Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation
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About Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation
The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation concentrates its giving in a small number of large awards, primarily funding cancer care/research initiatives and local workforce development programs. The foundation has made repeat, multi-grant commitments to a flagship medical institution for supportive cancer care while also supporting vocational training and employment services organizations. Its pattern suggests targeted, high-impact investments rather than broad, diffuse grantmaking.
Focus Areas
Supportive cancer care and related medical initiatives (e.g., 'Supportive Care Everywhere')Workforce development and employment services (local job training and placement programs)Major institutional capital/asset gifts to established nonprofits
Who They Fund
patients and caregivers served by supportive care programsK–12 students and partner schoolsyouth participants in performing arts programsstudents entering career pathways/workforce development
Giving Approach
About Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation
The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation’s most visible recent commitment is a $2,000,000 general operating grant to City of Hope in Duarte, California, alongside repeated support for the same institution’s supportive cancer care work. That pattern points to a funder that backs a small set of organizations through substantial, multi-year commitments rather than spreading dollars broadly. The foundation also gives to workforce and education efforts, including Careerworks Inc in Seattle and Educational Service Districts 105 and 112 for career-connected learning initiatives. Arts funding appears as a separate track, with support for The 5th Avenue Theatre’s Rising Star Project and other theatre-related grants. Across these areas, the foundation favors program-specific support, general operating support, and gifts of securities, including multiple in-kind awards to City of Hope. The result is a grantmaking profile shaped by concentrated relationships, recurring institutional partners, and a mix of medical, workforce, and arts investments.
What Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation Funds
Supportive cancer care is a central thread in the foundation’s grantmaking. City of Hope received $665,530 in 2024 for the Supportive Care Everywhere Initiative, and the same initiative also appeared in a $77,261 grant in 2023. In workforce development, Careerworks Inc was awarded $1,123,211 in 2025 for general operating support, after a $450,000 grant in 2024 and another $450,000 in 2023. Education-linked workforce programming also shows up through Educational Service District 105 in Yakima and Educational Service District 112 in Vancouver, each funded for Career Connected Learning Initiatives. Arts support includes $250,000 to The 5th Avenue Theatre for the Rising Star Project and $112,500 to Partnership for Los Angeles Schools for Partnership School Transformation, showing attention to both youth arts and school partnership models.
How Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation Gives
Typical grants are modest relative to the foundation’s largest awards, with a p25 of $1,000, a median of $3,500, and a p75 of $15,000. The recent grant list also shows a small number of much larger commitments, including repeated support for the same organizations across 2023, 2024, and 2025. That recurrence is especially clear in grants to City of Hope, Careerworks Inc, and Educational Service District 105 and 112. The foundation is a regular funder and also funds individuals. Its recent giving includes general operating support, initiative-specific program funding, and in-kind securities donations.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$4.8M
Total Assets
$7.1M
Total Revenue
$7.3M
Total Expenses
$6.8M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $1K and $15K, with a median of $4K.
25th Percentile
$1K
Median
$4K
75th Percentile
$15K
Geographic Reach
Regional32 states funded
About 32% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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