Florida · Private foundation
Helen S and Merrill L Bank 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.
- $577k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 42
- Grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $130,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 34
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.5M
- 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 S and Merrill L Bank 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.
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 | 40 | $557k | 18% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $161k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 34 | $260k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 33 | $259k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $408k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $361k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $380k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $367k | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vail Health Services Foundation | $252,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Palm Beach Dramaworks Inc | $115,849 | 4 | 1% |
| Chautauqua Institution | $86,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Steadman Philippon Research Institute | $85,000 | 3 | 0% |
| New England Baptist Hospital | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Maryland Zoological Society Inc | $32,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Everyman Theatre Inc | $28,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Baltimore Outreach Services Inc | $28,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| South Florida Pbs Inc | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Helen S and Merrill L Bank 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: France-Merrick Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Helen S and Merrill L Bank Foundation
- How much does Helen S and Merrill L Bank Foundation give?
- Helen S and Merrill L Bank Foundation reported 42 grants totaling $577,090 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 34 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Helen S and Merrill L Bank Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (16%), Arts & Culture (14%), Education (2%).
- Who are Helen S and Merrill L Bank Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Vail Health Services Foundation ($252k), Palm Beach Dramaworks Inc ($116k), Chautauqua Institution ($86k).
- Does Helen S and Merrill L Bank Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Helen S and Merrill L Bank 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 S and Merrill L Bank Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include France-Merrick Foundation Inc, T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is Helen S and Merrill L Bank Foundation based?
- Helen S and Merrill L Bank Foundation is based in FL.
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