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Helen's Hope Foundation at a glance

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Helen's Hope Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$815k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$120k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$2.3MEducation$1.2MYouth Development$643kReligion$635kHousing & Shelter$459kCrime & Legal$255kFood & Nutrition$175kHealth$120kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k8 grants · $205k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $610k
$50,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VASSAR BROTHERS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$120,000
EPISCOPAL ACADEMY$100,000
BRANCHES INC$75,000
FLORIDA KEYS CHILDREN'S SHELTER$65,000
DUTCHESS OUTREACH$50,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NEWBURGH INC$50,000
THE READING TEAM$50,000
FAMILY SERVICES INC$50,000
KINGSTON SELF HELP INC DBA PEOPLE'S PLACE$50,000
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE$35,000
HORIZONS GREATER PHILADELPHIA$30,000
HIGH MEADOW SCHOOL INC$25,000
SPEAKUP$25,000
WESTTOWN SCHOOL$25,000
CITY YEAR INC$25,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $2.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 65% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%ASTORS SERVICES FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $50k → 9%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NEWBURGH INC: $75k → 14%JOE TORRE SAFE AT HOME FOUNDATION: $50k → 17%BRONXWORKS: $50k → 28%FLORIDA KEYS CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $100k → 13%Genesis Hopeful Haven: $25k → 15%Astor Service for Children & Families: $50k → 9%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NEWBURGH INC: $50k → 14%KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $40k → 28%FLORIDA KEYS CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $80k → 13%GENESIS HOPEFUL HAVEN: $15k → 15%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NEWBURGH INC: $50k → 14%THE READING TEAM: $50k → 17%FLORIDA KEYS CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $75k → 13%Boys & Girls Club of Newburgh Inc: $50k → 14%YMCA of Kingston & Ulster County: $39k → 16%THE READING TEAM: $50k → 17%FLORIDA KEYS CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $65k → 13%Chapman Partnership: $50k → 15%YMCA of Kingston & Ulster County: $30k → 16%THE READING TEAM: $50k → 17%Florida Keys Children's Shelter: $50k → 13%CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP: $50k → 15%YMCA OF KINGSTON & ULSTER COUNTY: $30k → 16%The Reading Team: $25k → 17%FLORIDA KEYS CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $50k → 13%CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP: $50k → 15%YMCA OF KINGSTON & ULSTER COUNTY: $23k → 16%THE READING TEAM: $20k → 17%Florida Keys Children's Shelter: $50k → 13%Chapman Partnership: $50k → 15%YMCA OF KINGSTON & ULSTER COUNTY: $23k → 16%THE READING TEAM: $20k → 17%FLORIDA KEYS CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $45k → 13%CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP: $50k → 15%Childrens Home of Poughkeepsie NY: $50k → 9%The Reading Team: $20k → 17%DUTCHESS OUTREACH: $50k → 9%DUTCHESS OUTREACH: $50k → 9%Dutchess Outreach: $50k → 9%YMCA OF GREATER NEW YORK: $50k → 17%DUTCHESS OUTREACH: $25k → 9%Henry Street Settlement: $100k → 17%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $100k → 17%Henry Street Settlement: $100k → 17%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $50k → 17%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $50k → 17%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $50k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.3M · 28 repeat orgs$613k to everyone else

28 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
9

Total granted

$5.3M
$403k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+85%

Still filing today

86%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $210k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyHealthCrime & LegalOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • FK
    FLORIDA KEYS CHILDRENS SHELTER INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $515k · revenue +53%
  • HS
    HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT
    6× · 2017–2022 · $450k · revenue +37%
  • EA
    Episcopal Academy
    5× · 2020–2024 · $410k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF CHILDREN NEW YORK
    one grant, 2017 · $64k
  • BRONXWORKS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +128%
  • TJ
    THE JOE TORRE SAFE AT HOME FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +212%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Children's Aid College Prep Charter School

Prepare elementary & middle school students for success in high school, college & life.

Education
2
Under 21

Since 1972, under 21, d.b.a. covenant house new york (chny) has been working with one of new york city's most vulnerable populations - youth experiencing homelessness, age 16-24, and their dependent children. chny provides young people…

Human Services
3
Nysarc Inc New York City Chapter

We are committed to helping people with intellectual (cont. on schedule o) and developmental disabilities to live full lives.

Human Services
4
The Child Center of Ny Inc

The child center of ny strengthens children and families with skills, opportunities, and emotional support to build healthy, successful lives.

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5
The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Inc

To provide a safe, affordable and comprehensive program of high-quality early childhood education, parental and family support, as well as academic enrichment and recreational programs.

Human Services
6
School in the Square Public Charter School

School in the square ("s2") engages, educates and empowers adolescents to respond mindfully and creatively to life's opportunities and challenges. s2 is a place where students, families and educators are seen, heard, and inspired and where…

Education
7
Cardinal Mccloskey School and Home for Children

The organization strives to protect, empower and promote independence for at-risk children and families and those with developmental disabilities through quality community based services.

—
8
Bigs & Littles Nyc Mentoring Inc

Bigs & littles nyc mentoring is a nonprofit community-based organization which transforms the lives of vulnerable nyc children and strengthens families through professionally guided one-to-one mentoring, life skills programming, and…

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9
St Vincent's Services Inc

For over 150 years, st. vincent's services, inc. (d/b/a heartshare st. vincent's services) has been a symbol of hope, compassion, and strength for vulnerable and under-resourced communities in new york city. (see on schedule o)

Human Services
10
Covenant House

In 34 cities across five countries, covenant house builds bridges to hope for young people facing homelessness and survivors of human trafficking. we meet their immediate needs for food, clothing, protection, and medical and mental health…

Human Services
11
Julia Dyckman Andrus Memorial Inc

Through our proven care models, innovative programs, professional training, influential research and determined advocacy, andrus aims to be a national leader in shaping policies and practices that prevent and overcome the effect of…

Unclassified
12
Youthbuild Dc Public Charter School Inc

Youthbuild pcs seeks to transform the lives of disconnected youth by offering a program, in english and spanish, that combines rigorous academic instruction with vocational training, life and employability skills- building, and community…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Henry Street Settlement; the most unlike its peers is Bard College. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

36 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 36 of the 42 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/36
Grantees still filing
28/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FLORIDA KEYS CHILDRENS SHELTER INC: $515,000 · Human ServicesFLORIDA KEYS CHILDRENS SHELTER INCHENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $450,000 · Human ServicesHENRY STREET SETTLEMENTCHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP INC: $250,000 · Human ServicesCHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP INCREADING TEAM INC: $250,000 · Human ServicesREADING TEAM INCBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF NEWBURGH INC: $225,000 · Human ServicesBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF NEWBURGH INCDUTCHESS OUTREACH INC: $175,000 · Human ServicesDUTCHESS OUTREACH INCTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATI OF KINGSTON AND ULSTER COUNTY: $144,100 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATI OF KINGSTO…ASTOR SERVICES FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $100,000 · Human Services+8 more: $325,000 · Human Services+8 moreBRANCHES INC: $585,000 · OtherBRANCHES INCFAMILY SERVICES INC: $225,000 · OtherFAMILY SERVICES INCKINGSTON SELF-HELP CENTER INC PEOPLES PLACE: $150,000 · OtherKINGSTON SELF-HELP CENTER INC PE…CORNELIA CONNELY CENTER FOR EDUCATION: $134,000 · OtherCORNELIA CONNELY CENTER FOR EDUC…CAMILLUS HOUSE INC: $113,910 · OtherCAMILLUS HOUSE INCHORIZONS GREATER PHILADELPHIA INC: $105,000 · OtherHORIZONS GREATER PHILADELPHIA IN…Chester Children's Chorus - Swarthmore College: $80,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF CHILDREN NEW YORK: $63,694 · OtherChristian Herald Association Inc: $100,000 · OtherChristian Herald Association IncTHE SUNDARI FOUNDATION INC: $80,000 · Other+3 more: $70,000 · OtherEpiscopal Academy: $410,000 · EducationEpiscopal Ac…HIGH MEADOW SCHOOL INC: $125,000 · EducationHIGH MEADOW …SWARTHMORE COLLEGE: $95,000 · EducationSWARTHMORE C…+1 more: $21,000 · EducationFAMILY OF WOODSTOCK INC: $240,000 · HealthVassar Brothers Hospital Foundation: $120,000 · HealthREAL SKILLS NETWORK INC: $150,820 · Youth DevelopmentPETER'S PLACE: $105,000 · Youth DevelopmentELEVATE NEW YORK INC: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentPOLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC: $28,000 · Youth DevelopmentPHILADELPHIA CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $255,000 · Crime & LegalSTUDENT LEADERSHIP NETWORK INC: $125,000 · PhilanthropySPEAKUP: $25,000 · Philanthropy
Human Services$2,434,100Other$1,706,604Education$651,000Health$360,000Youth Development$333,820Crime & Legal$255,000Philanthropy$150,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFLORIDA KEYS CHILDRENS SHELTER INC: $515,000 over 8y, 4.5% of budgetHENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $450,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetEpiscopal Academy: $410,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPHILADELPHIA CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $255,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetCHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP INC: $250,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetREADING TEAM INC: $250,000 over 8y, 8.3% of budgetFAMILY OF WOODSTOCK INC: $240,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF NEWBURGH INC: $225,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetFAMILY SERVICES INC: $225,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetDUTCHESS OUTREACH INC: $175,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetREAL SKILLS NETWORK INC: $150,820 over 3y, 20% of budgetKINGSTON SELF-HELP CENTER INC PEOPLES PLACE: $150,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATI OF KINGSTON AND ULSTER COUNTY: $144,100 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetHIGH MEADOW SCHOOL INC: $125,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetVassar Brothers Hospital Foundation: $120,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetCAMILLUS HOUSE INC: $113,910 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHORIZONS GREATER PHILADELPHIA INC: $105,000 over 3y, 6.8% of budgetPETER'S PLACE: $105,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetASTOR SERVICES FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChristian Herald Association Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSWARTHMORE COLLEGE: $95,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SUNDARI FOUNDATION INC: $80,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBRONXWORKS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JOE TORRE SAFE AT HOME FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetGENESIS HOPEFUL HAVEN INC: $50,000 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOME OF POUGHKEEPSIE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YORK: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPOLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC: $28,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPEAKUP: $25,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBARD COLLEGE: $21,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPATHWAYS PA INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHOPEPHL: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Community Foundations…The Dyson FoundationUlster Savings Charit…The Philadelphia Foun…United Way of the Dut…United Way of Greater…Td Charitable Foundat…Wsfs Cares FoundationVassar CollegePlymouth Hill Foundat…Syd & Jan M Silverman…The Hyde and Watson F…
Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley IncNY25.8× affinity10 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley Inc · The Dyson Foundation · Ulster Savings Charitable Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region Inc · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Td Charitable Foundation · Wsfs Cares Foundation · Vassar College · Plymouth Hill Foundation · Syd & Jan M Silverman Foundation Inc · The Hyde and Watson Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Helen's Hope Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Helen's Hope Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Florida Keys Childrens Shelter Inc: 19% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • The Sundari Foundation Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Camillus House Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Chapman Partnership Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 42 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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