The Heller Family Charitable Foundation
The organization is a private foundation dedicated to supporting various charitable causes, primarily focusing on Jewish organizations and religious institutions. Its mission reflects a commitment to enhancing community services and providing essential human services, as evidenced by its funding of organizations that serve the Jewish community and related faith-based initiatives. The foundation primarily supports general purposes of recipient organizations, indicating a flexible approach to funding. Its activities are predominantly centered in New York, where it directs most of its charitable disbursements.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A New York–based Jewish congregation or community organization with local presence and established ties to communal funders or to recurring grantees in the foundation's network.
Good Fit
- • Located in New York state (in-state recipient).
- • Mission aligned with Jewish community, synagogues, or faith-based community services.
- • Existing or demonstrable relationship with trustees, local federations, or organizations already in the foundation's grant list.
- • Requests for general operating or broad community support rather than competitive program grants.
Geography
Observed giving in the latest year was entirely within New York state; earlier year included other states but the most recent year shows a strictly in-state footprint.
Recipient Variety
The foundation funded a dozen-plus distinct organizations each observed year, mostly independent community and faith-based groups, though dollar distribution is heavily concentrated among the top five recipients.
New Applicants
The foundation states it funds only preselected organizations and offers no public application channel; although six new recipients appeared in the latest year, the absence of a public process and contact information makes unsolicited entry unlikely.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
