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The Heller Foundation

Name: The Heller Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

81
grants reported: $2.2M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

4 grants matching “footsteps” · $275,000

$75,000
Footsteps · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted use by donee
$75,000
Footsteps · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$75,000
Footsteps · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted use by donee
$50,000
Footsteps · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Brennan Center for Justice4 grants · $421,678
Unchained at Last4 grants · $300,000
Grand Street Settlement4 grants · $255,000
Footsteps3 grants · $225,000
American Jewish World Service3 grants · $200,000
International Rescue Committee1 grant · $100,000
Tulane University1 grant · $100,000
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press2 grants · $65,000
Sos Generation2 grants · $60,000
The Signature Theater2 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$589,100

2022

$679,000

2023

$437,678

2024

$529,500

2025

Grant history

All 81 reported grants, largest first.

$155,000
Grand Street Settlement · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted use by donee
$125,000
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted use by donee
$100,000
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted use by donee
$100,000
Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Unrestricted use by donee
$100,000
American Jewish World Service · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$100,000
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$100,000
International Rescue Committee · Albert Lea, MN · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$96,678
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$75,000
Footsteps · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted use by donee
$75,000
Unchained at Last · Westfield, NJ · 2025
Unrestricted use by donee
$75,000
Footsteps · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$75,000
Unchained at Last · Westfield, NJ · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$75,000
Footsteps · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted use by donee
$75,000
Unchained at Last · Westfield, NJ · 2023
Unrestricted use by donee
$75,000
Unchained at Last · Westfield, NJ · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$55,000
Grand Street Settlement · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$50,000
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press · Washington, DC · 2025
Unrestricted use by donee
$50,000
Wnyc Radio · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted use by donee
$50,000
American Jewish World Service · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$50,000
American Jewish World Service · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted use by donee
$50,000
Presencing Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Unrestricted use by donee
$50,000
Footsteps · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$35,000
Grand Street Settlement · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted use by donee
$35,000
Sos Generation · Westport, CT · 2025
Unrestricted use by donee
$25,000
Overlook Foundation · Summit, NJ · 2025
Unrestricted use by donee
$25,000
Overlook Foundation · Summit, NJ · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$25,000
Sos Generation · Westport, CT · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$25,000
The Signature Theater · Arlington, VA · 2023
Unrestricted use by donee
$25,000
Presencing Instituteinc · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$25,000
The Signature Theater · Arlington, VA · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$20,100
Generation Sos · Westport, CT · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$20,000
Generation Sos · Westport, CT · 2023
Unrestricted use by donee
$15,000
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$10,000
Center for Metal Arts · Johnstown, PA · 2025
Unrestricted use by donee
$10,000
Children'S Museum of Manhattan · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted use by donee
$10,000
Shofco · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted use by donee
$10,000
Children'S Museum of Manhattan · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$10,000
Connecta · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$10,000
Grand Street Settlement · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$10,000
Shofco · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$10,000
Children'S Museum of Manhattan · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted use by donee
$10,000
Children'S Museum of Manhattan · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$10,000
Congregation B'Nai Jeshurun · Short Hills, NJ · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$5,000
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted use by donee
$5,000
Chicken in Eggs Pictures · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted use by donee
$5,000
Jewish Agency for Israel · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted use by donee
$5,000
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$5,000
Chicken in Eggs Pictures · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$5,000
Epoch · Madison, NJ · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$5,000
Her Second Chance · Boca Raton, FL · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$5,000
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted use by donee
$5,000
Chicken in Eggs Pictures · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted use by donee
$5,000
Pa Symphony · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Unrestricted use by donee
$5,000
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$5,000
Chicken & Egg Pictures · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$5,000
The Arete Project · Gustavus, AK · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$3,000
Beat the Streets · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted use by donee
$3,000
Beat the Streets · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$2,500
Alden Landis Memorial Scholarship · Seattle, WA · 2025
Unrestricted use by donee
$2,500
American Association of Caregiving Youth · Boca Raton, FL · 2025
Unrestricted use by donee
$2,500
Alden Landis Memorial Scholarship · Seattle, WA · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$2,500
American Association of Caregiving Youth · Boca Raton, FL · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$2,000
Epoch · Madison, NJ · 2025
Unrestricted use by donee
$2,000
Storefront Academy · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$2,000
Storefront Academy · Bronx, NY · 2023
Unrestricted use by donee
$2,000
Storefront Academy · Bronx, NY · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$1,000
Her Second Chance · Boca Raton, FL · 2025
Unrestricted use by donee
$1,000
Johnstown Symphony Orchestra · Johnstown, PA · 2025
Unrestricted use by donee
$1,000
The Developing Dreams Foundation · Plantation, FL · 2025
Unrestricted use by donee
$1,000
The Westfield Nj Food Pantry · Westfield, NJ · 2025
Unrestricted use by donee
$1,000
Huntsman Cancer Foundation · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$1,000
Maryknoll Sisters · Maryknoll, NY · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$1,000
Musicians On Call · Nashville, TN · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$1,000
Sing for Hope · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$1,000
Tulane Chabad · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$1,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$1,000
Musicians On Call · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted use by donee
$1,000
Sing for Hope · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted use by donee
$1,000
Musicians On Call · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$1,000
Sing for Hope · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$500
Konscious Youth Development Service · Asbury Park, NJ · 2025
Unrestricted use by donee

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.