Missouri · Private foundation
Helm Willis C Charitable Trust
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.
- $65k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Helm Willis C Charitable Trust 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; $12k 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 | 4 | $65k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $62k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $65k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $73k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $65k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $65k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $65k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $65k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vision Loss Resources Inc | $135,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Berea College | $80,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Arrupe Jesuit High School | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| House of Eli Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Newportfall River Star Kids Scholarship Program | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Abbott House Inc | $14,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Partnership for Inner City Education Dba Partnership Schools | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ach Child and Family Services | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Denver Children's Home | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 29 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($131k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Helm Willis C Charitable Trust 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 Denver Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Helm Willis C Charitable Trust
- How much does Helm Willis C Charitable Trust give?
- Helm Willis C Charitable Trust reported 4 grants totaling $65,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Helm Willis C Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (34%), Health (28%), Education (24%).
- Who are Helm Willis C Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Vision Loss Resources Inc ($135k), Berea College ($80k), Arrupe Jesuit High School ($20k).
- Does Helm Willis C Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Helm Willis C Charitable Trust 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 Helm Willis C Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Denver Foundation, Colorado Gives Foundation, Mile High United Way Inc.
- Where is Helm Willis C Charitable Trust based?
- Helm Willis C Charitable Trust is based in MO.
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