Utah · Private foundation
Bud and Barbara Hellman 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.
- $58k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 47%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 42
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 12
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 47% of the organizations Bud and Barbara Hellman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 24 | $58k | 42% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $56k | 47% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $57k | 65% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $41k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $36k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 33 | $100k | 9% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $3k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 42 | $57k | 14% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | $240,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Philharmonic Association | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Harmony Project | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $7,625 | 6 | 0% |
| Sova Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Hope National Medical Center | $2,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Parkinson's Foundation Inc | $2,625 | 2 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $2,351 | 7 | 0% |
| New West Symphony Association | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Plato Society of Los Angeles | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 40 recipients with no EIN on record ($164k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bud and Barbara Hellman 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.
Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare Bud and Barbara Hellman Foundation with peer funders
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About Bud and Barbara Hellman Foundation
- How much does Bud and Barbara Hellman Foundation give?
- Bud and Barbara Hellman Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $57,825 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 42 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Bud and Barbara Hellman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (41%), Health (41%), Arts & Culture (7%).
- Who are Bud and Barbara Hellman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center ($240k), Los Angeles Philharmonic Association ($30k), Harmony Project ($10k).
- Does Bud and Barbara Hellman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bud and Barbara Hellman 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 Bud and Barbara Hellman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, AbbVie Foundation, Charities Aid Foundation America.
- Where is Bud and Barbara Hellman Foundation based?
- Bud and Barbara Hellman Foundation is based in UT.
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