Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Hellendall Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $104k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $969k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations Hellendall Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 17 | $104k | 12% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $81k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $68k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $71k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $72k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $55k | 18% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $59k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $106k | 94% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Street Theatre Corporation | $140,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Earlham College Inc | $57,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Germantown Friends School | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Franklin Institute | $27,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Philadelphia Orchestra Association | $16,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $11,750 | 5 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $10,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Gary Sinise Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of High School Park | $7,500 | 1 | 10% |
| Conrail Historical Society Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Street Theatre Corporation | $140,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Earlham College Inc | $57,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Germantown Friends School | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Franklin Institute | $27,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Philadelphia Orchestra Association | $16,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $11,750 | 5 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $10,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Gary Sinise Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of High School Park | $7,500 | 1 | 10% |
| Conrail Historical Society Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Constitution Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Austin Angels | $3,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Broad Street Ministry | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Breathing Room Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Whyy Inc | $2,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Friends of Briar Bush | $800 | 7 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($290k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Hellendall 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Hellendall Family Foundation
- How much does Hellendall Family Foundation give?
- Hellendall Family Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $103,622 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Hellendall Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (30%), Education (16%), Health (15%).
- Who are Hellendall Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Walnut Street Theatre Corporation ($140k), Earlham College Inc ($58k), Germantown Friends School ($30k).
- Does Hellendall Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Hellendall 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 Hellendall Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Hellendall Family Foundation based?
- Hellendall Family Foundation is based in PA.
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