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The Sheri and Les Biller 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.

$4.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
82
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$2.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$5.0MEmployment$3.1MArts & Culture$2.8MCommunity Improvement$2.0MEducation$1.9MPhilanthropy$1.2MInternational$371kCrime & Legal$83kOther$0
02FY2024 · 82 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k37 grants · $68k
  • $10k–50k36 grants · $617k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $965k
  • $250k+2 grants · $3.1M
$10,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$7.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CITY OF HOPE$2,000,000
CAREERWORKS INC$1,123,211
THE 5TH AVENUE THEATRE$230,094
EDUCATIONAL SERVICE DISTRICT 112$190,000
EDUCATIONAL SERVICE DISTRICT 105$190,000
OPERATION HOPE$150,000
PURCHASER BUSINESS GROUP ON HEALTH$80,000
LATINO THEATER COMPANY$75,000
GOALS OF CARE COALITION OF NEW JERSEY INC$50,000
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC$45,000
PORTLAND CENTER STAGE$40,000
PASADENA PLAYHOUSE STATE THEATRE OF CALIFORNIA IN$30,000
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES$25,000
THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP (TCG)$25,000
AMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATER$25,000
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 (FY18–24, $112k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 77% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ISLAND HARVEST: $1k → 7%MOMMIES IN NEED: $500 → 14%INFANT CRISIS SERVICES INC: $500 → 16%FAMILY PROMISE OF AUGUSTA INC: $500 → 7%FAMILY PROMISE OF AUGUSTA INC: $500 → 7%CRISIS CENTER NORTH INC: $500 → 11%ACHIEVABLE FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%Exceptional Children's Foundation: $10k → 14%Exceptional Children's Foundation: $10k → 14%ACHIEVABLE FOUNDATION: $2k → 14%Achievable Foundation: $2k → 14%ACHIEVABLE FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%OUR PLACE IN NEW YORK INC: $500 → 17%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $5k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $5k → 9%PARA LOS NINOS: $5k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $3k → 14%SPECIAL SERVICE FOR GROUPS INC: $500 → 14%SPECIAL SERVICE FOR GROUPS INC: $500 → 14%SPECIAL SERVICE FOR GROUPS INC: $500 → 14%Midnight Mission: $500 → 14%ISSAQUAH FOOD & CLOTHING BANK: $4k → 9%ISSAQUAH FOOD & CLOTHING BANK: $3k → 9%FULFILLMENT FUND: $25k → 14%ISSAQUAH FOOD & CLOTHING BANK: $3k → 9%TOYS FOR KIDS: $2k → 9%Fulfillment Fund: $10k → 14%FULFILLMENT FUND: $5k → 14%TOYS FOR KIDS: $2k → 9%TOYS FOR KIDS: $1k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LOS ANGELES: $500 → 14%LANGE FOUNDATION: $250 → 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

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ME
WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NM
TN
NC
DC
HI
OK
LA
AL
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 17% of The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 33% of the giving stays in WA; by stated purpose, 28%.

The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 37% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$15M · 90 repeat orgs$987k to everyone else

90 repeat relationships: 55 still active in FY2024, 35 since wound down; 25 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

90
126

Total granted

$15M
$682k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+26%

Still filing today

82%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $305k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEducationFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • CI
    CAREERWORKS INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $2.4M · revenue +209% · 46% of their budget
  • PF
    PARTNERSHIP FOR LOS ANGELES SCHOOLS
    3× · 2020–2022 · $414k · revenue +80%
  • TP
    THE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE STATE THEATRE OF CALIFORNIA INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $162k · revenue +134%

Funded once

  • HS
    HIGHLINE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $76k · revenue +58%
  • DC
    DALLAS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $30k · revenue +518%
  • TA
    THEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSEgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +69%
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
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc

The oregon shakespeare festival creates world-class theater, revealing our collective humanity through illuminating interpretations of new and classic plays, and inspiring a love of our art form for current and future generations.

Arts & Culture
2
The American Theatre Guild

The american theatre guild is dedicated to providing the experience of live theatre to foster passion, inspire creativity and empower youth within our communities.

Arts & Culture
3
Stages

Stages makes plays and tells stories that invite everyone to live more deeply and love more boldly.

Arts & Culture
4
Siff

Siff is a seattle-based 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit dedicated to the creation of vibrant experiences and spaces that champion film discovery and arts education.

Youth Development
5
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

—
6
Los Angeles Opera Company

To serve the public by producing world-class opera that preserves, promotes and advances the art form while embodying the diversity, spirit and artistic sensibility unique to los angeles. we envision an engaged and enlightened community in…

Arts & Culture
7
Pacific Repertory Theatre

Public theatrical performances of bold and daring interpretations of the greatst plays.

—
8
San Diego Opera Association

Mission: the mission of san diego opera is to deliver exceptional performances and exciting, accessible programs to diverse audiences, focusing on community partnerships, and the transformative and expressive power of the human voice. as…

Arts & Culture
9
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
10
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

—
11
Kqed Inc

See schedule okqed serves the people of northern california with a community-supported alternative to commercial media, providing the knowledge needed to make informed decisions; convening community dialogue; bringing the arts to everyone;…

Arts & Culture
12
CRAFT3

To build a thriving, just and empowered pacific northwest using capital, relationships and voice.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc; the most unlike its peers is Center for Conscientious Leadership. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

207 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. 207 of the 247 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)
31
Early backer (in before they grew)
201/207
Grantees still filing
140/207
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF HOPE: $7,010,547 · OtherCITY OF HOPETHE 5TH AVENUE THEATRE: $1,209,774 · OtherTHE 5TH AVENUE THEATREEDUCATIONAL SERVICE DISTRICT 105: $570,250 · OtherEDUCATIONAL SERVICE DISTRICT 105EDUCATIONAL SERVICE DISTRICT 112: $570,250 · OtherEDUCATIONAL SERVICE DISTRICT 112+75 more: $1,134,300 · Other+75 moreCAREERWORKS INC: $2,423,211 · EducationCAREERWORKS INCPARTNERSHIP FOR LOS ANGELES SCHOOLS: $413,549 · EducationPARTNERSHIP FOR LOS A…+11 more: $261,100 · Education+11 moreTHE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE STATE THEATRE OF CALIFORNIA INC: $162,100 · Arts & CultureTHE PASAD…LATINO THEATER COMPANY: $110,000 · Arts & CultureLATINO TH…GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC: $85,000 · Arts & CultureGEFFEN PL…SEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE: $85,000 · Arts & CultureSEATTLE R…PORTLAND CENTER STAGE: $75,000 · Arts & CulturePORTLAND …AMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATRE FOUNDATION: $62,000 · Arts & CultureBERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE: $55,000 · Arts & CultureDENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $50,000 · Arts & Culture+50 more: $703,700 · Arts & Culture+50 moreDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $1,131,544 · PhilanthropyHIGHLINE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE: $76,338 · Philanthropy+6 more: $81,000 · PhilanthropyPURCHASER BUSINESS GROUP ON HEALTH: $80,000 · HealthGOALS OF CARE COALITION OF NEW JERSEY INC: $50,000 · HealthCoalition To Transform Advanced Car: $30,000 · HealthMHP SALUD: $20,000 · HealthBUSINESS GROUP ON HEALTH: $10,500 · HealthDempsey Center for Quality Cancer Care: $10,000 · HealthVENICE FAMILY CLINIC: $10,000 · HealthMIGRANT CLINICIANS NETWORK INC: $10,000 · HealthPublic Health Institute: $10,000 · Health+7 more: $35,600 · HealthFULFILLMENT FUND: $40,000 · Human ServicesEXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Human ServicesTHE ACHIEVABLE FOUNDATION: $14,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $10,000 · Human ServicesISSAQUAH FOOD AND CLOTHING BANK: $9,000 · Human ServicesPARA LOS NINOS: $7,500 · Human ServicesTOYS FOR KIDS: $5,000 · Human Services+4 more: $5,500 · Human ServicesMEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA: $18,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD LIFELINE: $8,000 · Food & NutritionMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $5,181 · Food & NutritionBANCO DE ALIMENTOS PUERTO RICO INC: $2,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST INLAND NORTHWEST: $2,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $2,000 · Food & Nutrition+9 more: $9,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$10,495,121Education$3,097,860Arts & Culture$1,387,800Philanthropy$1,288,882Health$266,100Human Services$111,000Food & Nutrition$46,181

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetCAREERWORKS INC: $2,423,211 over 4y, 46% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR LOS ANGELES SCHOOLS: $413,549 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTHEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP INC: $176,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetTHE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE STATE THEATRE OF CALIFORNIA INC: $162,100 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetLATINO THEATER COMPANY: $110,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetGEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC: $85,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE: $85,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPURCHASER BUSINESS GROUP ON HEALTH: $80,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSEATTLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE ASSOCIATION: $77,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHIGHLINE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE: $76,338 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $75,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPORTLAND CENTER STAGE: $75,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATRE FOUNDATION: $62,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE: $55,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGOALS OF CARE COALITION OF NEW JERSEY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetDENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKing County Sexual Assault Resource Center: $48,150 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTHE PHOENIX THEATRE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY: $46,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPerseverance Theatre Incorporated: $40,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetFULFILLMENT FUND: $40,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetJVS SOCAL: $37,750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWALLIS ANNENBERG CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $35,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE PORTLAND PLAYHOUSE: $32,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetTHE RAPE FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ARCHER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDALLAS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCoalition To Transform Advanced Car: $30,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetOJAI PLAYWRIGHTS CONFERENCE: $29,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetCENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES: $28,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH COAST REPERTORY THEATRE: $27,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetNATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSUMMIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS WASHINGTON: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCONCERN FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetA CONTEMPORARY THEATRE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCURIOUS THEATRE COMPANY: $22,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetEAST-WEST PLAYERS INC: $22,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetShotgun Players: $22,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetArvada Center for the Arts and Humanities: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAUTRY MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WEST: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetArizona Theatre Company: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMHP SALUD: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSU TEATRO INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetEXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA: $18,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TAPROOT THEATRE: $17,000 over 2y, 0.5% 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 Shubert Foundatio…Seattle FoundationThe Norcliffe Foundat…Puget Sound Energy Fo…United Way of King Co…ArtsfundThe Ahmanson Foundati…The Ralph M Parsons F…Lucky Seven FoundationThe Andrew W Mellon F…Grousemont FoundationThe Annenberg Foundat…
The Shubert Foundation IncNY60.2× affinity31 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Shubert Foundation Inc · Seattle Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · United Way of King County · Artsfund · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Lucky Seven Foundation · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · Grousemont Foundation · The Annenberg 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 Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 22%
  • Mhp Salud: 66% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Epilepsy Foundation of America: 22% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Asian Health & Service Center Inc: 18% of income from government
  • The Portland Playhouse: 11% of income from government
  • Girls Inc of the Pacific Northwest: 4% of income from government
  • Portland Center Stage: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
85report 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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Find your warmest path to The Sheri and Les Biller 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 247 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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