Virginia · Private foundation
Helfrich Family Fund
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.
- $6k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2024
- $400
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 100% of the organizations Helfrich Family Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $225 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 9 | $6k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $225 | 100% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $3k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $3k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $3k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $4k | 60% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $3k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ideastream | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Food for Others Inc | $625 | 2 | 0% |
| Cleveland Museum of Art | $575 | 2 | 0% |
| The Sanders Institute | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Union Theological Seminary | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| 350org | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Library Association | $400 | 1 | 0% |
| Creative Cauldron Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ideastream | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Food for Others Inc | $625 | 2 | 0% |
| Cleveland Museum of Art | $575 | 2 | 0% |
| The Sanders Institute | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Union Theological Seminary | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| 350org | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Library Association | $400 | 1 | 0% |
| Creative Cauldron Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Round House Theatre Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Magical Theatre Company | $300 | 2 | n/a |
| Signature Theatre Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Pro Publica Inc | $153 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($12k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Helfrich Family Fund 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: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Helfrich Family Fund
- How much does Helfrich Family Fund give?
- Helfrich Family Fund reported 9 grants totaling $5,903 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Helfrich Family Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (28%), Education (16%), Food & Nutrition (12%).
- Who are Helfrich Family Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Ideastream ($3k), Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank ($2k), Food for Others Inc ($625).
- Does Helfrich Family Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Helfrich Family Fund 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 Helfrich Family Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Helfrich Family Fund based?
- Helfrich Family Fund is based in VA.
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