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Helios Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$690k
Granted FY2025still arriving
70
Grants FY2025still arriving
17
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2021–2025.

Education$729kEnvironment$470kHuman Services$428kArts & Culture$352kHealth$260kFood & Nutrition$223kHousing & Shelter$186kInternational$168kOther$0
02FY2025 · 70 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k44 grants · $190k
  • $10k–50k25 grants · $400k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$5,000
Median grant
17
States reached
$8.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CENTER FOR PROCESS STUDIES$100,000
CHILD & FAMILY AGENCY OF SE CT$25,000
THAMES VALLEY COUNCIL FOR COMM ARTS$25,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES$25,000
BOYS & GIRLS HOME & FAMILY SERVICES$25,000
MYSTIC & NOANK LIBRARY$25,000
MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO$20,000
THE HUNGER COALITION$20,000
UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS$20,000
WOOD RIVER LAND TRUST$20,000
GROTON OPEN SPACE ASSOCIATION$15,000
TREES WATER & PEOPLE$15,000
UNITED WAY OF SIOUXLAND$15,000
ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON$15,000
MARY J TREGLIA COMM HOUSE$15,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY21–25, $373k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $25k → 10%CAP SERVICES INC: $3k → 10%CHRISTINE ANN DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES: $3k → 11%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $15k → 7%CRITTENTON CENTER: $20k → 13%THAMES RIVER COMMUNITY SERVICE INC: $5k → 9%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $10k → 7%COMMUNITY CLOTHES CLOSET: $2k → 6%GUNNISON COUNTRY FOOD PANTRY: $6k → 10%GUNNISON COUNTRY FOOD PANTRY: $2k → 10%ASIAN COUNSELING & REFERRAL SERVICE: $5k → 9%NOANK COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES: $10k → 9%SENIOR CONNECTION: $5k → 7%CASA MYRNA: $4k → 16%WOMEN AWARE: $9k → 13%CASA MYRNA: $4k → 16%CASA MYRNA: $3k → 16%CASA MYRNA: $3k → 16%THE SENIOR CONNECTION: $5k → 7%CASA MYRNA: $2k → 16%SENIOR CONNECTION: $5k → 7%MARY J TREGLIA COMMUNITY HOUSE: $25k → 13%LUTHERAN SERVICES IN IOWA: $10k → 13%CAMP HIGH HOPES: $10k → 13%CHILD & FAMILY AGENCY OF SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT: $50k → 9%CHILD & FAMILY AGENCY OF SE CT: $25k → 9%CHILD & FAMILY AGENCY OF SE CT: $25k → 9%SAFE FUTURES: $25k → 9%SPUR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5k → 7%NEW LONDON HOMELESS HOSPITALITY CENTER: $23k → 9%NEW LONDON HOMELESS HOSPITALITY CENTER: $15k → 9%SAFE FUTURES INC: $5k → 9%IMMIGRATION ADVOCACY & SUPPORT CTR: $5k → 9%SWIFTSURE RANCH: $5k → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

VT
WA
ID
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
IA
PA
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
WV
VA
MD
AZ
NC
SC
DC
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.3M · 72 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +13% since the first grant, against 0% for the ones you funded once.

72 repeat relationships — 48 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down; 21 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

72
84

Total granted

$2.3M
$927k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
0%

Still filing today

93%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $195k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationEnvironmentInternationalHealthArts & CultureOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • IF
    INSTITUTE FOR ECOLOGICAL CIVILIZATION
    2× · 2022–2024 · $100k · revenue +18%
  • CA
    CHILD AND FAMILY AGENCY OF SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT INC
    3× · 2021–2025 · $100k · revenue +24%
  • ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON
    5× · 2021–2025 · $70k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • PS
    PROCESS STUDIES INTERNATIONALgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $95k · revenue +79% · 29% of their budget
  • SC
    Southern California School Of Theology
    one grant, 2021 · $63k · revenue -69%
  • RF
    ROSECRANCE FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +173%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Connecticut Farmland Trust Inc

Protect Connecticuts farmland for agricultural use by purchasing and accepting donations of agricultural conservation easements

Food & Nutrition
2
Minnesota Land Trust

The minnesota land trust protects and restores minnesota's most vital natural lands in order to provide wildlife habitat, clean water, outdoor experiences and scenic beauty for generations to come.

Environment
3
Wildlands Trust Inc

The wildlands trust works throughout southeastern massachusetts to conserve and permanently protect native habitats, farmland, and lands of high ecologic and scenic value that serve to keep our communities healthy and our residents…

Environment
4
Conservation Minnesota

Conservation minnesota's mission is to turn our shared conservation values into state priorities and provide you with the information you need to make decisions for your family, community and future.

Environment
5
Cornerhouse

The mission of cornerhouse is to partner with families, communities, and systems - entrusted with the safety of children, youth and vulnerable adults - to reduce trauma and end abuse.

Crime & Legal
6
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
7
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
8
Land Conservancy of West Michigan

Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…

Environment
9
The Climate Center

The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California.

Education
10
Fsc I&P

Fsc i&p promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. this mission aligns with the forest stewardship council (fsc), its network of offices, and other organizations.…

Philanthropy
11
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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12
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Walker Art Center and the most unlike its peers is Boys and Girls Home and Family Services Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyYouth Development CentersAffordable Housing Construc…Policy Research and AdvocacyCommunity FoundationsImmigrant Worker SupportHealth Access Advocacy and …Senior Support ServicesAnimal Rescue and ShelterChristian Missionary Organi…Youth Sports ProgramsDomestic Violence ServicesCancer Support ServicesLocal Food System Organizat…School District FoundationsUnited Way AffiliatesIndependent K-12 SchoolsChristian Youth CampsCommunity College Foundatio…Orchestra and Ensemble Perf…Public Library OperationsLocal History MuseumsCommunity Arts CentersCommunity FoundationsChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Pregnancy Support ServicesEnvironmental Conservation …Food Banks and PantriesAffordable Housing Developm…Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%2%<5yr14%6%5–10yr19%12%10–20yr16%28%20–35yr13%32%35–55yr16%20%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%4%<5yr14%3%5–10yr19%11%10–20yr16%28%20–35yr13%28%35–55yr16%26%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 4% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/155
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,410

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 149 of the 181 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
22
Early backer (in before they grew)
148/149
Grantees still filing
84/149
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CENTER FOR PROCESS STUDIES — $390,000 · OtherCENTER FOR PROCESS STUDIESUNITED WAY OF SIOUXLAND INC — $75,000 · OtherANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON — $70,000 · Other+93 more — $1,134,000 · Other+93 moreINSTITUTE FOR ECOLOGICAL CIVILIZATION — $100,000 · EducationINSTITUTE FOR …PROCESS STUDIES INTERNATIONAL — $95,000 · EducationPROCESS STUDIE…Southern California School Of Theology — $62,500 · EducationSouthern Calif…MYSTIC & NOANK LIBRARY INC — $50,000 · EducationMYSTIC & NOANK…IMAGINE SCHOLAR INC — $30,500 · EducationIMAGINE SCHOLA…BRIAR CLIFF UNIVERSITY — $25,000 · EducationBRIAR CLIFF UN…Sun Valley Community School Inc — $24,000 · EducationSun Valley Com…+8 more — $47,500 · Education+8 moreCHILD AND FAMILY AGENCY OF SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT INC — $100,000 · Human ServicesCHILD AND FA…NEW LONDON HOMELESS HOSPITALITY CENTER — $37,500 · Human ServicesNEW LONDON H…Safe Futures Inc — $30,000 · Human ServicesSafe Futures…MARY J TREGLIA COMMUNITY HOUSE — $25,000 · Human ServicesMARY J TREGL…CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC — $25,000 · Human ServicesCRADLES TO C…CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC DIOCESE OF MADISON — $25,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHA…THE CRITTENTON CENTER — $20,000 · Human ServicesTHE CRITTENT…CASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ INC — $16,000 · Human ServicesBLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC THE SENIOR CONNECTION — $15,000 · Human Services+13 more — $79,000 · Human Services+13 moreTREES WATER AND PEOPLE — $60,000 · EnvironmentTREES WAT…GROTON OPEN SPACE ASSOCIATION INC — $59,000 · EnvironmentGROTON OP…WOOD RIVER LAND TRUST CO — $40,000 · EnvironmentWOOD RIVE…CRESTED BUTTE LAND TRUST — $32,500 · EnvironmentCRESTED B…Pando Populus Inc — $25,000 · EnvironmentPando Pop…THE WATCH HILL CONSERVANCY — $23,000 · EnvironmentTHE WATCH…AVALONIA LAND CONSERVANCY INC — $20,000 · EnvironmentAVALONIA …DENISON PEQUOTSEPOS NATURE CENTER — $15,000 · Environment+6 more — $26,500 · Environment+6 moreTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC — $90,000 · InternationalTHE UNION…WORLD LEARNING INC — $30,000 · InternationalWORLD LEA…UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $30,000 · InternationalUNITED ST…FRIENDS OF SARNELLI HOUSE UA — $25,000 · InternationalFRIENDS O…EMPOWERS AFRICA INC — $23,000 · InternationalEMPOWERS …Save The Children Federation Inc — $20,000 · InternationalSave The …WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $20,000 · InternationalWORLD CEN…AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC — $15,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $15,000 · InternationalALLIANCE OF IDAHO INC — $10,000 · International+3 more — $12,500 · InternationalMYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM INC — $50,000 · Arts & CultureMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA — $45,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CENTER FOR THE ARTS — $36,500 · Arts & CultureHenry L Ferguson Museum — $24,000 · Arts & CultureSAVANNAH SCIENCE MUSEUM INC — $20,000 · Arts & CultureWALKER ART CENTER — $20,000 · Arts & CultureMINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS DBA MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS — $20,000 · Arts & CultureHENNEPIN THEATRE TRUST — $12,000 · Arts & CultureMystic Museum of Art Inc — $10,000 · Arts & CultureChildren's Theatre Company and School — $10,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more — $11,500 · Arts & CultureFARM AID INC — $48,000 · Food & NutritionBLAINE COUNTY HUNGER COALITION INC — $40,000 · Food & NutritionMOUNTAIN ROOTS FOOD PROJECT — $36,500 · Food & NutritionWest Seattle Food Bank — $30,000 · Food & NutritionFEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC — $12,500 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND — $10,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK COALITION OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY — $7,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more — $4,500 · Food & Nutrition
Other$1,669,000Education$434,500Human Services$372,500Environment$301,000International$290,500Arts & Culture$259,000Food & Nutrition$188,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetINSTITUTE FOR ECOLOGICAL CIVILIZATION — $100,000 over 2y, 9.0% of budgetCHILD AND FAMILY AGENCY OF SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT INC — $100,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPROCESS STUDIES INTERNATIONAL — $95,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC — $90,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SIOUXLAND INC — $75,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON — $70,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern California School Of Theology — $62,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTREES WATER AND PEOPLE — $60,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetGROTON OPEN SPACE ASSOCIATION INC — $59,000 over 5y, 10.0% of budgetSIOUXLAND CARES ABOUT SUBSTANCE ABUSE — $55,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetMYSTIC & NOANK LIBRARY INC — $50,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetROSECRANCE FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetMYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM INC — $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFARM AID INC — $48,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA — $45,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBLAINE COUNTY HUNGER COALITION INC — $40,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetWOOD RIVER LAND TRUST CO — $40,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetNEW LONDON HOMELESS HOSPITALITY CENTER — $37,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR THE ARTS — $36,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMOUNTAIN ROOTS FOOD PROJECT — $36,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INC — $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCRESTED BUTTE LAND TRUST — $32,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetIMAGINE SCHOLAR INC — $30,500 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetSafe Futures Inc — $30,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetWest Seattle Food Bank — $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE WARMING SHELTER INC — $30,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetThe Constellation Fund — $30,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD LEARNING INC — $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInterdistrict Committee For Project Oceanology — $30,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaris Place — $27,500 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF SARNELLI HOUSE UA — $25,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetMARY J TREGLIA COMMUNITY HOUSE — $25,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF EASTERN CONNECTICUT INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSIOUXLAND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY — $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC — $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBRIAR CLIFF UNIVERSITY — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPando Populus Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SIOUXLAND INC — $25,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTHAMES VALLEY COUNCIL FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHenry L Ferguson Museum — $24,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetSun Valley Community School Inc — $24,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEMPOWERS AFRICA INC — $23,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE WATCH HILL CONSERVANCY — $23,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $23,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAVALONIA LAND CONSERVANCY INC — $20,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTHE CRITTENTON CENTER — $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a set of overlaps that mostly run through you, not between each other.

Chelsea Groton Founda…Spur Community Founda…Missouri River Histor…Boswell Family Founda…The Community Foundat…Dime Bank Foundation …Idaho Community Found…Oshkosh Area Communit…United Way of Siouxla…Siouxland Community F…The Edward and Mary L…The Chesterman Family…
Chelsea Groton FoundationCT41.8× affinity19 shared granteesties to 3 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Chelsea Groton Foundation · Spur Community Foundation Inc · Missouri River Historical Development Inc · Boswell Family Foundation · The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc · Dime Bank Foundation Inc · Idaho Community Foundation Inc · Oshkosh Area Community Foundation Corporation · United Way of Siouxland Inc · Siouxland Community Foundation · The Edward and Mary Lord Foundation · The Chesterman Family Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Helios Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%2%8%17%30%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Farm Aid Inc — 100% of income from government
  • Noank Community Support Services Inc — 100% of income from government
  • Thames Valley Council for Community Action Inc — 83% of income from government
  • Thames River Community Service Inc — 76% of income from government
  • Alliance for Living Inc — 72% of income from government
  • Child and Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut Inc — 55% of income from government
  • Groton Open Space Association Inc — 50% of income from government
  • Victory Programs Inc — 49% of income from government
  • New London Homeless Hospitality Center — 47% of income from government
  • The New London Community Meal Center Inc — 44% of income from government
  • World Learning Inc — 39% of income from government
  • Save the Sound — 37% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc — 30% of income from government
  • Avalonia Land Conservancy Inc — 21% of income from government
  • Safe Futures Inc — 15% of income from government
  • Interdistrict Committee for Project Oceanology — 11% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc — 10% of income from government
  • Casa Myrna Vazquez Inc — 5% of income from government
  • Mystic Seaport Museum Inc — 5% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Sea Turtle Conservancy — 1% of income from government
  • Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center — 0% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Mystic & Noank Library Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Animal Rescue League of Boston — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
43report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
7rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Helios Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Helios Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 181 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines