Massachusetts · Private foundation
Helgeson Family 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.
- $411k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 88%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $61,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 88% of the organizations Helgeson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 89% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 11% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $272k 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 | 6 | $411k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $307k | 88% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $160k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $703k | 71% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $495k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $500,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Nantucket Partnership for Children Inc | $225,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Nantucket Boys and Girls Club Inc | $216,100 | 4 | 1% |
| Blue Force Strategies Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Dexter Southfield Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Kingsley Montessori School Inc | $85,000 | 1 | 1% |
| BIG SKY DISCOVERY SCHOOL INC dba BIG SKY DISCOVERY ACADEMY | $27,600 | 1 | 2% |
| The American Radio Relay League Inc | $27,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nourish Nantucket Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Kingsley Foundation 009009-009 | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $500,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Nantucket Partnership for Children Inc | $225,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Nantucket Boys and Girls Club Inc | $216,100 | 4 | 1% |
| Blue Force Strategies Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Dexter Southfield Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Kingsley Montessori School Inc | $85,000 | 1 | 1% |
| BIG SKY DISCOVERY SCHOOL INC dba BIG SKY DISCOVERY ACADEMY | $27,600 | 1 | 2% |
| The American Radio Relay League Inc | $27,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nourish Nantucket Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Kingsley Foundation 009009-009 | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association In | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Concussion Legacy Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($710k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Helgeson Family 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.
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How this is measured
About Helgeson Family Foundation
- How much does Helgeson Family Foundation give?
- Helgeson Family Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $411,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Helgeson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (55%), Education (21%), Youth Development (10%).
- Who are Helgeson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Mass General Brigham Incorporated ($500k), Nantucket Partnership for Children Inc ($225k), Nantucket Boys and Girls Club Inc ($216k).
- Does Helgeson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 88% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Helgeson Family 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 Helgeson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund, National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Helgeson Family Foundation based?
- Helgeson Family Foundation is based in MA.
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