· Private foundation
Helliwell 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k2 grants · $7k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $45k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SOUTHERN SUN FARM SANCTUARY | $15,000 |
| LEGAL SERVICES OF GREATER MIAMI | $10,000 |
| ARMOUR DANCE THEATRE INC | $10,000 |
| ZOO MIAMI FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| KIDS 4 KIDS | $5,000 |
| DEERING ESTATE FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
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 (FY20–24, $110k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
5 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MLMIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED INC3× · 2020–2023 · $85k · revenue -25%
- ACALPHA CHI OMEGA FOUNDATION INC2× · 2020–2023 · $50k · revenue -8%
- LSLegal Services of Greater Miami Inc5× · 2020–2024 · $46k · revenue +28%
Funded once
- TJTHE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF MIAMI INCone grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +21%
- HSHUMANE SOCIETY OF GREATER MIAMI-DADE FOR POCTA AAPone grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +2%
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.
In 2024, biscayne bay waterkeeper (d/b/a miami waterkeeper) built on our reputation by navigating challenges, seizing opportunities, and continuing our unwavering commitment to safeguarding our precious waterways and finding local…
EverydayHUMANE is the first comprehensive humane education organization in South Florida. We work with public schools, summer camps, and community based organizations. Our goal is to foster empathy, inspire kindness, and cultivate…
The jacksonville humane society provides care, comfort and compassion to animals in need while engaging the hearts, hands and minds of our community to bring about an end to the killing of abandoned and orphaned shelter animals.
See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.
To create a greater miami where everyone can thrive by accelerating generosity, leadership, and community engagement. the miami foundation serves as a philanthropic and community backbone for greater miami, bringing together donors,…
Tri-county animal rescue is a no-kill, nonprofit animal shelter working to prevent the killing of over 573,000 unwanted pets in broward, miami-dade, and palm beach counties. tri-county has no boundaries; we go all over the u.s. whenever we…
World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…
The mission is to create a community-based network that develops coordinates and provides quality education accessible health care youth development programs opportunities for employment and safe neighborhoods for children and families…
How this is measured
10 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.
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.
- Who funds MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED INC ↗
- Who funds ALPHA CHI OMEGA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Legal Services of Greater Miami Inc ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN SUN FARM SANCTUARY INC ↗
- Who funds KIDS 4 KIDS INC ↗
- Who funds THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF MIAMI INC ↗
- Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF GREATER MIAMI-DADE FOR POCTA AAP ↗
- Who funds ZOO MIAMI FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ARMOUR DANCE THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds THE DEERING ESTATE FOUNDATION INC ↗
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: Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Kirk Foundation · The Miami Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Helliwell Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Helliwell Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Legal Services of Greater Miami Inc: 2% of income from government
- Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired Inc: 0% of income from government
- Zoo Miami Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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