Funding search · EIN 330954861 · Newport Beach, CA

The Bernice Heffernan Family Foundation

Name: The Bernice Heffernan Family Foundation grants, 2021–2025
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.

96
grants reported: $738,845
total given: 2021–2025
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2025. 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

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Top recipients

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Our Lady of the Lake Church5 grants · $100,000
Verbum Dei Jesuit High School1 grant · $85,000
Sacred Heart School6 grants · $73,000
Our Lady of the Lake Parish1 grant · $55,545
Jesuit High School5 grants · $50,000
Sacred Heart Retreat Apostolate4 grants · $40,000
Catholic Charities of Orange County5 grants · $24,555
Outside in4 grants · $24,000
Abbey of New Clairvaux3 grants · $20,000
Verbum Dei High School2 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$135,000

2021

$128,305

2022

$160,000

2023

$209,995

2024

$105,545

2025

Grant history

All 96 reported grants, largest first.

$85,000
Verbum Dei Jesuit High School · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$55,545
Our Lady of the Lake Parish · Lake Oswego, OR · 2025
General & unrestricted
$25,000
Sacred Heart School · Red Bluff, CA · 2025
General & unrestricted
$25,000
Our Lady of the Lake Church · Lake Oswego, OR · 2024
Building Our Future - A Sacred Presence Campaign Pledge
$20,000
Our Lady of the Lake Church · Lake Oswego, OR · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Our Lady of the Lake Church · Lake Oswego, OR · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Our Lady of the Lake Church · Lake Oswego, OR · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
Our Lady of the Lake Church · Lake Oswego, OR · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
Sacred Heart School · Red Bluff, CA · 2024
Tuition assistance program
$15,000
Sacred Heart School · Red Bluff, CA · 2021
Tuition Scholarship Fund
$10,000
Sacred Heart Retreat Apostolate · Santa Ana, CA · 2025
General & unrestricted
$10,000
Verbum Dei High School · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General & unrestricted
$10,000
Abbey of New Clairvaux · Vina, CA · 2024
New senior wing
$10,000
Corporation of Gonzaga University · Spokane, WA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Jesuit High School · Portland, OR · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Jesuit High School · Portland, OR · 2023
Deserving Students Scholarship Fund
$10,000
Jesuit High School · Portland, OR · 2023
Financial Aid & Scholarship Fund
$10,000
Orange Catholic Foundation · Garden Grove, CA · 2023
St. Joseph's Catholic School Scholarship Fund
$10,000
Sacred Heart Retreat Apostolate · Chatsworth, CA · 2023
Charitable Event
$10,000
Sacred Heart School · Red Bluff, CA · 2023
Tuition support fund
$10,000
University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2023
Dan & anne crossen grant
$10,000
Verbum Dei High School · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
2023 heffernan leadersip and christian service awards
$10,000
Cathedral High School · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Thomas Jackson Endowment Fund
$10,000
Jesuit High School · Portland, OR · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Mercy Foundation North · Redding, CA · 2022
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, Red Bluff for Maternity/Infant Security System
$10,000
Sacred Heart Retreat Apostolate · Chatsworth, CA · 2022
Charitable Event
$10,000
Friends of the Children - National Office · Portland, OR · 2021
Charitable Event
$10,000
Jesuit High School · Portland, OR · 2021
Patrick Heffernan Family Foundation
$10,000
Outside in · Portland, OR · 2021
Education Resource Center
$10,000
Sacred Heart Retreat Apostolate · Chatsworth, CA · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$6,750
De La Salle North Catholic High School · Portland, OR · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
University of Portland · Portland, OR · 2025
General & unrestricted
$5,000
Blanchet House of Hospitality · Portland, OR · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Catholic Charities of Orange County · Garden Grove, CA · 2024
Catholic Charities Auxiliary of Orange County
$5,000
Friends of the Children - National Office · Portland, OR · 2024
Charitable Event
$5,000
Lifenet Family Resource and Pregnancy Center of Te · Red Bluff, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Outside in · Portland, OR · 2024
Syringe Service/Harm Reduction activities fund
$5,000
Poor and the Homeless Tehama County Coalition · Red Bluff, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Abbey of New Clairvaux · Vina, CA · 2023
Long term care fund
$5,000
Cathedral High School · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Thomas Jackson memorial scholarship fund
$5,000
Catholic Charities of Orange County · Garden Grove, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Crane Elementary School · Crane, OR · 2023
Pto
$5,000
De La Salle North Catholic High School · Portland, OR · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Lifenet Family Resource and Pregnancy Center of Te · Red Bluff, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
National Bleeding Disorders Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Judith Pool Research Fund
$5,000
Outside in · Portland, OR · 2023
Education Resource Center and the Needle Service and Harm Reduction program funds
$5,000
Pastor of Sacred Heart Parish - Red Bluff a Corpor · Red Bluff, CA · 2023
For tuition support for Sacred Heart School Scholarship fund
$5,000
Poor and the Homeless Tehama County Coalition · Red Bluff, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County · Irvine, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
St Anne School · Santa Ana, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Abbey of New Clairvaux · Vina, CA · 2022
Long Term Care project
$5,000
Catholic Charities of Orange County · Garden Grove, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Mater Dei High School Roman Catholic Bishop of Ora · Santa Ana, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Mercy Corps · Seattle, WA · 2022
funds for physical needs of Ukrainian refugees
$5,000
Sacred Heart School · Red Bluff, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
The National Hemophilia Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Judith Pool Scholarship Fund for Coagulation Disorder Research
$5,000
Catholic Charities of Orange County · Santa Ana, CA · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Mercy Foundation North · Redding, CA · 2021
OB Laboring Bed at St Elizabeth Hospital in Red Bluff
$5,000
Poor and the Homeless Tehama County Coalition · Red Bluff, CA · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Taller San Jose Hope Builders · Santa Ana, CA · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
The National Hemophilia Foundation · New York, NY · 2021
Judith Pool Research Fund for Coagulation disorders
$4,995
St Anne School · Santa Ana, CA · 2024
Sr. Teresa Scholarship Fund
$4,555
Catholic Charities of Orange County · Garden Grove, CA · 2022
Cantlay, box bailer, electrical work, wilhelm electric fund
$4,000
Outside in · Portland, OR · 2022
General Purpose Fund of the ERC
$3,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023
Buck/Cardinal Club- Athletic Scholarship fund
$3,000
Lifenet Family Resource and Pregnancy Center of Te · Red Bluff, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$3,000
Notre Dame School · Chico, CA · 2021
Library fund
$3,000
Sacred Heart School · Red Bluff, CA · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Butte County Firefighters Burn and Benevolent Fund · Oroville, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Mercy Foundation North · Redding, CA · 2024
St. Elizabeth Hospital Hospice
$2,500
Homes for Our Troops · Taunton, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Northwest Catholic Counseling Center · Portland, OR · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Blanchet House of Hospitality · Portland, OR · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Catholic Charities · Portland, OR · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Friends of the Children-Portland · Portland, OR · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
St Andrew Nativity School · Portland, OR · 2022
Financial Aid Luncheon program
$2,500
Blanchet House of Hospitality · Portland, OR · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Catholic Charities · Portland, OR · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
De La Salle North Catholic High School · Portland, OR · 2021
Student Tuition Costs scholarship fund
$2,500
Friends of the Children-Portland · Portland, OR · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Homes for Our Troops · Taunton, MA · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Northwest Catholic Counseling Center · Portland, OR · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Oregon Food Bank · Portland, OR · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
St Andrew Nativity School · Portland, OR · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$2,250
Family Service Agency of Tehama County · Red Bluff, CA · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Oregon Food Bank · Portland, OR · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Notre Dame School · Chico, CA · 2022
Library program
$2,000
Oregon Food Bank · Portland, OR · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Poor and the Homeless Tehama County Coalition · Red Bluff, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Youth for Change · Paradise, CA · 2022
6th Street Center for Youth
$2,000
Lifenet Family Resource and Pregnancy Center of Te · Red Bluff, CA · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Pastor of Sacred Heart Parish - Red Bluff a Corpor · Red Bluff, CA · 2021
Music fund
$1,500
Red Bluff Masterworks Chorale · Red Bluff, CA · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$1,250
State Theatre for the Arts · Red Bluff, CA · 2021
Charitable Event
$1,000
Northwest Catholic Counseling Center · Portland, OR · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Pta California Congress of Parents Teachers & Stud · Mountain View, CA · 2022
performing arts program

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