADVOCATES INC: $2,350 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHANGE TODAY CHANGE TOMORROW: $2,350 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetORPHAN KITTEN CLUB INC: $2,350 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDetention Watch Network: $2,350 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCAT TOWN: $2,350 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Family Service of the Cincinnati Area: $2,250 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE OF CINCINNATI INCORPORATED: $2,250 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR RESPITE CARE INC: $2,250 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $2,250 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetOklahoma State University Foundation: $2,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JED FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget10000 DEGREES: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSISTERSONG INC: $1,550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Public Radio Inc: $900 over 6y, 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.

  • Who funds Jewish Federation of Cincinnati ↗
  • Who funds The Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds NEW ISRAEL FUND ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE ↗
  • Who funds HIAS INC ↗
  • Who funds Immigrant & Refugee Law Center ↗
  • Who funds THE SEVEN HILLS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Greater Cincinnati ↗
  • Who funds DING DARLING WILDLIFE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds SANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds IMPACTISRAEL INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds The United Way of Lee County Inc ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
  • Who funds Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS ↗
  • Who funds FREESTORE FOODBANK INC ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds National Alliance On Mental Illness ↗
  • Who funds LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds OAR FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HOLLER HEALTH JUSTICE INC ↗
  • Who funds NAMI National ↗
  • Who funds TREVOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds HART FOUNDATION CO PHILLIPS S DAVIS ↗
  • Who funds THE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds TEENS FOR FOOD JUSTICE INC ↗
  • Who funds FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC ↗

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 Peter and Mary Le…Johnson Charitable Gi…The Greater Cincinnat…Betagole Family Found…Carol Ann and Ralph V…Duke Energy FoundationGe Aerospace Foundati…Charities Aid Foundat…Tides FoundationEdward Jones Foundati…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Pfizer Foundation…
The Peter and Mary Levin Family FoundationOH15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Peter and Mary Levin Family Foundation · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Betagole Family Foundation Inc % Robert Betagole · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Tides Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation: 4% of income from government
  • The United Way of Lee County Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Oregon State University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
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How do I get to The Mark Heiman Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Mark Heiman Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 86 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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