The Horizon Charitable Foundation is a private nonprofit foundation funded by the co-founder and managing partner of Insight Partners, Jeffrey (Jeff) Horing. The Horizon Charitable Foundation provides grants largely to pro-abortion and other left-of-center organizations including affiliates of Planned Parenthood, the Anti-Defamation League, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and the Tides Foundation   ^{1  2 3}

Activities

The Horizon Charitable Foundation is a private nonprofit organization run by Jeffrey and Patricia Horing that provides grants largely to left-of-center nonprofit organizations. The foundation is a major funder of pro-abortion organizations like Planned Parenthood and Engenderhealth as well as other left-of-center activist and aligned groups like the Anti-Defamation League, the New Venture Fund, the Tides Foundation, and the Hopewell Fund, a nonprofit affiliated with Arabella Advisors. ¹

People

According to tax filings, the director and president of the Horizon Foundation is Jeffrey (Jeff) Horing and the director, secretary, and treasurer of the foundation is Patricia Horing. ¹

Jeffrey Horing is the co-founder and managing director of Insight Partners, a venture capital firm that states it has raised more than $65 billion in capital commitments. ^{2 3}

According to the Federal Election Commission, in 2025, Jeff Horing gave $10,000 to the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. On the same date, Patricia Horing likewise gave $10,000 to the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. ^{4 5}

Financials and Grantmaking

According to tax filings, in 2023, Horizon Charitable Foundation reported $13,463,610 in income, $4,770,843 in expenses, and $113,841,073 in assets. Of its expenses, the Horizon Charitable Foundation reported giving the following grants largely to left-of-center organizations: $500,000 to the Anti-Defamation League, $50,000 to the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, $300,000 to Donor Advised Charitable Giving for the Jeffrey L Horing Donor Advised Fund, $25,000 to the abortion provider Engenderhealth Inc to promote contraception in Nigeria, $200,000 to the Equis Institute, $150,000 to the National Redistricting Foundation, $15,000 to the New Venture Fund for its Rural West Communities fund and another $500,000 to the New Venture Fund’s America Votes initiative, $20,000 to the Nido de Esperanza Charitable Society, $100,000 to Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio, $70,000 to the Project 68 Education Fund, $150,000 to the Protect Democracy Project, $100,000 to the Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation, $200,000 to Social Science Research Council, $100,000 to the Southern Poverty Law Center, $100,000 to the Aspen Institute, $150,000 to the Voter Participation Center, $500,000 to the Third Way Institute for non-college education initiatives and another $125,000 to the Third Way Institute for general and unrestricted use, $50,000 to Thorn, $100,000 to the Tides Foundation, $100,000 to the Voto Latino Foundation, $25,000 to Western Native Voice, and $100,000 to the Working America Education Fund. ¹

All the foundation’s income was received through a non-cash contribution from Jeffrey Horing. ¹

In 2022, according to tax filings, the Horizon Charitable Foundation gave sizeable grants to other left-of-center organizations, including a $300,000 grant to the Hopewell Fund, a nonprofit affiliated with Arabella Advisors. This $300,000 grant was earmarked for the Hopewell Fund’s Civic (Re)solve Education Fund. Additionally, the Horizon Charitable Foundation gave $100,000 to NARAL Pro-Choice America (now Reproductive Freedom for All), and $100,000 to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. ¹

Likewise, that year the foundation received all its income from Jeffrey Horing. ¹

1. Horizon Charitable Foundation. Return of Private Foundation (Form 990-PF). 2023.
2. “Jeff Horing.” Forbes. Accessed July 10, 2025. https://www.forbes.com/profile/jeff-horing/.
3. “Jeff Horing.” Insight Partners. Accessed July 10, 2025. https://www.insightpartners.com/team/jeff-horing/.
4. “Jeffrey Horing.” Federal Election Commission. Accessed July 10, 2025. https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?contributor_name=Jeffrey+HOring&two_year_transaction_period=2026&min_date=01%2F01%2F2025&max_date=12%2F31%2F2026.
5. “Patricia Horing.” Federal Election Commission. Accessed July 10, 2025. https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?contributor_name=Patricia+Horing&two_year_transaction_period=2026&min_date=01%2F01%2F2025&max_date=12%2F31%2F2026.