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The Robert J and Helen H Glaser 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.

$134k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
33
Grants FY2024
30
Organizations funded FY2023
3%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$3,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
27 to 33
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
$1.7M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 3% of the organizations The Robert J and Helen H Glaser Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesAnimalsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving33$134k9%
FY202330$119k3%
FY202230$137k13%
FY202131$140k6%
FY202033$118k52%
FY201929$115k52%
FY201827$110k26%
FY201731$118kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$229kEducation$205kHealth$163kEnvironment$104kAnimals$86kHuman Services$80kFood & Nutrition$56kCommunity Improvement$18kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NY
OR
PA
CA
VA
MD
KS
TN
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 43 grantees
All grantees of The Robert J and Helen H Glaser Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Southwestern Medical Foundation$85,22080%
Colleyville Public Library Foundation$60,000680%
Belcourt Theatre Inc$40,90880%
Bonapartes Retreat$32,00083%
Harpeth Conservancy$32,00081%
Uc Santa Cruz Foundation$31,00060%
Tennessee Environmental Council$28,70081%
Palo Alto Art Center Foundation$28,50051%
San Francisco Ballet Association$21,50050%
Tuolumne River Preservation Trust dba Yosemite Rivers Alliance$21,50050%
Nashville Software School Inc$21,00070%
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society$19,00050%
Kansas State University Foundation$18,23030%
Wo Smith Nashville Community Music School$18,13870%
Wildaid Inc$17,60060%
SOMArts$17,54030%
University of California San Francisco Foundation$17,00050%
Muttville$16,50050%
Metroport Meals on Wheels Inc$16,40031%
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College$16,00030%
Nashville Jazz Workshop$15,23560%
The Store Inc$12,50040%
The Family Place$11,00030%
The Nashville Entrepreneur Center$10,50050%
Grapevine Relief and Community Exchange$10,00010%
Room in the Inn Inc$9,3003n/a
The George Washington University$9,15450%
Musicares Foundation Inc$7,80020%
Dancers Group$7,50020%
Dwell With Dignity Inc$6,65430%
Palo Alto History Museum$5,00021%
Dig Deep$5,0001n/a
Reef Environmental Education Foundation$3,90020%
CORA Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse$3,03510%
College Track$3,00020%
Notes For Notes Inc$3,00010%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas Inc$1,73810%
North Texas Public Broadcasting Inc$1,70010%
1 for the Planet Inc$1,50410%
Leadership Public Schools$1,50010%
American Institute of Mathematics$1,50010%
National Audubon Society Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($299k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Robert J and Helen H Glaser Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 41 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSouthwestern Medical Foundation: $85,220 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetColleyville Public Library Foundation: $60,000 over 6y, 80% of budgetBelcourt Theatre Inc: $40,908 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetBonapartes Retreat: $32,000 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetHarpeth Conservancy: $32,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetUc Santa Cruz Foundation: $31,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTennessee Environmental Council: $28,700 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetPalo Alto Art Center Foundation: $28,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetSan Francisco Ballet Association: $21,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTuolumne River Preservation Trust dba Yosemite Rivers Alliance: $21,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetNashville Software School Inc: $21,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSea Shepherd Conservation Society: $19,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetKansas State University Foundation: $18,230 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWo Smith Nashville Community Music School: $18,138 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetWildaid Inc: $17,600 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSOMArts: $17,540 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of California San Francisco Foundation: $17,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMuttville: $16,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMetroport Meals on Wheels Inc: $16,400 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetPresident-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College: $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNashville Jazz Workshop: $15,235 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetThe Store Inc: $12,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetThe Family Place: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Nashville Entrepreneur Center: $10,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGrapevine Relief and Community Exchange: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe George Washington University: $9,154 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMusicares Foundation Inc: $7,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDancers Group: $7,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDwell With Dignity Inc: $6,654 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPalo Alto History Museum: $5,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetReef Environmental Education Foundation: $3,900 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCORA Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse: $3,035 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCollege Track: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNotes For Notes Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWikimedia Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Greater Texas Inc: $1,738 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Texas Public Broadcasting Inc: $1,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budget1 for the Planet Inc: $1,504 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLeadership Public Schools: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Institute of Mathematics: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Audubon Society Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 41.

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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 Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee IncTN20.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · The Frist Foundation · Hca Healthcare Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Memorial Foundation Inc · The San Francisco Foundation · President and Fellows of Harvard College · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Impactassetsinc

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.

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About The Robert J and Helen H Glaser Family Foundation

How much does The Robert J and Helen H Glaser Family Foundation give?
The Robert J and Helen H Glaser Family Foundation reported 33 grants totaling $133,914 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 33 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Robert J and Helen H Glaser Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (23%), Education (20%), Health (16%).
Who are The Robert J and Helen H Glaser Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Southwestern Medical Foundation ($85k), Colleyville Public Library Foundation ($60k), Belcourt Theatre Inc ($41k).
Does The Robert J and Helen H Glaser Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 3% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Robert J and Helen H Glaser 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 Robert J and Helen H Glaser Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, The Frist Foundation.
Where is The Robert J and Helen H Glaser Family Foundation based?
The Robert J and Helen H Glaser Family Foundation is based in CA.

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 84 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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