Funding search · EIN 364337226 · Highland Park, IL

Steve and Janice Hefter

Name: Steve and Janice Hefter grants, 2022–2024
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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.

52
grants reported: $1.9M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $22,250
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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.

Stand With US3 grants · $355,000
Central Fund of Israel3 grants · $330,000
American Israel Education Foundation3 grants · $225,000
Jewish Institute for National Security of America3 grants · $171,700
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies2 grants · $100,000
One Family Fund2 grants · $72,000
North Suburban Synagogue Beth El3 grants · $50,635
African Middle Eastern Leadership Project (Amel)2 grants · $50,000
Jewish United Fund2 grants · $50,000
Foundation for Defense of Democracies1 grant · $50,000

Giving over time

$640,338

2022

$695,800

2023

$550,800

2024

Grant history

All 52 reported grants, largest first.

$155,000
Stand With US · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Charity
$150,000
Central Fund of Israel · Cedarhurst, NY · 2024
Charity
$150,000
Stand With US · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Charity
$90,000
Central Fund of Israel · Cedarhurst, NY · 2023
Charity
$90,000
Central Fund of Israel · Cedarhurst, NY · 2022
Charity
$75,000
American Israel Education Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Charity
$75,000
American Israel Education Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Charity
$75,000
American Israel Education Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Charity
$66,700
Jewish Institute for National Security of America · Washington, DC · 2024
Charity
$62,000
One Family Fund · Teaneck, NJ · 2023
Charity
$55,000
Jewish Institute for National Security of America · Washington, DC · 2022
Charity
$50,000
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies · Washington, DC · 2024
Charity
$50,000
Stand With US · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charity
$50,000
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies · Washington, DC · 2023
Charity
$50,000
Jewish Institute for National Security of America · Washington, DC · 2023
Charity
$50,000
Foundation for Defense of Democracies · Washington, DC · 2022
Charity
$50,000
Simon Wiesenthal Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Charity
$40,000
Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces · New York, NY · 2022
Charity
$30,000
The Lawfare Project · New York, NY · 2024
Charity
$25,000
African Middle Eastern Leadership Project (Amel) · Washington, DC · 2024
Charity
$25,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$25,000
African Middle Eastern Leadership Project (Amel) · Washington, DC · 2023
Charity
$25,000
Edward Charles Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023
Charity
$25,000
Scholars for Pease in the Middle East · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2023
Charity
$25,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charity
$24,500
North Suburban Synagogue Beth El · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Charity
$20,000
Ravinia Festival · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Charity
$20,000
Harvard Business School · Boston, MA · 2022
Charity
$18,000
American Gives · New York, NY · 2023
Charity
$18,000
International Fellowship of Christians and Jews · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charity
$18,000
Friends of United Hatzalah · New York, NY · 2022
Charity
$15,000
Friends of of the Israeli Defense Force · New York, NY · 2024
Charity
$15,000
Abrahamic House · Dallas, TX · 2023
Charity
$14,500
Pef Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2023
Charity
$14,135
North Suburban Synagogue Beth El · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Charity
$12,000
The Giving Back Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
Charity
$12,000
North Suburban Synagogue Beth El · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Charity
$10,000
Friends of Elnet · Skokie, IL · 2024
Charity
$10,000
International Fellowship of Christians and Jews · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$10,000
Belev Echad · New York, NY · 2023
Charity
$10,000
Friends of Elnet · Skokie, IL · 2023
Charity
$10,000
Sundance Institute · Park City, UT · 2023
Charity
$10,000
Abraham House 7 · Elgin, IL · 2022
Charity
$10,000
Friends of Elnet · Skokie, IL · 2022
Charity
$10,000
One Family Fund · Teaneck, NJ · 2022
Charity
$10,000
Ravinia Festival · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Charity
$8,203
Various · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Charity
$6,300
Various · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Charity
$5,000
Sundance Institute · Park City, UT · 2024
Charity
$5,000
Comer Childrens Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charity
$5,000
Foundation for Fighting Blindness · Columbia, MD · 2022
Charity
$2,600
Various · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Charity

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