Jean R D Hecht & Betty Rae Hecht
Toms River, NJ · EIN 22-2528442. Reported 517 grants totalling $177,205 to 128 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Jean R D Hecht & Betty Rae Hecht did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $300. Half of everything it gave fell between $170 and $500; the smallest was $15 and the largest $1,300. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Judes Childrens Research | Memphis, TN | $5,300 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | Asbury Park, NJ | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Tuckerton Seaport Society | Tuckerton, NJ | $3,750 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Jersey Shore Animal Center | Brick, NJ | $3,300 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Berlin Airlift Historical Association | Farmingdale, NJ | $3,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Best Friends Animal Sanctuary | Kanab, UT | $3,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Small Miracles | Ocean Gate, NJ | $3,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Association Humane Societies | Forked River, NJ | $2,650 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| A Need We Feed Inc | Island Heights, NJ | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Cancer Society | Greenville, NC | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Clifton | Clifton, NJ | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Dare County Arts Council | Manteo, NJ | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Doctors Without Boarders | Hagerstown, MD | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Food for Thought | Kitty Hawk, NC | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Fulfill | Neptune City, NJ | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Gary Sinise Foundation | Woodland Hills, CA | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Glassroots | Newark, NJ | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Island Heights Cultural & Heritage Association | Island Heights, NJ | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Manchester Middle School | Manchester Township, NJ | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Perfect Angels | Turnersville, NJ | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Silverton First Aid Squad | Toms River, NJ | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Svdp St Josephs Parish | Toms River, NJ | $2,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Toms River First Aid | Toms River, NJ | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Toms River Seaport Society & Maritime Museum | Toms River, NJ | $2,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Twenty-One Plus Foundation | Toms River, NJ | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Wounded Warriors Project | Topeka, KS | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Ocean County College | Toms River, NJ | $2,250 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Ocean County Historical Society | Toms River, NJ | $2,250 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Orchid Foundation | Willingboro, NJ | $2,100 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Pleasant Plains First Aid | Toms River, NJ | $2,100 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Jewish Foundation of Ocean County | Lakewood, NJ | $2,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Ocean County YMCA | Toms River, NJ | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ocean County YMCA Red Triangle | Toms River, NJ | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Open Door Pregnancy | Toms River, NJ | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pleasant Plains Voluteer Fire Company | Toms River, NJ | $2,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Shriners Hospital for Children | Tampa, FL | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Silverton Fire Company | Toms River, NJ | $2,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Toms River Fire Company | Toms River, NJ | $2,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Toys for Tots | Des Moines, IA | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tuesday's Children | New York, NY | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore | Toms River, NJ | $1,875 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation | Crazy Horse, SD | $1,750 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Sloan Kettering | Hagerstown, MD | $1,750 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Ocean Harbor House | Toms River, NJ | $1,625 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Mammoth Site of Hot Springs | Hot Springs, SD | $1,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ocean County Library | Toms River, NJ | $1,600 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chicamacomico Historical Association | Rodawthe, NC | $1,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Chop | Philadelphia, PA | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Currituck-Dare Womans Fund | Raleigh, NC | $1,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Family Planning of Ocean County | Toms River, NJ | $1,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hope Center | Toms River, NJ | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ocean of Love for Children | Toms River, NJ | $1,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Outer Banks Hospital Develop Council | Southern Shores, NC | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Paws for Purple Hearts | Merrifield, VA | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Salvation Army | Union, NJ | $1,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Special Olympics | Princeton, NJ | $1,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Trfod | Toms River, NJ | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tunnel to Towers Foundation | State Island, NY | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Swigart Automobile Museum | Huntington, PA | $1,450 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Ocean County Foundation for Vocational Technical Education | Toms River, NJ | $1,300 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Ambassador Christian Academy | Allenwood, NJ | $1,250 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Farmland Trust | Washington, DC | $1,250 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Elizabethan Gardens | Manteo, NC | $1,250 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Ocean County College Foundation | Toms River, NJ | $1,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Smile Train | Washington, DC | $1,250 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Ocean County Library Foundation | Toms River, NJ | $1,200 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Child Fund International | Richmond, VA | $1,100 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| USO World Hq | Washington, DC | $1,050 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Aaca Museum Inc | Hershey, PA | $1,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ocean City | Asbury Park, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hosea House | Manteo, NC | $1,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hour of Power | Garden Grove, CA | $1,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Literacy Volunteers of America Ocean County | Edison, NJ | $1,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Lost Colony | Manteo, NC | $1,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| National Parks Conservation | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Nccf Va Dare | Raleigh, NC | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Outer Banks Community Foundation | Southern Shores, NC | $1,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Pawlet Scholorship Fund | Pawlet, VT | $1,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Paws for Purple Hearts | Penngrove, CA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Phelps School | Malvern, PA | $1,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Seaside Chapter of Deborah | Lavallette, NJ | $1,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| South West Indian Foundation | Gallup, NM | $1,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Wright B Flyer | Miamisburg, OH | $1,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Truck Historical Society | Kansas City, MO | $825 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Good Life 45 | Lake Mary, FL | $750 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| USO | Washington, DC | $700 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Wreaths Across America | Columbia Falls, ME | $660 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Florida Air Museum | Lakeland, FL | $600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Interfaith Hospital Network | Toms River, NJ | $600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Open Arms Inc | Toms River, NJ | $600 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Barnegat Bay Maritime Museum | Toms River, NJ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Bob Morgan Impact Fun Roxbury Hs | Succasunna, NJ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Coast Guard Foundation | Stonington, CT | $500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Florida Air Museum Sun'n Fun | Lakeland, FL | $500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Iron Industry Museum | Landing, MI | $500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Marine Toys for Tots | Boone, IA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Maritime Industry Museum | Bronx, NY | $500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Metro World Child | Brooklyn, NY | $500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| National Wildlife Federation | Merrifield, VA | $500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Purple Martin Conservation | Erie, PA | $500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Roanoke Island Historical Association | Manteo, NC | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Josephs Parish | Toms River, NJ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Toms River Animal Facility | Toms River, NJ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tunnel to Towers Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| UNCF | Boston, MA | $500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Alzheimer Disease Assoc | Roseland, NJ | $450 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Garden State Philharmonic | Toms River, NJ | $450 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Toms River, NJ | $450 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Pedals for Progress | High Bridge, NJ | $450 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| AARP | Long Beach, CA | $445 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Eaa Aviation Foundation | Oshkosh, WI | $440 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Easter Seals | Toms River, NJ | $415 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Trucking Association | Washington, DC | $400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dare County Association Fire | Nags Head, NC | $400 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Nest | Kitty Hawk, NC | $400 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Ocean County Puppy Power | Toms River, NJ | $400 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Dvnf | Washington, DC | $315 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Gift of Warmth Nj Nat'l Gas | Wall, NJ | $300 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Jewish Voice Ministry International | Phoenix, AZ | $300 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Dcmg | Nags Head, NC | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Interfaith Hospitality Network | Toms River, NJ | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Gift of Warmth | Wall, NJ | $130 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Save the Manatee | Maitland, FL | $125 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Dvnf | Milford, NH | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Reagan Ranch Young America's Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rotary Club of Toms River | Toms River, NJ | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Toms River Schools Hall | Toms River, NJ | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Reagan Ranch Young America's Foundation | Reston, VA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
115 of 128 (90%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 92%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- St Judes Childrens Research
TO CARRY OUT CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF THE FOUNDATION
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 168 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 99 | $32,250 | $300 |
| 2022 | 106 | $36,105 | $300 |
| 2023 | 109 | $38,175 | $300 |
| 2024 | 102 | $35,075 | $300 |
| 2025 | 101 | $35,600 | $300 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
59% of its giving went to organizations in New Jersey. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $300. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New Jersey.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Jean R D Hecht & Betty Rae Hecht's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 2075 Lakewood Road, Toms River, NJ, 08755. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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