California · Public charity
Helena Group Foundation
The HELENA GROUP FOUNDATION seeks to address urgent issues like electrical grid resilience, environmental degredation, and biosecurity risk by conceiving and operating non-profit projects alongside a small group of world leaders in their fields.
- $446k
- Granted FY2022
- 3
- Grants FY2022
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $155,893
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $272,791
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 2
- FY2020 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 2
- Total assets, FY2022
- $866k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 100% of the organizations Helena Group Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 2 | $290k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $100k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Commonwealth Club - World Affairs of California | $272,791 | 1 | 3% |
| Equal Citizens Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Civilization Research Initiative | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Foundation of Mountain Foothills Rotary | $17,500 | 1 | 39% |
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About Helena Group Foundation
- How much does Helena Group Foundation give?
- Helena Group Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $446,184 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 2 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.
- What does Helena Group Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2022, its largest causes are Public Benefit (39%), Environment (22%), Education (22%).
- Who are Helena Group Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2022: The Commonwealth Club - World Affairs of California ($273k), Equal Citizens Foundation ($50k), Civilization Research Initiative ($50k).
- Does Helena Group Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Helena Group Foundation based?
- Helena Group Foundation is based in CA.
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