· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k11 grants · $19k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $85k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BREAST FEEDING RESEARCH CENTER | $20,000 |
| TODAY IS A GOOD DAY FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| EARLHAM COLLEGE | $15,000 |
| WALNUT STREET THEATRE | $15,000 |
| FRANKLIN INSTITUTE | $10,000 |
| FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $6,622 |
| CHELTEN HILLS RAILROAD CLUB | $5,000 |
| BREATHING ROOM FOUNDATION (CTPD) | $2,000 |
| AUBURN UNIVERSITY | $1,000 |
| AUSTIN ANGELS | $1,000 |
| PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $500 |
| ELKINS PARK LIBRARY | $200 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–20, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 22%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
24 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WSWALNUT STREET THEATRE CORPORATION8× · 2018–2025 · $140k · revenue +9%
- TFTHE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE3× · 2023–2025 · $28k · revenue +29%
PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION8× · 2018–2025 · $17k · revenue +59%
Funded once
GARY SINISE FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +47%- FOFRIENDS OF HIGH SCHOOL PARKone grant, 2017 · $8k · revenue -25%
- RTREADING TECHNICAL & HISTORICAL SOCone grant, 2020 · $8k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The mission is "to understand the natural world and inspire everyone to care for it." the academy implements its mission through understanding the diversity of life; developing and applying science to protect the environment; and informing…
The national september 11 memorial & museum at the world trade center bears solemn witness to the terrorist attacks of september 11, 2001, and february 26, 1993. located at a site made sacred through loss, the memorial & museum remembers…
The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…
The weitzman national museum of american jewish history, on independence mall in philadelphia, presents educational programs and experiences that preserve, explore, and celebrate the history of jews in america. its purpose is to connect…
The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…
The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…
Theatre can lead to extraordinary moments of shared imagination. it enables us to stand in anothers shoes to better understand ourselves and the world around us. it shows us who we are, who we have been, who we could be. the nt delivers on…
Fern seeks to make the food system more sustainable and equitable through powerful journalism and storytelling.
The philadelphia museum of art - in partnership with the city, the region, and art museums around the globe - seeks to preserve, enhance, interpret, and extend the reach of its great collection in particular, and the visual arts in…
WGBH enriches people's lives through programs and services that educate, inspire, and entertain, fostering citizenship and culture, the joy of learning, and the power of diverse perspectives.
How this is measured
15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 38 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
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- Who funds GARY SINISE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF HIGH SCHOOL PARK ↗
- Who funds CONRAIL HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER ↗
- Who funds BROAD STREET MINISTRY ↗
- Who funds THE BREATHING ROOM FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds WHYY INC ↗
- Who funds Friends of Briar Bush ↗
- Who funds Feeding America ↗
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Hellendall Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hellendall Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
How this is measured
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