Horowitz Family Foundation

The Horowitz Family Foundation is a grantmaking organization that gives to organizations which provide social services to various groups of people. Its founder Felicia Horowitz is a longtime left-progressive activist and advocate for left-of-center policy. 1

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At-A-Glance

Type: Non-profit, 501(c)(3), Private Foundation
Location: Palo Alto, CA View on map
Tax ID: 35-7050910
Most Recent Filing: 2025
Budget (2025): Assets: $40,618,178 Revenue: $18,908,359 Expenses: $148,151,485

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    The Horowitz Family Foundation is funded by Benjamin and Felecia Horowitz. Benjamin Horowitz is an investor in Silicon Valley who has created and invested in several technology companies. 2

    Background

    The Horowitz Family Foundation is a private foundation created in 2013 by Felecia Horowitz, the wife of investor Benjamin Horowitz. Since the Horowitz Family Foundation’s inception, Benjamin and Felicia Horowitz have been the foundation’s only reported contributors. They jointly contributed $9,891,550 in 2013, $5,000 in 2014, and $7,128,028 in 2018. 3

    The Horowitz Family Foundation is a grantmaking organization that funds charitable organizations that provide services for low-income individuals and families, youth programs, and prison education programs. 4 Several grantees also advocate for left-of-center and left-progressive policies, including the Obama Foundation and Glide Memorial Church. 1

    People

    Felicia Horowitz

    Felicia Horowitz is the founder and CEO of the Horowitz Family Foundation and the wife of investor Ben Horowitz. 5 She is also a frequent volunteer with Glide Memorial Church (Glide) in San Francisco where she helps provide social services for the local LGBT community and advocates for left-progressive policy on issues related to gender and sexuality. 1 In 2019, Horowitz won a WACO theater Everyday People award for her left-progressive activism and philanthropy. 6

    Felicia Horowitz has stated one of the goals of her activism is to advocate for mandated diversity standards in all industries. She also advocates for left-of-center social and economic policies. Horowitz aligns herself with Glide’s advocacy initiatives, which include expanding entitlement programs, implementing a government-controlled healthcare system, and advancing left-wing identity politics efforts. 17

    Benjamin Horowitz

    Benjamin Horowitz is the husband of Felicia Horowitz, the CEO and founder of the Horowitz Family Foundation. Horowitz is an investor who cofounded a company which Hewlett-Packard purchased for $1.6 billion in 2007. Horowitz has also sat as vice president and general manager of business technology optimization for software at HP. As of summer 2021, Horowitz is a general partner for Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm he co-founded in 2009. Horowitz created the firm’s Cultural Leadership Fund to assist African Americans in entering the technology industry. 2

    Financials

    The Horowitz Family Foundation has only reported contributions totaling $9,891,550 in 2014, $5,000 in 2015, and $7,128,028 in 2019, all of which came in joint contributions from Felicia and Benjamin Horowitz. 3 In all other years, it has relied on interest income from its assets to generate revenue for grantmaking. 8

    In 2019, the Horowitz Family Foundation reported having $9,299,559 in assets. 9 It also reported spending $1,240,500 on grantmaking out of its $1,316,377 in total expenditures. 10

    Financial Statistics

    Total Assets

    Total Revenue

    Total Expenses

    YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
    2025 $40,618,178 $18,908,359 $148,151,485 View
    2024 $160,784,682 $18,622,805 $8,088,597 View
    2023 $133,627,333 $4,309,452 $4,190,617 View
    2022 $125,781,113 $75,388,865 $2,980,270 View
    2021 $65,741,581 $35,166,112 $2,731,604 View
    2020 $30,793,329 $16,399,926 $2,695,174 View

    Prior year filings: 2015, 2014

    Expenses Detail

    Grant Activity

    All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $5,000
    • Number of Grants: 1
    • Number of Funders: 1

    All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $159,318,946
    • Number of Grants: 100
    • Number of Recipients: 57

    Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:

    AmountYearFunderSubject
    $144,112,3952025 National Philanthropic TrustSUPPORT FOR ART, EDUCATION, AND HEALTH
    $1,000,0002025 Cleveland Clinic FoundationRESEARCHING FOR HEALTH
    $1,000,0002025 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterCANCER RESEARCH
    $1,000,0002024 Friends of United Hatzalah IncHUMANITARIAN AID
    $1,000,0002023 Stanford University Stanford University Development ServicesSTANFORD HEALTH CARE
    $1,000,0002020 STANFORD UNIVERSITYCovid-19 pledge
    $696,0002025 Tides FoundationPROVIDE SERVICES TO COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED
    $570,0002021 American Jewish World ServiceHUMAN RIGHTS AND HEALTH INITIATIVES
    $500,0002024 Umc Foundation IncADVANCMENT OF CHURCH CONGREGATIONS
    $500,0002020 Glide FoundationCovid-19 emergency relief fund
    $400,0002025 Behind the BlueSUPPORT OF POLICE
    $350,0002022 The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group ReturnRESEARCHING FOR HEALTH
    $300,0002022 Umc Foundation IncADVANCMENT OF CHURCH CONGREGATIONS
    $296,2112020 American Jewish World ServiceHuman rights and health initiatives
    $250,0002024 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterCANCER RESEARCH
    $250,0002022 Apollo Theater Foundation IncOVERSEE PROGRAMMING FOR THE APOLLO THEATER
    $250,0002022 TD Jakes FoundationADVANCEMENT OF RACIAL AND GENDER EQUITY
    $200,0002023 The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group ReturnRESEARCHING FOR HEALTH
    $200,0002023 Umc Foundation IncADVANCMENT OF CHURCH CONGREGATIONS
    $150,0002022 KARTEMQUIN EDUCATIONAL FILMSCOLLABORATIVE FILM-MAKING
    $150,0002021 STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEMARTS
    $125,0002020 Potters House International Pastoral Alliance IncGeneral charity
    $110,0002020 Glide FoundationAssistance for those less fortunate
    $100,0002025 Hope for Prisoners IncSUPPORT FOR PRISONERS
    $100,0002025 Umc Foundation IncADVANCMENT OF CHURCH CONGREGATIONS

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    References

    1. Le, Anh-Minh. “The Giving Kind.” Modern Luxury Silicon Valley, November 3, 2016. https://mlsiliconvalley.com/the-giving-kind.
    2. Horowitz, Ben. “Ben Horowitz.” Andreessen Horowitz. Accessed July 30, 2021. https://a16z.com/author/ben-horowitz/.
    3. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). Horowitz Family Foundation. 2014-2015, 2019. Schedule B, Part I, Lines 1-2.
    4. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). Horowitz Family Foundation. 2019. Part XV.
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    6. Theater, WACO. “WACO Theater Center Presents 3rd Annual WEARABLE Art Gala Saturday, June 1, 2019.” WACO Theater Center Presents 3rd Annual Wearable Art Gala Saturday, June 1, 2019, March 5, 2019. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/waco-theater-center-presents-3rd-annual-wearable-art-gala-saturday-june-1-2019-300806549.html.
    7. “About Glide – Fifty Years of Love in Action in San Francisco.” GLIDE, July 28, 2021. https://www.glide.org/about/.
    8. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). Horowitz Family Foundation. 2015-2016, 2018. Part I, lines 1-12.
    9. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). Horowitz Family Foundation. 2019. Part II, line 16.
    10. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). Horowitz Family Foundation. 2019. Part I, lines 25-26.