Georgia · Private foundation
Helen a Carlos Foundation Inc
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.
- $153k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 31
- Grants FY2025
- 47
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 35 to 47
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Helen a Carlos Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k 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 | 31 | $153k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 47 | $475k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 39 | $403k | 41% |
| FY2022 | 35 | $352k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 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, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hellenic College Inc | $217,300 | 3 | n/a |
| Families of Children Under Stress Inc | $49,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Atlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc | $32,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Christian City Inc | $31,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church Inc | $19,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Georgia Inc | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Open Hand Atlanta Inc | $14,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Empty Stocking Fund Inc | $11,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 31 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($858k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Helen a Carlos Foundation Inc 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: Andrew & Eula Carlos Foundation Inc · The Katsaros Family Foundation · The Imlay Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Joannides Family Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Frances Wood Wilson Foundation Inc · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
How this is measured
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About Helen a Carlos Foundation Inc
- How much does Helen a Carlos Foundation Inc give?
- Helen a Carlos Foundation Inc reported 31 grants totaling $153,250 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 35 and 47 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Helen a Carlos Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (31%), Religion (26%), Education (19%).
- Who are Helen a Carlos Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Hellenic College Inc ($217k), Families of Children Under Stress Inc ($50k), Atlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc ($33k).
- Does Helen a Carlos Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Helen a Carlos Foundation Inc 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 Helen a Carlos Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Andrew & Eula Carlos Foundation Inc, The Katsaros Family Foundation, The Imlay Foundation Inc.
- Where is Helen a Carlos Foundation Inc based?
- Helen a Carlos Foundation Inc is based in GA.
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