Funding search · EIN 510189743 · Newport Beach, CA

Hester Family Foundation

Name: Hester Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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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.

42
grants reported: $261,103
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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.

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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.

Top recipients

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

Gnostic Institute4 grants · $50,000
Segerstrom Center for the Arts4 grants · $31,828
Childrens Hospital of Orange County3 grants · $30,000
Hoover Institute4 grants · $25,000
Decorative Arts Society4 grants · $20,000
Corazon De Vida Foundation4 grants · $16,425
Trinity Presbyterian Church3 grants · $15,000
Boys & Girls Club of Tustin3 grants · $15,000
Boys & Girls Club of Central Oc3 grants · $14,000
St Joseph'S Hospital Foundation2 grants · $12,000

Giving over time

$72,025

2022

$64,420

2023

$60,878

2024

$63,780

2025

Grant history

All 42 reported grants, largest first.

$15,000
Gnostic Institute · Long Beach, CA · 2025
Support
$15,000
Gnostic Institute · Long Beach, CA · 2022
Support
$12,780
Segerstrom Center for the Arts · Costa Mesa, CA · 2025
Support
$10,000
Hoover Institute · Stanford, CA · 2025
Support
$10,000
Childrens Hospital of Orange County · Orange, CA · 2024
Support
$10,000
Gnostic Institute · Long Beach, CA · 2024
Support
$10,000
Childrens Hospital of Orange County · Orange, CA · 2023
Support
$10,000
Gnostic Institute · Long Beach, CA · 2023
Support
$10,000
Childrens Hospital of Orange County · Orange, CA · 2022
Support
$8,275
Corazon De Vida Foundation · Irvine, CA · 2022
Support
$8,020
Segerstrom Center for the Arts · Costa Mesa, CA · 2023
Support
$7,400
Segerstrom Center for the Arts · Costa Mesa, CA · 2022
Support
$7,000
St Joseph'S Hospital Foundation · Orange, CA · 2023
Support
$5,000
Boys & Girls Club of Central Oc · Irvine, CA · 2025
Support
$5,000
Boys & Girls Club of Tustin · Tustin, CA · 2025
Support
$5,000
Decorative Arts Society · Newport Beach, CA · 2025
Support
$5,000
Special Olympics · Long Beach, CA · 2025
Support
$5,000
Boys & Girls Club of Central Oc · Irvine, CA · 2024
Support
$5,000
Boys & Girls Club of Tustin · Tustin, CA · 2024
Support
$5,000
Decorative Arts Society · Newport Beach, CA · 2024
Support
$5,000
Hoover Institute · Stanford, CA · 2024
Support
$5,000
Special Olympics · Long Beach, CA · 2024
Support
$5,000
St Joseph'S Hospital Foundation · Orange, CA · 2024
Support
$5,000
Trinity Presbyterian Church · Orange, CA · 2024
Support
$5,000
Boys & Girls Club of Tustin · Tustin, CA · 2023
Support
$5,000
Decorative Arts Society · Newport Beach, CA · 2023
Support
$5,000
Hoover Institute · Stanford, CA · 2023
Support
$5,000
Trinity Presbyterian Church · Orange, CA · 2023
Support
$5,000
Boys and Girls Club of Central Oc · Irvine, CA · 2022
Support
$5,000
Boys and Girls Club of Tustin · Tustin, CA · 2022
Support
$5,000
Decorative Arts Society · Newport Beach, CA · 2022
Support
$5,000
Hoover Institute · Stanford, CA · 2022
Support
$5,000
Special Olympics of Oc · Santa Ana, CA · 2022
Support
$5,000
Trinity Presbyterian Church · Irvine, CA · 2022
Support
$4,000
Boys & Girls Club of Central Oc · Irvine, CA · 2023
Support
$3,628
Segerstrom Center for the Arts · Costa Mesa, CA · 2024
Support
$3,500
Corazon De Vida Foundation · Irvine, CA · 2025
Support
$3,000
The Relational Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Support
$2,500
Hoag Hospital Foundation · Newport Beach, CA · 2025
Support
$2,400
Corazon De Vida Foundation · Irvine, CA · 2023
Support
$2,250
Corazon De Vida Foundation · Irvine, CA · 2024
Support
$1,350
The Relational Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Support

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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.