Missouri · Private foundation
Helen R Van Rensselaer Char
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.
- $21k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $457k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Helen R Van Rensselaer Char funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 3 | $21k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $21k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $23k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $25k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $22k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $22k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $24k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $24k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley Free Clinic of Roanoke Valley Inc | $38,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Rescue Mission of Roanoke Inc | $22,375 | 3 | 0% |
| Boys Home Inc | $20,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Camp Holiday Trails | $18,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Elmira College | $12,375 | 3 | 0% |
| St Vincent's Home | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Easter Seals Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Second Presbyterian Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Easter Seals Ucp North Carolina & Virginia Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Roanoke Valley Speech & Hearing Center Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley Free Clinic of Roanoke Valley Inc | $38,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Rescue Mission of Roanoke Inc | $22,375 | 3 | 0% |
| Boys Home Inc | $20,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Camp Holiday Trails | $18,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Elmira College | $12,375 | 3 | 0% |
| St Vincent's Home | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Easter Seals Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Second Presbyterian Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Easter Seals Ucp North Carolina & Virginia Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Roanoke Valley Speech & Hearing Center Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Virginia's Blue Ridge Inc | $3,750 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($26k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Helen R Van Rensselaer Char 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: Community Foundation Serving Western Virginia · Edgar a Thurman Fdn Children Nect · Robertson Family Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Helen R Van Rensselaer Char
- How much does Helen R Van Rensselaer Char give?
- Helen R Van Rensselaer Char reported 3 grants totaling $21,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Helen R Van Rensselaer Char fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (36%), Human Services (21%), Education (18%).
- Who are Helen R Van Rensselaer Char's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Bradley Free Clinic of Roanoke Valley Inc ($38k), The Rescue Mission of Roanoke Inc ($22k), Boys Home Inc ($20k).
- Does Helen R Van Rensselaer Char fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Helen R Van Rensselaer Char 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 R Van Rensselaer Char?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation Serving Western Virginia, Edgar a Thurman Fdn Children Nect, Robertson Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is Helen R Van Rensselaer Char based?
- Helen R Van Rensselaer Char is based in MO.
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