Colorado · Private foundation
Helle 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.
- $718k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 27
- Grants FY2024
- 34
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 26%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $271,127
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 37
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 12
- Total assets, FY2024
- $16M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 26% of the organizations Helle Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k 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 | 26 | $715k | 35% |
| FY2023 | 34 | $649k | 26% |
| FY2022 | 32 | $815k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 37 | $705k | 41% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $574k | 35% |
| FY2019 | 32 | $503k | 56% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $391k | 12% |
| FY2017 | 23 | $248k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Illinois Foundation | $1,366,369 | 7 | 0% |
| The Josselyn Center Nfp | $1,053,664 | 8 | 4% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $240,705 | 8 | 0% |
| Eagle Valley Community Fund | $101,516 | 1 | n/a |
| Vail Health Services Foundation | $70,870 | 3 | 0% |
| Loyola University of Chicago | $55,379 | 3 | 0% |
| Connections for the Homeless Inc | $51,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $50,000 | 7 | 0% |
| University of Michigan | $29,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Guardian Scholars Inc | $24,235 | 2 | 4% |
Show all 48 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 47 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Helle Family Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: The Ronald Davis Family Foundation · The Winmax Foundation Inc · The Bolwell Foundation · Frechette Family Foundation · Frey Foundation · United Jewish Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Colorado Gives Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Chicago Community Trust
How this is measured
About Helle Family Foundation
- How much does Helle Family Foundation give?
- Helle Family Foundation reported 27 grants totaling $717,886 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 37 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Helle Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (44%), Health (25%), Philanthropy (10%).
- Who are Helle Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Illinois Foundation ($1.4M), The Josselyn Center Nfp ($1.1M), American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($241k).
- Does Helle Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Helle 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 Helle Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ronald Davis Family Foundation, The Winmax Foundation Inc, The Bolwell Foundation.
- Where is Helle Family Foundation based?
- Helle Family Foundation is based in CO.
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