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Helen and Harry Saul 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.

$293k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
26
Grants FY2025
27
Organizations funded FY2024
0%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$82,500
Organizations funded a year
27 to 64
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$18k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Helen and Harry Saul Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyCrime & LegalArts & CultureEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving25$288k12%
FY202427$256k0%
FY202332$2.3M6%
FY202239$324k0%
FY202154$365k17%
FY202058$594k14%
FY201964$366k33%
FY201849$239k12%
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$2.5MPhilanthropy$1.7MHealth$518kYouth Development$246kHuman Services$99kArts & Culture$92kReligion$91kEmployment$90kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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NY
OH
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
TN
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AL
GA
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Shepherd Center Inc$140,00090%
Emory University$93,00090%
National Jewish Health$73,00090%
Georgia Tech Foundation Inc$71,70060%
Northwest Georgia Family Crisis Center$70,00070%
Creative Arts Guild Incorporated$45,00091%
Gsga Foundation Inc$45,00091%
Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta Inc$45,0005n/a
Ramah Darom Inc$40,0008n/a
Georgia Prevention Project Inc$40,00084%
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All grantees of Helen and Harry Saul Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Shepherd Center Inc$140,00090%
Emory University$93,00090%
National Jewish Health$73,00090%
Georgia Tech Foundation Inc$71,70060%
Northwest Georgia Family Crisis Center$70,00070%
Creative Arts Guild Incorporated$45,00091%
Gsga Foundation Inc$45,00091%
Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta Inc$45,0005n/a
Ramah Darom Inc$40,0008n/a
Georgia Prevention Project Inc$40,00084%
Hillels of Georgia Inc$40,00070%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$30,00090%
Ort America Inc$30,00010%
The Grady Health Foundation Inc$25,00040%
Mose & Garrison Siskin Memorial Fdn Inc D/B/A Siskin Children's Institute$23,50090%
Oscar N Jonas Memorial Foundation$13,50093%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$9,30060%
The Everglades Foundation Inc$9,00030%
Friendship House Inc$8,00080%
Family Support Council Inc$7,00070%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$6,10060%
John W Looper Jr Speech and Hearing Center$6,00060%
Institute of Southern Jewish Life$6,00060%
Hrj Charities Inc$5,00013%
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc$5,0001n/a
World Central Kitchen Inc$5,00010%
Hunter Museum of American Art$5,00050%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$5,00090%
The Dalton Education Foundation Inc$4,00041%
The Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc$4,00080%
1000 Friends of Florida Inc$3,00060%
Atlanta Group Home Inc$3,00060%
East Lake Foundationinc$3,00030%
The Salvation Army$3,0003n/a
Dalton Dance Company the Dalton Arts Company$3,00050%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$2,75020%
Mountain Top Boys Home Inc$2,50050%
Jordan Thomas Foundation Inc$2,00040%
Chattanooga Area Food Bank Inc$2,00020%
Boy Scouts of America 92 Atlanta Area Council$1,50010%
Dalton State College Foundation Inc$1,30030%
Jewish Home Life Communities Inc$1,00010%
The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union$1,00010%
American Heart Association Inc$1,00010%
Children's Healthcare Charity Inc$1,00010%
The William Breman Jewish Home Inc$1,00020%
The Greenhouse Inc$9003n/a
Blood Cancer United Inc$50010%
Chabad Academy Inc$3001n/a
University of Minnesota Foundation$25010%
Nashville Symphony Association$25010%
Creative Discovery Museum$2501n/a
Christchurch Presbyterian$2001n/a
Chatt Foundation$20010%
Gladden Middle School$2001n/a
Kavod$20010%
Temple Congregation Ohabai Sholom$1751n/a
The Vi and Milton Weinstein Hospice Inc$10010%
Christchurch Presbyterian$1001n/a
Shriners Hospitals for Children$10010%
Whitfield-Murray Historical Society$10010%
Floyd Health Care Foundation Inc$10010%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$10010%
First Christian Church$1001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 45 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Helen and Harry Saul Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetShepherd Center Inc: $140,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetEmory University: $93,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNational Jewish Health: $73,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgia Tech Foundation Inc: $71,700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwest Georgia Family Crisis Center: $70,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetCreative Arts Guild Incorporated: $45,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetGsga Foundation Inc: $45,000 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetGeorgia Prevention Project Inc: $40,000 over 8y, 4.2% of budgetHillels of Georgia Inc: $40,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $30,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetOrt America Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Grady Health Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMose & Garrison Siskin Memorial Fdn Inc D/B/A Siskin Children's Institute: $23,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetOscar N Jonas Memorial Foundation: $13,500 over 9y, 3.3% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $9,300 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Everglades Foundation Inc: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFriendship House Inc: $8,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFamily Support Council Inc: $7,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $6,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJohn W Looper Jr Speech and Hearing Center: $6,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetInstitute of Southern Jewish Life: $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHrj Charities Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHunter Museum of American Art: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $5,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Dalton Education Foundation Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetThe Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc: $4,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budget1000 Friends of Florida Inc: $3,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAtlanta Group Home Inc: $3,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetEast Lake Foundationinc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDalton Dance Company the Dalton Arts Company: $3,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $2,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMountain Top Boys Home Inc: $2,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJordan Thomas Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetChattanooga Area Food Bank Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBoy Scouts of America 92 Atlanta Area Council: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDalton State College Foundation Inc: $1,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Home Life Communities Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Healthcare Charity Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe William Breman Jewish Home Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Minnesota Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNashville Symphony Association: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChatt Foundation: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKavod: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Vi and Milton Weinstein Hospice Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 52.

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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.

The Anita and Julian Saul Foundation IncTN28.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Anita and Julian Saul Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Northwest Georgia Inc · Kenneth E Boring Charitable Foundation Inc · The Anna Sue and Bob Shaw Foundation · White Family Foundation Inc · The Marcus Foundation Inc · The Jack and Aggie Bandy Foundation Inc · Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · Mohawk Carpet Foundation Inc · The Zaban Foundation Inc · Lebovitz Family Charitable Trust · Cooper Family Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Helen and Harry Saul Foundation

How much does Helen and Harry Saul Foundation give?
Helen and Harry Saul Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $293,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 64 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Helen and Harry Saul Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (46%), Philanthropy (31%), Health (10%).
Who are Helen and Harry Saul Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Shepherd Center Inc ($140k), Emory University ($93k), National Jewish Health ($73k).
Does Helen and Harry Saul Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Helen and Harry Saul 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 Helen and Harry Saul Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Anita and Julian Saul Foundation Inc, The Community Foundation of Northwest Georgia Inc, Kenneth E Boring Charitable Foundation Inc.
Where is Helen and Harry Saul Foundation based?
Helen and Harry Saul Foundation is based in TN.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 110 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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