The Heckscher Foundation for Children

EIN 131820170

New York, NY 10038 |(212) 744-0190

https://WWW.HECKSCHERFOUNDATION.ORG
Total Given 2020–2024
$66.3M
520 grants · $13.3M avg/year
based on 5 yrs of IRS 990-PF records on file
$10M+/yr
major funder
capacity
$100K
typical big bets · $25K–$182K
grant size
35%
supporter · 101/290 multi-year
repeat
$360.9M
Assets (2024)
290
Distinct Recipients

Focus Areas

Education Arts & Culture Youth Development

Application Information

Accepts Unsolicited Proposals No — Preselected Only
Contact Person COOPER UNION ITF DANIA NERI BRAVO
Phone (212) 744-0190

Financial Trends

Giving Over Time

Total Assets Over Time

View financial data as table
YearTotal GivingTotal AssetsRevenueGrants
2020 $9.4M $349.6M $11.8M 104
2021 $14.1M $387.2M $36.2M 96
2022 $13.8M $330.8M $9.7M 109
2023 $15.8M $341.5M $13.1M 106
2024 $13.2M $360.9M $8.7M 105

Grant Size Distribution

Based on 520 grants on record

Minimum
$365
25th Pctl
$25K
Median
$100K
Average
$128K
75th Pctl
$182K
Maximum
$1.5M

Geographic Distribution

Texas Counties Served

0.2% of US grants · Rank #16 of 19 states $2K across 1 grant 1 of 254 counties

Top 1 counties

  1. 1 Travis 1 grant · $2K

Officers & Directors

Grants Awarded (520 total)

Purpose
Central Park Conservancy Inc New York, NY $1,500,000 WELFARE OF CHILDREN 2021
Central Park Conservancy Inc New York, NY $1,500,000 WELFARE OF CHILDREN 2021
Central Park Conservacy New York, NY $1,500,000 WELFARE OF CHILDREN 2022
Arbor Rising New York, NY $1,000,000 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 2022
Merit America New York, NY $900,000 WELFARE OF CHILDREN 2021
Merit America New York, NY $900,000 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 2022
Central Park Conservacy New York, NY $750,000 PLAYGROUND RESTORATION 2023
Central Park Conservacy New York, NY $750,000 PLAYGROUND RESTORATION 2023
Central Park Conservancy Inc New York, NY $750,000 SOCIAL SERVICES, HEALTH, AND RECREATION 2024
The Brooklyn College Foundation Inc Brooklyn, NY $700,000 EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC SUPPORT 2024
Literacy Academy Collective Brooklyn, NY $659,000 LITERACY ACADEMY SCHOOL SUPPORT 2023
Bottom Line Brooklyn, NY $602,408 WELFARE OF CHILDREN 2020
New Visions for Public Schools Brooklyn, NY $543,187 MATHEMATICS SUPPORT AND CAREER DIRECTORY 2023
Ithaka Sr New York, NY $510,000 EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC SUPPORT 2022
The New Jewish Home New York, NY $502,000 WELFARE OF CHILDREN 2021
The New Jewish Home New York, NY $501,208 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 2022
Georgia State University Atlanta, GA $500,000 CAPACITY BUILDING THROUGH DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS AND PLAYBOOK MODELING 2023
Array Education Inc New York, NY $500,000 EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC SUPPORT 2024
The Door New York, NY $370,000 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TRAINING PROGRAM 2023
Ideas42 New York, NY $346,768 EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC SUPPORT 2022
Read Alliance New York, NY $340,000 LITERACY TUTORING 2023
Read Alliance Inc New York, NY $336,208 WELFARE OF CHILDREN 2021
Row New York New York, NY $333,334 WELFARE OF CHILDREN 2020
Children'S Museum of Manhattan New York, NY $333,333 WELFARE OF CHILDREN 2020
Bottom Line Inc Brooklyn, NY $328,028 WELFARE OF CHILDREN 2021