Illinois · Private foundation
Binstein Family Helping Hand Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $16k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $518
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $9,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $25k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations Binstein Family Helping Hand Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $531 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 12 | $16k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $17k | 36% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $21k | 31% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $13k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $5k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $6k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $6k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $10k | 56% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nssra Foundation | $4,850 | 7 | 0% |
| La Rabida Children's Hospital | $4,370 | 7 | 0% |
| Off the Street Club | $4,150 | 5 | 0% |
| Youth Services of Glenviewnorthbrook | $2,218 | 6 | 0% |
| Glenview Park District | $420 | 2 | n/a |
| Three Crowns Foundation | $400 | 1 | 0% |
| Little by Little Inc | $300 | 2 | 0% |
| Northfield Township Food Pantry | $230 | 2 | 0% |
| LGS Foundation Inc | $207 | 2 | 0% |
| Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc | $200 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nssra Foundation | $4,850 | 7 | 0% |
| La Rabida Children's Hospital | $4,370 | 7 | 0% |
| Off the Street Club | $4,150 | 5 | 0% |
| Youth Services of Glenviewnorthbrook | $2,218 | 6 | 0% |
| Glenview Park District | $420 | 2 | n/a |
| Three Crowns Foundation | $400 | 1 | 0% |
| Little by Little Inc | $300 | 2 | 0% |
| Northfield Township Food Pantry | $230 | 2 | 0% |
| LGS Foundation Inc | $207 | 2 | 0% |
| Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Children's Cancer Research Fund | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Erikas Lighthouse A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression | $130 | 1 | 0% |
| Casa Lake County Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Bright Pink Nfp | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| The Chicago Help Initiative | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Love for Liam Foundation | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Neurofibromatosis Midwest | $53 | 1 | 0% |
| Logan Community Resources Inc | $51 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Neuroblastoma Cancer Foundation | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| North Shore Senior Center | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Neighborhood Boys & Girls Club | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Glenview Community Church | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope Mommies Inc | $40 | 1 | n/a |
| Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation | $20 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($83k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Binstein Family Helping Hand Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
Compare Binstein Family Helping Hand Foundation with peer funders
About Binstein Family Helping Hand Foundation
- How much does Binstein Family Helping Hand Foundation give?
- Binstein Family Helping Hand Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $16,327 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Binstein Family Helping Hand Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (58%), Recreation & Sports (23%), Youth Development (7%).
- Who are Binstein Family Helping Hand Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Nssra Foundation ($5k), La Rabida Children's Hospital ($4k), Off the Street Club ($4k).
- Does Binstein Family Helping Hand Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Binstein Family Helping Hand Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Binstein Family Helping Hand Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, AbbVie Foundation, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago.
- Where is Binstein Family Helping Hand Foundation based?
- Binstein Family Helping Hand Foundation is based in IL.
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