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Who does Clarence E Heller Charitable Foundation fund?

Clarence E Heller Charitable Foundation has awarded $11 million across 239 grants to 146 organizations between 2020 and 2023. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $30,000, with most between $22,750 and $55,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $42,500 versus $25,000 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$11.1M
Typical grant
$30K
Grantees
146
Grants
239
Years
2020–2023

Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

100 of 146 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Follow
The San Francisco Foundation $1.4M42020–20232023CA
Inside Climate News INC $450K32021–20232023NY
C Californians for Pesticide Reform $400K42020–20232023— —
Friends of the Earth $340K42020–20232023DC
Carbon Cycle Institute $300K42020–20232023CA
U University of California Santa Cruz $275K32020–20232023— —
Kitchen Table Advisors $275K42020–20232023CA
Mandela Partners $275K42020–20232023CA
Community Alliance with Family Farmers Foundation $270K42020–20232023CA
C California State University Chico $225K32020–20232023— —
As You Sow $225K32020–20222022CA
L Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability $225K32021–20232023— —
Intermusic Sf $175K42020–20232023CA
B Bayview Hunters Point Community Advocates $170K22021–20232023— —
Movement Strategy Center $170K32020–20232023CA
First Nations Development Institute $150K22021–20232023CO
Urban Tilth $150K22021–20222022CA
S Sustainable Conservation $150K22020–20212021— —
California Academy of Sciences $140K32020–20232023CA
Ecological Farming Association $140K32020–20222022CA
Enriching Lives Through Music $130K42020–20232023CA
The Sierra Fund $125K22020–20222022CA
Create Ca $120K22022–20232023CA
F Food and Farm Communications Fund $110K22022–20232023— —
C Community Music Center $110K32020–20232023— —
League to Save Lake Tahoe $105K32020–20222022CA
H Healthy Babies Bright Futures $100K120222022— —
G Global Alliance for the Future of Food $100K22021–20222022— —
Ritter Center $100K120232023CA
Black Farmer Fund INC $100K22022–20232023NY
Yes Nature to Neighborhoods $90K22020–20212021CA
Angelica Center for Arts and Music $85K42020–20232023CA
L Luna Dance Institute $80K22021–20222022— —
A Association of California Symphony Orchestras $80K32021–20232023— —
Justice Outside $75K22022–20232023CA
New Century Chamber Orchestra $75K22020–20212021CA
L Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture $75K22021–20232023— —
U University of Vermont $75K120232023— —
Ten Strands $75K22020–20212021CA
Sacred Heart Community Service $75K120222022CA
G Global Alliance for the Future of Food (meridian Institute) $75K120202020— —
C California Association of Resource Conservation Districts $75K120202020— —
B Brown Girl Surf $70K22021–20222022— —
Y Youth Orchestra Salinas $70K32020–20232023— —
Harmony Project Bay Area INC $60K22021–20222022CA
K Kronos Quartet $60K22020–20232023— —
O Oaktown Jazz Workshops $55K32021–20232023CA
P Performing Arts Workshop INC $55K22020–20232023CA
Edsource INC $53K22022–20232023CA
Wishtoyo Foundation $50K120232023CA
California State University San Marcos Foundation $50K120232023CA
California State University San Marcos Corporation $50K22020–20212021CA
Agroecology Commons $50K120222022CA
Calmatters $50K120232023CA
Elemental Music $50K22021–20232023CA
California Rural Legal Assistance INC $50K120232023CA
Resource Renewal Institute $50K120222022CA
H Hope Collaborative $50K120232023MA
L Lawrence Hall of Science $50K120232023— —
H Hunters Point Biomonitoring Foundation INC $50K120232023CA
Pie Ranch $50K120232023CA
Y Youth Outside $45K22020–20212021— —
San Francisco Philharmonic Orchestra $45K22021–20222022CA
Neighborhood Music School INC $45K22022–20232023CT
E Exploratorium $40K120222022— —
Attitudinal Healing Connection INC DBA the Center for Artesteem $40K22021–20222022CA
San Francisco Symphony $40K120222022CA
Q Quinteto Latino $40K22022–20232023— —
T The Exploratorium $40K120232023— —
Naturebridge $40K120222022CA
Organic Farming Research Foundation $40K120212021CA
Maidu Summit Consortium $40K120212021CA
C California Alliance for Arts Education $40K120202020— —
S San Francisco Children's Art Center $40K22020–20222022— —
C California Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education $40K120222022— —
Girls Garage $35K120212021CA
G Generation Music and Arts Academy $35K120222022— —
Arrowhead Arts Association $35K22022–20232023CA
Sol-La Music Academy INC $35K22020–20232023CA
Y Youth Art Exchange (tides) $35K120212021— —
G Gardens of Golden Gate Park $33K120232023— —
Sonoma Valley Education Foundation $32K120222022CA
Ocean Discovery Institute $30K120232023CA
Turnaround Arts California C/O Reback Lee & Company INC $30K120222022CA
C Communitygrows (tides) $30K120222022— —
Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra $30K120202020CA
Generation Music & Arts Academy $30K120212021CA
California Symphony Orchestra INC $30K120202020CA
Cota (collaborations Teachers and Artists) INC $30K120212021CA
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players $30K120212021CA
C Cde Foundation $30K120232023— —
C California Indian Museum and Cultural Center $30K120232023— —
I Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles $30K120222022— —
S Sphinx $30K120212021— —
C California Symphony $30K120232023— —
Delirium Musicum $25K120232023CA
B Brown Girl Surf (social Good Fund) $25K120202020— —
L Los Angeles County Arts Commission $25K120202020— —
H Heart of Los Angeles $25K120202020— —
E Earth Team $25K120202020— —

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