Steve and Janice Hefter Family Foundation

• Because the foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests, a small charity should not send it a cold proposal and should approach it only through an existing relationship or an invitation.
• Its grants go chiefly to organisations connected with Israel and Jewish affairs, education, public advocacy and security, with some support for Jewish community and religious institutions and for arts and culture, health and other charitable fields, so work far from these areas is a weaker match.
• No geographic focus is stated, so location alone should not rule a charity out, although its grants have mainly reached District of Columbia, New York, California and Illinois.
• A typical request is modest: about 8 in 10 of its 49 grants to organisations fall between $10,000 and $90,000, and half were $25,000 or less, so an ask near $25,000 is realistic, though its largest grant was $155,000 and that band is not a ceiling.
• Repeat giving is strong, with 92% of its grant dollars to organisations going to groups it had also funded in earlier filings, so it leans heavily on groups it already knows, and because no deadline or cycle is stated, timing is best worked out through a contact rather than assumed.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Central Fund of Israel · Charity
  $150,0002024 tax year
• American Israel Education Foundation · Charity
  $75,0002024 tax year
• Jewish Institute for National Security of America · Charity
  $66,7002024 tax year
• Stand With Us · Charity
  $50,0002024 tax year
• Foundation for the Defense of Democracies · Charity
  $50,0002024 tax year
• Lawfare Project · Charity
  $30,0002024 tax year
• Jewish United Fund · Charity
  $25,0002024 tax year
• African Middle Eastern Leadership Project · Charity
  $25,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.