Arizona · Private foundation
Helen Russo 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.
- $4k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $400
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,215
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $97k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Helen Russo Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100 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 | 7 | $4k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $3k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $5k | 23% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $4k | 46% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $4k | 23% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $3k | 56% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $3k | 54% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $3k | 80% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Valley Concert Band Inc | $5,475 | 8 | 3% |
| The Shriners' Hospital for Children | $1,775 | 8 | 0% |
| Green Valley Baptist Church Inc | $1,765 | 4 | n/a |
| Friends in Deed Inc | $1,600 | 5 | 0% |
| The Animal League of Green Valley | $1,550 | 7 | 0% |
| Reid Park Zoological Society | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc | $900 | 5 | 0% |
| Sahuarita Food Bank | $850 | 3 | 0% |
| Roger Bacon High School | $580 | 6 | n/a |
| Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Valley Concert Band Inc | $5,475 | 8 | 3% |
| The Shriners' Hospital for Children | $1,775 | 8 | 0% |
| Green Valley Baptist Church Inc | $1,765 | 4 | n/a |
| Friends in Deed Inc | $1,600 | 5 | 0% |
| The Animal League of Green Valley | $1,550 | 7 | 0% |
| Reid Park Zoological Society | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc | $900 | 5 | 0% |
| Sahuarita Food Bank | $850 | 3 | 0% |
| Roger Bacon High School | $580 | 6 | n/a |
| Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Paws Patrol Inc | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Beth Shalom Temple Center | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| St Andrew's Children's Clinic | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Matthew 25 Ministries Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Food Bank Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Faith and Freedom Coalition Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Hospice of Cincinnati Incorporated | $30 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope House Rescue Mission Inc | $25 | 1 | 0% |
| Priests for Life | $25 | 1 | 0% |
| Valley Presbyterian Church | $25 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($13k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Helen Russo 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: Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · Arizona Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Helen Russo Foundation
- How much does Helen Russo Foundation give?
- Helen Russo Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $3,915 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Helen Russo Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (30%), Health (19%), Arts & Culture (18%).
- Who are Helen Russo Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Green Valley Concert Band Inc ($5k), The Shriners' Hospital for Children ($2k), Green Valley Baptist Church Inc ($2k).
- Does Helen Russo Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Helen Russo 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 Russo Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, Arizona Community Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Helen Russo Foundation based?
- Helen Russo Foundation is based in AZ.
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