· Private foundation
Clara & Kurt Hellmuth Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER | $4,000 |
| CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL | $3,000 |
| FRESH YOUTH INITIATIVES | $2,500 |
| THE POWER OF YOU TEENS | $2,000 |
| PUBLICOLOR INC | $2,000 |
| THE CHILDRENS AID SOCIETY | $2,000 |
| CHAI LIFELINE INC | $2,000 |
| ST MARYS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM | $1,500 |
| NEW ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN INC | $1,500 |
| GROUNDSWELL | $1,500 |
| BRAVE ENOUGH TO FAIL | $1,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $52k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 82% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
20 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER9× · 2017–2025 · $36k · revenue +81%- CLCHAI LIFELINE INC9× · 2017–2025 · $34k · revenue +58%
- FYFRESH YOUTH INITIATIVES INC9× · 2017–2025 · $23k · revenue +43%
Funded once
- SSSIXTH STREET COMMUNITY CENTER INCgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue +34%
- GHGREENWICH HOUSE INCgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue +67%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Prepare elementary & middle school students for success in high school, college & life.
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From classrooms to careers, studio in a school expands access to visual arts education and professions in the arts by partnering with practicing artists, schools, and cultural institutions.
We amplify youth and community power by inspiring, guiding, and advocating for youth to determine their college, career, and leadership futures.
Edible schoolyard nyc is on a mission to make edible education accessible for every child in nyc. we believe edible education-where kids experience hands-on cooking and gardening helps kids gain the skills to contribute to a healthy and…
Through our original curriculum design that uses innovative growing spaces on rooftop farms, in school gardens, and public parks - city growers fosters a love of nature and encourages nyc youth to consider their place, agency, and future…
To provide a safe, affordable and comprehensive program of high-quality early childhood education, parental and family support, as well as academic enrichment and recreational programs.
The partnership for after school education is a child-focused organization that promotes and supports quality after school programs, particularly those serving young people from underserved communities. the partnership for after school…
Commonpoint is a community-centric nonprofit, serving diverse audiences though every chapter of life, across the five boroughs of new york city and beyond. they offer a rich range of services through their vast network of professionals,…
Jobsfirstnyc's mission is to create and advance solutions that break down barriers and transform the systems supporting young adults and their communities in the pursuit of economic opportunities.
How this is measured
20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 24 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER ↗
- Who funds CHAI LIFELINE INC ↗
- Who funds FRESH YOUTH INITIATIVES INC ↗
- Who funds THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds THE POWER OF YOU TEENS INC ↗
- Who funds BEHIND THE BOOK INC ↗
- Who funds BRAVE ENOUGH TO FAIL INC ↗
- Who funds CITYARTS INC ↗
- Who funds South Bronx United Inc ↗
- Who funds CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL ↗
- Who funds Child Care Council of Nassau Inc ↗
- Who funds YOUTH SERVICE LEAGUE INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY-WORD PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds BOOK FAIRIES INC ↗
- Who funds GROUNDSWELL INC ↗
- Who funds BRONXWORKS INC ↗
- Who funds PUBLICOLOR INC ↗
- Who funds NEW ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds SIXTH STREET COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds GREENWICH HOUSE INC ↗
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: The Hyde and Watson Foundation · The New York Community Trust · Pinkerton Foundation · Morgan Stanley Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children · Lily Auchincloss Foundation Inc · Cornelia T Bailey Charitable Trust · Nora Roberts Foundation · Td Charitable Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · American Express Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Clara & Kurt Hellmuth Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Clara & Kurt Hellmuth Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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